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INVITATION TO BID
PART 1 – GENERAL
The Joint Municipal Water and Sewer Commission will accept bids for:
NOVEMBER 2025
Project Title: Edmund Highway/Maple Street Water Improvements
Project Description:
The project will consist of the installation of 4,130 linear feet (LF) of 10–Inch and 540 LF of 8–Inch
Ductile Iron Pipe with new and replacement fire hydrants to replace the aging water distribution system.
The project spans from the intersection of Pine Street and Maple Street to the intersection of Fish
Hatchery and Edmund Highway.
This project is being funded by a loan from the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services
(SCDES) State Revolving Fund (SRF). Bidders must comply with all applicable state and federal
requirements identified in the bid documents, including but not limited to Davis-Bacon and American
Iron and Steel (AIS) provisions.
Date of Opening:
December 16, 2025
Time of Opening:
2:00 PM
Owner's Name and Address:
Town of Pelion
Post Office Box 7
Pelion, South Carolina 29123
Phone: 803-894-3535
Operator’s Name and Address:
Joint Municipal Water and Sewer Commission
Mailing Address (USPS Only):
Physical Address (All Other Delivery Services):
JMWSC
Post Office Box 2555
Lexington, South Carolina 29071
JMWSC
2546 Two Notch Road
Lexington, South Carolina 29072
Phone: 803–359–8373
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Engineer's Name and Address:
Gregory H. Hodges, P.E.
Michael Baker International, Inc.
700 Huger Street
Columbia, South Carolina 29201
Phone: 803-231-3986
Availability of Plans: Plans and specifications are available for electronic bid from the Engineer via
Duncan Parnell.
PART 2 – PRODUCTS
THIS PART IS NOT APPLICABLE
PART 3 – EXECUTION
THIS PART IS NOT APPLICABLE
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INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS
PART 1 – GENERAL
RECEIPT AND OPENING OF BIDS
The Town of Pelion (herein called the "Owner"), invites bids on the form attached hereto, all blanks of
which must be appropriately filled in. Bids will be received online via Duncan Parnell until 2:00 PM,
DECEMBER 16, 2025, and then at said office publicly opened and read aloud. The envelopes containing
the bids must be sealed, addressed to Guy Schmoltze, P.E., and designated as:
Bid for:
EDMUND HIGHWAY/MAPLE STREET WATER IMPROVEMENTS
The Owner may consider informal any bid not prepared and submitted in accordance with the provisions
hereof and may waive any informality or reject any or all bids. Any bid may be withdrawn prior to the
above scheduled time for the opening of bids or authorized postponement thereof. Any bid received after
the time and date specified shall not be considered. No bidder may withdraw a bid within sixty (60) days
after the actual date of the opening thereof.
At the time of the opening of bids, each Bidder will be presumed to have inspected the site and to have
read and be thoroughly familiar with the Plans and Contract Documents (including all Addenda). The
failure or omission of any Bidder to examine any form, instrument, or document shall in no way relieve
any Bidder from any obligation in respect to his bid.
SALES TAX AND/OR USE TAX
Bidders shall include in bid amounts all payment of State Sales Tax and/or Use Tax on all taxable
materials specified to be furnished by the Contractor and incorporated into the work under this contract.
PREPARATION OF BID
Each bid must be submitted on the prescribed form. All blank spaces for bid prices must be filled in, in
ink or typewritten. The Contractor shall not remove and submit the UNIT PRICE BID PROPOSAL pages
separate from the volume of contract documents but shall submit his proposal bound with the completed
volume of documents, including all pages correctly assembled.
Each bidder, whether a resident or nonresident of this State and whether a license has been issued to him
or not, is required to show evidence of being licensed before his bid for this project is opened or
considered by affixing the bidder's S.C. contractor's license number on the outside of the sealed bid
envelope. If such information is not provided, the bid will not be opened or considered by the owner.
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S.C. Code Ann Section 40–11–180 (1976) is hereby repeated verbatim to convey to the invited bidder the
information that it will be necessary for him to show evidence of being licensed before his bid is opened
or considered.
