Ashland Wastewater Treatment Plant Headworks Upgrade

The City of Ashland, Oregon, is soliciting sealed bids for the Wastewater Treatment Plant Headworks Upgrade, identified as Contract 2024-02. The project aims to increase treatment capacity through the demolition of existing screens and the installation of two new influent screens with washer/compactors, a stacked tray grit removal facility with a grit classifier and slurry pumping equipment, and integral flow splitting to oxidation ditch aeration basins. The scope also encompasses associated yard piping, electrical and instrumentation controls, and pavement installation in the southwest corner of the plant. The contract is a stipulated price basis award, granted to the responsible bidder with the lowest responsive bid, provided they are pre-qualified with the City of Ashland or the Oregon Department of Transportation. The project must be substantially completed within 335 calendar days, with final completion and readiness for payment required within 365 calendar days. Key requirements include adherence to ORS prevailing wage rates, the provision of performance and payment bonds, and compliance with Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) regulations regarding small, minority, and women-owned business participation. Technical standards include 2024 IBC Chapter 17 for seismic certification and special inspections. Bidders must submit a lump sum bid along with an affidavit of noncollusion, evidence of authority to do business in Oregon, and various CWSRF compliance forms. The project will be managed by the City of Ashland Public Works Department, with technical support provided by Jacobs Engineering Group.