NOTICE TO BIDDERS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids for the Sludge Thickeners Upgrade Project will be received by the Board of Commissioners, Rockland County Sewer District No. 1 for the following Contract:
Contract RFB-RC-SWR-2023-04
Bids will be received on August 21, 2024 until 3:00 pm, Local Time, in the offices of Department of General Services - Purchasing Division, 50 Sanatorium Road, Building A, 6th Floor, Pomona, NY, 10970 at which time and place they will be publicly opened and read aloud. These bids will be for the furnishing of all tools, equipment, materials, and labor for all contracts, all complete, in place, tested and ready for use.
TERMS: ONE TIME
BID DELIVERY: AS SPECIFIED
IMPORTANT NOTICE - BID DISTRIBUTION:
The County of Rockland officially distributes Bidding Documents through the Empire State Purchasing Group's Bid Notification System. Copies of Bidding Documents obtained from any other source are not considered official copies. Only those vendors who obtain Bidding Documents from the Empire State Purchasing Group's Bid Notification System are guaranteed to receive addendum information, if such information is issued. Vendors interested in participating in this Bid may download a copy from: www.bidnetdirect.com. If you have obtained these documents from a source other than through the
Rockland County Purchasing Division's website or the Empire State Regional Bid Notification System, it is recommended that you obtain an official copy.
The work for which bids are invited consists of furnishing and constructing is generally described as follows:
1. Mobilization.
2. Replacement of four (4) gravity thickener equipment including, but not limited to, mechanisms, motors, drives, catwalks, railings, and weirs.
3. Replace thickener feed piping internal to thickener tanks.
4. Replace four (4) distribution box slide gates.
5. Furnish and install ten (10) magnetic flow meters: two (2) A-Side primary sludge, two (2) A-Side secondary sludge, one (1) A-Side dilution water, two (2) B-Side primary sludge, two (2) B-Side secondary sludge, one (1) B-Side dilution water.
6. Furnish and install B-Side overflow modifications.
7. Furnish and install B-Side thickener bypass connection pipping and valving, including modifications to A-Side distribution box.
8. Furnish and install digester bypass piping and valving in the digester building.
9. Miscellaneous concrete repairs.
10. Replacement of electrical components for four (4) gravity thickeners.
11. Furnish new lighting for the thickeners.
12. Furnish instrumentation wiring for new flow meters.
13. Architectural and structural modifications.
14. Cleanup and demobilization.
The work is located at the Rockland County Sewer District No. 1 Wastewater Treatment Plant in the Town of Orangeburg, Rockland County, NY.
There will be a Pre-Bid Meeting at the offices of the Board of Sewer Commissioners, Rockland County Sewer District No. 1, 4 Route 340, Orangeburg, NY at 10:00 am on July 31, 2024.
The interested Bidders who plan to attend the pre-bid meeting shall call Martin Dolphin, PE, Assistant Director, at
+1 (555) 000-0000 before July 24, 2024 to allow the District to ensure that the venue can accommodate the number of attendees.
Bidders on this work will be required to comply with the President's Executive Order No. 11246 and 11375, and the Affirmative Action Program for Rockland County. The requirements for Bidders and Contractors which concern non-discrimination are explained in the bid documents.
The attention of Bidders is directed to the applicable federal and state requirements, conditions of employment to be observed and minimum wage rates required to be paid under the Contract.
Rockland County Sewer District No. 1 is an exempt organization under the Tax Law and is exempt from payment of Sales and Compensating Use Taxes of the State of NY and cities and counties of the state on all materials which are to be incorporated into the project and which are to be separately sold by the contractor to the Owner prior to incorporation into the project, pursuant to the provisions of the Contract. These taxes are not to be included in the bid.
The proposal of each Bidder shall contain the certification as to non-collusive bidding as set forth in Section 103-d of the General Municipal Law included in the specifications. This requirement must be strictly complied with. Filing of the Affidavit of Disclosure is mandatory when submitting a bid for this project.
Each proposal must be accompanied by a certified check for a sum equal to five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid, payable to Rockland County Sewer District No. 1, or a bond with sufficient sureties to be approved by the attorneys for the Agency, in a sum equal to five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid, conditioned that if his proposal is accepted, he will enter into a Contract for the same, and that he will execute such further security as may be required for the faithful performance of the Contract as set forth in these Contract Documents.
The Contract shall be completed within seven hundred (700) consecutive calendar days from the date of Notice to Proceed.
A Performance and Payment Bond by a company satisfactory to the Owner and each in an amount of not less than 100 percent (100%) of the Contract Price will be required of the successful Bidder.
All Bidders for each Contract are required to visit the site and verify the status of the existing structures with regards to, but not limited to, locations, access, traffic, etc. prior to bidding.
No bidder may withdraw his Bid before forty-five (45) days after the date set for opening thereof but may withdraw same any time up to scheduled time for opening of bids. The Rockland County Sewer District No. 1 reserves the right to request extensions to the bid validity period to obtain Legislative approval of contract.
QUESTIONS: All questions must be submitted in writing via email to the address noted below. The solicitation # must be included in the subject line of the email communication.
Deadline for receipt of questions is August 14, 2024 12:00 PM Local Time Attention: Mr. Paul Brennan, Director of Purchasing (
contact@example.gov)
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Set Aside: No
Due date:08/21/2024 3:00 PM
Contract term: One Time
County(ies): All NYS counties
Business entities awarded an identical or substantially similar procurement contract within the past five years: None.
