Lake Hartwell WTP Expansion and Ozone Improvements

Agency:	Goodwyn Mills Cawood(GMC)
State:	Federal
Type of Government:	State & Local
NAICS Category:	236220 - Commercial and Institutional Building Construction 237990 - Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 238990 - All Other Specialty Trade Contractors
Posted Date:	Apr 20, 2026
Due Date:	May 21, 2026
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

FOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT‐RISK

Lake Hartwell WTP Expansion and Ozone

Improvements

Pioneer Rural Water District (PRWD)

1. INTRODUCTION

Pioneer Rural Water District (PRWD) is seeking Construction Managers to submit proposals

for the opportunity to serve as a Construction Manager At‐ Risk (CMAR) in the design review,

construction, and commission of the 2.5 MGD plant expansion at Pioneer Rural Water District

Water Treatment Plant (WTP). The objective of this Request for Proposals (RFP) is to provide

additional information to enable Proposers to submit written proposals for the project.

Construction Managers must submit four (5) hard copies of their proposal. Proposals must be

received by PRWD at their administrative offices no later than 10:00 AM on Thursday, May

21st, 2026.

PRWD

Attn: Terry Pruitt, General Manager

5500 W Oak Hwy

Westminster, SC 29693

Proposers are encouraged to contact Amy Hopkins (amy.hopkins@gmcnetwork.com) with the

Owner’s engineer, Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood, Inc. (GMC), in order to attend the mandatory

pre-proposal meeting on Wednesday, April 29th, 2026 @ 2:00 PM at the WTP, which is located

at 1142 Hwy 59 Fair Play, South Carolina 29643 A tour of the plant will be provided at this time.

Additional tours of the project site and additional contact with PRWD are not allowed.

PRWD intends to select the CMAR for the Project based on review and evaluation of the

Proposals and shortlist interviews.

Proposers are encouraged to provide input on the overall project schedule and provide

suggested improvements to reduce the construction schedule. The preliminary procurement

schedule is as follows:

Milestone Activity

RFP Issue

Mandatory Pre-Proposal Meeting

Final Date to Submit Questions

Proposals Due

Proposer Interviews (if desired)

Notice of Award (approximate date)

Date

April 20, 2026

April 29, 2026

May 14, 2026

May 21, 2026

May 28, 2026

June 4, 2026

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Proposals will be evaluated to select a CMAR with the requisite experience, qualifications,

and resources to complete the Project successfully within an agreed Guaranteed Maximum

Price (GMP) and construction schedule in accordance with the project requirements as

specified by PRWD.

2. BACKGROUND

The existing PRWD water treatment facilities, which are located in Fair Play, SC, consist of a

reliable 2.5 MGD water treatment facility (originally constructed in the 2019). The 2.5 MGD

capacity serves the water treatment needs of PRWD’s 7,000 customers.

The proposed funding for the project is private funding.

3. PROJECT SCOPE

Due to ongoing taste and odor (T&O) concerns, PRWD is seeking improvements at the Lake

Hartwell Water Treatment plant to address capacity and treatment.

The project will include the following elements:

• Addition of one (1) raw water pump

• Addition of one (1) finished water pump

• Installation of a 5-MGD ozone system

4. DRAFT SUMMARY SCOPE OF SERVICES

A draft summary of Scope of Services is included below. The final Scope of Services will be

negotiated with the selected CMAR. The Proposal shall include any comments or suggested

changes to the draft summary Scope of Services.

a. Pre-Construction Services:

i. Value Engineering services shall include a thorough review of the completed

design drawings and specifications and the identification of any alternative

design components, construction methods, or materials that could reduce the

cost of the project without sacrificing project quality.

ii. GMP Development will, at the latest, commence upon the completion of permit

acquisition and will include the costs developed through an open‐ book

process including thorough review by GMC. The CMAR may choose to perform

some preliminary aspects of the GMP preparation prior to the acquisition of the

permits; however, formal GMP development will not start until all permits have

been acquired. PRWD requires that for those components of the Project that

the CMAR may want to self‐perform, the CMAR will need to submit bill rates,

overhead, markup on subcontractors, profit rates, and other similar financial

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information for that scope. The GMP will also include CMAR overhead costs

and margin for all work under the Construction Phase Services Agreement, as

described in the following outline of CMAR Construction Services, as well as any

contingency allowances.

iii. GMP Negotiation, if successful, will result in the execution of an amendment to

the “Agreement between Owner and CMAR.”

b. Construction Phase Services

i. Construction Administration Services represent the management and

administration of the CMAR’s Construction Phase contract obligations

including, but not limited to, the following activities:

1. Provide all requisite bonds and insurance for the construction of the

project;

2. Possess the requisite license and assure that all subcontractors are also

appropriately licensed and bonded for the tasks needed to complete

construction phase of the project;

3. Procure and manage all equipment and construction contractors to

complete the Construction Phase scope of work for the project;

4. Hold monthly progress/construction meetings and submit meeting

minutes for review and approval by PRWD and GMC;

