ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Sealed bids will be received by the Town of Pax, County of Fayette, West Virginia, at 37 School Street, Pax, WV 25904 from 12:00 PM until 1:00 p.m. November 12, 2019, at which time, all sealed bids received will be publicly opened and read aloud for the Willis Branch Sewer Extension Project. A pre-bid meeting will be conducted at the Town of Pax office at 10:00 AM on October 29, 2019. Attendance at the pre-bid meeting is highly encouraged but is not mandatory.
Contract 1 – Furnishing all materials, labor, and necessary items for the construction and installation of approximately 15,800 feet of 8-inch gravity sewer line, 1,200 feet of 6-inch gravity sewer line, 107 manholes, 9 cleanouts, a lift station pump upgrade and all other items and appurtenances as outlined in the Plans and Specifications.
Contract 2 – Furnishing all materials, labor, and necessary items for the construction and installation of one (1) sewer treatment plant upgrade consisting of blowers, controls, programming, valves, aeration modules, bioreactor/aeration modules, air lines, and all other items and appurtenances as outlined in the Plans and Specifications.
The Town of Pax reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any informality therein.
Bidders on this work will be required to comply with the President’s Executive Order 11246, HUD Section 109, which prohibits discrimination in employment regarding race, creed, color, sex or national origin, and have non-segregated facilities.
This CDBG-Small Cities Block Grant project is to be financed in part by a grant from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the West Virginia Development Office and will be referred to as Willis Branch Sewer Extension Project.
The work to be performed under this contract is subject to the requirements of Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended, 12 U.S.C. 170l u (Section 3). The purpose of Section 3 is to ensure that employment and other economic opportunities generated by HUD assistance or HUD-assisted projects covered by Section 3, shall, to the greatest extent feasible, be directed to low- and very low-income persons, particularly persons who are recipients of HUD assistance for housing.
The parties of this contract agree to comply with HUD’s regulations in 24 CFR Part 135, which implement Section 3. Bidders’ attention is directed to the Section 3 “Clause” set forth in the contract documents. Bidders must comply the Drug-Free Workplace Provisions pursuant to West Virginia Code 21-1D-5.
Bidders must comply with the requirements for Affirmative Action and Minority Business Enterprises participation as described in the Federal Specifications insert to the Contract Documents. Bidders must comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Davis-Bacon Act, the Copeland Act, the Contract Work Hours and Safety Act, and the West Virginia Division of Labor Wages for Construction of Public Improvements pursuant to West Virginia Code 21-5A-3, and the West Virginia Jobs Act (West Virginia Code 21-1C-1).
Plans and specifications are on file for inspection at the following offices during normal working hours:
F. W. Dodge Plan Room,
Charleston, West Virginia
F. W. Dodge Plan Room,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Town of Pax, Pax, WV
Contractor’s Association of
West Virginia, Charleston,
West Virginia
Copies of Plans and Specifications and proposal forms may be obtained from E.L. Robinson Engineering Company by check or money order made out to E.L. Robinson Engineering Company in the amount of $200.00 per set. In addition, a delivery charge of $30.00 for the first set and $30.00 per set for each additional set, if delivery is required. The delivery charge is non-refundable.
A certified check or bank draft payable to the Town of Pax, County of Fayette, West Virginia, or a Bid Bond executed by the Bidder and a grantee bidder and a bidder surety company approved by the Town of Pax, County of Fayette, West Virginia in the amount equal to five percent (5{4ceb532c6f579389df471c6c1e832caf2346b74dc60fcbf6aabd4d29df3baf9c}) of the Bid, shall be submitted with each Bid, to guarantee the Bidder’s entrance into a Contract, if given the award. The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a satisfactory Payment Bond and Performance Bond, each for 100{4ceb532c6f579389df471c6c1e832caf2346b74dc60fcbf6aabd4d29df3baf9c} of the contract amount.
No Bid shall be waived or returned because the Bidder failed to or cannot comply with any requirements as set forth in the Plans and Specifications, or any applicable statutes of the United States, the State of West Virginia and/or local ordinances.
No Bidder may withdraw their bid for a period of ninety (90) days after the time of the opening of the Bids.
Any Contractor submitting a Bid on this project hereby certifies, indicates and acknowledges that he/she has a license and meets all the qualifications required by the statutes of the State and subdivision in which the work is to be performed. All Bidders must hold a current WV Contractor License on the date of Bid opening.
Each bidder must fully comply with the requirements, terms, and conditions as set forth in the contract documents to achieve Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) participation during the performance of this contract. The bidder commits itself to the program for DBE participation and all other requirements, terms, and conditions of the bid conditions by submitting a properly signed bid.
The bidder agrees to make “good faith efforts” to sub-contract a portion of the total value of the contract to disadvantaged businesses. This shall be done in compliance with the six (6) good faith efforts as outlined in 40 CFR 31.36(e). Failure to demonstrate good faith efforts may lead to rejection of bids. For the purpose of this program, the term “subcontractor” includes all construction, modification, and service work contracted by the bidder in the execution of the work under this contract.