Bid 25-127 / Project 13274 / Exchange Customer Water Meters

Project Description: Louisville Water Company is requesting Bids for the exchange of customers water meters with new gaskets and existing fittings and valves. This will be a master agreement with work assignments, and may be awarded to multiple contractors. We are anticipating assignments of work to start late December 2025 and all work to be complete by the end of April 2026.
A pre-bid meeting to discuss the Project will be held on Tuesday, December 2, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. EST/EDT. At the Allmond Distributions Ops facility in the “Millwork” Building, 4815 Allmond Ave. Louisville, KY 40214. Attendance at this meeting is strongly recommended.
Questions or inquiries relating to this project must be submitted through the Louisville Water (LW) Company web-based portal by the date and time indicated for this bid on the bid portal.
This contract will be utilized on an as-needed basis, with the contract value based on the unit price bids, therefore no estimated contract amount is provided. The scope of each individual project assignment with determine the cost range for that assignment.
A Bid Bond will not be required. Payment and Performance Bonds are NOT required, as the particular assignments/projects under this Master Agreement are not expected to exceed $250,000.
Bids will only be accepted from Bidders who are Louisville Water Small Business Equity (SBE) Program Participants and 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 the following categories: 1” and Smaller Water Services AND 1 ½” and Larger Water and Fire Services , For information about the Louisville Water SBE Program or pre-qualification, contact the Company through the designated bid portal.
Award of the Contract may be to multiple contractors. The Company will award the Contract to the Bidder(s) presenting Bid(s) 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. The Company may accept the Bid that the Company determines is in the Company's best interest, which may not necessarily be the least expensive Bid. Subsequent to the Award of the Contract, the Company shall assign Work to perform specific projects/activities in an Assignment. The parameters used by the Company for the selection of the contractor to perform the Project/Assignment may include, but not be limited to: Contractor’s qualifications, the contractor’s proximity to job location, or ability to mobilize quickly, the contractor’s unit price entries, itemized cost proposal, and the contractor’s availability to perform the specified work.
Bid Documents including the Bid Table may be obtained from the Louisville Water bid portal at via download from the designated portal on Louisville Water’s electronic bidding site at https://louisvillewater.bonfirehub.com/portal/.