2026-14 Industrial Boulevard Lift Station -Sewer Extension

INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD LIFT STATION:
SEWER EXTENSION
BID NO. 2026-14
CONTRACT DOCUMENTS AND SPECIFICATIONS
PREPARED FOR:
City of Covington
PREPARED BY:
3130 Highway 11
Mansfield, GA 30055
Phone: (478) 235-0307
www.gwesllc.com
GWES Project No. 060.29.1.25
JUNE 2026

SPECIFICATIONS & CONTRACT DOCUMENTS
FOR
INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD LIFT STATION: SEWER EXTENSION
FOR
CITY OF COVINGTON
Project Number 2026-14
JUNE 2026
GWES PROJECT NO. 060.29.1.25
DIVISION 00 - PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTING SPECIFICATIONS
00 01 00 Invitation to Bid
00 02 00 Instruction to Bidder
00 04 00 Bid Form
00 04 10 Bid Bond
00 04 20 Bidder's Qualifications
00 04 22 Corporate Certificate
00 04 25 Contractor's License Certification
00 04 80 Non-Collusion Affidavit
00 04 83 Contractor E-Verify
00 04 84 Sub-Contractor E-Verify
00 04 85 SAVE Affidavit
00 05 00 Contract Agreement
00 05 50 Pre-Award Oath
00 06 10 Performance Bond
00 06 20 Payment Bond
00 06 21 Notice of Award
00 06 22 Notice to Proceed
00 07 00 General Conditions
00 08 00 Supplementary Conditions
DIVISION 01 - GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS
01 10 00 Summary of Work
01 20 00 Price and Payment Procedures
01 25 00 Substitution Procedures
01 30 00 Administrative Requirements
01 32 16 Construction Progress Schedule
01 33 00 Submittal Procedures
01 40 00 Quality Requirements
01 45 29 Testing Laboratory Services
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01 50 00 Temporary Facilities and Controls
01 56 16 Dust Control
01 56 33 Job Site Security
01 60 00 Product Requirements
01 70 00 Execution and Closeout Requirements
01 71 23 Construction Layout
01 74 00 Cleaning and Waste Management
01 78 36 Warranties
DIVISION 03 - CONCRETE
03 10 00 Concrete Forming and Accessories
03 20 00 Concrete Reinforcing
03 30 00 Cast-in-Place Concrete
03 60 00 Grouting
DIVISION 31 - EARTHWORK
31 10 00 Site Clearing
31 23 19 Dewatering
31 23 33 Trenching and Backfilling
31 25 00 Erosion and Sedimentation Control
31 28 00 Classified Excavation
DIVISION 32 - EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS
32 11 23 Aggregate Base Courses
32 12 16 Asphalt Paving
32 91 13 Soil Preparation
32 92 19 Seeding
DIVISION 33 - UTILITIES
33 01 30.11 Television Inspection of Sewers
33 05 05.33 Infiltration and Exfiltration Testing
33 05 05.36 Vacuum Testing
33 05 05.41 Air Testing
33 05 05.43 Mandrel testing
33 05 07 Trenchless Installation of Utility Piping
33 05 61 Concrete Manholes
33 31 11 Public Sanitary Sewerage Piping
33 31 50 Bypass Pumping
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SECTION 00 01 00
INVITATION TO BID
PART 1: GENERAL
1.1 Competitive Cost Sealed Bids
Separate sealed bids for construction of Industrial Boulevard Lift Station: Sewer Extension
(Bid No. 2026-14) will be received until 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 27, 2026 at
Covington City Hall, 2194 Emory Street NW, Covington, GA 30014. Bids will then be publicly
opened and read aloud at 2116 Stallings Street NW, Covington, GA 30014. Any bid received
after 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 27, 2026, will not be considered by the Owner.
Following the closing time for the receipt of bids no bid may be withdrawn for a period of sixty
(60) days.
Contractors must submit one (1) USB with their proposal along with hard copies.
