Crabtree Interceptor Phase III Improvements

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
POSTED: MAY 26, 2026
CITY BID NUMBER: 274-SPR-0235-2025
Project: Crabtree Interceptor Phase III Improvements
Owner: City of Raleigh, North Carolina, Raleigh Water, One Exchange Plaza, P.O. Box 590,
Raleigh, NC 27601
Contact: Matt Cotton, PE; matt.cotton@raleighnc.gov
Engineer: McKim & Creed; 4300 Edwards Mill Road, Suite 200, Raleigh, NC 27612; Mark
Fisher, PE, mfisher@mckimcreed.com
Sealed Bids will be received until 2:00 PM, Tuesday, July 14, 2026 at One Exchange Plaza, Suite
620, Raleigh, NC 27601 at which time and place bids will be publicly opened and read aloud for
the construction of the Crabtree Interceptor Phase III Improvements project.
After Bids are opened, the Owner shall evaluate them in accordance with the methods and criteria
set forth in the Bid Proposal Form. The Owner/City Council reserves the right to waive any
informality or to reject any or all Bids. Unless all Bids are rejected, Award will be made to the
lowest responsible and responsive Bidder, taking into consideration quality, performance and the
time specified in the Bid Form for the performance of the Contract.
A Non-Mandatory and virtual Pre-Bid Meeting will be held at 10:00 AM, Tuesday, June 16, 2026.
Only prequalified contractors and tunnel contractors will be allowed to participate and bid and are
encouraged to attend. All potential bidders must email Karen Mattingly at
KMattingly@mckimcreed.com of their intent to attend, and to be added to the meeting ID: 270
154 277 017 031 passcode Jf9is9yM.
Potential bidders will have the ability to join the virtual meeting via phone at: 1 (984) 444-7498
with Phone Conference ID 154 816 463# [+1 984-444-7498,,154816463#] and/or via Microsoft
Teams. Attendees are encouraged to utilize Microsoft Teams link
[https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/270154277017031?p=c55PObMwvNFsGxbTyh]
as this pre-bid meeting may contain a presentation of plans and an agenda.
The Project consists generally of the following major items:
Installation of approximately 21,600 linear feet of 8-inch to 54-inch gravity sanitary sewer,
abandonment of existing sanitary sewer, and replacement of existing water main.
Bidding Documents may be examined at Engineer's office and at: ConstructConnect, online;
McGraw Hill Dodge Company, online; Construction Journal, online; and NC Institute of Minority
Economic Development (a.k.a. The Institute), online.
Complete Bidding Documents may be obtained by registering at the office of the Engineer.
Electronic documents will be provided at no cost and by accessing the following link for electronic
download: https://mckimcreed.sharefile.com/d-s0a4ce5c8aaaf48f0ad2d9b347a793036 If
desired, hard copies may be obtained upon providing a $500.00 non-refundable fee for each set
of documents, which includes all contracts. Cost does not include shipping and delivery.
With each request for Bidding Documents supply the following information: Company name,
contact person, street address, phone number, and email address for Bidding point of contact; N.
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C. contractor's license with limitation and classification; indicate if the firm will be a Prime bidder,
Supplier or Sub-Contractor.
Bidders will be required to show evidence that they are licensed to perform the work in the Bidding
Documents as required by North Carolina General Statute, Chapter 87 and the Instruction to
Bidders.
Bid Security in the amount of five percent (5%) of the Bid must accompany each Bid and shall be
subject to the conditions provided in the Instruction to Bidders. Only bids from the Prequalified
General Contractors listed below will be accepted.
1. Cleary Construction, Inc..
2. Garney Companies, Inc.
3. John D. Stephens, Inc.
4. J.F. Wilkerson Contracting Co. Inc.
5. Kiewit Infrastructure South Co.
6. Moffat Pipe, Inc.
7. Park Construction of NC, Inc.
8. Ruby-Collins, Inc.
9. S.J. Louis Construction, Inc.
10.Spiniello Companies, Inc.
11.Super Excavators, Inc.
12.T.A. Loving Company
13.Thalle Construction Co., Inc.
Furthermore, the tunnel contractors have been prequalified for the tunneling portion of the project
based on the individual tunnel for the individual tunnel methods listed in the table below. No other
tunnel contractors shall be acceptable to perform the work, nor will qualified General Contractors
be permitted to self-perform any tunneling work unless they were separately pre-qualified for
tunneling.
Contractor Tunnel 1 Tunnel 2 Tunnel 3 Tunnel 4
Bradshaw Construction MTBM MTBM, TBM MTBM, TBM MTBM
Corporation
BT Construction, Inc. MTBM MTBM, TBM MTBM, TBM MTBM
(BTrenchless, Inc.)
Michels Trenchless, MTBM MTBM, TBM MTBM, TBM, MTBM
Inc. J&B
Super Excavators, Inc. MTBM MTBM, TBM MTBM, TBM MTBM
North Star Trenchless, TBM, UHT-T, TBM, UHT-T,
LLC PJw/S PJw/S
Young Construction UHT-T, PJw/S UHT-T, PJw/S
Company, Inc.
Ruby-Collins, Inc. UHT-T
Abbreviations:
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Tunnel by Slurry Microtunneling (MTBM) Tunnel by Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM)
Pipe Jacking with Shield (PJw/S) Utility Hand Tunneling - Compressed Air (UHT-CA)
Utility Hand Tunneling - Traditional (UHT-T)
Guided Jack and Bore (J&B)
Pursuant to General Statutes of North Carolina Sections 143-128.2 and 143-131, and in
accordance with City policy, the City of Raleigh encourages and provides equal opportunity for
certified Minority and Woman-Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) businesses to participate in
all aspects of the City's contracting and procurement programs to include Professional Services;
Goods and Other Services; and Construction. The prime contractor will be required to identify
participation of MWBE businesses in their Bid, and how that participation will be achieved.
Furthermore, the City's goal is to contract or sub-contract fifteen percent (15%) of the contract
amount to certified MWBEs on construction projects over $300,000, or with contracts that include
$100,000 or more in state funding.
City of Raleigh
Janet Cowell, Mayor
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