ADVERTISEMENT/INVITATION FOR BIDS
REQUEST FOR SEALED PROPOSALS
PROJECT: City of Alton – Lift Station No. 6 Force Main Adjustment – Alton
Industrial Park at SH 107
DESCRIPTION: Project consists of lowering/adjusting 171 LF of 6” force
main below a proposed TxDOT 42” storm drainage system located adjacent
to Alton City Hall.
PROPOSAL DUE DATE: Wednesday, February 11, 2026 TIME: 3:00PM C.S.T.
The City of Alton will receive sealed bids for the City of Alton – Lift Station
No. 6 Force Main Adjustment – Alton Industrial Park at SH 107 until 3:00
p.m. on February 11, 2026, addressed to the City of Alton in the office of the
City Manager, Alton City Hall, 509 South Alton Blvd., Alton, Texas 78573. The
bids will be publicly opened and read aloud as near as practical after 3:00
p.m. on February 11, 2026, at the Alton City Hall. Bids received after closing
time will be returned unopened.
Bid/Contract Documents, including Drawings and Technical Specifications,
are available from the Planning Department Office located at Arturo Galvan
Sr. Development Center, 416 South Alton Blvd., Alton, Texas 78573; the
phone number is (956) 432-0730, upon request and payment of $150.00. The
payment is non-refundable. Electronic drawings will be provided at no cost
and can be requested by emailing HC Engineering at hilario@hcetex.com .
A bid bond in the amount of 5 percent of the bid issued by an acceptable surety
shall be submitted with each bid. A certified check or bank draft payable to
the City of Alton or negotiable U.S. Government Bonds (as par value) may be
submitted in lieu of the Bid Bond.
Equal Opportunity in Employment – All qualified applicants will receive
consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age,
handicap or national origin. Bidders on this work will be required to comply
with the President’s Executive Order No. 11246, as amended by Executive
Order 11275, and as supplemented in the Department of Labor regulations
41 CFR Part 60.
The City of Alton is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer.
The City of Alton reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to waive any
informality in the bidding. In case of ambiguity or lack of clarity in stating prices
in any bid, the Owner reserves the right to consider the most advantageous
construction thereof or to reject the bid. The contract will be awarded to the
lowest responsible bidder.
Bids may be held by the City of Alton for a period not to exceed 90 days
from the date of the bid opening for the purpose of reviewing the bids and
investigating the bidder’s qualifications prior to the contract award.
City of Alton Salvador Vela, Mayor
Date Published: January 23, 2026