Dutch Canyon Well No. 2 Project

SECTION 00 11 16 - INVITATION TO BID FOR DUTCH CANYON WELL NO. 2 FOR CITY OF SCAPPOOSE​

Sealed proposals for Dutch Canyon Well No. 2 for the City of Scappoose will be received by Dave Sukau, Public Works Director at the City of Scappoose at 52610 NE 1st St. Scappoose, Oregon 97056 until the BID CLOSING at 2:00 PM, local time, on the 8th of January 2019, at which time the bids will be publicly opened and read. No bids will be received after the BID CLOSING time. First-Tier Subcontractor Disclosure forms will be received at the above-mentioned location and date, until 4:00 PM, local time.

The work contemplated consists of Furnishing all labor, materials and equipment necessary for the construction of a  pit-less well adapter, site piping, submersible well pump and motor, screen improvements, a mag meter and silent check valve in a valve vault, VFD conversion for the existing well, electrical improvements for the new and existing wells, system integration, SCADA upgrades, and finish grading and seeding. The newly-drilled Dutch Canyon Well No. 2 well shall be connected to the existing system. The work also includes raw water connections into existing and proposed systems. Optional work items associated with this project include an inflatable well packer or screen patch.

The Contract Documents for the above project may be examined from Willamette Print & Blueprint Company at https://wpbinc.com/digital-planroom/ for free and downloaded. A fee of $0.25 per square foot applies for hard copies from that location. This amount is not refundable and return of the documents is not required.

A VOLUNTARY PRE-BID MEETING for this project will be held at the project site on Thursday December 13th, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. to provide prospective bidders with the opportunity to ask questions relating to bidding or constructing the work under this contract. If deemed appropriate by the Engineer, questions that cannot be addressed by direct reference to the bidding documents will be the subject of an addendum issued to the plan center.

No proposal will be considered by the City of Scappoose unless the Bid contains a statement by the Bidder that the Bidder will comply with the provisions of ORS 279C.800 to 279C.870 and 40 U.S.C. 276(a) pertaining to prevailing wages, as applicable. Contractor licensing under ORS 468A.720 for working with asbestos-containing materials is not a requirement of this project. Each bid must contain a statement as to whether or not the bidder is a resident bidder as defined in ORS 279A.120. Each bid must also contain a statement as to whether the bidder is registered with the Oregon Construction Contractors Board. No bid will be received or considered unless the bidder is registered with the Construction Contractors Board, as required by ORS 701.035 et seq. No bid will be considered unless the First-Tier Subcontractor Disclosure form is submitted by the specified deadline. Faxed copies will NOT be accepted.

Contractors must be qualified in accordance with the applicable parts of ORS 279 in order to enter into a contract with the City of Scappoose for public work in the State of Oregon. The City of Scappoose will investigate and determine the qualifications of the bidders as part of its evaluation of the bids.

Special minimum experience qualifications apply to portions of this project. Pump installation and optional work items must be completed only by an Oregon licensed well driller.

Proposals must be submitted on the prescribed forms and must be accompanied by certified check, cashier's check, or bid bond executed in favor of the City of Scappoose in an amount not less than ten percent (10%) of the amount of Bidder’s maximum Bid price (including all optional work items). The successful bidder will be required to furnish to the City of Scappoose a performance bond and a payment bond each equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the amount of the bid with the selected (if any) optional work items as determined by the City. The successful bidder and all subcontractors will be required to furnish to the Oregon Construction Contractors Board a public works bond in the amount of $30,000, unless exempt under ORS 279C.

The City of Scappoose reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive any irregularities, and to accept the bid deemed in the best interests of the City of Scappoose. The City of Scappoose may reject any bid not in compliance with all prescribed public bidding procedures and requirements and may reject for good cause any or all bids upon a finding of the agency it is in the public interest to do so.

Dated this 6th day of December, 2018

By: City of Scappoose