Site work and renovation of a civil project in Kearney, Nebraska. Completed plans call for the renovation of a water / sewer project; and for site work for a water / sewer project.

A prebid conference is not scheduled for this project. Should the CONTRACTOR want to inspect the facilities, a request should be made to the OWNER. Please contact Anton (Tony) Jelinek at 308-233- 3259, or aielinek@kearneygov.org. For furnishing all labor, tools, materials, equipment and incidentals required for renovation of Booster Pump Stations 1 & 2, modifications to Booster Pump Stations 5 & 6, installation of new package booster pump station, back-up generator, approximately 900 L.F. of 16" and 24" water main, and work incidental thereto for BOOSTER PUMP STATIONS, RENOVATIONS & ASSOCIATED IMPROVEMENTS, as per drawings and specifications now on file at the Office of the City Clerk. Said Proposals will be publicly opened, read aloud, and tabulated immediately following in the City Council Chambers. A complete set of electronic copies of drawings, specifications, contract documents and proposal form may be obtained from online for a fee of $30.00 (non-refundable). Once logged into the website, go to "Bidding Documents" [in the upper right-hand corner of the homepage] and you can select the set of documents to download. Each bidder will be required to submit with his proposal, a certified check, a cashier's check or bid bond made payable, without condition, to the City Clerk, Kearney, Nebraska, in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the proposal. No bid submitted by any contractor which contains a condition or qualification shall be recognized or accepted by the City Council, and any letter or communication accompanying the bid which contains a condition or qualification upon the bid which has the effect of qualifying or modifying any provision of the specifications in any manner, shall be construed as a qualifying bid and may be rejected by the City Council as not responsible. The City of Kearney reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and to waive any informalities or irregularities in the bids received, and to accept any proposal which is deemed most favorable to the City of Kearney. Contractors and subcontractors on USEPA federally assisted construction projects are required to pay their laborers and mechanics wages not less than those established by the U.S. Department of Labor. A current wage decision containing the appropriate building and/or heavy type rates is included in the specifications for bidding purposes. The prospective participants must certify by submittal EPA Form 5700-49, Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension and Other Responsibility Matters, that to the best of its knowledge and belief that it and its principals are not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from covered transactions by any federal department or agency. BIDDERS on this work will be required to comply with the President's Executive Order No. 11246. Requirements for bidders and contractors under this order are explained in the specifications. Each BIDDER must fully comply with the requirements, terms and conditions of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) requirements, including the fair share objectives for disadvantaged business participation during the performance of this contract. The bidder commits itself of the fair share objective for disadvantaged business participation contained herein and all other requirements, terms and conditions of these bid conditions by submitting properly signed bid. On January 17, 2014, H.R. 3547, "Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014," was enacted. Section 436 of the Act requires that none of the appropriated funds may be used for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public water system or treatment works unless all of the iron and steel products used in the project are produced in the United States. unless a waiver is provided to the recipient by EPA. Conditions for the waiver are found under the Information for Bidders. The term "iron and steel products" means the following products made primarily of iron or steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, reinforced precast concrete, and construction materials. The Owner is an equal opportunity employer and requires all contractors and consultants to comply with all applicable Federal and State laws and regulations. The Owner, in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C 2000d to 2000d-4 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, Subtitle A, Office the Secretary, Part 21, Nondiscrimination in Federally assisted programs of the Department of Transportation issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, or national origin, sex, age and disability/handicap in consideration for an award. The successful bidder will be required to give a payment bond, and performance bond, each, in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price. The envelope shall be marked Booster Pump Stations, Renovations and Associated Improvements. *The value for this project is based on a financial range. The value is listed as the highest possible cost from the range provided by a stakeholder or official project document.