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PROJECT MANUAL
FOR
TOWN OF RIDGELAND
CDBG WATER AND SEWER
IMPROVEMENTS
RIDGELAND, SC
REQUEST FOR BIDS NO.: RFP-2026-04
THE TOWN OF RIDGELAND,
SOUTH CAROLINA
VOLUME I
DIVISION 0 - BIDDING AND CONTRACT DOCUMENTS
DIVISION 1 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
DIVISION 2 - SITE CONSTRUCTION
DIVISION 15 - MECHANICAL
PREPARED BY:
FOUR WATERS ENGINEERING, INC.
FOR
THE TOWN OF RIDGELAND, SC
MAY 2026

TOWN OF RIDGELAND
CDBG WATER AND SEWER IMPROVEMENTS
VOL. I PROJECT MANUAL
TABLE OF CONTENTS
DATE: MAY 2026
DIVISION 0- BIDDING AND CONTRACT DOCUMENTS
Section No. Title
00010 Notice to Bidders
00100 Instructions to Bidders
00300 Bid Proposal Form
00400 Bid Bond
00500 Contract
00502 Wage Determination - General Decision Number: SC190001 01/05/2024
00504 Federal Labor Standards Provisions
00506 CDBG Contract Special Provisions
00508 Debarment Certification
00509 W-9 Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification
00510 Section 3 Information Sheet
00511 Section 3 Business Self-Certification
00520 South Carolina Illegal Immigration Reform Act Contractor Certification
00521 Mitigation Measures and Conditions
00524 Notice of Intent to Award
00525 Notice of Award
00526 Notice to Proceed
00527 Contractor & Subcontractor Build America, Buy America Act Certification
00600 Performance Bond
00601 Payment and Material Bond
00640 Pay Request Form
00641 Change Order Form
00700 General Conditions
00800 Supplementary Conditions
DIVISION 1 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Section No. Title
01025 Measurement and Payment
01100 Summary of Work
01300 Regulatory Requirements
01310 Project Management and Coordination
01315 Progress Meetings
01340 Shop Drawings, Working Drawings, and Samples
01370 Schedule of Values
01381 Construction Audio-Video Recording
01410 Testing Laboratory Services
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01510 Temporary Construction Controls
01563 Handling of Incidental Fuel Spillage
01570 Traffic Regulations
01700 Execution Requirements
01740 Warranties and Bonds
01770 Closeout Procedures
01781 Project Record Documents
DIVISION 2 - SITE CONSTRUCTION
Section No. Title
02140 Dewatering
02300 Pavement Removal and Replacement
02640 Sewer System Construction
02660 Water Distribution System
02661 Water Valves & Appurtenances
02922 Loaming, Seeding and Mulching
02955 Sewer Line Cleaning and CCTV Inspection
02960 Sanitary Sewer Manhole Rehabilitation
02961 Temporary Sewer Bypassing Operations
02970 Sanitary Sewer Cured-In-Place Pipe (CIPP)
DIVISION 15 - MECHANICAL
Section No. Title
15045 Pressure Testing
ATTACHMENTS
Appendix Title
A SCDOT Encroachment Permit - Permit No. 305669
B SCDOT Encroachment Permit - Permit No. 305670
C OCRM CZC Determination Ref # HQF-ZD1E-SDA17
D SCDES Water Permit - Permit No. 39320-WS
E SCDES Sewer Permit - Permit No. WW047345
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SECTION 00010
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received for Town of Ridgeland CDBG Water
and Sewer Improvements, by the Town of Ridgeland, South Carolina, until Thursday, June 4,
2026, at 2:00 PM, at which time all bids received will be publicly opened and read aloud.
Mail Bid Response to:
Town of Ridgeland
ATTN: Dennis E. Averkin, Town Administrator
P.O. Box 1119
Ridgeland, SC 29936
Hand Deliver Bid Response to:
Town of Ridgeland
ATTN: Dennis E. Averkin, Town Administrator
1 Town Square
Ridgeland, SC 29936
Any bids delivered after the above time will not be accepted under any circumstances and
submission of no bid is considered a bid. Any uncertainty regarding the time a bid is delivered
will be resolved against the Bidder.
