ADEVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS (PROJECT NO. 19050)

Project Title:  B-L WWTP Liquid Chemical Feed Project

Owner:  Town of Batesburg-Leesville

Project No.  19050

Separate sealed bids for the Town of Batesburg-Leesville Wastewater Liquid Chemical Feed Project will be received at the Batesburg-Leesville Town Hall, 120 West Church Street, Batesburg-Leesville, SC 29006 at 2:00 PM local time on November 22, 2022 then at said office to be publicly opened and read aloud.

The scope of work includes:

The construction of a masonry block building, concrete slab, installation of bulk chemical storage tanks, recirculation pumps and chemical feed pumps for the chlorination and de-chlorination process at the Town’s wastewater facility.

The Information for Bidders, Bid Form, Contract, Plans, Specifications, Bid Bond, Performance Bond and Payment Bond, and other contract documents may be examined at the following locations:

Owner:  Town of Batesburg-Leesville, South Carolina

Engineers:  Summit Engineering Group, Inc., Spartanburg, SC.

Drawings, specifications and contract documents may be obtained from the office of Summit Engineering Group, Inc., 9601 Warren H. Abernathy Highway, Spartanburg, SC  29301-5226 upon a non‑refundable payment of $150.00.  When requesting drawings, specifications or contract documents, provide the following information about your company:  Mailing address; street (UPS) address; telephone number; and FAX number (if applicable).

Only those contract drawings, specifications and bid documents obtained from the Engineer are official.  Bidders cannot rely on the accuracy of copies of the aforementioned documents, drawings, specifications, etc. obtained from any other source.  Bidders must be on the Engineer’s official plan holders list for bids to be accepted by the Owner.

Bidders must deposit security with all bids.  Security shall be in the form of a certified check or bid bond made payable to the Owner and shall be for an amount equal to not less than five percent of the amount of the bid.  Provisions of the security shall be as described in the Information for Bidders.

This project is being funded in whole or in part by the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG).  All federal CDBG requirements will apply to the contract.  All contractors and subcontractors are required to be registered in the federal System for Award Management (SAM).  Bidders on this work will be required to comply with the President’s Executive Order No. 11246 & Order No. 11375 which prohibits discrimination in employment regarding race, creed, color, sex, or national origin.  Bidders must comply with Title VI if the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Davis-Bacon Act, the Anti-Kickback Act, the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, and 40 CFR 33.240. The CDBG application, including the cost estimate, is available for review by contacting (Mr. Tim Schumpert, P.E., Utilities Director, Town of Batesburg-Leesville at [email protected] .

Bidders must also make positive efforts to use small and minority-owned business and to offer employment, training and contracting opportunities in accordance with Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968.  Attention of bidders is particularly called to the requirements as to conditions of employment to be observed and minimum wage rates to be paid under the contract.

No bid will be considered unless the bidder is legally qualified under the provisions of the South Carolina Contractor’s Licensing Law (South Carolina Code of Laws as amended Chapter 11, Sections 40‑11‑5 through 40‑11‑570).  Contractors shall have a classification of WP.

No bidder may withdraw the bid within one hundred twenty days after the actual date of the opening and reading thereof.

The Owner reserves the right to waive any informalities or to reject any or all bids.

“EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY”

ENGINEERS

Summit Engineering Group, Inc.

9601 Warren H. Abernathy Highway

Spartanburg, SC  29301-5226

OWNER

Town of Batesburg-Leesville

120 West Church Street

Batesburg-Leesville, SC 29006