EAST FELICIANA RURAL WATER SYSTEM, INC.
10270 HWY 10, ETHEL, LA  70730
SECTION C-111
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Sealed Bids for the construction of the Improvements to the Water Distribution System, Contract No. 8 – Battle Road Elevated Storage Tank Rehabilitation will be received by the East Feliciana Rural Water System, Inc., at the office located at 10270 Hwy. 10, Ethel, LA  70730, until _2:00 p.m. local time on Wednesday, January 8, 2025, at which time the Bids received will be “publicly” opened and read. 
The Project consists of Replacing the Existing Drain Valve, Replacing the Manway Riser, Installing a New Screen on the Overflow Pipe, Detaching and Moving CO/AX on Exterior of Tank, Adjusting the Windage Rods, Reinforcing the Strut Ends by Welding, Drilling Additional Weep Holes in the Balcony Floor, Cutting the Handrail and Installing Bracing and Swing Gate, Installing a New Shell Manway, Installing a New Interior Bowl Access Ladder, Installing Four (4) Cable Type Ladder Safety Devices, Repairing the Liquid Level Indicator, Replacing the Existing Roof Vent, Removing the Cathodic Protection System, Installing an Interior Riser Access Ladder, and Shrouding, Abrasive Blasting, and Coating the Interior and Exterior of the Tank.
Bids will be received for a single prime Contract.  Bids shall be on a lump sum and unit price basis, with additive alternate bid items as indicated in the Bid Form.
The Issuing Office for the Bidding Documents is: Professional Engineering Consultants Corporation, 7600 Innovation Park Drive, Baton Rouge, LA  70820, 225-769-2810, [email protected]. Prospective Bidders may examine the Bidding Documents at the Issuing Office on Mondays through Thursdays between the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and may obtain copies of the Bidding Documents from the Issuing Office.
Contractors submitting bids shall be licensed under LA R.S. 37:2150-2164, Painting Coating & Blasting.  Other license classifications may, at the option of the Owner, be considered based upon a thorough review of the Contractor’s past experience.  The bidder shall show his license number on the bid and on the sealed envelope submitting the bid.
 
Bidding Documents also may be examined at:
AGC/F.W. Dodge Division, McGraw-Hill Information Systems
666 North Street, Baton Rouge, La 70802 or 2475 Canal Street, Suite 101, New Orleans, La 70119
and at the office of the Engineer, Professional Engineering Consultants Corporation, 7600 Innovation Park Drive, Baton Rouge, LA  70820, on Mondays through Fridays.
Printed copies of the Bidding Documents may be obtained from the Issuing Office, during the hours indicated above, upon payment of a deposit of $150.00 for each set.  Bidders who return full sets of the Bidding Documents in good condition (suitable for re-use) within 30 days after receipt of Bids will receive a full refund in accordance with the Louisiana Public Bid Law.  Checks for Bidding Documents shall be payable to “Professional Engineering Consultants Corp.”.  Upon request and receipt of the document deposit indicated above plus a non-refundable shipping charge, the Issuing Office will transmit the Bidding Documents via delivery service.  The shipping charge amount will depend on the shipping method selected by the prospective Bidder.  The date that the Bidding Documents are transmitted by the Issuing Office will be considered the Bidder’s date of receipt of the Bidding Documents.  Partial sets of Bidding Documents will not be available from the Issuing Office.  Neither Owner nor Engineer will be responsible for full or partial sets of Bidding Documents, including Addenda if any, obtained from sources other than the Issuing Office.
Bid security shall be furnished in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders.
Section 746 of Title VII of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017 (Division A - Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017) and subsequent statutes mandating domestic preference applies an American Iron and Steel requirement to this project. All listed iron and steel products used in this project must be produced in the United States. 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. The deminimis and minor components waiver apply to this contract.”
 
Owner: East Feliciana Rural Water System, Inc.
By:          /s Richard L. King
Title:      President
Date: December 4, 2024
 
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Additional Notes/Requirements

Cost estimate is $700,000.