Site work for a pipeline in Saint Francisville, Louisiana. Completed plans call for site work for a pipeline.

The Gas Utility District No.1 of West Feliciana Parish is requesting sealed bids for furnishing all materials and equipment necessary for installing approximately 25,050 linear feet of 4 PE coiled pipe for the purposes of replacing the existing PVC gas distribution system mains and services along La 421 and N. Lake Rosemound Road. The project also requires the replacement of service pipe totaling approximately 800 linear feet of 1 PE pipe. Included in the new gas distribution system is the installation of 4 PE ball valves, necessary road bores and tie-ins to the existing 4 gas mains at each end of the replacement. The project also requires service taps and the transfer of approximately 21 existing customers to the new main. The contractor will be asked to trench the gas main as marked on the plans to allow installation of detector tape and separation of the tracer wire from the main. The successful bidder will also be required to furnish incidentals such as miscellaneous fittings, tracer wire, detector tape, and provide a pressure test meeting PHMSA requirements at 90 PSI on all new piping. The Successful bidder will be required to start and complete La 421 (part 1) and then move to N. Lake Rosemound Road (part 2) The Gas Utility District No. 1 of West Feliciana Parish is a participating member of the Louisiana Municipal Gas Authority and thus under ACT No. 176, amending R.S. 33:4546.21, Bidders must be pre-qualified before obtaining Bidding Documents. In order to be pre-qualified, Bidders must submit written evidence that their employees are participants of an Operator Qualification and Training Program to ensure compliance with the certification requirements of 49 CFR Part 192.801 et seq., as mandated by the United States Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) and the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources Pipeline Safety Division. Specific scrutiny will be given to those individual workmen employed by the prospective bidder and their training documentation regarding the certification of workmen to perform Covered Tasks on a natural gas distribution system. Perspective bidders should be able to show that at least four (4) workmen, one of which must serve in a supervisory role on the proposed project, have been OQ certified for all covered tasks related to PE gas line installations. Bidders who do not already participate in a current and active OQ program will not be qualified to obtain bidding documents. Contract, if awarded, will be on the basis stated herein and in the Instructions to Bidders. No bid may be withdrawn for a period of 45 days after bid opening except as provided by law. Bidders must meet the requirements of the State of Louisiana Contractors Licensing Law, R.S. 37:2151 et seq. Bidders shall be either licensed under the classification of Municipal & Public Works Construction, or under the specialty classification of Pipe Work (Gas Lines). Questions concerning the contract package may be addressed to Jason LeBourgeois at SJB Group, L.L.C. at the address and phone numbers above, or he may be contacted by email at JLebourgeois@sjbgroup.com. All proposals must be accompanied with a bid bond or a certified check in the amount of five (5) percent of the total amount bid. The Gas Utility District No.1 of West Feliciana Parish reserves the right to reject any and/or all bids for just cause. The requirements of this Advertisement, the Bid Form, and Instructions to Bidders shall not be considered as informalities and will not be waived.