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. The material procurement includes but is not limited to the following information. The design, manufacture, and delivery F.O.B. pad at City Utilities of Springfield: Three duplicate outdoor oil-immersed generator step-up (GSU) transformers to McCartney Substation, 5701 E. Farm Road 112, Strafford, Missouri 65757, in accordance with the provisions of this Contract Document. Also included in the scope of work is field assembly, oil filling and on-site testing with an expected completion such that the Transformers are ready for energization by: GSU Transformer #1: December 5, 2026. GSU Transformer #2: January 30, 2027. GSU Transformer #3: March 13, 2027. None will be held for this RFP. 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. CU reserves the right to waive informalities and to accept or reject any and all responses submitted
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