22-25 BID- Reservoir Standby Generator Replacement

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City of Mercer Island

Project Title: Reservoir Standby Generator Replacement
Project No.: 22-25
Engineers Estimated Cost (range): $1,000,000 - $1,250,000.

Sealed bids will be received, not sent, electronically by the City until 2:00 PM on October 20, 2022. Bidders shall submit their bids in PDF format to the Public Works email address at publicworks@mercerisland.gov. There will be no public bid opening for this project; bid results will be posted on the City’s webpage at: https://www.mercerisland.gov/rfps.

An optional pre-bid walk-through will be held at the project site, 4350 88th Ave SE, at 11 am on Wednesday, October 12, 2022.

Work to be performed under this contract includes, but is not limited to mass excavation, modification of an existing rockery retaining wall, installation of a new diesel-engine generator and load bank, relocation of an existing diesel fuel tank, removal of an existing diesel-engine generator, replacement of electrical equipment, and site restoration.
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. at http://www.bxwa.com. 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 http://www.mercergov.org/RFP . 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 George Fletcher, CIP Project Manager, by email only at george.fletcher@mercerisland.gov. The City will receive questions until 12:00pm on October 18th, 2022. Questions received after this date will not be answered. All questions and responses will be posted by 10:00 am on October 19, 2022 to the Builders Exchange site.

The City of Mercer Island, in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252, 42 
U.S.C. 2000d to 2000d-4 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, Subtitle A, Office of the Secretary, Part 21, Nondiscrimination in Federally-assisted programs of the Department of Transportation issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises as defined at 49 CFR Part 23 will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, national origin, or sex in consideration for an award.

Andrea Larson, City Clerk
Published: Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce September 29, 2022 & October 6, 2022