1.2 Scope of Work
The work to be performed and provided under this Contract shall consist of furnishing all labor,
materials, tools, equipment, safety equipment, permitting, erosion and sedimentation control
measures, taxes, profit, overhead, and other costs and effort required to complete the following:
This project consists of the installation of approximately 1,165 linear feet of new 8-inch sanitary
sewer, including open-cut PVC and ductile iron pipe, as well as a directional drill crossing
utilizing 8-inch HDPE. Work includes construction of new sanitary sewer manholes, connections
to the existing sewer system, bypass pumping, adjustment of an existing manhole to grade, and
installation of associated fittings and appurtenances. The project also includes abandonment of
existing sewer infrastructure, modification of existing manholes and inverts, roadway restoration,
traffic control, and implementation of erosion and sedimentation control measures. All disturbed
areas shall be restored and permanently stabilized upon completion of construction. The time
allotted for substantial completion of the work is 120 consecutive calendar days from the Notice
to Proceed, and the time allotted for final completion of work is 150 consecutive calendar days
from the Notice to Proceed.
Contractor will be required to coordinate all work with the City of Covington and other utility
owners who have facilities within the project corridor. The project will be managed by Chelsea
Fallin at GWES, LLC. located at 733 Carroll Street, Perry, GA 31069, telephone number
(706) 975-9035.
All Work shall be completed in accordance with the plans and specifications. The Work will be
awarded in one (1) Contract.
1.3 Plans, Specifications and Contract Documents
Hard copies of the Instructions to Bidders, Bid Forms, Contract Agreement, Drawings,
Specifications and forms of Bid Bond, Performance Bond, Payment Bond and other Contract
Documents may be obtained upon payment (non-refundable) of $200 from:
GWES, LLC.
3130 Hwy 11
Mansfield, GA 30055
William Jones
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william.jones@gwesllc.com
(706) 765-8767
1.4 Contractor License
The Bidder shall affix to the outside of its Bid envelope, its Georgia Utility Contractor License
Number, not the license number of a Utility manager or a subcontractor's Georgia Utility
Contractor License Number. No bid will be opened unless the Contractor's Utility License
Number is affixed to the envelope.
1.5 Bonds
Each Bid must be accompanied by a Bid Bond or certified cashier's check, in the amount of 10%
of the base bid, prepared on the form of Bid Bond, section 00 04 10, attached to the Contract
Documents or a Surety Company's Standard Bid Bond, duly executed by the Bidder as principal
and having as surety thereon a surety company licensed to do business in the State of Georgia
and listed in the latest issue of U.S. Treasury Circular 570 with an "A" minimum rating of
performance and a financial strength of at least five (5) times the contract price as listed in the
most current publication of "Best's Key Rating Guide Property Liability". Each Bond shall be
accompanied by a "Power of Attorney" empowering the attorney-in-fact to bind the surety and
certified to include the date of the bond.
1.6 Pre-Bid Meeting
A non-mandatory pre-bid conference will be held Friday, August 7, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. at
Covington City Hall, 2116 Stallings Street N.W., Covington, Georgia 30014.
1.7 Permits
Contractor will acquire all necessary Federal, State and local permits preceding the
issuance of the Notice to Proceed.
1.8 Easements & Rights-of-Way
Owner has or will acquire all necessary easements and rights-of-way for permanent
installations preceding the issuance of the Notice to Proceed.
1.9 Reservation of Rights
The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, to waive informalities and to re-
advertise.
2.0 Contractor E-Verify
Contractor shall supply E-Verify documentation with the bid to be deemed responsive.
END OF SECTION 00 01 00
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SECTION 00 02 00
INSTRUCTION TO BIDDERS
1.01 Contract Documents
A. The Contract Documents include the Contract Agreement, Invitation to Bid, Instructions to
Bidders, Contractor's Bid (including all documentation accompanying the Bid and any post-Bid
documentation required by the Owner prior to the Notice of Award), Bonds, all Special
Conditions, General Conditions, Supplementary Conditions, Specifications, Drawings,
Alternates, and addenda, together with written amendments, change orders, field orders and the
Engineer's written interpretations and clarifications issued in accordance with the General
Conditions on or after the date of the Contract Agreement.
