Regional Water Resource Agency Owensboro, KY – Miscellaneous Pump Station Insulation Repairs – Hail Storm 2025 – Contract #2025-32 (S25061)

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REGIONAL WATER RESOURCE AGENCY

OWENSBORO, KENTUCKY

MISCELLANEOUS PUMP STATION INSULATION REPAIRS – HAIL STORM 2025

CONTRACT # 2025-32

General Notice

Regional Water Resource Agency Owensboro, Kentucky (Owner) is requesting Bids for the construction of the following Project:

Miscellaneous Pump Station Insulation Repairs – Hail Storm 2025

Contract # 2025-32

Project # S25061

Bids for the construction of the Project will be received at the David W. Hawes Wastewater Treatment Plant located at 1722 Pleasant Valley Road, Owensboro, KY 42303 until Thursday, May 22, 2025 at 2:00 P.M. CT  (local time). At that time the Bids received will be publicly opened and read.

The Project includes the following Work:

The Contract work provides for the construction repairs of all four pump stations that shall include, but not limited to complete piping insulation removal, heat tracing protection, replacement of any damaged heat tracing due to construction, and insulation replacement.  Contractor shall take precautions to ensure that no debris or dust escapes the fenced in area at any time during Contractor activities. Two of the four sites are located on food processing industry property, and Contractor shall take special care and be explicitly responsible for site-specific security procedures and continuous documentation and control of personnel access and activities in accordance with site-specific requirements. Each Pump Station yard lies adjacent to protected bodies of water (Ohio River and Storm Water Basin Contaminant) and special care shall be taken by the Contractor to ensure no trash, debris or other contaminants are allowed to come into contact with surface waters at any time through the course of the work.

Bids are requested for the following Contract: Miscellaneous Pump Station Insulation Repairs – Hail Storm 2025, Contract # 2025-32.  Bids will be received for a single prime Contract.  Bids shall be as shown in the Bid Form.

Obtaining the Bidding Documents

The Issuing Office for the Bidding Documents is: Commonwealth Engineers, Inc., 922 State Street #400, Bowling Green, KY 42101.  Prospective Bidders may examine the Bidding Documents at the Issuing Office on Mondays through Fridays between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and may obtain copies of the Bidding Documents from the Issuing Office as described below.  Prospective Bidders may also examine the drawings via the Web-based service of Commonwealth Engineers, Inc. at www.commonwealthengineers.com.

Bidding Documents also may be examined at the David W. Hawes Wastewater Treatment Plant, 1722 Pleasant Valley Road, Owensboro, KY 42303, on Mondays through Fridays between the hours of 7:00 a.m.- 3:30 p.m.

The Contract Documents, Specifications and Drawings will be provided via the web-based service of Commonwealth Engineers, Inc. at www.commonwealthengineers.com.  The plan holder will receive an email link to the PDF downloadable documents upon payment of a non-refundable fee of One Hundred Fifty and 00/100 Dollars ($150.00) plus 6% sales tax, per project division desired. 

One set of printed Contract Documents, Specifications and Drawings may be obtained upon payment of an additional non-refundable fee of Two Hundred and Fifty and 00/100 Dollars ($250.00) plus 6% sales tax, per project division desired, via the web-based service of Commonwealth Engineers, Inc. at www.commonwealthengineers.com.  Requests for Contract Documents and Specifications and Drawings must also include a return street address; post office box numbers are not acceptable. 

Contract Documents will not be sold separate from the web-based service (i.e. All plan holders will be required to purchase through the web-based service).  Partial sets of Contract Documents, Specifications and Drawings are not available.  Questions pertaining to this project shall be submitted directly to Travis S. Harper, P.E. and Luke Leffert at Commonwealth Engineers, Inc. via https://login.procore.com.  Additional questions concerning access to the website may be directed to Commonwealth Engineers, Inc. at (317) 888-1177.

All addenda, which may be issued for this Project, will be issued to each plan holder via email.  For those whom also purchase printed Contract Documents, printed addenda will be provided as well.  All plan holders shall note, the printed documents are provided as a courtesy and do not preclude the plan holder from relying upon the web/email based materials (i.e. delays in mail delivery will not be considered relevant due to all contract document holders access to materials via web/email).

No refunds will be issued for this project.

The OWNER reserves the right to reject any bid, or all bids, or to accept any bid or bids, or to make such combination of bids as may seem desirable, and to waive any and all informalities in bidding.  Any bid may be withdrawn prior to the above scheduled time for the opening of bids or authorized postponement thereof.  Any bid received after the time and date specified shall not be considered.  NO bid may be withdrawn after the scheduled closing time for receipt of bids for at least ninety (90) days. 

Bid security shall be furnished in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders.

Pre-bid Conference

A pre-bid conference for the Project will be held on Thursday, May 8th, 2025 at 9:00 A.M. CST at the David W. Hawes Wastewater Treatment Plant located at 1722 Pleasant Valley Road, Owensboro, KY 42303. Following the pre-bid conference, all four sites will be open and available for the Contractors to view until approximately 12:30 P.M. CST. Attendance at the pre-bid conference is encouraged but not required.

Instructions to Bidders

For all further requirements regarding bid submittal, qualifications, procedures, and contract award, refer to the Instructions to Bidders that are included in the Bidding Documents.

This Advertisement is issued by:

Owner: Regional Water Resource Agency

By:          Tonya Smith

Title:      Purchasing and Administration Manager

Date:     May 1st, 2025

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