23-09 BID - Water System Improvements

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City of Mercer Island

Project Title: Water System Improvements
Bid Number: 23-09
Engineers Estimated Cost : $3,300,000 to $3,700,000

Sealed bids will be received, not sent, electronically by the city until 2:00 PM on June 29, 2023. 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.

Work to be performed under this contract includes, but is not limited to furnishing all labor,
equipment, and materials necessary for constructing a new pressure reducing vault station,
approximately 20 LF of new 12-inch DI water main, 6,000 LF of new 8-inch DI water main, 235
LF of new 6-inch DI water main, 395 LF of new 4-inch DI water main, 14 fire hydrants, 145
water services, 24 connections to existing water main, concrete driveway, and concrete curb
and gutter. Temporary erosion/water pollution control, temporary traffic control and devices,
property restoration and other miscellaneous items will also be necessary to complete the work.

A non-mandatory pre-bid walk-through will be held on June 21, 2023, at 10:00 A.M. Pacific
Standard Time. Walk-through will begin at the City of Mercer Island City Hall parking lot at 9611
SE 36th St, Mercer Island to discuss the work, bidding forms, and procedures. Not all sites will
be visited during this walk through, contractors are strongly encouraged to visit each site prior to
the walk through to gather questions and specific items to review at the meeting. Attendance by
bidders, subcontractors and suppliers is strongly encouraged.

A single contract is to be awarded to the responsible bidder submitting the lowest responsive
bid. 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.
Bidder’s questions are to be directed to George Fletcher, Senior Project Manager, by email at
George.Fletcher@mercerisland.gov.

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
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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 – June 13, 2023, & June 15, 2023