853W Transmission Main Phase II - Secrest Shortcut Road

The Project consists of constructing the following major items: - Furnish and install approximately 4,900 LF of 16" ductile iron water transmission pipeline - Furnish and install all associated fittings, valves, air-release valve structures, blow-offtstie-ins, interconnections, services, clearing, erosion control, cleaning, disinfection and testing, pipeline abandonment and all other pipeline work shown on the Drawings and described in the Specifications. Bids will be received for a single prime Contract. Bids shall be on a unit price basis as indicated in the Bid Form. All questions about the meaning or intent of the Bidding Documents are to be submitted, in writing, to the Procurement contact person listed on the cover page (vicky.watts@unioncountync.gov). Deadline for questions is 5:00 PM local time on November 22, 2022. The Issuing Office for the Bidding Documents is: Black & Veatch International Company 10925 David Taylor Drive, Suite 280, Charlotte, NC 28262, Contact: TuckerA@bv.com Prospective Bidders may examine the Bidding Documents at the Issuing Office or at the Union County Procurement Department offices at 500 North Main Street, 7th Floor, Suite 709, Monroe, North Carolina 28112 on Mondays through Fridays between the hours of 8:00 am and 5:00 pm, and may obtain copies of the Bidding Documents from the Issuing Office as described below. Bidding Documents may be viewed online at website. The date that the Bidding Documents are transmitted by the Issuing Office will be considered the Bidder's date of receipt of the Bidding Documents. Partial sets of Bidding Documents will not be available from the Issuing Office. Neither Owner nor Engineer will be responsible for full or partial sets of Bidding Documents, including Addenda if any, obtained from sources other than the Issuing Office. Bidders must have a license to do work as a general contractor in the State of North Carolina, as set forth under Article 1 of Chapter 87 of the North Carolina General Statutes. The Contractor's North Carolina License number shall be designated on the outside of the envelope containing the bid. Bidders are required to comply with the non-collusion requirements set forth in the Bidding Documents. Bid security shall be furnished in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders. The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids, including without limitation, nonconforming, nonresponsive, unbalanced, or conditional Bids. Owner further reserve the right to reject the Bid and Bidder whom they find, after reasonable inquiry and evaluation, to not be responsible. Owner may also reject the Bid and Bidder if the Owner believes that it would not be in the best interest of the Project to make an award to that Bidder. Owner also reserves the right to waive all informalities and technicalities not involving price, time, or changes in the Work and to negotiate, as allowed by law, contract terms with the Successful Bidder. Union County encourages good faith effort outreach to Minority Businesses (HUB Certified) and Small Businesses.

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Utilities, Instrumentation and Control for Utilities, Water Utilities, Water Utility Distribution Piping, Water Utility Distribution Equipment, Disinfecting of Water Utility Distribution, Water Utility Storage Tanks.