North Columbus Water Resource Facility Finished Water Pump and Chemical Improvements

Bid Information:

Sealed Bids for furnishing all materials, labor, tools, equipment and appurtenances necessary for the construction of the North Columbus Water Resource Facility Finished Water Pump and Chemical Improvements (Project No. 35774-87) will be received at the Columbus Water Works, 1421 Veterans Parkway, Columbus, Georgia 31901, until 2:00 p.m., local time, on May 23, 2024 and then at said location publicly opened and read aloud.

Printed and digital copies of bidding Documents may be obtained from https://bidding.bargedesign.com/. For questions about ordering documents, call Memphis Reprographics at 901-381-9811. Call prior to picking up documents to ensure availability. Partial sets of Bidding Documents will not be available directly from the Issuing Office. Neither Owner nor Engineer will be responsible for full or partial sets of bidding Documents including Addenda, if any, obtained from sources other than the Issuing Office. No part of the purchase will be refunded.

Each Bid must be accompanied by a Bid Bond, prepared on the form of Bid Bond attached to the Contract Documents or a Surety Company's Standard Bid Bond, duly executed by the Bidder as principal and having as surety thereon a surety company licensed to do business in the State of Georgia and listed as a certified company in the latest issue of U.S. Treasury Circular 570, in the amount of five percent of the Bid. Additionally, Bidders will be required to demonstrate compliance with the American Iron and Steel Special Conditions and Information, and the Supplemental General Conditions in Appendix A, to comply with GEFA funding requirements.

The Owner reserves the right to reject all Bids, to waive informalities and to re-advertise.

Project Scope:

The Project includes finished water pumping and chemical feed improvements at North Columbus, Water Resource Facility in Columbus, Georgia including the following improvements:

1. Replacing the existing 6,000 gpm NCPS Pump No. 1 with a new 9,000 gpm pump, motor, and electrical conduit and wiring.

2. Upgrading the electrical systems at the North Columbus Pump Station and High Service Pump Station as shown on the Drawings.

3. Replacement of existing chlorine gas system with new 12% bulk sodium hypochlorite feed system, including six fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) bulk storage tanks, three day tanks, and twelve chemical feed pumps.

4. Relocation of the existing PAC feed point to the new Raw Water Chemical Feed Vault, including extension of feed piping in the new chemical trench / ductbank, replacement of the eductor, and replacement of the water booster pump, within the existing PAC silo.

5. Replacement of the existing chlorine dioxide generation system with a new generation system, including replacement of the sulfuric acid tank, feed pumps, and water booster pump, within the existing Chemical Building.

6. Replacement of pretreatment chemical feed lines, including alum, PAC, chlorine dioxide, liquid lime, polymer, and pre-chlorine (sodium hypochlorite), with Schedule 80 PVC in a new concrete chemical trench or ductbank. All chlorine gas solution lines will be replaced as part of the conversion to sodium hypochlorite.

7. Replace or modify the ventilation equipment in the Chlorine Storage Building and thebasement of the Operations Building and as shown on the drawings.