INVITATION TO BID
Cleaning and Painting of the
Chesterfield Heights and East Little Creek Road Water Storage Tanks
BIDS CLOSE
Thursday,
September 7 2006
SECTION 102
BIDDING REQUIREMENTS AND
CONDITIONS
INVITATION FOR BIDS
PROJECT :
Cleaning and Painting of the Chesterfield
Heights and East Little Creek Road Water Storage Tanks
LOCATION:
Chesterfield Heights and East Little Creek Road
CONTACT NAME AND NUMBER:
Chad Edralin, City of Norfolk, Department
of Utilities, 757-664-6736
The City of Norfolk will receive sealed Bids for
the above titled Project at the office of the Department of Utilities
located at 400 Granby Street, 2nd floor, Norfolk, VA 23510
until 3:00 p.m. local time on September 7, 2006, at which
time the Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Any Bids
received after the specified time and date will not be considered. The
Work under this Project consists of:
Power washing and cleaning of two ground water storage tanks. Painting
the exterior of the two tanks and painting the name with Norfolk
mermaids on the sides. The East Little Creek tank requires some
interior rubberized coating to be applied to the wall-floor interface.
Bid Documents may be examined at the offices of
the owner located at 400 Granby Street, 2nd floor, Norfolk,
VA and have been provided to the following plan room services:
Builders and Contractors Exchange (757) 858-0680, and the Virginia
Minority Supplier Development Council (757) 823-4587. There will
be a non-refundable charge of $15.00 for these
documents. Please make Checks or Money Orders only payable
to "Department of Utilities." Bid Security in the amount of
five percent (5%) of the Bid shall be submitted with each Bid.
All bidders must receive original copies of the bid documents
directly from the office of the Department of Utilities, 400 Granby
Street, 2nd Floor, Norfolk, VA. Requests for Bid
Documents to be mailed to non-local Bidders shall be made in
writing on company letterhead, accompanied by a shipping account
number, check or money order and mailed to: Department of Utilities,
400 Granby Street, 2nd floor, Norfolk, VA 23510, ATTN:
Louise Stokes.
It is the policy of the City of Norfolk
to facilitate the establishment, preservation, and strengthening of
small businesses and businesses owned by women and minorities and to
encourage their participation in the City’s procurement activities.
Toward that end, the City encourages these firms to compete and
encourages non-minority firms to provide for the participation of
small businesses and businesses owned by women and minorities through
partnerships, joint ventures, subcontracts, and other contractual
opportunities. Bidders (offerors) are asked, as part of their
submission, to describe any planned use of such businesses in
fulfilling this contract.
"Bidders must comply with the following: the President’s Executive
Order #11246 prohibiting discrimination in employment regarding race,
color, creed, sex, or national origin; the President’ Executive Order
#12138 and 11625 regarding utilization of MBE/WBE firms; the Civil
Rights Act of 1964. Bidders must certify that they do not or will not
maintain or provide for their employees any facilities that are
segregated on the basis of race, color, creed, or national origin." By
execution of the Bid Form and Contract Documents the contractor
certifies to the aforementioned requirements.
The Hampton Roads Planning District
Commission’s (HRPDC) Regional Construction Standards, Third
Edition, January 2003, including HRPDC Technical Amendment
Number 1 dated January 2004, and Technical Amendment Number 2
dated January 2005, are hereby referenced and are part of the Bid
Documents, except as may be modified by the Special Provisions of this
Project or as may be shown by bold type for additions and strike-throughs
for deletions. Copies of the Regional Construction Standards
may be purchased at the offices of the HRPDC, 723 Woodlake Drive,
Chesapeake, VA 23320 (Telephone 757-420-8300) or Executive Tower,
Suite 1-C, 2101 Executive Drive, Hampton, VA 23666 (Telephone
757-262-0094).
A NON MANDATORY PRE-BID CONFERENCE will be held
on August 8, 2006, at 10:00 a.m. Local Time at the
East Little Creek Road Tank, on the corner of Elm St and Avenue J. It
will then move to the Chesterfield Heights Tank site.
Bidders must be present at the start of this
meeting.
Contractor registration in accordance with Title
2.2 Chapter 43, Code of Virginia is required. The Bidder shall include
in its Bid the following notation: "Licensed Virginia Contractor No.
_______." Evidence of a Class A
Certificate of Registration must be shown before the bid may be
received and considered under a general or sub-contract of $40,000.00
or more or when the volume of work is $300,000.00 or more within any
given twelve (12) month period. For jobs of at least $1,500.00 but
less than $40,000.00, bidders are required to show evidence of a Class
B Certificate of Registration. Under the aforesaid law, it is a Class
I misdemeanor to bid or engage in any work without appropriate Class A
or Class B license.
Withdrawal of Bids due to error shall be subject
to and in accordance with Section 2.2-4330 of the Code of Virginia and
the Contract Documents.
Procedures for submitting, withdrawing and
evaluating Bids and other pertinent information are contained in the
Instructions to Bidders. All bids will be evaluated in accordance with
the City of Norfolk Procurement Procedures and the City reserves the
right to waive informalities and to reject bids. The decision to award
will be posed in a designated public area in accordance with Virginia
Code 11-66(A).
All construction contracts must comply
with Section 33, 1-58 of the Code of the City of Norfolk, VA 1979, as
amended, regarding Substance Abuse and Drug-Free Work Place policy for
City Construction Contracts. (See Appendix A)
The Owner reserves the right to waive
minor non-substantive errors in the Bid, to reject any/or all Bids, to
award any Bid in whole or in part and award the Bid considered to be
in the best interest of the Owner. The Owner also reserves the right
to negotiate with the lowest responsive, responsible Bidder should Bid
exceed available funds.
The City of Norfolk does not
discriminate in the solicitation or awarding of contracts on the basis
of race, religion, faith-based organizations, color, national origin,
age, disability or any other basis prohibited by state or federal law.
By: Kenneth R. Turner, P.E.
Engineering Manager
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