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

PROJECT Work under this project includes, but is not limited to, all labor, materials, equipment, and incidentals for the upgrade of the Richmond Wastewater Treatment Plant and Front Street Pump Station (Base Bid) and improvements to the Districts Main Office Building (Alternate Bid) including general conditions and mobilization, temporary construction facilities, demolition and site clearing; structural excavation, trench excavation, ledge excavation and removal; earthwork, backfill, aggregates, stone and compaction; site pavement, rip rap, site restoration, loam and seed; utilities including sewerage, drainage, water distribution and underdrain work; chain link and acoustical wooden fences; segmental retaining walls; precast concrete wet wells, manholes and catchbasins; slabs, hatches, cast-in-place concrete; masonry and wood framed structures; structural steel, metals, gratings, railings and bollards; rough and finish carpentry, trusses, damp proofing and insulation; roofing and siding; steel, fiberglass and wooden doors and hardware; windows; painting, flooring, and building fixtures; and all equipment including mixers, sump pumps, sludge and scum pumps, chemical make down and pumping systems, grit removal, screw press, conveyor, polymer and alkalinity systems, aeration blowers and enclosures, coarse and fine bubble diffusers, clarifier mechanisms and covers, magnetic and ultrasonic flow meters, SCADA; pump station telemetry at additional remote stations; gas monitoring, process piping, gates, weirs, and valves; expansion joints, pipe hangars and supports; plumbing, heating, and ventilation; electrical wiring, conduit, controls, alarm and instrumentation systems; and all incidentals as required for complete working system and a full plant and pump station upgrade. The project must be substantially completed within 700 consecutive calendar days and completed within 730 calendar days after the Notice to Proceed. BID BOND A certified check or bank draft payable to the Owner or a satisfactory Bid Bond executed by the Bidder and Surety Company in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the Bid shall be submitted with each bid. No bid may be withdrawn for at least 90 days after receipt of bids unless released by Owner. QUALIFICATIONS OF BIDDER In order to be considered as a responsive bidder, each general contractor must be on the Engineers bidding register by purchasing at least one set of bidding documents directly from the Engineers office. The Owner reserves the right to reject any bid if the evidence submitted by, or investigation of, such Bidder fails to satisfy the Owner that such Bidder is properly qualified to carry out the obligations of the contract and to complete the work contemplated therein. The successful bidder shall be required to provide both a Performance and a Payment Bond, each representing 100% of the contract value, at the time of contract execution. NON DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT AND LABOR STANDARDS Bidders on this work will be required to comply with the Presidents Executive Order No. 11246 and amendments or supplements to that Order. The requirements for bidders and contractors under this Order are explained in the Notice to Contractors. FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS The Contractor must comply with all Safety and Health Regulations (CFR29 part 1926 and all subsequent amendments) as promulgated by the US Department of Labor on June 24, 1974, the Department of Labor Regulations relating to Copeland Anti-Kickback Act (18 U.S.C. 874) as supplemented by 29 CFR part 3, Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (40 U.S.C: 327-330) as supplemented by 29 CFR part 5, and Occupational Safety and Health Standards (OSHA) (29 CFR part 1910). The Contractor must comply with all applicable standards, orders, or requirements issued under section 306 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 1857(h)), Section 508 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1368), and Executive Order 11738. AMERICAN IRON & STEEL Section 746 of Title VII of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017 (Division A - Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017) applies an American Iron and Steel requirement to this project. All iron and steel products used in this project must be produced in the United States. The term iron and steel products means the following products made primarily of iron or steel: such as, but not limited to, 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 deminimus and minor components waivers apply to this contract. AWARD OF CONTRACT The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to accept any bid that it deems to be in its best interests, and to waive any irregularities in bidding.