Site work for a water / sewer project in Columbus, Ohio. Completed plans call for site work for a water / sewer project.

The City of Columbus (hereinafter "City") is accepting bids for Greenway Avenue Area Water Line Improvements, 690236-100100 the work for which consists of replacing approximately 9,753 linear feet of 2-inch, 6-Inch, 8-Inch and 12-Inch water lines, and other such work as may be necessary to complete the contract, in accordance with the drawings (There are 2 sets of plans included in this bid: 19-152 Greenway Ave Area Water Line Improvements and 21-090 English Way Water Line Improvements), technical specifications,special provisions, and City of Columbus Construction and Material specifications set forth in this Invitation For Bid (IFB). This IFB contains the following sections: SECTION I: ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS - This section provides a brief overview of the project and bidding process. SECTION II: BID FORMS - This section contains bid forms B1 through B9 and B14 SECTION III: OHIO AND U.S. EPA REQUIRED BID FORMS AND INSTRUCTIONS - This section contains bid forms B10 through B13 all of which pertain to requirements of the EPA. SECTION IV: SPECIAL PROVISIONS SECTION V: CONTRACT FORMS - The contract section contains forms and instruments that will be used in the event of contract award. Do not complete and submit the contract with your bid. The contract will be completed by the selected bidder after an award determination has been made by the City and the contract is delivered to the selected bidder for execution. The City will not negotiate the terms contained in this contract. SECTION VI: INFORMATION / OTHER FORMS - This section contains information only. Refer to this section when completing your bid. SECTION VII: TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS - If included, additional technical information pertaining to this project may be provided in this section. SECTION VIII: STANDARD DRAWINGS - If included, this section will provided standard drawings relevant to this project. SECTION IX: APPENDICES - This section provides information related MBE/WBE Goals. In order for a bid to be considered responsive, the bidder must submit all required information for the project as outlined in the IFB. All materials submitted in response to this advertisement will become part of the awarded contract; will become the property of the City; will not be returned; and will be considered public records subject to disclosure as contemplated by Ohio Revised Code Section 149.43. Both the City MBE/WBE goal and the U.S. EPA goals are required to be met and the associated forms for both City and U.S. EPA goals must be completed and submitted with the bid. If the U.S. EPA DBE goals or the City MBE/WBE goal cannot be met, the specifications require the demonstration and documentation of a good faith effort using the appropriate forms for both provided in the IFB. Please note that if there is not a City MBE/WBE goal associated with the project the U.S. EPA DBE goals are still required to be met. A MBE/WBE Contract-specific City subcontract goal is required for this service contract. *** The MBE/WBE Goal for this project is: 10% *** An mbe or wbe prime bidder may count 100% of the dollar value of the work it intends To perform with its own forces toward the applicable contract participation goal. In order To receive credit for the participation of a mbe/wbe subcontractor, the consultant must Use only mbe/wbes certified by the city of columbus office of diversity and inclusion. Firms that will be used to meet the mbw/wbe contract goal must be city certified by odi As an mbe/wbe prior to contract execution. Bidders can search the directory at Electronically for certified firms that can satisfy their Purchasing needs and project participation goals. Listing amounts spent with companies With another city certification status (such as ebe), state certified companies, companies With other types of certifications that are not also city certified as an mbe/wbe, are not Eligible to be counted toward the city's mbe/wbe contract goal. The cost of supplies and materials obtained by the mbe or wbe for the work of the Contract, including equipment leased, may be credited toward the goal (except supplies And equipment the mbe or wbe subcontractor purchases or leases from the prime Contractor or its affiliate). Bidder/proposer will receive 60% credit toward goal attainment For use of city certified mbe/wbe suppliers (I.E., where a bidder/proposer proposes to Purchase $100,000 worth of construction materials from a city certified mbe/wbe Supplier, $60,000 will be credited toward the bidder/proposer's mbe/wbe participation Goal). However, where the supplier is the manufacturer of the product supplied, Bidders/proposers will receive mbe/wbe credit for 100% of the dollar amount of the Supply contract. The office of diversity and inclusion (odi) has the sole responsibility for Determining what spend is eligible to be counted toward the contract mbe/wbe Subcontracting goals and how it will be counted. At the sole discretion of odi as to Matters pertaining to the city's mbe/wbe program, the bidder may be asked or allowed To clarify information in their response related to the mbe/wbe program, or may be asked Or allowed to correct an obvious error in the information submitted in the relation to the Mbe/wbe program, or may be allowed to submit required or corrected mbe/wbe Program forms after the proposal due date. A bidder may still submit a bid if the bidder's utilization plan does not meet the Mbe/wbe goal. In this case, the bidder must submit good faith effort information as Outlined in the ifb, appendix c. A bid discount applies to construction bids when the award is based on low bid and the prime contractor is a minority or women-owned business or a minority or women-owned joint venture certified with the Office of Diversity and Inclusion in the relevant work classification. The bid discount is 5% for construction, goods and services bids, not to exceed $50,000 on a single bid. The bid discount allows an original bid to be discounted by 5% for purposes of evaluating and determining the lowest responsive bid. Complete the "Bid Discount/Proposal Incentive Form" (see Appendix A) if the bid discount applies to the bidder. Contract Estimated To Be In Excess of $2,000,000