B. Shop drawing submittals reviewed in accordance with the General Conditions, geotechnical
investigations and soils reports, and drawings of physical conditions in or relating to existing
surface or subsurface structures at or contiguous to the site, are not Contract Documents.
C. The Contract Documents shall define and describe the complete work to which they relate.
1.02 Definitions
A. Where the following words or the pronouns used in their stead occur herein, they shall have the
following meaning:
1. "Owner" shall mean the City of Covington, party of the first part to the Contract
Agreement, or its authorized and legal representatives.
2. "Engineer" shall mean CITY OF COVINGTON's staff engineer(s) or CITY OF
COVINGTON's consultant engineers.
3. "Contractor" shall mean the party of the second part to the Contract Agreement or the
authorized and legal representative of such party.
4. "Work" and "Project" shall mean the entire completed construction required to be
furnished under the Contract Documents.
5. "Contract Time" shall mean the number of consecutive calendar days as provided in the
Contract Agreement for completion of the Project, to be computed from the date of the
Notice to Proceed.
6. "Liquidated Damages" shall mean the sum of $500 per day which the Bidder agrees to
pay for each consecutive calendar day beyond the Contract Time required to complete
the Project. Liquidated Damages will end upon written notification from the Owner of
final acceptance of the Project.
7. "Products" shall mean materials or equipment permanently incorporated into the Project.
8. "Provide" shall mean to furnish and install.
9. "Balanced Bid" shall mean a Bid in which each of the unit prices and total amount bid
for each of the listed items reasonably reflects the value of that item with regard to the
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entire job considering the prevailing cost of labor, material and equipment in the relevant
market. A Bid is unbalanced when, in the opinion of the Owner, any unit prices or total
amounts bid on any of the listed items do not reasonably reflect such values.
10. "Substantial completion of the work", solely for the purposes of Official Code of Georgia
Annotated (O.C.G.A.) 13-10-81(c), shall be defined as occurring on the date of the
written notification from the Engineer that the Project is ready for final inspection, as
specified in Section 00 07 00, 14.04.
1.03 Preparation and Execution of Bid
A. Each Bid must be prepared to represent that it is based solely upon the materials and equipment
specified in the Contract Documents. Complete sets of the Bidding Documents are available
from GWES, LLC 3130 Highway 11, Mansfield, GA 30055 upon payment of $200 for each
full sized set or electronic copy.
B. Each Bid must be submitted on the Bid forms which are attached to the Contract Documents.
All blank spaces for Bid prices, both words and figures, must be filled in, in ink. In case of
discrepancy, the amount shown in words will govern. All required enclosed certifications must
be fully completed and executed when submitted.
C. Each Bid must be submitted in a sealed envelope, addressed to the Owner. Each sealed
envelope containing a Bid must be plainly marked on the outside with the Project Name and
Bid Number.
Contractors must submit one (1) USB with their proposal along with hard copies.
D. The Bidder shall provide on the outside of the sealed envelope with the following information,
otherwise the Bid will not be opened and will be returned to the Bidder:
1. Bidder's Name (Business)
2. Georgia Utility Contractor License Number
E. If forwarded by mail, the sealed envelope containing the Bid must be enclosed in another
envelope addressed to the Owner at the address given in the Invitation to Bid.
F. Any and all Bids not meeting the aforementioned criteria for Bid submittal, may be declared
non-responsive, and subsequently returned to the Bidder.
G. The Contractor, in signing a Bid on the whole or any portion of the Project, shall conform to the
following requirements:
1. Bids which are not signed by individuals making them shall have attached thereto a
power of attorney evidencing authority to sign the Bid in the name of the person for
whom it is signed.
