South Plains WSC – Water System Improvements

Project Description

PROJECT INCLUDES:                     Miscellaneous pump and piping improvement at the SPWSC's pump stations.

ESTIMATED COST:                         $170,000

BID BOND:                                                          5 %

PERFORMANCE/PAYMENT BONDS:         100 %

FUNDING AGENCY:                        Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) DFUND

Contractors: Please note that we have a new feature on our website. Questions should now be entered online, in the box provided for each project prior to the question deadline. To avoid duplicating questions, please review the previously submitted questions posted at the bottom of each project’s web page.

Questions will be automatically directed to and reviewed by the project manager. All project specific questions posted here will be answered via addendum and distributed to all plan holders. Addenda will also be posted to the website and may be accessed by clicking the red “Addendums” button.

Copies of the CONTRACT DOCUMENTS must be ordered online at www.jacobmartin.com.  Orders for CONTRACT DOCUMENTS may include hard copies for pick up, mail out or digital download via www.jacobmartin.com.  Upon verification of online payment, hard copies may be picked up at Jacob & Martin, LLC., located at 3465 Curry Lane, Abilene, TX 79606.  Cost for hard copies of the CONTRACT DOCUMENTS will be $100.00.  Cost for digital download of CONTRACT DOCUMENTS will be $0.00.  Contractors must purchase a set of CONTRACT DOCUMENTS to be considered a registered plan holder eligible to bid the project.

This contract is contingent upon release of funds from the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB).

The Owner reserves the right to waive any informalities and to reject any or all bids, and to accept the bid they consider most advantageous to the Owner.  Bids may be held by the Owner for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days from the date of bid opening for the purpose of reviewing the bids and investigating the qualifications of Bidders prior to awarding of the contract.  Award of the contract will be made as a whole to one Bidder.  The contract shall be awarded to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder.

A certified check or bank draft, payable to the order of South Plains WSC, negotiable U.S. Government bonds (at par value) or a satisfactory Bid Bond executed by the Bidder and an acceptable surety in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the total bid (Water Code 17.183) shall be submitted with each bid. The Contractor shall utilize a surety company which is authorized to do business in Texas in accordance with Surety Bonds and Related Instruments, Chapter 3503 of the Insurance Code.

The party to whom the contract is awarded shall be required to furnish performance and payment bonds for 100% of the contract price, from a surety company holding a permit from the State of Texas to act as surety.

Any contract(s) awarded under this Invitation for Bids is/are subject to the United States Iron and Steel (US I&S) requirements of Texas Water Code §17.183 and/or Texas Government Code, Chapter 2252, Subchapter F, as amended by SB 1289, 85th Legislative Session, as applicable.

The South Plains WSC is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, age, handicap or national origin. Small and minority firms are encouraged to submit bids for this project.

Equal Opportunity in Employment - All qualified Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age (40 or older), disability, or genetic information. Bidders on this work will be required to comply with the Department of Labor regulations at 41 CFR Part 33 in the award and administration of contracts awarded under TWDB financial assistance agreements. Failure by the Contractor to carry out these requirements is a material breach, which may result in the termination of the awarded financial assistance.