24-03 BID - Booster Pump Station Upgrades

Advertisement for Bids

**REVISED BID OPENING**

City of Mercer Island

Project Title: Booster Pump Station Upgrades

Project Number: 24-03

Engineers Estimated Cost (range): $1.45 M to $1.75 M

Sealed Bids will be Received by and Opened: 2:00 PM on February 29, 2024

Sealed bids will be received, not sent, electronically by the City until 2:00 PM on February 22 29, 2024. Bidders shall submit their bids in PDF format to the Public Works email address at: bids@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.

Work to be performed under this contract includes mechanical, structural, electrical, and automatic control upgrades to the booster pump station. The work must be completed in separate milestones to provide adequate water supply to customers and maintain fire flow requirements during construction. See Specification Section 1.32.13 for more information on phasing and scheduling.

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.

See Instructions to Bidders, element 9, for information regarding the option Pre-Bid Walkthrough. A non-mandatory Pre-Bid Walkthrough will be held at 10:00 AM on February 8, 2024. Bidders are to meet at the City’s Booster Pump Station, 4350 88^th Avenue SE, Mercer Island, WA 98040 to discuss the work, bidding forms, and procedures. Attendance by bidders, subcontractors, and suppliers is strongly encouraged. 

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 questions are to be directed to Marine Behr, PE, by email only at mbehr@rh2.com. The City will receive questions until 12:00 PM on February 19, 2024. Questions received after this date will not be answered. All questions and responses will be posted in an addendum by 10:00 AM on February 20, 2024 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 – January 29, 2024, and February 8, 2024.