2. Bids which are signed for a partnership shall be signed by all of the partners or by an
attorney-in-fact. If a Bid is signed by an attorney-in-fact, there should be attached to the
Bid a power of attorney executed by the partners evidencing authority to sign the Bid.
3. Bids which are signed for a corporation shall have the correct corporate name thereof and
the signature of the president or other authorized officer of the corporation manually
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written below the corporate name following the wording "By ".
Corporation seal shall also be affixed to the Bid.
4. Bids which are signed for a limited liability company shall be executed in the name of
the firm by a member and accompanied by evidence of authority to sign. The state of
formation of the firm and the official address of the firm shall be shown.
5. The Bid shall contain evidence of Bidder's authority and qualification to do business in
the state of Georgia, or Bidder shall covenant in writing to obtain such authority and
qualification prior to award of the Contract and attach such covenant to the Bid. Bidder's
state contractor license number, if any, shall also be shown on the Bid Form.
1.04 Method of Bidding
A. The unit or lump sum price for each of the several items in the Bid of each Bidder shall include
its pro rata share of overhead and profit so that the sum of the products, obtained by multiplying
the quantity shown for each item by the unit price, represents the total Bid. Any Bid not
conforming to this requirement may be rejected. Additionally, Unbalanced Bids will be subject
to rejection. Conditional Bids will not be accepted. The special attention of all Bidders is
called to this provision, for should conditions make it necessary to revise the quantities, no limit
will be fixed for such increased or decreased quantities nor extra compensation allowed.
B. The total of all estimated prices will be the sum of the products of the estimated quantity of
each item and the corresponding unit price. The final quantities and Contract Price will be
determined in accordance with paragraph 11.03 of the General Conditions.
C. Discrepancies between the multiplication of units of Work and unit prices will be resolved in
favor of the unit prices. Discrepancies between the indicated sum and any column of figures
and the correct sum thereof will be resolved in the favor of the correct sum.
1.05 Submittal of Bid
A. With each copy of the Bidding Documents, a Bidder is furnished one copy of the Bid Form, and
the Bid Bond Form. The Bid Form is to be completed and submitted with the Bid security and
the documents listed in Article 6 of the Bid Form (00 04 00).
B. A Bid shall be submitted no later than the date and time prescribed and at the place indicated in
the advertisement or Invitation to Bid and shall be enclosed in an opaque sealed envelope
plainly marked with the Project title, the name and address of Bidder and shall be accompanied
by the Bid security and other required documents. If a Bid is sent by mail or other delivery
system, the sealed envelope containing the Bid shall be enclosed in a separate envelope plainly
marked on the outside with "Bid Enclosed" and "Project Name". A mailed bid shall be
addressed to City of Covington, 2194 Emory Street, Covington, GA 30014.
C. Bids will only be accepted from entities that have received bidding documents from the
Engineer.
1.06 Modification and Withdrawal of Bid
A. A Bid may be modified or withdrawn without revealing the amount of the bid by submitting an
appropriate document duly executed in the same manner that a Bid must be executed and
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delivered to the place where Bids are to be submitted prior to the date and time for the opening
of Bids.
B. In accordance with O.C.G.A 36-91-52, if within forty-eight (48) hours after Bids are opened
any Bidder files a duly signed written notice with Owner and promptly thereafter demonstrates
to the reasonable satisfaction of Owner that there was a material and substantial mistake in the
preparation of its Bid, that Bidder may withdraw its Bid, and the Bid security will be returned.
1. Such error in the calculation of the bid can be documented by clear and convincing
written evidence;
2. Such error can be clearly shown by objective evidence drawn from inspection of the
original work papers, documents or materials used in the preparation of the bid sought to
be withdrawn.
3. The bidder serves written notice upon the Owner either prior to the award of the contract
or not later than forty-eight (48) hours after the opening of bids, excluding Saturdays,
Sundays and legal holidays.
