Ransdell Road Water Main

INVITATION TO BID

The Town of Fuquay-Varina {Owner) is requesting Bids for the construction of the following Project: Ransdell Road Water Main.

This project generally consists of installation of approximately 360 feet of 12-inch water main, 975 feet of 8-inch water main, and 70 feet of 6-inch water main along Ransdell Road between East Broad Street

{NC HWY 55) to the water valve approximately 100-feet south of Bengal Boulevard. Also included is the installation of new water services including water service lines, meter boxes, meter setters, and fire hydrants, the abandonment of the existing 12-inch, 8-inch, and 6-inch Asbestos Cement water mains, existing water services, as well as the removal and disposal of the existing fire hydrants.

Sealed Bids must be delivered to the Owner at the address below no later than 2:00 PM on February 19, 2024 to be accepted. The Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at this time and place including the names of the Offerors and their Bids. Bids received after this time will be returned unopened.

Address Bids to the Owner as follows:

Town of Fuquay-Varina Attn: Procurement Dept 134 N Main St.

Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526

Reference: Ransdell Road Water Main

Direct all questions regarding the project to the Engineer. Contact information is shown below. Bidding Documents may be examined free of charge at the following address.

Engineer: Megan Jones, P.E., Freese and Nichols, Inc., 1017 Main Campus Dr., Suite 1200, Raleigh NC 27606. 984.300.0481, megan.jones@freese.com.

Advertisement and bidding information for the Project can be found at the following websites:

A.      Town of Fuquay-Varina: https://www.fuquay-varina.org/Bids.aspx

B.      NCDOA: https://ncadmin.nc.gov/divisions/historically-underutilized-businesses-hub

C.       Accent Imaging: www.planscope.com

The procurement websites will be updated periodically with Addenda, reports, or other information relevant to submitting a Bid for the Project. Bidders must register with and email the Engineer in order to be on the bidders list. Bidders may register and obtain bidding documents through Accent Imaging ($100 for hard copy, $50 for digital download). A non-mandatory pre-bid conference for the project will be held at 10:00 AM on February 6, 2024 online via Microsoft Teams. Contact Megan Jones, P.E. at megan.jones@freese.com to receive an invitation to the pre-bid conference.. All questions related to this project must be received by the Engineer in writing prior to 5:00 PM, February 13, 2024. Questions received after this time will not be answered. Only questions answered by formal written Addenda will be binding. Oral and other interpretations or clarifications will be without legal effect.