Bid opening will take place at the Town of Ridgeland municipal offices at the address given
below:
Town of Ridgeland
1 Town Square
Ridgeland, South Carolina 29936
The Town's points of contact for this project is Dennis E. Averkin, Town Administrator, who can
be reached at (843) 726-7500 or by email at daverkin@ridgelandsc.gov.
Construction Contract Documents, including Bidding and Contract Documents, General
Requirements, Plans and Technical Specifications may be viewed electronically and downloaded
in Adobe Acrobat PDF from the Town of Ridgeland website,
https://www.ridgelandsc.gov/bid-opportunities
It is requested that interested parties contact Four Waters Engineering, Inc., Engineer of Record,
to be added to the Plan Holders List. Contact Kate Bleuer of Four Waters Engineering, Inc., 324
6th Avenue North, Jacksonville Beach, Florida 32250 by email: kbleuer@4weng.com or phone
(904) 414-2400 Ext 57. A hard copy of the Construction Contract Documents (plans in 11"x17"
format) may be requested through Kate Bleuer with the payment of $150.00 plus the cost of
shipping.
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Description of Work:
Construction of approximately 3,285 LF of water main, replacing 259 LF of gravity
sewer, upgrading approximately 600 LF existing sewer lines using cured-in-place pipe
(CIPP), and rehabilitating manholes. Construction also includes soil erosion and
sediment control, maintenance of traffic, and restoration including pavement repair and
overlay. All work must be constructed to SCDOT standards.
Pre-bid Conference:
There will be an optional pre-bid conference for this project on Tuesday, May 19, 2026,
at 10:30 AM. The pre-bid conference will be held virtually through Microsoft Teams.
Please contact Kate Bleuer at 4Waters for the meeting link and information.
Bid Document Questions:
Questions or concerns related to the bid documents must be written and sent by email to
Dennis E. Averkin, Town Administrator, at daverkin@ridgelandsc.gov. The last day to
submit questions is May 27, 2026.
Bid Requirements:
Each bid must be accompanied by Bid security made payable to Town of Ridgeland
(Owner) in an amount of five percent (5%) of Bidder's maximum Bid price and in the form
of a certified or bank check or a Bid Bond issued by a surety authorized to write bonds of
such character and amount under the laws of South Carolina and meeting the requirements
of the General Conditions.
The successful Bidder will be required to furnish to the Owner a Payment Bond and a
Performance Bond, each in the amount of one hundred percent (100-percent) of the Contract
Price.
Each Bidder must be qualified under the provisions of the most current State of South
Carolina Contractor's Licensing Law Code. No bid will be considered unless the bidder is
legally qualified under the provisions of the South Carolina Contractor's Licensing Law.
All Bids will remain subject to acceptance for ninety (90) days after the day of the Bid
opening. The Town of Ridgeland (Owner) reserves the right to reject any or all bids,
including without limitation the right to reject any or all nonconforming, non-responsive,
unbalanced or conditional Bids. Owner also reserves the right to waive all informalities not
involving price, time, or changes in the Work and to negotiate contract terms with the
Successful Bidder. The terms of Award of Contract are included in Article 17 of the
Instructions to Bidders.
Bidders on this work will be required to comply with the President's Executive Order No.
11246 and Order No. 11375 which prohibit discrimination in employment regarding race,
creed, color, sex, or national origin.
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Bidders must comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Davis-Bacon Act,
the Anti-Kickback Act, the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, and 40 CFR
33.240.
This project will be constructed with funds either in whole or in part provided by the South
Carolina Department of Commerce, Division of Community Grant Programs, under the
State's Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program. All federal CDBG
requirements will apply to the contract. All contractors and subcontractors are required to be
registered in the federal System for Award Management (SAM).
This agreement is for services related to a project that is subject to the Build America, Buy
America Act (BABAA) requirements under Title IX of the Infrastructure Investment and
Jobs Act ("IIJA"), Pub. L. 177-58. Absent an approved waiver, all iron, steel, manufactured
products, and construction materials used in this project must be produced in the United
States, as further outlined by the Office of Management and Budget's Memorandum M-22-
11, Initial Implementation Guidance on Application of Buy America Preference in Federal
Financial Assistance Programs for Infrastructure, April 18, 2022.
Bidder must make positive efforts to use small and minority owned businesses and to offer
employment, training, and contracting opportunities in accordance with Section 3 of the
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968.
