This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Asheville, North Carolina. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

The project shall generally consist of the Supplier furnishing materials that will be installed by others in the incinerator building at the Metropolitan Sewerage District's French Broad River Water Reclamation Facility in Asheville, NC (WRF). The installation of said materials shall be performed under a separate contract. A pre-bid conference will not be held. All questions are to be directed to Darin Prosser, PE (MSD Project Manager) at least 48 hours prior to bid opening at (828) 225-8280 or dprosser@msdbc.org. All known bidders will be sent written copies of questions that require a written response or a change to the requirements and/or specifications. In the event of a major change to requirements and/or specifications, MSD reserves the right to postpone the bid opening, with advance notice to all known bidders. If a bid is being mailed, it is recommended that they be sent in a manner to insure receipt at MSD by Tuesday, December 17, 2024. Mailed bids shall be addressed as follows: Attention: Darin Prosser, PE Metropolitan Sewerage District of Buncombe County, NC 2028 Riverside Drive Asheville, NC 28804 Each bid shall be accompanied by a deposit with the Metropolitan Sewerage District of Buncombe County of cash, or a cashier's check, or a certified check on some bank or trust company insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in an amount equal to not less than five percent (5%) of the bid amount. In lieu of making the cash deposit as above described, a satisfactory Bid Bond in the amount of 5% of the total bid, executed by a corporate surety licensed under the laws of North Carolina to execute such bonds, shall be submitted with each bid, conditioned that the surety will upon demand forthwith make payment to the obligee upon said bond if the bidder fails to execute the contract in accordance with the bid bond. This deposit shall be retained if the successful bidder fails to execute the contract within ten (10) days after the award of bid or fails to give satisfactory surety as required in North Carolina General Statute Section 143-129. The successful bidder will be required to furnish a Performance Bond in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract amount. Those bonds shall meet the requirements of North Carolina General Statute Section 143-129 and of Article 3 of Chapter 44A of the North Carolina General Statute. No bid may be withdrawn after bids have been opened, except as provided in North Carolina General Statute Section 143-129.1. The contract shall be awarded to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder, taking into consideration quality, performance and time of delivery. The DISTRCT reserves the right to reject any and all bids, including, without limitation, the right to reject any or all non-conforming, nonresponsive, unbalanced or conditional bids, and to reject the bid of any bidder if the DISTRICT believes that it would not be in the best interest of the DISTRICT to make an award to that bidder. The DISTRICT also reserves the right to waive informalities.