PROJECT: Williams WTP Improvements
DATE: October 8, 2025
UTILITY ENGINEERING DIVISION
DEPARTMENT OF WATER MANAGEMENT
CITY OF DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
DOCUMENT 00 11 16
INVITATION TO BID
Project: Williams WTP Basin Improvements
Owner:
City of Durham Department of Water Management
1600 Mist Lake Drive
Durham, North Carolina 27704
Issuing Office:
Attention: Mr. Jim Butcher, PE
City of Durham
Department of Water Management
Utility Engineering Division
1600 Mist Lake Drive
Durham, North Carolina 27704
(919) 560-4381
Engineer:
Attention: Ms. Lamya Badr, PE
Hazen and Sawyer, D.P.C.
4011 WestChase Boulevard, Suite 500
Raleigh NC 27607
(919) 863-9263
The City of Durham will open sealed formal Bids submitted by qualified Bidders at 2:00 pm on Thursday
November 13th for the Williams WTP Basin Improvements at the Department of Water Management
Training Rooms, 1600 Mist Lake Drive, Durham, North Carolina. The Project involves the furnishing of all
materials, labor, equipment, tools, etc. unless otherwise specified, for the complete installation of:
1. Sedimentation basin solids collection equipment
2. Sedimentation basin concrete rehabilitation (i.e. new walkways, concrete fill, coating, etc.)
3. Filter improvements
4. Hydraulic modifications
5. Backwash pump replacement
6. Air scour blower replacement
7. Caustic feed re-location
8. Pipe improvements in the settled solids and backwash equalization tanks
The foregoing description shall not be construed as a complete description of all work required.
Contract Documents will be on file in the Department of Water Management, Utility Engineering, 1600
Mist Lake Drive, Durham, North Carolina. The Contract Documents may be downloaded from Hazen and
Sawyer, D.P.C., free of charge by emailing the Engineer at WilliamsWTP@hazenandsawyer.com.
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PROJECT: Williams WTP Improvements
DATE: October 8, 2025
UTILITY ENGINEERING DIVISION
DEPARTMENT OF WATER MANAGEMENT
CITY OF DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
Bidding documents may be examined online at the following locations:
Dodge Data & Analytics, Joanie.Sarmiento@construction.com
NC Institute of Minority Economic Development, info@TheInstituteNC.org
Construction Connect, Content@constructconnect.com
Bidders are strongly encouraged to attend the in-person pre-Bid conference at 10:00 am, Tuesday
October 21st at the Williams Water Treatment Plant, 1405 Hillandale Rd, Durham, North Carolina.
Each Bidder must be licensed under Chapter 87 of the North Carolina General Statutes. Bidders must
conform with the provisions of the North Carolina Contractor’s Licensing Act of 1925, as amended. All
Bids must include a non-collusion affidavit.
The City of Durham requires the Project to be substantially completed within 1,006 consecutive calendar
days, and completed within 1,036 consecutive calendar days from date of Notice to Proceed.
No Bid shall be considered or accepted unless at the time of its filing the same shall be accompanied by
a deposit of cash or a certified or cashier's check drawn on a bank or trust company insured by the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the amount of
the Bid. The check shall be made payable to the City of Durham. Said deposit shall guarantee that the
Contract will be entered into by the successful Bidder if the award is made. Such deposit of cash or
certified or cashier's check may be held by the City until the successful Bidder has executed and
delivered the Contract Documents, including performance and payment bond, to the City of Durham
and returned or kept in accordance with North Carolina General Statute 143-129.
Refer to other Bidding requirements described in Document 00 21 15.
In lieu of the cash deposit or certified or cashier’s check mentioned above, the Bidder may file a Bid
bond in the same amount executed by a corporate surety authorized to execute such bonds in North
Carolina and conditioned as provided by North Carolina General Statute 143-129 and in the form
attached to the Bidding Documents (see Appendix F) or on file with the Engineer. Bid bond forms
enclosed as part of the Bidding Documents must be properly executed at the time Bids are submitted
before Bid will be considered. Properly executed Power of Attorney of the corporate surety's agent shall
accompany such bond and be attached to the page provided therefore in the Bidding Documents.
Bids shall be submitted under a condition of irrevocability, except as required by law, for a period of one
hundred and twenty (120) days after Bid opening.
The City of Durham reserves the right to accept or reject any or all Bids, to waive any and all
informalities, and to disregard all nonconforming or conditional Bids or counter Bids, and to accepts the
Bid that will be in the best interest of the City of Durham.
END OF DOCUMENT
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