Attention of bidders is particularly called to the requirements as the conditions of
employment to be observed and minimum wage rates to be paid under the contract.
Any prospective bidder, offeror, contractor, or subcontractor who is aggrieved in connection
with the solicitation of this contract may protest to Owner in accordance with Section 11-35-
4210 of the SC Code of Laws, within 15 days of the date of issuance of the Notice of Intent
to Award.
Equal Employment Opportunity.
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SECTION 00100
INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS
1. Defined Terms 2.2 Complete sets of Bidding
Documents must be used in preparing Bids;
Terms used in these Instructions to Bidders neither Owner nor Engineer assume any
which are defined in the Standard General responsibility for errors or misinterpretations
Conditions of the Construction Contract resulting from the use of incomplete sets of
(No. C-700) (2007 Edition) have the Bidding Documents.
meaning assigned to them in the General
Conditions. 2.3 Owner and Engineer in making
copies of Bidding Documents available on
Certain additional terms used in these the above terms do so only for the purpose
Instructions to Bidders have the meanings of obtaining Bids for the Work and do not
indicated below which are applicable to both confer a license or grant for any other use.
the singular and plural thereof.
3. Qualifications of Bidders.
1.1. Bidder-one who submits a Bid
directly to Owner as distinct from a sub- 3.1 To demonstrate qualifications to
bidder, who submits a bid to a Bidder. perform the work, each Bidder must be
prepared to submit within five days after the
1.2. Issuing Office-the office from which Bid opening upon Owner's request detailed
the Bidding Documents are to be issued and written evidence such as financial data,
where the bidding procedures are to be previous experience, present commitments,
administered. and other such data as may be called for
below (or in the Supplementary Conditions).
1.3. Successful Bidder-the responsible and Each Bid must contain evidence of Bidder's
responsive Bidder to whom Owner (on the qualification to do business in the state
basis of Owner's evaluation as hereinafter where the Project is located or covenant to
provided) makes an award. obtain such qualification prior to award of
the contract.
1.4. OWNER
TOWN OF RIDGELAND 4. Examination of Contract
1 TOWN SQUARE Documents and Site.
P.O. BOX 1119
RIDGELAND, SC 29936 4.1 It is the responsibility of each
(843) 726-7500 Bidder Before submitting a Bid:
1.5 ENGINEER 4.1.1 To examine thoroughly the Contract
FOUR WATERS ENGINEERING, INC. Documents and other related data identified
324 6TH AVENUE N in the Bidding Documents (including
JACKSONVILLE BEACH, FL 32250 "technical data" referred to below);
(904) 414 -2400
4.1.2 To visit the site to become familiar
2. Copies of Bidding Documents with and satisfy Bidder as to the general,
local and site conditions that may affect
2.1 Complete sets of the Bidding cost, progress, performance or furnishing of
Documents in the number and for the the Work;
deposit sum, if any, stated in the
Advertisement or Notice to Bidders may be 4.1.3. To consider federal, state and local
obtained from the Issuing Office. The Laws and Regulations that may affect cost,
deposit will not be refunded. progress, performance or furnishing of the
Work;
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INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS
construction (if any) that may be shown or
4.1.4 To study and carefully correlate indicated or expressly required by the
Bidder's knowledge and observations with Contract Documents, that Bidder has given
the Contract Documents and such other Engineer written notice of all conflicts,
related data; and errors, ambiguities and discrepancies that
Bidder has discovered in the Contract
4.1.5 To promptly notify Engineer of all Documents are generally sufficient to
conflicts, errors, ambiguities, or indicate and convey understanding of all
discrepancies which Bidder has discovered terms and conditions for performing and
in or between the Contract Documents and furnishing the Work.
such other related Documents.
