Portland Avenue Isolation Valve

The City of Tacoma (City) / Tacoma Public Utilities (TPU) is soliciting bids to establish one or more contracts with qualified vendors to fulfill the City's needs for a 18" metal-seated ball valve. Contract(s) will be awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder(s) based on price, product quality and availability. Vendors may be required to submit samples of their product for evaluation prior to award. Products that fail to meet City standards or any of the specifications herein may be rejected. Should a contracted vendor fail to meet quality and/or availability requirements contained in these specifications, the City may move to terminate the contract with 10 days written notice. The Work of this Section shall include all labor, materials, equipment, and incidentals required to design, manufacture, install and commission mechanical Operators, Drives and accessories as specified herein. The Supplier shall be advised to read the detailed fabrication requirements included in this Section. These requirements shall be strictly enforced by the Engineer during execution of the Work. The location of piping, connecting valves and Actuators are intended to be approximately correct to scale. The dimensions shown on the Supplier's approved Shop Drawings showing the Actuators configured on the valves shall be followed in every case. The Work shall meet the intent and purpose of the system. All Work necessary to deliver a complete working system, within the limits of Work, ready for static testing and energized use at commissioning. Submittals in response to a RFB will be recorded as received by a Purchasing representative. Final results are posted to our website. Procurement of a 18" metal seated ball valve for the Isolation of the fill valve at Tacoma Waters Portland Ave Reservoir. Estimate: $125,000. Question Deadline: 2/23/2023 Additional Information: Requests for information regarding the specifications may be obtained by contacting Becky Lewis, Buyer by email to rlewis4@cityoftacoma.org. No pre-proposal meeting will be held; however, questions and request for clarifications of the specifications may be submitted as stated. All goods are subject to final inspection and acceptance by the City. If any inspection fails, the vendor shall be required to make arrangements to exchange the goods at their own expense and replace it in a timely manner acceptable to the City. Material failing to meet the requirements of this contract will be held at Vendor's risk and may be returned to Vendor. If so returned, the cost of transportation, unpacking, inspection, repackaging, reshipping, or other like expenses are the responsibility of the Vendor. The Work of this Section shall include the design, manufacture, and delivery of one 18" metal-seated ball valve, which shall be furnished by the Owner to a contractor for installation under a separate contract. Ball valve designs to be installed under this section shall meet the requirements of AWWA C507. Valves covered under this Section have been specified in detail. The Work defining materials and finish of fasteners for valve assembly, and actuator and drive integration is included in Section 05 43 00. The Work related to Mechanical Operators and Drives for Valves is included. The Work of this Section shall include material, dimensional and surface finish requirements for mechanical fasteners and used in the field assembly and installation of pipe hangers, supports and structural attachments; modular channel strut framing systems; rotating machinery; valves, valve actuators, operators, intermediate drives; and mechanical accessories as specified in all Sections making reference this Section. The Work of this Section does not apply to Code regulated structural fasteners and anchors. Fastener components are specified below by use of a "Grade" or "Type" designation, which are also used to identify them in the details. Specifications describing products and installation requirements for the Work of standard and technical bolting of pressure pipe flanges, at the Site by the Contractor, are not covered under.

Division 01 -	General Requirements.
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Division 11 -	Equipment.