Mill Creek Pump Station Miscellaneous Improvements SS7497 CDBE - Part I

Bidders shall include in amounts bid payment of State Sales Tax and/or Use Tax on all taxable materials specified to be furnished by the Contractor and incorporated into the work under this contract. Award will be made to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder. This solicitation has been designated as a CDBE (Columbia Disadvantaged Business Enterprise) project. The highly recommended CDBE participation for this solicitation is designated as 16%. This participation must be reflected on the Business Information Record (CDBE). Please see the City of Columbia's CDBE policy Due to Coronavirus quarantine restrictions, all CDBE Good Faith Efforts that require mailing of letters and/or certified letters via the United States Postal Service can now be satisfied by emailing letters instead. Please use copies of your emailed letters as part your Good Faith Efforts. The City of Columbia Local Business Enterprise (LBE) policy applies to this solicitation. You do not have to be a LBE in order to submit a bid for this project. Under the LBE policy, if the lowest responsive and responsible bidder is not a certified LBE and a certified LBE is within 5% of the lowest bid (up to a maximum dollar value not to exceed $500,000), the certified LBE then has the opportunity to accept the project at the lowest bidder's price. The certified LBE must be from the 8 county Combined Statistical Area (CSA) as defined in the City of Columbia's LBE policy and must also be registered with the City of Columbia's Compliance Office as a certified LBE before the bid is submitted Pre-Bid Meeting Zoom Information: Topic: BID024-21-22-CE Mill Creek Pump Station Miscellaneous Improvements SS7497 Pre-Bid Meeting Time: May 11, 2022 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89262366652pwd=enZFbno1WWlqVHh2YnhGdExhaWFuUT09 Meeting ID: 892 6236 6652 Passcode: 146981 One tap mobile +19292056099,,89262366652#,,,,*146981# US (New York) +13017158592,,89262366652#,,,,*146981# US (Washington DC) Dial by your location +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) Meeting ID: 892 6236 6652 Passcode: 146981 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kgB7HMqQa Although the Pre-Bid Meeting is non-mandatory, it is required as a part of Bidder's Good Faith Efforts if the Bidder fails to meet the 16% CDBE participation for this project. The City of Columbia requires every person engaged or intending to engage in any calling, business, occupation or profession in whole or in part within the limits of the city to pay an annual license fee and obtain a business license as provided in the ordinance. Please contact the City of Columbia Business License Office with any questions at (803) 545-3345 or by email at BusinessLicenseMail@columbiasc.net. All Bidders must provide a copy of their South Carolina Contractor's License with their bid and shall have the required classification for the scope of the work. No questions may be directed to or contacts made with the Mayor, other members of City Council, the City Manager, and other City Staff not identified in this IFB as points of contacts during the period of time that this IFB is made public until the final selection is made, except as otherwise provided for herein. Violation of this prohibition may disqualify the bidder from further consideration. This IFB does not commit the City of Columbia to pay for any pre-bid costs. Any costs associated with IFB preparation, pre-bid conferences and any other activity prior to award of a contract shall be at the sole expense of the bidder(s). Rooms, meals, travel, telephone, data processing, administrative and clerical costs associated with the project shall be at the bidder's expense.

Division 03 -	Concrete.
Division 04 -	Masonry.
Division 05 -	Metals.
Division 06 -	Wood, Plastics, and Composites.
Division 07 -	Thermal and Moisture Protection.
Division 08 -	Openings.
Division 09 -	Finishes.
Division 10 -	Specialties, Signage, Toilet, Bath, and Laundry Accessories, Fire Protection Specialties, Fire Extinguishers, Storage Specialties.
Division 11 -	Equipment.
Division 12 -	Furnishings.
Division 14 -	Conveying Equipment, Scaffolding.
Division 21 -	Fire Suppression.
Division 22 -	Plumbing.
Division 23 -	Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC).
Division 26 -	Electrical.
Division 27 -	Communications, Data Communications, Voice Communications, Audio-Video Systems.
Division 28 -	Electronic Safety and Security.
Division 31 -	Earthwork.
Division 32 -	Exterior Improvements, Fences and Gates, Turf and Grasses.
Division 33 -	Utilities, Common Work Results for Utilities, Water Utility Distribution Equipment, Water Utility Pumping Stations, Wastewater Utility Pumping Stations, Sanitary Utility Sewerage Force Mains.
Division 40 -	Process Integration, Water Process Piping.
Division 45 -	Industry-Specific Manufacturing Equipment.
Division 46 -	Water and Wastewater Equipment.