5. Develop and update a construction management plan that includes

Construction Phase quality control procedures, safety programs,

construction document management protocol, etc.;

6. Manage subcontractors (contracts, insurance, and bonds);

7. Prepare payment requests and maintain cash flow projection;

8. Submit and track shop drawings and equipment Operations &

Maintenance (O&M) Manuals;

9. Track Request for Information and/or clarifications (RFIs);

10. Prepare record drawings;

11. Startup and commission facilities with operator training through

completion of acceptance testing;

12. Facilitate project close‐out; and

13. Administer warranties through the warranty period.

ii. Site Security will be the responsibility of the CMAR throughout the duration of

the construction phase. The CMAR will need to develop an acceptable security

plan to control access to the construction site during all phases of construction

without interrupting normal day‐to‐day operations of the facility. The CMAR will

be responsible for construction of any alternate entrance locations or

operations of any existing security gates, as well as any repairs required to bring

facilities (i.e., roadways, curb and gutter, landscaping) back to their current

condition.

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iii. Project Schedule requirements will include developing a detailed project

construction schedule defining construction activities of each element of the

project and their inter‐relationships along with milestone dates relative to

project completion and permit requirements using approved scheduling

software. Monthly monitoring, updating, and reporting of the project

schedule will be required to demonstrate an efficient and timely delivery of

the project.

iv. Project Budget Reporting requirements will include the preparation of a project

budget monitoring protocol to provide monthly updates on the status of the

following financial attributes of the project: update cash flow projections for

the Construction Phase including actual construction costs; maintain a

comparative assessment of actual costs relative to the GMP; and provide

documentation of any resultant changes in the projected life cycle costs

resulting from construction‐related decisions and/or changes.

v. Design Compliance Review will include meetings with PRWD and GMC to

validate that the design requirements are being provided during the

Construction Phase. The meetings shall occur as necessary but not less than

every two weeks. One objective of these meetings will be to review the CMAR’s

documentation of any resultant changes in the projected costs resulting from

construction‐related decisions and/or changes.

vi. Plant Operational Compliance includes all aspects of the Project that may

adversely affect the ability of the PRWD WTP to comply with all applicable

regulations. Any noncompliance event caused by the CMAR will be cause for

the CMAR to reimburse PRWD for all costs associated with the

noncompliance event including, but not limited to, fines, fees, PRWD staff,

corrective action, Owner’s Engineer, etc. Refer to Standard Form of

Agreement and Standard Form of General Conditions for more information.

vii. The System Programmer will be Inframark, Lord and Company, Southern Flow,

ICS Automated, or approved equal and will be responsible for design review

and integration services. The CMAR will contract with the System Programmer.

The System Programmer will serve as a subcontractor to the CMAR and will be

involved during design and construction. The scope and fee for the System

Programmer work will be negotiated by the CMAR during the contract

negotiation phase.

viii. Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Manuals will include, but are not

limited to, the following:

1. Supply a complete set of equipment O&M manuals that provide the

requisite components;

2. Supply an O&M manual for the instrumentation and control system,

including a complete log of the programming and signal tagging list;

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3. Supply a custom prepared O&M manual for the operation of the

overall facility that addresses, as a minimum, the startup and

shutdown under normal and emergency conditions;

4. Supply equipment summary reference sheets and maintenance

schedules for all major equipment with interface references to

equipment O&M;

5. Supply a trouble‐shooting section for normal and emergency

conditions; and

6. Supply O&M manuals for any additional elements necessary to

acquire the operating permits for the facility.

O&M documents shall be in PDF format and created from the software in which

they were produced or scanned at a resolution of 300 dpi or greater. Scanned

documents shall be scanned with the “original image with hidden text” option.

Documents scanned at 300 dpi or greater provides for optical character

recognition (OCR) and word search functionality. All text of the document

must be text selectable with the exception of pages which are in their entirety

drawings or diagrams.

Word searches of the PDF documents must operate successfully.

ix. Startup and Commissioning of the constructed facility will include

completion of the requisite startup and commissioning activities. As a

minimum, the activities will include the following:

1. Completion of equipment operational check‐out and startup;

2. Operational testing of the individual systems; and

3. The operation of the overall facility as a whole under various

configurations necessary to demonstrate compliance with the

acceptance test requirements and the process performance criteria

defined in the final contract documents.

x. Operator Training shall be provided to the PRWD staff and videotaped by the

CMAR. The operator training will include pre‐startup training that will continue

through the startup, acceptance testing, and commissioning of the project. All

training scheduling will be coordinated with PRWD. All O&M Manuals will be

presented in electronic versions (format to be agreed upon by PRWD) and

hard copies.

xi. Coordinate with PRWD’s and GMC’s staff regarding all applicable components

of the project. Other subcontractors and PRWD may be performing work in

close proximity to or bordering on the work of the CMAR. The CMAR shall

cooperate in the coordination of their separate activities in a manner that will

provide the least interference with PRWD’s operations and in the interfacing and

connection of the separate elements of the overall project work.

xii. Construction Document Management shall be implemented as defined in the

construction management plan to collect and store the following data in a

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