SWTP Waste Reduction

The Town of Exeter, New Hampshire will receive sealed Bids for SWTP Waste Reduction, until June 3rd at 4:00 p.m. Local Time, at the Town Office, 10 Front Street, Exeter, New Hampshire 03833. All Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at the Select Board Meeting on the same day at 7:00 p.m. Bids submitted after this date will not be accepted.

Each sealed envelope containing a Bid must be plainly marked on the outside with “Bid for SWTP Waste Reduction – Attention Town Manager” and the envelope should bear on the outside the name of the Bidder and its address. If forwarded by mail, the sealed envelope containing the Bid must be enclosed in another envelope addressed to the Town Manager at the above address.

In general, the Work of this project consists of, but it is not limited to, furnishing all necessary labor, materials, equipment and incidentals to reactivate, test and place in service the backwash recycle system, install a pre-purchased skid-mounted pump station, yard piping, controls, electrical and appurtenances, with all related work complete as specified.

A copy of the Contract Documents for the Work may be obtained from Nashoba Blue, Inc., 433 Main Street, #5, Hudson, Massachusetts 01749 upon the deposit of $50.00 by check or money order made payable to Aquagenics Incorporated. Such deposits will be refunded if the Contract Documents are returned in good condition, postpaid if mailed, within thirty (30) days after the opening of Bids. Contract Documents will be mailed to prospective Bidders upon receipt of a separate check or money order for $40.00 made payable to Nashoba Blue, which will not be refunded. Deposits and mail fees that are sent to Nashoba Blue by mail, Federal Express, UPS or any type of carrier, shall be addressed to the attention of: “Spec/Plan Request –Exeter”.

The Contract Documents may be examined during normal business hours from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at:

Department of Public Works
13 Newfields Road
Exeter, NH 03833

The Contract Documents may be examined during normal business hours at the following locations:

Associated General Contractors Construction Summary of NH
48 Grandview Road 734 Chestnut Street
Bow, NH 03304 Manchester, NH 03104

Questions regarding Spec/Plan request shall be forwarded to Nashoba Blue, Inc. at Phone: (978) 568-1167.

All technical questions shall be forwarded to:

Lenny MacKoul, P.E.
 Aquagenics Incorporated.
Phone: (781) 935-7470

Before submitting a Bid, the Bidder shall visit the site, thoroughly examine existing conditions and acquaint themselves with the level of difficulty and any constraints, and to determine for themselves the level of effort required to successfully perform the work.

A mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be held at 9:30 AM on Tuesday May 21, 2013 at the Surface Water Treatment Plant 109 Portsmouth Avenue, Exeter, New Hampshire 03833.

Each Bid shall be accompanied by a Bid security in the amount of five (5) percent of the value of the Bid in the form described in the DOCUMENT 00100, INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION FOR BIDDERS.

A Performance Bond and a Payment Bond, each in the amount of one hundred (100) percent of the contract price, will be required in the form described in the DOCUMENT 00100, INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION FOR BIDDERS.

The Contract to be awarded as the result of this Advertisement for Bids will be funded through the State of New Hampshire Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Program. The Contract will be subject to the regulations of this Program.

Bidders’ attention is called to the requirements as to conditions of employment to be observed. Federal Minimum Wage Rates as determined by the United States Department of Labor under the Davis-Bacon Act apply to this project.

Bidders on this Work must demonstrate compliance with the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Minority and Women’s Business Enterprises (MBE’s and WBE’s) policy in order to be deemed a responsible bidder. The requirements for Bidders and Contractors covered by this policy are explained in DOCUMENT 00100, INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION FOR BIDDERS.

No Bidder may withdraw his Bid within sixty (60) days (Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays excluded) after the actual date of the Bid opening.

Complete instructions for filing Bids are included in the DOCUMENT 00100, INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION FOR BIDDERS.

The total time period for completion of all work under this contract is 120 consecutive calendar days using no more than 60 on-site working days. Work performed beyond the 60 on-site working day period or 120 consecutive calendar days will be subject to liquidated damages in the amount specified in the Contract Documents.

The Owner may waive any informalities or minor defects, or reject any or all Bids if it is in the best interest of the Owner to do so.