4.5 The provisions of I-4.1 through 4.4,
4.2 Before submitting a Bid each Bidder inclusive, do not apply to Asbestos,
will be responsible to obtain such additional Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs),
or supplementary examinations, Petroleum, Hazardous Waste or Radioactive
investigations, explorations, tests, studies Material covered by Paragraph 4.06 of the
and data concerning conditions (surface, General Conditions.
subsurface and Underground Facilities) at or
contiguous to the site or otherwise, which 5. Availability of Lands for Work, etc.
may affect cost, progress, performance or
furnishing of the Work, or which relate to The lands upon which the Work is to be
any aspect of the means, methods, performed, rights-of-way and easements for
techniques, sequences, or procedures of access thereto and other lands designated for
construction to be employed by Bidder and use by Contractor in performing the Work
safety precautions and programs incident are identified in the Contract Documents.
thereto or which Bidder deems necessary to Easements for permanent structures or
determine its Bid for performing and permanent changes in existing facilities are
furnishing the Work in accordance with the to be obtained and paid for by Owner unless
time, price and other terms and conditions of otherwise provided in the Contract
the Contract Documents. Documents.
4.3 On request, Owner will provide 6. Interpretations and Addenda.
each Bidder access to the project site(s) to
conduct such examinations, investigations, 6.1. All questions about the meaning or
explorations, tests, and studies as each intent of the Bidding Documents are to be
Bidder deems necessary for submission of a directed to Owner. Interpretations or
Bid. Bidder must fill all holes and clean up clarifications considered necessary by
and restore the site to its former conditions Owner in response to such questions will be
upon completion of such explorations, issued by Addenda mailed or delivered to all
investigations, tests, and studies. parties recorded by Engineer as having
received Bidding Documents. Questions
4.4 The submission of a Bid will received less than ten days prior to the date
constitute an incontrovertible representation for opening of Bids may not be answered.
by Bidder that Bidder has complied with Only questions answered by formal written
every requirement of this Article 4, that Addenda will be binding. Oral and other
without exception the Bid is premised upon interpretations or clarifications will be
performing and furnishing the Work without legal effect.
required by the Contract Documents and
applying the specific means, methods,
techniques, sequences or procedures of
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6.2. Addenda may also be issued to 1.01, A.14 of the General Conditions) are set
modify the Bidding Documents as deemed forth in the Bid Proposal Form.
advisable by Owner or Engineer.
9. Liquidated Damages.
6.3 Receipt of Addenda shall be
acknowledged in the Bid Proposal Form, Provisions for liquidated damages, if any,
Section 00300. are set forth in the Agreement.
7. Bid Security. 10. Substitute and "Approved Equals"
Items.
7.1. Each Bid must be accompanied by
Bid security made payable to Owner in an The Contract, if awarded, will be on the
amount of five percent of Bidder's basis of materials and equipment described
maximum Bid price and in the form of a in the Drawings or specified in the
certified or bank check or a Bid Bond (on Specifications with the consideration of
form attached) issued by a surety meeting substitute or "approved equals," as approved
the requirements of Paragraph 5.01 of the by the engineer of record.
General Conditions.
11. Not Used.
7.2 The Bid security of Successful
Bidder will be retained until such Bidder has 12. Bid Form.
executed the Agreement, furnished the
required contract security and met the other 12.1. The Bid Form is included with the
conditions of the Notice of Award, Bidding Documents; additional copies may
whereupon the Bid security will be returned. be obtained from Engineer (or the Issuing
If the Successful Bidder fails to execute and Office).
deliver the Agreement and furnish the
required contract security within fifteen days 12.2. All blanks on the Bid Form must be
after the Notice of Award, Owner may annul completed by printing in black ink or by
the Notice of Award and the Bid security of typewriter.
that Bidder will be forfeited. The Bid
security of other Bidders whom Owner 12.3 Bids by corporations must be
believes to have a reasonable chance of executed in the corporate name by the
receiving the award may be retained by president or a vice-president (or other
Owner until the earlier of the seventh day corporate officer accompanied by evidence
after the Effective Date of the Agreement or of authority to sign) and the corporate seal
the thirty-sixth day after the Bid opening, must be affixed and attested by the secretary
whereupon Bid security furnished by such or an assistant secretary. The corporate
Bidders will be returned. Bid security with address and state of incorporation must be
Bids which are not competitive will be shown below the signature.
returned within seven days after the Bid
opening. 12.4. Bids by partnerships must be
executed in the partnership name and signed
8. Contract Times. by a partner, whose title must appear under
The number of days within which, or the the signature and the official address of the
dates by which, the Work is to be partnership must be shown below the
substantially completed and also completed signature.
and ready for final payment (the term
"Contract Times" is defined in paragraph 12.5. All names must be typed or printed
in black ink below the signature.
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