21-01 BID - Water Distribution SCADA Equipment Replacement

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City of Mercer Island

Project Title: Water Distribution SCADA Equipment Replacement
Project No. 21-01
Engineers Estimated Cost (range): $329,000 - $465,000
Awarded: Bainbridge Island Electric
www.mercerisland.gov/water21-01

Sealed bids will be received, not sent, electronically by the City until 2:00 PM on January 12, 2021. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the temporary closure of the City Hall building, bidders shall submit bids in PDF format to the City Clerk at cityclerk@mercerisland.gov. Upon receipt of e-bid, the City Clerk will send a Zoom link to the same email that sent the bid (no exceptions). 

A Virtual Bid Opening is scheduled for January 14, 2021 at 10:00 AM. Bid results will be posted on the City’s website, after the Virtual Bid Opening, at  https://www.mercerisland.gov/rfps

Work to be performed under this contract, includes, but is not limited to: furnishing all labor, equipment, and materials necessary in upgrading the City’s supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) equipment at five (5) remote water sites. This will consist of replacing the programmable logic controller (PLC) panels at each site, field testing and commissioning services for the new control system equipment, all associated electrical work, and training. The remote water sites include the following, as indicated on the Contract drawings:

1. First Hill Pump Station
2. SPU Station 171
3. South Fire Station
4. North Fire Station
5. Reservoir Pump Station

The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive minor irregularities. 

Plans, specifications, addenda, and bidders list are available on-line through Builders Exchange of Washington, Inc.  Click on “Posted Projects”, “Public Works”, “City of Mercer Island”, “Projects Bidding”. Builders Exchange manages the official bidders list. Bidders are encouraged to register in order to receive automatic email notification of future addenda and to be placed on the official bidders list. 

Plans and specifications are also available at the City of Mercer Island website. Addenda may not be available or updated on this website.

A bid deposit in the amount of five percent (5%) of the bid total price must accompany each bid.

Bidder questions are to be directed to Maya Giddings, Project Coordinator, by email only at maya.giddings@mercerisland.gov. 

Deborah Estrada, MMC, City Clerk

Published:  Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce – December 21, 2020 through January 12, 2021