Bloodworth Street Sewer Improvements (Formal)

City of Raleigh 00100-1 Advertisement for Bids ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS POSTED: 7/9/2021 CITY BID NUMBER: 274-WS-2016-25 Project: Bloodworth Street Sewer Improvements Owner: City of Raleigh, North Carolina, Public Utilities Department, One Exchange Plaza, Suite 620, Raleigh, NC 27601. Contact: Janeen Goodwin, P.E., Janeen.Goodwin@raleighnc.gov Engineer: Kimley-Horn & Associates, Inc., 300 Morris Street, Suite, 200, Durham, NC 27701 Contact: Nolan Raney, P.E., Nolan.Raney@kimley-horn.com Sealed Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at 2:00 PM, Thursday, August 12, 2021, at the Public Utilities Operations Center (3304 Lake Woodard Drive, Raleigh, NC 27604) for the construction of the Bloodworth Street Sewer project. Sealed bids may be dropped off at the office of the Engineer either the day of the Bid Opening until 11 AM, or between the hours of 8 AM

and 5 PM in the days prior to the Bid Opening. Sealed bids may also be dropped off at the Public Utilities Operations Center Bid Opening meeting location between 1 PM to 2 PM on Bid Opening day. Immediately after bids are received, a meeting will be held outside the Public Utilities Operations Center where bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. A map indicating the Bid Opening meeting location will be provided at the Pre-Bid meeting. As a precautionary measure due to COVID-19 and understanding that some businesses have chosen to suspend employee travel, the Bid Opening will also be held via a virtual meeting. Contractors and Vendors are strongly encouraged to attend the bid opening via virtual meeting. For those who wish to attend in person, all attendees will be required to adhere to the North Carolina and CDC social distancing and mask wearing guidelines. We also strongly recommend that each submitting firm only send one representative, if desiring to have an in-person presence, so that recommended social distancing can be accommodated. Invitations to the virtual meeting will be sent to those who attended the mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting. Others interested in attending shall contact the Engineer. After Bids are opened, the Owner shall evaluate them in accordance with the methods and criteria set forth in the Instructions to Bidders. The Owner/City Council reserves the right to waive any informality or to reject any or all Bids. Unless all Bids are rejected, Award will be made to the lowest responsible and responsive Bidder, taking into consideration quality, performance and the time specified in the Bid Form for the performance of the Contract. A mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting will be held via virtual meeting at 2:00 PM, Wednesday July 21, 2021. No onsite meeting will be held, and Contractors and Vendors should not come to the City expecting to attend in person. Those who wish to attend the Pre-Bid Meeting must send an email to nolan.raney@kimley-horn.com no later than 5:00 PM, Monday July 19, 2021 to ensure an invite with the meeting link can be provided. No guarantees shall be made for those who request to attend after the deadline specified herein. Requirements for pre-bid submittals of an or-equal are required within 10 days of the issuance of the Advertisement for Bids and in accordance with Section 00200, Instructions to Bidders. The Project consists generally of the following major items: - Furnish and install approximately 1,900 LF of 24-inch gravity sanitary sewer - Furnish and install approximately 14 gravity sanitary sewer manholes City of Raleigh 00100-2 Advertisement for Bids - Furnish and install approximately 80 LF of 36-inch steel casing pipe via trenchless methods. - Associated pavement and surface restoration, erosion control, temporary bypass pumping, and other appurtenances. Bidding Documents may be examined at Engineer's office and at: ConstructConnect, online; McGraw Hill Dodge Company, online; Construction Journal, online; and NC Institute of Minority Economic Development (a.k.a. The Institute), online. A hard copy and electronic copy of the plans and contract project specifications may be reviewed online and be obtained from Accent Imaging, 8121 Brownleigh Drive, Raleigh, NC 27617, (919) 782-3332, or at www.accentimaging.com. A hard copy of the plans, contract, or electronic files may be obtained at non-refundable fee of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) plus sales tax for hard copy plus digital, or thirty-five dollars ($35.00) plus sales tax for digital only. Plans must be purchased through Accent Imaging to be on the bidders list. Bids will only be accepted from companies listed on the bidders list. Neither Owner nor Engineer will be responsible for copies of the Bidding Documents obtained from sources other than from Accent Imaging. With each request for Bidding Documents supply the following information: Company name, contact person, street address, phone number, and email address for Bidding point of contact; N. C. contractors license with limitation and classification; indicate if the firm will be a Prime bidder, Supplier or Sub-Contractor. Bidders will be required to show evidence that they are licensed to perform the work in the Bidding Documents as required by North Carolina General Statute, Chapter 87 and the Instruction to Bidders. Bid Security in the amount of five percent (5%) of the Bid must accompany each Bid and shall be subject to the conditions provided in the Instruction to Bidders. Pursuant to General Statutes of North Carolina Sections 143-128.2 and 143-131, and in accordance with City policy, the City of Raleigh encourages and provides equal opportunity for certified Minority and Woman-Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) businesses to participate in all aspects of the Citys contracting and procurement programs to include Professional Services; Goods and Other Services; and Construction. The prime contractor will be required to identify participation of MWBE businesses in their Bid, and how that participation will be achieved. Furthermore, the Citys goal is to contract or sub-contract fifteen percent (15%) of the contract amount to certified MWBEs on construction projects over $300,000, or with contracts that include $100,000 or more in state funding. City of Raleigh Mary-Ann Baldwin, Mayor END OF DOCUMENT