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14th and Orange Street Sewer

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INVITATION TO BID

 
Sealed Proposals for the construction of "14th and Orange Street Sewer, SRF Project No. C318047 for the Wahoo Utilities," JEO Project No. 230793.00, QuestCDN No. 9330453, will be received by the Utilities General Manager at 605 N Broadway St, Wahoo, NE 68066, until 2:00 PM on the 15th day of October 2024, and thereafter will be read aloud. 

The work is generally described as follows: Installation of approximately 1,250 LF of 8" sanitary sewer, manholes, and miscellaneous appurtenances. 

Opinion of Probable Cost $300,000.00 


Proposals will be taken for said construction work listed above by unit prices, as an aggregate bid for the entire project. 

All Proposals for said construction work must be made on blanks furnished by the Engineer and must be accompanied by Bid Security of not less than 5% of the amount bid. Bid Security to be made payable to the Treasurer of the Wahoo Board of Public Works as liquidated damages in case the bid is accepted and the bidder neglects or refuses, to enter into contract and furnish bond in accordance herewith. 

Copies of the contract documents are on file with the Wahoo Board of Public Works for examination by bidders. Complete digital project bidding documents are available at JEO's website at jeo.com for $30. An optional paper set of project documents is available for a non-refundable price of $100 per set. Please contact Sarah Divis at sdivis@jeo.com or 402.443.7496 to coordinate your request and send your check to: 1937 North Chestnut Street, Wahoo, NE 68066. In order to bid the project, the contract documents must be issued directly by JEO Consulting Group, Inc. or QuestCDN to the bidder. 

Contractors and subcontractors on USEPA federally assisted construction projects are required to pay their laborers and mechanics wages not less than those established by the U.S. Department of Labor. A current wage decision containing the appropriate building and/or heavy type rates is included in the specifications for bidding purposes. 

The prospective participants must certify by submittal of EPA Form 5700-49, Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension and Other Responsibility Matters, that to the best of its knowledge and belief that it and its principals are not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from covered transactions by any federal department or agency. 

Bidders on this work will be required to comply with the President's Executive Order No. 11246. Requirements for bidders and contractors under this order are explained in the specifications. 

Each bidder must fully comply with the requirements, terms and conditions of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) requirements, including the fair share objectives for disadvantaged business participation during the performance of this contract. The bidder commits itself to the fair share objective for disadvantaged business participation contained herein and all other requirements, terms and conditions of these bid conditions by submitting a properly signed bid.

On January 17, 2014, H.R. 3547, "Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014," was enacted. Section 436 of the Act requires that none of the appropriated funds may be used for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public water system or treatment works unless all of the iron and steel products used in the project are produced in the United States, unless a waiver is provided to the recipient by EPA. Conditions for the waiver are found under the Information for Bidders. The term "iron and steel products" means the following products made primarily of iron or steel: 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. 


On November 15, 2021, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) (also known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IUA)) was passed. Section 70901 of Public Law 117-58, et seq., as amended, and Section 70914(a) of the IIJA require that Federal funding for infrastructure, including Wastewater Treatment and Public Water System projects, complies with the Build America Buy America (BABA) Act. Absent a waiver, all iron, steel manufactured products, and construction materials permanently incorporated into an infrastructure project receiving BIL funding, or are an SRF Equivalency project as match for Federal funding, are subject to the BABA requirements and must be produced in the United States. Conditions for the waiver are found under the Information for Bidders. 


The Owner reserves the right to waive informalities and irregularities and to make awards on bids which furnish the materials and construction that will, in their opinion serve the best interests of the Owner, and also reserves the right to reject any and/or all bids.