Description

Sealed Bids for the construction of the Taylors Ferry Reservoirs & Site Seismic Improvements, Project No. C12609 (Project) for Tualatin Valley Water District (Owner) will be accepted by Heather Speight, Procurement and Contract Administrator, via Equity Hub’s Bid Locker at https://bidlocker.us/details/3443_Taylors_Ferry_Reservoir_Replacement (Bid Locker), until 2:00 p.m. local time on Tuesday, August 20, 2024 (Bid Closing Time). Bidders must sign up with Bid Locker at https://bidlocker.us/a/tvwd/BidLocker before being allowed to submit a bid.  There is no cost to register. Any Bids received after the Bid Closing Time will not be considered.

Registration with Bid Locker requires a correctly completed Confidentiality Agreement, which is available through the registration process. Following completion of the requested vendor information and upload of the Confidentiality Agreement, the vendor profile will be sent for a manual approval. Allow one business day for your vendor profile to be approved. If it has not been approved within one business day, or if you have questions about this process, contact bidsandproposals@tvwd.org. Proposers are advised to ensure that their Bid Locker vendor profile is active and approved a minimum of three business days prior to the Bid Closing Time to prevent any issues with submitting a bid on time.

Bids received by the Bid Closing Time will be publicly opened and read aloud immediately thereafter on a conference call at 971.300.4841, phone conference ID 447 513 003#.

This Project includes construction work that requires prequalification for earthwork, reservoir, and reservoir prestressor contractors. The prequalification process is described in Section 00 21 13 Instructions to Bidders. Statements of Qualification (SOQ) must be submitted to bidsandproposals@tvwd.org by 2:00 p.m. local time on Tuesday, July 23, 2024 (SOQ Submission Time). Results will be sent on July 30, 2024, as an addendum.

The Bidder is required to submit a First Tier Subcontractor Disclosure Form (First Tiers), as described by ORS 279C.370.  The First Tiers must be submitted to Bid Locker within two hours of the Bid Closing Time. The Owner must reject a Bid if the Bidder fails to submit the First Tiers to Bid Locker within two hours of the Bid Closing Time. Original copies of the Bid Guarantee must be submitted to Owner within the time specified as prescribed in Section 00 21 13 (11.1).

This Project is receiving funding through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Grant Program HMGP-DR-4562-OR, and as such, will be subject to federal contracting requirements as further detailed in Section 00 73 45 – Federal Requirements.

The work for the Project consists of furnishing required labor, equipment, and materials for the following:

1.    Construct two 1.75 Million Gallon (MG) circular concrete D-110 style potable water reservoirs.

2.    Construct a 0.3 million gallon per day (mgd) potable water booster pump station with 1500 gallon per minute (gpm) fire pumps, including a backup power generator.

3.    Construct an operations and maintenance building.

4.    Construct seismically resilient piping connections.

5.    Demolish the existing site facilities while maintaining potable water service throughout the construction.

6.    Complete site grading, landscaping, and all utility connections for a fully functional site including all other traffic control, restoration, erosion control, and other incidental related work as described in the Contract Documents.

The Work shall proceed and be complete in accordance with the Contract Times listed in the Agreement, with all Work complete by November 6, 2026.

Bid Documents may be obtained electronically from Bid Locker at no charge or in either electronic or hard copy format by contacting:

Plan Center Northwest

PO Box 2486

Clackamas, OR 97015

Phone: (503) 650-0148

E-mail: megan@plancenternw.com

www.plancenternw.com

If a Bidder obtains the Bid documents from Plan Center Northwest, the Bidder is still responsible for registering with Bid Locker to submit their bid.

Addenda will be published to Bid Locker. Bidders who download bid packages from Bid Locker will automatically be notified via email when addenda are published. It is the responsibility of the Bidder to obtain all addenda. Bidders are responsible for the cost of obtaining and/or printing the Bid Documents. The Bidder, including subcontractors, will also be responsible for signing a confidentiality agreement prior to obtaining the documents. Return of the documents is not required, and any amount paid for the Bid Documents is nonrefundable.

Bidders are requested to attend the optional pre-bid conference for this Project on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, at 1:00 p.m., at the Project site located at 6501 SW Taylors Ferry Road, Portland, Oregon. Bidders who do not attend the pre-bid conference may still submit bids, however, attendance is highly recommended.

Contractors must be qualified in accordance with the applicable parts of ORS 279 to enter into a contract with the Owner for public work in Oregon. Bidders are required to complete and submit with their bid Section 00 45 13, “Statement of Bidder’s Qualifications.” The Owner will investigate and determine if the qualifications of the apparent low Bidder meet the minimum requirements as part of its evaluation of the lowest responsive and responsible bid.

No bid will be received or considered by the Owner unless the Bid Form contains, or is accompanied by, a statement by the Bidder as a part of the bid that the provisions required by ORS 279C.800 through 279C.870 pertaining to prevailing wages are included in this Contract. Contractor or sub-contractor MUST be licensed under ORS 468A.720 for asbestos abatement as a requirement of this Project. Each bid must contain a statement as to whether the Bidder is a Resident Bidder as defined in ORS 279A.120.  Each bid must contain a statement as to whether the Bidder is registered with the Oregon Construction Contractors Board in accordance with the provisions of ORS 279C.365.

Bids must be submitted on the prescribed forms and must be accompanied by a certified check or bid bond executed in favor of the Tualatin Valley Water District in an amount not less than ten (10) percent of the amount bid. The successful Bidder will be required to furnish the necessary additional bond(s) for the faithful performance of the Contract as prescribed in the Contract Documents.

The Owner reserves the right to reject all bids not in compliance with all prescribed public contracting procedures and requirements, including Bidder responsibility under ORS 279C.375(3)(b), and may reject for good cause all bids upon the Owner’s finding that it is in the Owner’s or the public’s best interest to do so. The Owner reserves the right to waive informalities and to award a Contract to the qualified lowest responsive and responsible Bidder.

For more information regarding this project contact Nicholas Augustus, with Tualatin Valley Water District at Nick.Augustus@tvwd.org.

Published July 8, 2024, and July 10, 2024

Attachments

This project has the following solicitation documents.

You will need to:

• Be logged into Bid Locker
• Be registered with Tualatin Valley Water District

Pre-Bid Conference

Bidders are requested to attend the optional pre-bid conference for this Project on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, at 1:00 p.m., at the Project site located at 6501 SW Taylors Ferry Road, Portland, Oregon. Bidders who do not attend the pre-bid conference may still submit bids, however, attendance is highly recommended.

For Questions or Additional Information, Contact:

Name: Heather Speight
Email: bidsandproposals@tvwd.org