Bid 25-05 / Project 16428 / 690 Plan HCWD2 - Pase 1 - Minor Lane BPS Expansion

Project Description: Louisville Water Company is requesting Bids to provide all labor, rigging, tools, equipment, and materials to remove and replace pumps, motors, VFDs, piping and fittings to expand an existing aboveground booster pumping station. Includes by-pass check valve water main, electrical service upsize, HVAC replacement, diesel generator replacement and masonry wall, landscape/restore the site, and other site improvements, accessories, and appurtenances as described in the documents
A pre-bid meeting to discuss the Project will be held on January 14, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. EST/EDT. at the 201 Stilz Avenue, Louisville, KY 40202. (On-Site) Attendance at this meeting is strongly recommended.
Questions or inquiries relating to this project must be submitted through the Louisville Water Company web-based portal by the date and time indicated for this bid.
The Company’s Project Manager's estimate for the Contract plus Company supplied materials for this Project is $3,000,001 - $5,00,000. If the Company’s Project Manager's estimate for the Contract plus Company supplied materials exceeds $250,000: a Bid Bond is required. For this Contract, a Bid Bond is required.
Bids will only be accepted from Bidders who have been pre-qualified by the Company in the pre-qualification category or categories that apply to this Bid. This Bid requires prequalification in all of the following prequalification categories: Prime Contractor must be prequalified in Category of HEAVY CONSTRUCTION - VAULT. Electrical Services must be prequalified in Category of ELECTRICAL, Water Main Work must be performed by prequalified contractor in Category of 20” – 48” DUCTILE IRON WATER MAIN CATEGORY For information about pre-qualification, contact the Buyer listed above.
The Company will award the Contract to the Bidder presenting a Bid that is responsive to the Specifications, is in substantial compliance with the Contract requirements, and presents the lowest and best price for performing the Work making up the base bid and or Bid that Company determines is in the Company’s best interest, which may not necessarily be the least expensive Bid
Company Small Business Equity (SBE) Program Preference and Local Preference Program applies to this bid and resultant bid award. SBE Program Preference shall apply first.
Bid Documents except the Bid Table may be obtained from Lynn Imaging located at 11460 Bluegrass Pkwy, Louisville, KY 40299, (502) 499-8400 and www.lwckyplanroom.com. One copy of the Bid Documents (includes technical specifications and a full set of plans) will be available at no charge (not including shipping/delivery charges) to Contractors that are prequalified with Louisville Water Company in the category(ies) specified for this bid. For details regarding the charges that apply to non-prequalified contractors, go to www.lwckyplanroom.com. The Bid Table is available in Microsoft Excel via download from the designated portal on Louisville Water’s electronic bidding site at https://louisvillewater.bonfirehub.com/portal/.
Bid Documents are also available for review at the following locations: Allied Construction Plan Room, Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), and Builders Exchange of Kentucky. All recipients of the Bid Documents are required to sign a planholder sheet confirming receipt.
Sealed Bids shall be accepted by Louisville Water Company until 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the Bid Submittal Due Date cited above. Louisville Water is using a web-based portal for accepting and evaluating bid proposals digitally at https://louisvillewater.bonfirehub.com/portal/ for this Invitation to Bid. Documents may be uploaded at any time during the open period indicated for each bid. All bids received by the bid submittal date and time, will be unsealed electronically and publicly read via a conference call. You may access the public reading by calling 502-709-7361, Conference ID: 317 611 769# at the date and time of the Bid Submittal Due Date for this Bid.
Pre-qualified Minority/Women Business Enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit Bids, and no Bidder will be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age (over 40), national origin, protected veteran status, or physical or mental disability which, with or without reasonable accommodation, does not prevent the performance of essential job functions.
The Company reserves the right to reject Bids from Bidders not pre-qualified; the right to disqualify Bids deemed to be defective and/or non-responsive; the right to waive defects in Bids where the Company determines that such defects are immaterial; and the right to reject any or all Bids deemed not to be in the best interest of the Company.