Site work for a water / sewer project in Springfield, Missouri. Completed plans call for site work for a water / sewer project.

Project consists of constructing a new well water supply system to serve the Fellows Lake Visitor and Maintenance Facility. Work is identified in project plans and specifications and includes, but not limited to, installation of a new supply well, well pump, pitless unit, air release valve and vault, electrical, controls, pressure tank, UV treatment unit, in-line water filter, well and piping disinfection, testing and all other appurtenances required for a complete and operating well water supply system. Work also includes abandonment of the existing water supply well after the new well is placed in service. Well abandonment shall be in accordance with all state requirements and included removal of well pump and riser pipe and disconnection and plugging of old supply piping at well location and maintenance building location. Work done by owner incudes installation of electrical conduit, grounding wire and 4-inch water main piping from a point near the air release vault location to a point approximately 5 feet from maintenance building. Owner will also cut concrete floor in location of piping and conduit entrance into maintenance building well control room. Owner will also install walls and ceiling of pump control room. Contractor will be responsible for connecting to Owner installed conduit, ground wire and 4-inch piping and extending as require for completion of work. Contractor is responsible for installation of all power and control wiring and power connection to existing power panel inside maintenance building. Questions should be directed to: Nancy Bright, BUYER II, [P] (417) 831-8417, [F] (417 831-8377, [E] nancy.bright@cityutilities.net - AND - Purchasing Department, City Utilities of Springfield, Missouri, [P] (417) 831-8363, [F] (417) 831-8377, [E] purchasing@cityutilities.net City Utilities of Springfield, Missouri is a municipal utility governed by the Board of Public Utilities of Springfield, Missouri. City Utilities is engaged in the production and distribution of electricity, distribution of natural gas, the treatment and distribution of water, provision of commercially available broadband services and the provision of public transportation services for the City of Springfield and the surrounding area. Since City Utilities is an component part of the City of Springfield, Missouri a Missouri municipal corporation, the laws of the state of Missouri shall apply and control any contract which is awarded. When the term "City Utilities of Springfield, Missouri", "City Utilities" or "CU" is used in this document, it shall refer to the City of Springfield, Missouri, a municipal corporation, operating its public utilities through the Board of Public Utilities. CU reserves the right to waive informalities and to accept or reject any and all responses submitted. The terms "bid", "proposal" and "response" are synonymous when used in this document. The term "Bidder" may also be referred to as "Proposer", "Contractor" or "Seller". "City Utilities of Springfield, Missouri" may also be referred to as "City Utilities", "Owner", "Buyer" or "CU". All proposals must be in the hands of the Purchasing Agent of City Utilities, per one of the approved submittal methods provided in RFP Section I-G (Proposal Submittal Methods), by the Proposal Opening date and time. Proposals will not be publicly opened or read since the selection process will be determined based upon competitive negotiated procurement procedures for proposals as described in this RFP. All proposals shall be irrevocable for ninety (90) days after the time for opening of proposals. Fax and Email responses are not acceptable. Proposals submitted via electronically (PDF, DOC, XLS, TIF or ZIP) and have a total attachment size that does not exceed 50-MB. Target Date for Review of Proposals 01/26/2024 Anticipated decision and selection of Vendor 02/2/2024 Anticipated completion of work 02/23/2024 Request for Interpretation, Clarification, and Additional Information A prospective bidder who is in doubt as to the meaning of any part of the Contract Documents or any addenda thereto, or is seeking clarification or requesting additional data/information, may submit a written request directed to the CU Purchasing representative, and the CU Purchasing department general email address, as specified in RFP Section I-A (Introduction). Any such interpretation, clarification, or recognition of additional data/information will be made by written addendum. City Utilities will not be responsible for any explanation or interpretation of proposed documents other than by such an addendum. An oral permission or interpretation has no legal force, authority, or effect. Any addenda must be acknowledged in the RFP response and will become a part of the Contract Documents. Failure to acknowledge all addenda issued may constitute grounds for rejection of that RFP response. All requests for interpretations must be received by the Purchasing Department no later than the five (5) calendar days prior to the proposal opening date provided in RFP Section I-F (Proposal Opening). Requests received after that date will not be answered. Persons submitting a request will be responsible for its prompt delivery. Each proposal must be accompanied by a Bid Bond with an adequate surety, naming the City Utilities of Springfield, Missouri, as obligee, in a penal sum equal to five percent of the maximum bid price excluding options, or in lieu thereof, a certified check drawn on a Federally insured banking institution, payable to City Utilities in the same amount as the penalty of the Bond. The Bond or Check shall be conditioned that should a bidder, after award, fail to enter into a contract, then the entire amount of the Bond or Check shall become the property of the City Utilities, or City Utilities shall be entitled to recover the entire penal sum of the Bond or Check without further proof of damage. Bid Checks will be returned to all unsuccessful bidders within a period of thirty days following contract execution Successful Bidder shall furnish a Performance and Payment Bond as security for the faithful performance and payment of all their obligations under the Purchase Order (Contract) and Section 107.170 R.S.Mo. The Bond shall be in the amount of the proposal and in the form provided herein and with such sureties as are licensed to conduct business in the State of Missouri and are named in the current list of "Surety Companies acceptable on Federal Bonds" as published in the Federal Register by the Audit Staff Bureau of Accounts, U.S. Treasury Department, and as acceptable reinsuring companies as published in the Federal Register by the department of the Treasury. If the surety on any Bond furnished by Bidder (Contractor) is declared bankrupt or becomes insolvent or its rights to do business is terminated or revoked in any state where any of the project is located, bidder (Contractor) shall within five days thereafter substitute another bond and surety, both of which shall be acceptable to City Utilities. The bond shall be filed with City Utilities within ten days unless superseded in the Request for Proposal documents. The Bond shall be approved prior to the start of work.