22-31 BID- Sewer SCADA Systems Replacement

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City of Mercer Island

Project Title: Sewer SCADA Systems Replacement
Bid Number: 22-31
Engineers Estimated Cost (range): $2,168,000 - $3,060,000

Sealed bids will be received, not sent, electronically by the City until 2:00 PM on October 21, 2022. Due
to the COVID-19 pandemic and the temporary closure of the City Hall building, bidders shall submit 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 web page at:
https://www.mercerisland.gov/rfps.

Bidder questions are to be directed to Samantha Brittain, Brown and Caldwell, by email only at
sbrittain@brwncald.com. The City will receive questions until 5:00 PM on October 7, 2022. Questions
received after this date will not be answered. All questions and responses will be posted in an
addendum by October 13, 2022 to the Builders Exchange site.

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 seventeen (17) remote sewer pump station sites. This will consist of
programmable logic controller (PLC) panel replacement, instrument demolition and replacement, go/nogo panel installation, generator monitoring improvements, field testing and commissioning services for the new control system equipment, all associated electrical work, and training. The remote sewer pump
station sites include the following, as indicated on the Contract drawings:
1. Pump Station 1
2. Pump Station 4
3. Pump Station 10
4. Flush Station 12
5. Pump Station 13
6. Pump Station 14
7. Pump Station 15
8. Pump Station 16
9. Pump Station 17
10. Pump Station 18
11. Pump Station 19
12. Pump Station 20
13. Pump Station 21
14. Pump Station 22
15. Pump Station 23
16. Pump Station 24
17. Pump Station 25

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 https://www.mercerisland.gov/rfps. 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.

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 26, 2022, October 3, 2022, October 10, 2022, and October 17, 2022