"§40–11–180, Inclusion of Statutory provisions requiring license in bid invitations. All architects
and engineers preparing plans and specifications for work to be constructed in the State shall
include in their invitations to bidders and in their specifications a copy of or such proportions
thereof as are deemed necessary to convey to the invited bidder, whether he be a resident or
nonresident of this State and whether a license has been issued to him or not, the information that
it will be necessary for him to show evidence of being licensed before his bid is opened or
considered."
Bids which are incomplete, unbalanced, conditional, or obscure, or which contain additions not called for,
erasures, alterations, or irregularities of any kind, or which do not comply with the Instructions to Bidders
may be rejected at the option of the Owner.
The correct total amount bid for the complete work is defined as the correct sum total of the amounts bid
for the individual items in the UNIT PRICE BID PROPOSAL. The correct amount bid for each unit
price item is defined as the correct product of the quantity listed for the item times the unit bid price. In
case of error in the extension of prices, the UNIT PRICE will govern. Erasures or other changes in the
bids must be explained or noted over the signature of the bidder.
Bidders or their authorized agents are expected to examine the site, the maps, drawings, specifications,
circulars, schedule and other instructions pertaining to the work, which will be open to their inspection.
Failure to do so will be at the bidder's own risk, and he cannot secure relief on the plea of error in the bid.
If more than one bid be offered by any one party, by or in the name of his or their clerk, partner, or other
person, all such bids may be rejected. This shall not prevent a bidder from submitting alternative bids
when called for. A party who has quoted prices on materials to a bidder is not thereby disqualified from
quoting prices to other bidders or from submitting a bid directly for the materials or work.
Each bid shall be accompanied by a bid bond using the form contained in the Contract Documents (BID
BOND pages BB–1 and BB–2) and executed by a bonding company duly authorized and licensed to do
business in the State of South Carolina, or by a certified check payable to the order of the Joint Municipal
Water and Sewer Commission, and drawn upon a national bank or a bank and trust company doing
business in the State of South Carolina, in an amount equal to five (5) percent of the amount of the bid, as
evidence of good faith by the bidder. The deposits of the three lowest bidders will be held until the
successful bidder has entered into a contract and furnished bond(s), or all bids have been rejected.
FAILURE TO USE THE BID BOND FORM CONTAINED IN THE BID PROPOSAL FORMS
(BID BOND, PAGES BB–1 & BB–2), WITHOUT MODIFICATION, MAY RESULT IN
REJECTION OF THE BID.
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ADDENDA AND INTERPRETATIONS
If any person contemplating submitting a bid for the proposed contract is in doubt as to the true meaning
of any part of the plans, specifications, or other proposed contract documents, he may submit to the
Engineer a written request for an interpretation thereof. The people submitting the request will be
responsible for its prompt delivery. Any interpretation of the proposed documents will be made only by
addendum duly issued and a copy of such an addendum will be mailed or delivered to each person
receiving a set of such documents. The Owner will not be responsible for any other explanation or
interpretations of the proposed documents.
UNIT PRICE PROPOSAL
The estimated quantities contained in the proposal are for the purpose of comparing bids. These
quantities are not guaranteed, and payment will be made on the basis of the work as actually executed at
the unit price in the proposal as accepted.
MARKING AND MAILING BIDS
Bids, with their guaranties, must be securely sealed in suitable envelopes, addressed and marked on the
outside.
TIME FOR RECEIVING BIDS
Bids received prior to the opening time will be securely kept, unopened. The official whose duty it is to
open them will decide when the specified time has arrived and no bid received thereafter will be
considered. No responsibility will be attached to the owner for the premature opening of a bid not
properly addressed and identified. Unless specifically authorized, telegraphic bids will not be considered.
WITHDRAWAL OF BIDS
Bids may be withdrawn on written or telegraphic requests received from bidders prior to the time fixed
for opening. Negligence on the part of the bidder in preparing the bid confers no right for the withdrawal
of the bid after it has been opened.
BIDDERS PRESENT
At the time fixed for the opening of bids, their contents will be made public for the information of bidders
and others properly interested, who may be present either in person or by representative.
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This is the opportunity summary page. It provides an overview of this opportunity and a preview of the attached documentation.