4. The bid was submitted in good faith and the mistake was due to a calculation or clerical
error, an inadvertent omission or typographical error as opposed to an error in judgment;
and
5. The withdrawal of the bid will not result in undue prejudice to the Owner or other
bidders by placing them in a materially worse position than they would have occupied if
the bid had never been submitted.
Thereafter, if the Work is rebid, that Bidder will be disqualified from further bidding on the
Work. Furthermore, no Bidder who is permitted to withdraw a Bid shall for compensation be
allowed to supply any material or labor, or perform any subcontract or other work agreement
for, the person or firm to whom the contract is awarded or otherwise benefit, directly or
indirectly, from the performance of the project for which the withdrawn Bid was submitted.
1.07 Addenda and Interpretations
A. No interpretation of the meaning of the Drawings, Specifications or other pre-bid documents
will be made to any Bidder orally.
B. Every request for such interpretation should be made in writing and addressed to Todd Parker,
GWES, LLC, 3130 Highway 11, Mansfield, Ga. 30055 or email at todd.parker@gwesllc.com,
and to be given consideration must be received at least five (5) business days prior to the date
fixed for opening Bids.
C. Any and all such interpretations and any supplemental instructions will be in the form of written
Addenda to the Contract Documents which, if issued, will be mailed, shipped or faxed to all
prospective Bidders (at the respective addresses furnished) prior to the date fixed for the
opening of Bids.
D. Failure of Bidders to receive or acknowledge any Addendum shall not relieve them of any
obligation under the Bid. All Addenda shall become part of the Contract Documents.
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1.08 Bid Security
A. Each Bid must be accompanied by a Bid Bond, prepared on the form of Bid Bond included
herein or a Surety Company's Standard Bid Bond, duly executed by the Bidder as principal and
having as surety thereon a surety company authorized to do business in the State of Georgia,
listed in the latest issue of U.S. Treasury Circular 570 and with an "A" minimum rating of
performance and a financial strength of at least five times the contract price as listed in the most
current publication of "Best's Key Ratings Guide Property Liability", in the amount of ten (10)
percent of the maximum amount bid. Attorneys-in-fact who sign Bonds must file with each
Bond a currently dated copy of their power of attorney.
B. If for any reason whatsoever the successful Bidder withdraws from the competition after
opening of the Bids, or if Bidder refuses to execute and deliver the Contract and Bonds required
within fifteen (15) consecutive calendar days after receipt of notice of the acceptance of Bid, the
Owner may proceed to enforce the provisions of the Bid Bond.
1.09 Receipt and Opening of Bids
A. The Owner may consider a minor irregularity any Bid not prepared and submitted in
accordance with the provisions hereof and may waive any minor irregularities or reject any and
all Bids. Any Bid may be withdrawn prior to the scheduled time for the opening of Bids or
authorized postponement thereof. Any Bid received after the time and date specified shall not
be opened.
B. Bids will be opened at the time and place indicated in the Advertisement or Invitation to Bid
and unless obviously non-responsive, read aloud publicly. An abstract of the amounts of the
base bids and major alternates, if any, will be made available to Bidders after the opening of
Bids.
1.10 Subcontracts
A. The Bidder is specifically advised that any person, firm or other party to whom it is proposed
to award a subcontract under this Contract must be acceptable to the Owner.
1.11 Conditions of the Project
A. Each Bidder must be informed fully of the conditions relating to the construction of the Project
and the employment of labor thereon. Failure to do so will not relieve a successful Bidder of
the obligation to furnish all material and labor necessary to carry out the provisions of the
Contract. Insofar as possible, the Contractor, in carrying out the work, must employ such
methods or means as will not cause any interruption of or interference with the work of any
other Contractor.
B. The Bidder is advised to examine the location of the Project and to be informed fully as to its
conditions; the conformation of the ground; the character, quality and quantity of the products
needed preliminary to and during the prosecution of the work; the general and local conditions
and all other matters which can in any way affect the work to be done under the Contract.
Failure to examine the site will not relieve the successful Bidder of an obligation to furnish all
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