CITY OF MANILA - WWTP IMPROVEMENTS

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Bids: August 11, 2026
PROJECT: CITY OF MANILA - WWTP IMPROVEMENTS
MCE Project No.: 25-5760
McClelland Consulting Engineers, Inc.
7302 Kanis Road
Little Rock, Arkansas 72204
Phone: (501) 371-0272
The City of Manila will receive sealed bids on a General Contract for improvements to Manila’s existing wastewater treatment plant. The project includes the installation of a new Peracetic Acid (PAA) disinfection system and the replacement of existing baffle curtains within the lagoon treatment system.
Bids shall be on a unit price basis.
The City of Manila, Arkansas will receive Bids until 1:00 p.m. Local Time on August 11, 2026 at the City Hall, 319 N. Baltimore Avenue, Manila, Arkansas 72442. Bids received after this time will not be accepted. Bids will be opened and publicly read aloud immediately after specified closing time. All interested parties are invited to attend.
Pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. § 22-9-203, the Owner encourages all small, minority, and women business enterprises to submit bids for capital improvements. Encouragement is also made to all general contractors that in the event they subcontract portions of their work, consideration is given to the identified groups.
Digital copies of the bid documents are available at http://www.mce.us.com for a fee of $22. These documents may be downloaded by selecting this project from the “Current Bids” link, and be entering Quest Project Number 10290409 on the “Browse Projects” page. For assistance and free membership registration, contact QuestCDN at (952) 233-1632 or info@questcdn.com . Addendums to the bid package will be issued through the online MCE Plan Holders List; therefore, all prime bidders shall be responsible for downloading the bid documents from the MCE online plan room in order to be included in the Plan Holders List and submit a bid. Bidders must enter the addenda numbers in the Proposal to verify receipt.
Each Bid must be submitted on the prescribed form and accompanied by a certified check or bid bond executed on the prescribed form, payable to the City of Manila, Arkansas in an amount not less than 5 percent of the amount bid. The bid proposal and work of the proposed contract shall be in accordance with all applicable federal, state, county, and local laws, ordinances and regulations.
For information concerning the proposed Work, contact Will Perilloux or Adam Triche at the Engineer’s office.
The attention of the Bidder is directed to the applicable federal and state requirements and conditions of employment to be observed and minimum wage rates to be paid under this contract.
Any Bid may be rejected which contains material omissions, or irregularities, or in which any of the unit prices are obviously unbalanced in the opinion of the Owner. Also, a bid may be rejected if it, in any manner, shall fail to conform to the conditions of the Bidding Requirements and Contract Documents.
The Owner reserves the right to waive irregularities, reject bids, choose the most qualified bidder for the Project, and to postpone award of the Contract for a period of time which shall not exceed beyond 90 days from the bid opening date.
The publication was paid for by the City of Manila, Arkansas in the amount of $458.44, per Arkansas Code 14-55-208 and related statutes.
CITY OF MANILA, ARKANSAS
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