Water District No. 12

Written requests for information will be accepted until 12:00 pm on May 13, 2022. The Project consists of constructing approximately 28,000 linear feet of 8 and 12-inch water main and associated appurtenances along portions of Prole, Byron, Griswold, School, and Fotch Roads. Bids will be received for a single prime Contract. Bids shall be on a lump sum and unit price basis, with additive alternate bid items as indicated in the Bid Form. This project is partially funded under the Rural Utility Service as administered by the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development (USDA RD) and is subject to the provisions of Section 3 of the HUD Act of 1968 as amended and other USDA RD regulations. Prospective bidders should review the USDA RD requirements included in the contract documents. Bidders on this work will be required to comply with the President's Executive Order Nos. 11,246 and 11,375 which prohibit discrimination in employmentregarding race, creed, color,sex, or national origin. Security for Faithful Performance: The successful bidder will be required to furnish Performance and Labor and Material Payment Bonds written by firms licensed to do business in New York State, each in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract amounts in accordance with the provisions of the Contract Documents. Sales and Use of Tax Exemptions: The Town of Stafford is exempt from the payment of sales and compensation use taxes ofthe State of New York and of cities and counties on all materials, equipment, and supplies sold to the Town of Stafford pursuant to this contract. Also exempt from such taxes are purchases by the Contractor and his Subcontractors of materials, equipment, and supplies to be sold to the Town of Stafford pursuant to this contract, including tangible personal property to be incorporated in any structure, building, or other real property forming part of the project. These taxes are not to be included in the Bid. Section 746 of Title VII of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017 (Division A - Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017) and subsequent statutes mandating domestic preference applies an American Iron and Steel requirement to this project. All listed iron and steel products used in this project must be produced in the United States. The term "iron and steel products" meansthe following products made primarily of iron orsteel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, reinforced precast concrete, and construction materials. The deminimis and minor components waiver for Pig Iron and Direct Reduced Iron apply to this Contract.

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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.