Bid Number 50–00150025
Two (2) Year Pre-Placed Emergency Contract for Water Line Point
Repairs to be Used for Emergency Repairs for the Jefferson Parish
Department of Water
BID DUE:June 25, 2026 AT 2:00 PM
ATTENTION VENDORS!!!
Please review all pages and respond accordingly, complying with all provisions
in the technical specifications and Jefferson Parish Instructions for Bidders and
General Terms and Conditions. All bids must be received on the Purchasing
Department’s eProcurement site, www.jeffparishbids.net, by the bid due date
and time. Late bids will not be accepted.
Jefferson Parish Purchasing Department
200 Derbigny Street
General Government Building, Suite 4400
Gretna, LA 70053
Purchasing Specialist: Sean Dumas
Email: Sean.Dumas@jeffparish.gov
Phone: 504-364-2808
Bid Bond
An Electronic Bid Bond must be submitted with this bid, through one of the respective clearing
houses at https://www.centralbidding.com/bid-bonds/ To access the bonding companies on
Central Bidding, hover over the “Central Bidding” link at the top of the page and select the “Bid
Bonds” link.
The electronic bid bond number is to be placed in the required section listed on the standard
envelope. Scanned copies of bid bonds will not be accepted with your submission.
50-00150025
POINT REPAIR PRE-PLACED EMERGENCY (DISASTER)
TWO (2) YEAR CONTRACT
BID NUMBER: 50-00150025
(DISASTER EMERGENCY WORK)
DIVISION I
Pre-Bid Conference:
All prospective bidders are invited to attend this non-mandatory pre-bid conference which will be
held at 9:00 AM on June 5, 2026 at Joseph S. Yenni Building located at 1221 Elmwood Park Blvd.
Room 405, Elmwood, LA 70123. However, failure to attend the pre-bid conference shall not
relieve the bidder of responsibility for information discussed at the conference. Furthermore,
failure to attend the pre-bid conference and inspection does not relieve the successful bidder
from the necessity of furnishing materials or performing any work that may be required to
complete the work in accordance with the specification with no additional cost to the Parish.
***If no contract is in place when the original contract (for the same scope of work prior to
May 1st of that year) is set to expire, this contract can be extended until the end of that
calendar year***
License Requirement:
All of the following Louisiana State Contractor’s Licenses will be required for this bid in the
following classifications:
• Heavy Construction and
• Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction and
• Municipal and Public Works Construction
The above LA State Contractor’s License will be required in accordance with LSA R.S. 37-2150
et. seq. and such license number will be shown on the outside of the electronic bid envelope.
Failure to comply will cause the bid to be rejected.
Bonds:
An Electronic Bid Surety bond will be required with Bid Submission in the amount of 5% of the
total bid price (Base Bid and any Alternates).
A performance bond in the amount of 100 % of the contract cap amount will be required at the
signing of the formal contract.
A payment bond in the amount of 100 % of the contract cap amount will be required at the
signing of the formal contract.
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1.0 Scope of Work:
1.1 Scope of contract work: The purpose of this contract is to provide means to perform
emergency replacement and repair of existing waterlines and work incidental thereto to
supplement existing Water Department work crews after disasters for emergency repairs. The
project is high priority jobs and in dealing with public safety of water supplies it is vital to insure
that the citizens of Jefferson Parish are supplied a safe and sanitary potable water supply without
unnecessary interruption. These replacements/repairs will be done on an as-needed basis only
and no minimum expenditure is guaranteed under this contract. Payment for work performed
shall be on a unit price basis. Actual quantities used may fall below or exceed the estimated
quantities listed on the bid form. It is intended to issue work orders as needed to perform repairs
at various locations on the East and West banks of Jefferson Parish and the Town of Grand Isle.
