Town of Emmitsburg
300A S. Seton Ave Emmitsburg, Maryland
21727
301-600-6300

Invitation to Bid

Construction of Enhanced Nutrient Removal Upgrade

Of Emmitsburg Wastewater Treatment Plant

  

Owner:  Town of Emmitsburg, Maryland

 

Address:

300A South Seton Avenue

Emmitsburg, Maryland 21727

 

Separate sealed Bids for the construction of an Enhanced Nutrient Removal (ENR) upgrade of the Emmitsburg Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) including a new headworks facility with mechanical screening and grit removal; two aeration lagoons; two secondary clarifiers with a return activated sludge (RAS) pumping station; a Chemical and Blower building; denitrification filters; cascade aeration; flow monitoring; a plant water pumping station; two aerobic digesters; a dewatering facility with one centrifuge; a plant recycle pumping station; and other miscellaneous improvements, will be received by:

 

Brenda Ruopoli

Administrative Assistant

Town of Emmitsburg, Maryland

 

at the office of:

 

300A South Seton Avenue

Emmitsburg, Maryland 21727

 

until 2:00 pm (Local Time) June 12, 2012 and then at said office publicly opened and read aloud.

 

A Pre-Bid Conference will be held on May 9, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. local time at the Town of Emmitsburg’s office at 300A South Seton Avenue, Emmitsburg, MD  21727 followed by a tour of the Emmitsburg WWTP.  Representatives of Owner and Engineer will be present to discuss the Project.

 

Estimated Construction Cost: Over $10,000,000

 

The Contract Documents may be examined at the following location(s):

 

Town of Emmitsburg                                                       McGraw-Hill Dodge

300A South Seton Avenue                                              3315 Central Avenue

Emmitsburg, Maryland 21727                                         Hot Springs, Arkansas 71913

 


 

GHD Inc.                                                                       Reed Construction Data

16701 Melford Boulevard                                              30 Technology Parkway South

Suite 330                                                                        Suite 100

Bowie, Maryland 20715                                                 Norcross, Georgia 30092

 

Construction Journal

759 South Federal Highway

Suite 300

Stuart, Florida 34994

 

Copies of the Bidding Documents may be obtained at the Issuing Office, the Town of Emmitsburg, Maryland, located at

 

300A South Seton Avenue

Emmitsburg, Maryland 21727

 

upon payment of $200.00 for each set in the form of a check or money order payable to the Town of Emmitsburg.  If mailing of documents is requested, a separate check payable to Town of Emmitsburg in the amount of $100.00 per set must be included to cover handling and postage fees. No refunds will be made for the return of plans and specifications.

 

All questions regarding this project shall be submitted in writing to John Cannon at GHD Inc. via email at john.cannon@ghd.com. The subject heading for all emails shall be:

 

        Subject: “Emmitsburg WWTP ENR Upgrade Contract No. 2011-5-1651

 

No response will be given to questions received less than 14 days before the bid date.

 

This project will be funded in part by the Maryland Water Quality Financing Administration’s (MWQFA) State Revolving Loan Fund (SRF) Program and the State ENR Grant Program.

 

As a condition of federal grant awards, regulations require the RLF recipients (Town of Emmitsburg) and prime contractors to make a good-faith effort to award a fair share of work to qualified Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs). Bidders must demonstrate and document the affirmative steps to provide opportunities DBEs to participate in the project.  For additional information, please visit the MWQFA website: www.mde.state.md.us/wqfa. 

 

The project or segment thereof to be constructed in accordance with these contract documents is subject to the following requirements. In the event of conflict with other requirements of the contract documents, the following requirements control unless the requirement is a minimum requirement. Nothing in this document shall be construed to prohibit the owner from requiring additional assurances, guarantees, indemnities, or other contractual requirements from any other party to this agreement.

 



I. REQUIREMENT AND CONTRACT PROVISIONS FOR THE PROJECT FINANCED THROUGH THE MARYLAND WATER QUALITY REVOLVING LOAN FUND AND THE MARYLAND DRINKING WATER REVOLVING LOAN FUND (October 1,2008).

 

II. THE PREVAILING FEDERAL WAGE RATES AS DETERMINED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR UNDER THE DAVIS-BACON AND RELATED ACTS. AVAILABLE AT: http://www.gpo.gov/davisbacon/md.html

 

 

Each bid proposal must be accompanied by a Bid Bond payable to the Town of Emmitsburg in the amount of 5% of the Total Bid Price, the bid bond forms included in the Bid Proposal Division of the documents being utilized for this purpose.

 

If, upon acceptance of his bid, a Bidder fails to enter into a Contract with the Town of Emmitsburg, the bid security shall be forfeited to and become the property of the Town.

 

No bidder may withdraw his bid within one hundred twenty (120) days after the date of the bid opening.  The successful bidder must furnish a 100% Performance and Payment Bond with a surety company satisfactory to the Town and conforming to the prerequisite requirements of Article 5 of the General Conditions.

 

The Town reserves the right to waive any informalities or to reject any or all bids.

 

Bidders are required to certify, under penalty of perjury, that bids have been prepared without collusion with other bidders, subcontractors, suppliers, etc.  This certification is included with the Bid Proposal which each Bidder must sign in the space provided.