24-22 BID - 2024 Water System Improvements

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City of Mercer Island

Project Title: 2024 Water System Improvements
Bid Number: 24-22
Engineers Estimated Cost: $3,700,000 to $4,300,000

Bidders shall submit their bids in PDF format to the Public Works email address at: bids@mercerisland.gov. Sealed bids will be received, not sent, electronically by the City until 2:00 PM on November 21, 2024. There will be no public bid opening for this project. Bid results will be posted on the City’s web page at: https://www.mercerisland.gov/rfps.

Bidder questions are to be directed to George Fletcher, Senior Project Manager, by email only at George.Fletcher@mercerisland.gov. The City will receive questions until 2:00 PM on November 15, 2024. Questions received after this date will not be answered. All questions and responses will be posted in an addendum by November 19, 2024 to the Builders Exchange site. 

Work to be performed under this contract includes but is not limited to furnishing all labor, equipment, and materials necessary for constructing:

• Schedule A: 1 new pressure reducing valve station, 20 LF of new 14-inch DI water main, 4,605 LF of new 8-inch DI water main, 50 LF of new 6-inch DI water main, 165 LF of new 4-inch DI water main, 13 fire hydrants, 4 air vacuum release assemblies, 1 blowoff assembly, 89 water services, 5 connections to existing water main, concrete driveway, timber stair replacement, and HMA trench patching. Temporary erosion/water pollution control, temporary traffic control and devices, property restoration and other miscellaneous items will also be necessary to complete the work.
• Schedule B: 1,460 LF of new 8-inch DI water main, 35 LF of new 6-inch DI water main, 2 fire hydrants, 1 air vacuum release assembly, 13 water services, 4 connections to existing water main, temporary water main, soldier pile retaining wall, and HMA trench patching. Temporary erosion/water pollution control, temporary traffic control and devices, property restoration and other miscellaneous items will also be necessary to complete the work.
• Schedule C: 325 LF of new 12-inch DI storm main, 165 LF of new 8-inch DI storm main, connections to existing storm main, 12 Type-I catch basins, 2 Type-II catch basins, concrete driveway, and HMA trench patching. Temporary erosion/water pollution control, temporary traffic control and devices, property restoration and other miscellaneous items will also be necessary to complete the work.

A portion of the work in Schedule B on SE 42nd St and Holly Ln will be removed from the project or modified if the City is not able to obtain permanent easements.

A non-mandatory pre-bid walk-through will be held on November 12, 2024, at 10:00 A.M. Pacific Standard Time. Walk-through will begin at the City of Mercer Island City Hall parking lot at 9611 SE 36th St, Mercer Island to discuss the work, bidding forms, and procedures. Not all sites will be visited during this walk through, Contractors are strongly encouraged to visit each site prior to the walk through to gather questions and specific items to review at the meeting. Attendance by bidders, subcontractors and suppliers is strongly encouraged.

This project is subject to RCW 39.04.320 and requires 15% of all labor hours to be performed by apprentices registered in a State Approved Apprenticeship Program. An Apprentice Utilization Plan is required to be submitted. Good Faith Efforts may be considered, and a reduction or waiver may be granted. An incentive will be paid to those that meet the requirement. A penalty will be assessed if the required Apprentice Utilization Plan is not obtained, and no Good Faith Effort has been approved. See Bidding Documents and Contract Documents for additional information including incentive and penalty amounts. Bidders may contact the Department of Labor & Industries, Apprenticeship Section, to obtain information on available apprenticeship programs. 

The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive minor irregularities. 

Plans, specifications, addenda, and bidders list are available on-line through Builders Exchange of Washington, Inc. at http://www.bxwa.com. Click on “Posted Projects”, “Public Works”, “City of Mercer Island”, “Projects Bidding”. Builders Exchange manages the official bidders list. Bidders are encouraged to register in order to receive automatic email notification of future addenda and to be placed on the
official bidders list.

Plans and specifications are also available at the City of Mercer Island website https://www.mercerisland.gov/rfps. Addenda may not be available or updated on this website. 

A bid deposit in the amount of five percent (5%) of the bid total price must accompany each bid. 

The City of Mercer Island, in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. 2000d to 2000d-4 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, Subtitle A, Office of the Secretary, Part 21, Nondiscrimination in Federally-assisted programs of the Department of Transportation issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises as defined at 49 CFR Part 23 will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, national origin, or sex in consideration for an award.

Andrea Larson, CMC
City Clerk
Published: Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce – October 31, 2024 & November 4, 2024