South Main Street Lift Station

PROPOSAL ADVERTISEMENT
PART 1. GENERAL
1.1 SEALED PROPOSALS
Sealed Proposals for construction of South Main Street Lift Station will be received until
Thursday, November 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM. Proposals must be submitted electronically at
QuestCDN.com. No paper submissions will be allowed. Any proposal received after said
time and date will not be considered by the Owner. No Proposal may be withdrawn after the
closing time for the receipt of Proposals for a period of sixty (60) days.
1.2 SCOPE OF WORK
Under this project, the Contractor must furnish the labor and materials necessary to install
approximately 271 LF of 8" SDR 26 PVC gravity sewer, 55 LF of 2" SCH 80 PVC force
main, 60 LF of 2" PE Force Main, and a packaged duplex lift station with 2 HP pumps.
Installation shall include all work shown in the construction plans, including valves,
manholes, and other appurtenances.
Time allotted for completion of work is 120 consecutive calendar days. 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
Complete digital specifications and contract documents are available at
www.QuestCDN.com. You may view the digital documents for free by entering the Quest
project number 10393529 on the website's project search page. The fee to download the
digital documents is $150 payable through the website. There will be a $50 fee to submit the
Proposal online. Proposals must be submitted electronically at QuestCDN.com. Please
contact QuestCDN customer support at 952-233-1632 or info@questcdn.com for assistance
in membership registration, downloading and working with digital project information. Any
other questions can be directed to the issuing office, Carter & Sloope, Inc., Canton, GA, 770-
479-8782.
1.4 CONTRACTOR LICENSE
Any Contractor submitting a Proposal must be licensed by the State of Georgia as a Utility
Contractor. See Instructions to Offerors (Section 00200) for additional bidding requirements.
1.5 CONTRACTOR QUALIFICATIONS
Offerors MUST complete the Qualifications of Bidder (Section 00470) in order to be
evaluated for award of Contract. See Qualifications of Bidder for additional requirements.
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1.6 PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE
A pre-proposal conference will not be held for this project.
1.7 BONDS AND INSURANCE
Proposals shall be accompanied by a bid bond or certified cashier's check in an amount not
less than 10% of the base bid amount. Federal Procurement Standards will prevail if
conflict arises with any conflicting provision describing the bid bond requirement. All
bonds shall be by a surety company licensed in Georgia 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". Performance
and Payment Bonds, each in an amount equal to 100% of the contract price shall be
required of the successful Offeror if contract is awarded. Each Bond shall be accompanied
by a "Power of Attorney" authorizing the attorney-in-fact to bind the surety and certified
to include the date of the bond.
1.8 PERMITS
All anticipated federal, state, or local permits required for the project shall be obtained by
the Engineer. Contractor will be required to submit NOI.
1.9 RIGHT-OF-WAY AND EASEMENTS
All anticipated rights of way and easements required for the project have been or will be
obtained.
1.10 RESERVATION OF RIGHTS
Owner reserves the right to reject any or all Proposals, including without limitation, the rights
to reject any or all nonconforming, nonresponsive, unbalanced or conditional Proposals and
to reject the Proposal of any Offeror if Owner believes that it would not be in the best interest
of the Project to make an award to that Offeror, whether because the Proposal is not responsive
or the Offeror is unqualified or of doubtful financial ability or fails to meet any other pertinent
standard or criteria established by the Owner.
ELLIJAY-GILMER COUNTY WATER & SEWERAGE AUTHORITY
Gary McVey, Director
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