Public Works Building Chiller Replacement

Advertisement for Bids Public Works Building Chiller Replacement Bid Advertisement # 298-CP22-PWC22 City of Asheville Capital Projects Department 70 Court Plaza, Suite 100 Asheville, NC 28801 Revision February 4, 2022 Advertisement for Bids (Informal - N.C.G.S. 143-131) Issue Date: 05/05/2022 Project Name: Public Works Building Chiller Replacement Project Number: 298-CP22-PWC22 Pursuant to North Carolina General Statute 143-131, bids will be received by the City of Asheville as noted in the “IB- 02 RECEIPT AND OPENING OF BIDS” section of the Instructions To Bidders. Description of Work: This project encompasses the replacement of the existing chiller and chilled water pump at the Public Works building located at 161 S. Charlotte Street, Asheville, NC. The work includes the demo of the existing chiller, above ground piping and chilled water pump; pressure testing of existing underground pipe; and installation of new 90-ton air cooled chiller, above ground piping and base mounted,

end-suction chilled water pump. Test and balance and integration of new equipment to the existing building controls system, is also part of the project scope. The bid also contains an add alternate for the re-routing of the existing chilled water pump piping. Bid Schedule: Issuance of Advertisement for Bids Thursday, May 5, 2022 Pre-Bid Meeting (not mandatory) Public Works Building 161 S. Charlotte Street Parking Lot Asheville, NC 28801 Thursday, May 12, 2022 1:00pm Deadline to Submit Questions Wednesday, May 18, 2022 @ 4:00pm Bids Due (Bid Opening) Wednesday, June 1, 2022 @ 2:00pm Project Start June 29, 2022 Attendance at the Pre-Bid meeting is highly encouraged but not mandatory. The City’s Asheville Business Inclusion Policy and the City’s Drug-Free Workplace Policy will be explained during the virtual pre-bid meeting. The Asheville Business Inclusion Policy requires Minority and Women Business Enterprise outreach on City contracts. Additionally, N.C.G.S. § 143-128.2 requires minority and women business outreach for building construction projects requiring the below provided information to be reported to the State of North Carolina Office of Historically Underutilized Businesses (HUB). The Bidder shall provide applicable ABI Affidavits–included in the project manual herein under the Asheville Business Inclusion (ABI) Goals section, with their bid in order to be deemed responsive, failure to do so will result in the Bidders bid being deemed non-responsive and disqualified. Bid Documents: This Advertisement for Bids is posted on the City procurement website at www.ashevillenc.gov/bids. This is the official source of this solicitation. Bid documents and instructions may be obtained digitally at no cost from the City procurement website. All updates to this solicitation shall come in the form of published addenda and shall be published to the same location. Neither the City nor the Engineer will be responsible for full or partial sets of Contract Documents including any addendum obtained from any other source. NOTICE: As of January 1, 2021 the Asheville Business Inclusion policy will be in full force and effect. This policy 298-CP22-PWC22 Revision February 4, 2022 requires a showing, by the Bidder, of Minority and Women Business Enterprise outreach. Information: All questions concerning this Advertisement for Bids should be submitted via email to: Nicole George, Asst. Project Manager ngeorge@ashevillenc.gov Questions pertaining to the bid will be answered in the form of a written addenda posted to the City of Asheville’s bid page no later than seven (7) days before the opening of bids. INCLEMENT WEATHER DIRECTIONS: The City of Asheville reserves the right to postpone bid openings for its own convenience. In the event of inclement weather and the City Offices are closed, the bid opening will be held at 11:00 a.m. the next business day that the City Offices are open. Please check the city’s website and bid page for notification. http://www.ashevillenc.gov/Bids - End of Advertisement- 298-CP22-PWC22