The Jefferson Parish Department of Water will provide the use of the property located at
200 Arnoult Road for the convenience of the contractor. The contractor on a regular basis
shall maintain this property for the duration of the contract. The grass/weeds shall be cut,
stock material shall be stacked above ground and away from any spoil material, spoil
material shall be removed on a regular basis, mud/debris shall be cleaned from trucks
prior to leaving yard and entering Arnoult Road. In the event that these conditions are not
being met, the Jefferson Parish shall reserve the right to bring in outside forces to complete
the necessary work and charge the contractor. All work covered under this contract must
conform to Jefferson Parish Engineering Department standard details sheets/specifications
available in the Jefferson Parish Engineering Department.
The contractor is made aware that, because of the nature of this contract, it will be necessary to
make repairs on emergency 24 hours, seven (7) day a week, at night, week-ends, and holidays.
However, there will be no extra compensation for these repairs during these events. The
contractor must have two (2) contact employees, one primary and one backup, on a 24 hour basis
available to coordinate work initiation. Contact phone number list to be updated as needed.
The contractor’s entire crew assigned to a job must be on site and begin work within one (1) hour
of the contractor receiving initial work notification.
In the event the contractor’s foreman is not on site within one (1) hour of receiving initial work
notification, his job start time will be recorded as beginning at the actual time of his arrival on site.
The Parish will furnish all permanent pipeline materials; i.e., pipes, valves, fittings, repair
clamps, sleeves, meters, valve boxes, fire hydrants, etc., with the exception of material required
for HDPE pipe installation and any other unforeseen required purchases. Repair materials that
are needed on the job and are not available in Parish stocks at the time of repair and are not
included as bid items may be furnished by the Parish through regular or emergency Parish
requisitions and/or may be furnished by the contractor at his actual face value cost. These third
party invoices shall be attached to the contractor’s billing invoice for payment.
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The actual face value cost shall cover the manufacturer's cost (or supplier's cost) plus shipment
cost by others, subject to Parish's approval. Invoices shall be submitted to the Parish prior to
payment. This contract is a labor intensive type contract; therefore, contractors should consider
all matters of labor and overhead and build his necessary profit into his prices for repairing water
lines. Repair materials which are used on the job shall be paid at the contractor’s actual face
value cost. The cost of any incidental drayage between the local supply vendor and the job site
will not be considered a pay item.
The contractor will furnish all labor, equipment, disposable materials, sheeting, bracing, bedding,
backfill material, brick mortar, concrete for restoration, including valve pad installations.
In addition, the successful lowest responsible bidder shall have at least one (1) employee
that possesses a current LDHH Class IV operator’s license for water distribution systems
for supervising the work crew(s). This license must be submitted upon request after bid to
the Water Department. Failure to submit the required license upon request after bid
submission will result in a bid rejection.
The successful low bidder must have a minimum of two (2) certified welders/pipe fitters
sub-contracted employees are not permissible). The bidder must submit to the Water
Department (upon request after bid) a list of proposed welder/pipe fitters with relevant
certifications. Said welders/pipe fitters must have previous experience repairing, welding
and fitting pre-stressed concrete cylinder pipe (pccp). Failure to submit the required list
will result in a bid rejection.
• A list of names of the subcontractors proposed by the contractor for work to be
performed under the terms of this contract provided upon request. Subcontractors cannot
be used to fulfil license requirements of this bid. By law any scope of work requiring a
license which exceeds 51% of the total must be fulfilled by the prime contractor. See
section 1.4 for more information.
The contractor must have the ability and resources to fabricate fittings (pccp, ductile iron) for
repair of water mains. This fabrication will lessen down time when these fittings cannot be
purchased and delivered from a supply house in an emergency situation. The maximum
allowable time will be 24 hours.
1.2 Familiarization with the work. Before submitting his bid, each prospective bidder
shall familiarize himself with the work, local labor conditions and all laws, regulations and other
factors affecting performance of the work. He shall carefully correlate his observations with the
requirements of the contract documents and otherwise satisfy himself of the expense and
difficulties for performance of the work. The submission of a bid will constitute a representation
of compliance by the bidder. There will be no subsequent financial adjustment for lack of such
familiarization.
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