Notice is hereby given that Rogers Water Utilities is soliciting bids for furnishing all tools, materials and labor necessary to complete the work required for Mills Sewer Extension, JB Hunt Waterline Replacement, and S. 2nd St. / W. Pine St. Water and Sewer Main Replacement. The combined projects consists of installation of approximately 865 LF of 2” PVC sewer force main, 1,110 linear feet of 8” DIP water main, and 545 linear feet of 8” PVC sewer main. The Utility will provide all 8” ductile iron pipe, 8” PVC sewer pipe, tapping sleeves and gate valves; all other materials shall be provided by the contractor.

All necessary work, materials and every item of construction shall be in accordance with the plans and contract documents developed by Rogers Water Utilities. Contract documents and bid forms are available for download online at https://www.rwu.org/developers-and-contractors/bids-contracts/ or by contacting the Utility office at (479) 936-5426 or email [email protected] . Prospective bidders may request a PDF copy of contract documents to be delivered via email at no cost.

The contractors shall make such inspection and studies of the work site necessary to familiarize themselves with all conditions to be encountered.

Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud in the Utility Office at 601 South 2nd Street, Rogers, Arkansas, at 2:30 p.m. local time on Tuesday, September 13, 2022.

Bidding security in the form of a bid bond, cash, a cashier's check, or certified check payable to the Rogers Water Utilities, in an amount not less than five (5) percent of the total bid shall be furnished by each bidder. The amount of such deposit will be forfeited immediately to the Owner as an agreed amount of liquidated damages if the bidder to whom the contract is awarded fails to enter into contract and to furnish a performance and a payment bond within ten (10) days from and after the date the award is made.

Prospective bidders must obtain the bidder’s package from the Utility. Bids must be made upon the official proposal sheets contained in the specifications. All bids shall be sealed and the envelopes addressed to the attention of: Engineering Department, Rogers Water Utilities, P. O. Box 338, Rogers, AR 72757. All bids shall be plainly marked on the outside of the envelope specifying that it is a Bid for the Mills / JB Hunt / 2nd St. Water & Sewer Projects, the date for opening of bids, and the name and address of the bidder, and the contractor's license number. The Bidder must have a municipal and utility construction license in the State of Arkansas at the time of bid.

The attention of all bidders is called to the fact that they must be licensed under the terms of Act 150 of the 1965 Acts of the Arkansas Legislature, subject to any subsequent amendments. Pursuant to Arkansas Code Annotated Sec. 22-9-203, the State encourages all small, minority and women business enterprises to submit bids for capital improvements. Encouragement is also made to all general contractors that in the event they subcontract portions of their work, consideration be given to identified groups.
Rogers Water Utilities reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any informalities in the proposal deemed to be in the best interests of the Utility. The Utility further reserves the right to withhold the awarding of the contracts for a period not to exceed 60 days after the receipt of bids. Dated this 21st day of August, 2022.