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Section 00 11 13 Advertisement to Bid 2019 WATER TREATMENT PLANT IMPROVEMENTS CONTRACT 2-2019 HECLA WATER ASSOCIATION, INC. IRONTON, OHIO Sealed Bids for the construction of barriers for flooding mitigation, equipment and facilities rehabilitation, and expansion addition to a 3.4 million gallons per day water treatment plant will be received by Hecla Water Association, Inc., 3190 SR 141, Ironton, OH 45638, until 11:30 A.m., Local Time, on August 21, 2020, and then at said office publicly opened and read aloud via teleconference. Bidders will not be allowed to stay in the Hecla offices after submission of their bid. The login information for the teleconference is as follows: (812) 250-2545, Conference ID: 181180392#. The facility rehabilitation Work includes. Well maintenance, including sand-blasting and repainting, replacement of electrical system controls, rehabilitation of three existing fluidized bed reactors including pipe and valves, replacement of other existing facility valves and piping, installation of a blower and replacement of portions of associated piping, disposal and replacement of gravity filter media, replacement of filter equipment and piping replacement of high service pumps, and replacement of intermediate pumps. An expansion will be constructed for the addition or replacement of chemical feed capabilities for sand catalyst feed, caustic soda feed, fluoridation, chlorination, and corrosion inhibitor feed. The expansion will be constructed of concrete masonry unit block. Bids are to be addressed to the Hecla Water Association, Inc., 3190 SR 141, Ironton, OH 45638, and shall be marked “Sealed Bid – 2019 Water Treatment Plant Improvements – Contract 2-2019.” Complete digital Project Bidding Documents are available at www.strand.com or at www.questcdn.com. Download the digital Bidding Documents for $50 by inputting Quest project number 7215746 on the website’s Project Search page. Please contact QuestCDN.com at (952) 233 1632 or [email protected] for assistance with free membership registration, downloading, and working with this digital project information. Copies of the Bidding Documents may be obtained at the Issuing Office, Strand Associates, Inc. located at 629 Washington Street, Columbus, IN 47201, upon payment of a nonrefundable deposit of $450 for each set shipping and handling fees included. Overnight mailing of Bidding Documents will not be provided. Bidders who submit a Bid must be a Plan Holder of record at the Issuing Office. Bids from Bidders who are not on the Plan Holders List may be returned as not being responsive. Plan Holders are requested to provide an e mail address if they wish to receive addenda and other information electronically. Plan Holders are requested to designate whether they are a prime contractor, subcontractor, or supplier if they want this information posted on the project Plan Holders List. The Hecla Water Association, Inc. reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, to waive any technicality, and to accept any Bid which it deems advantageous. All Bids shall remain subject to acceptance for 90 days after the time set for receiving Bids. Contract award will be made based on the lowest responsive and responsible Bidder. A virtual prebid conference will be held at 1 p.m., local time, on August 6, 2020, via Skype. Bidders are encouraged to attend and participate in the conference. This virtual meeting can be joined by the following methods: Phone: (812) 250-2545 Conference ID: 427226819# Web Browser: https://meet.lync.com/strandassociates/ryan.mackos/hc84c8hk Hecla Water Association, Inc. will host on-site access to the Water Treatment Plant on August 3, 4, and 5 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. each day. Sign up is required prior to visiting the treatment plant. This Project is expected to be funded in part with funds provided by the United States Department of Agriculture, Rural Utilities Service (RUS). RUS requirements will apply to the Project. The Strand Associates, Inc. project manager is Ryan C. Mackos, P.E., and can be contacted at Strand Associates, Inc. , 629 Washington Street, Columbus, IN 47201, (812) 372-9911 regarding the Project. Section 746 of Title VII of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017 (Division A Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017) and subsequent statutes mandating domestic preference applies an American Iron and Steel requirement to this project. All listed iron and steel products used in this project must be produced in the United States. The term “iron and steel products” means the following products made primarily of iron or steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, reinforced precast concrete, and construction materials. The de minimis and minor components waiver apply to this contract. Published by the authority of the Hecla Water Association, Inc. Tony Howard, General Manager Dated at Hecla Water Association, Inc., Ironton, Ohio LH-95388 7/17/20 – 8/4/20