Direct all inquiries concerning this RFP to: Jovana Amaro Purchasing Agent Phone: 919-245-2651 Email: jamaro@orangecountync.gov This project consists of providing and installing a single private sewer service lateral in
accordance with OWASA specifications and all applicable Town building and plumbing
codes. The work also includes a mandatory preliminary site investigation (to be conducted
prior to submittal of your bid) and post-construction site restoration to pre-construction
conditions (e.g. restoration of gravel or pavement sidewalks/driveways (if needed), regrading, raking, seeding/re-sodding, etc.). Based on available record drawings, the existing
sewer service stub-outs to which the private sewer service laterals will be connected range
from approximately 4-ft deep to approximately 16-ft deep Sewer Service Lateral Connections:
- Provider shall apply for and secure all applicable plumbing and/or code-specific permits
from the Town of Chapel Hill or the Town of Carrboro Permits and Inspections
Divisions, depending on the jurisdictional area in which the work is being performed,
prior to starting work.
- Provider shall provide any traffic control or other safety measures according to the most
current NCDOT, OSHA or other safety requirements related to the work being
performed.
- Excavate to existing ductile iron mechanical joint plug located at existing sewer service
stub-out near property line.
- Install 4-inch sewer service lateral with all fittings and appurtenances (Schedule 40 PVC
pipe or ductile iron pipe, depending on site conditions) to connect existing dwelling's
wastewater discharge system to existing sewer service stub-out near property line.
- Cap existing wastewater line to septic tank.
- Provider shall coordinate final inspections and secure final certifications from the Town
of Chapel Hill or the Town of Carrboro Permits and Inspections Divisions, depending on
the jurisdictional area in which the work is being performed.
- Restore site to pre-construction conditions, seed and straw all disturbed areas when done.
Septic Tank Abandonment:
- Provider shall apply for and secure an Existing System Authorization from Orange
County Environmental Health, which is a no-cost permit to abandon the existing septic
tank, prior to starting work.
- Contractor shall provide any traffic control or other safety measures according to the
most current NCDOT, OSHA or other safety requirements related to the work being
performed.
- The existing septic tank will need to be pumped by a North Carolina registered septage
hauler and then properly abandoned.
- An Orange County Environmental Health Inspector must be present when the septic tank
is collapsed.
- Restore site to pre-construction conditions, seed and straw all disturbed areas when done
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