25-10 / BE Payne WTP Plan Standby Generator Improvements Project
25-10 / BE Payne WTP Plan Standby Generator Improvements Project
Questions: Renee Fromme
Louisville Water Company is requesting Bids for the furnishing of all labor, materials, tools, equipment and incidentals and performing all work required to construct complete in place and ready to operate the B.E. Payne WTP Plan Standby Generator Improvements Project.
A pre-bid meeting to discuss the Project and to tour the work site will be held on March 17, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. EST/EDT at the B.E. Payne WTP, 7400 River Road, Prospect, KY 40059. Attendees shall meet at the entrance gate. Attendance at this meeting is strongly encouraged, but not mandatory. An optional second site visit will occur on March 26, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. at the same location.
Questions or inquiries relating to this project must be submitted in writing via email at least twelve (12) calendar days prior to the bid opening date. All questions and inquiries must be sent to the Buyer, Renee Fromme, email at rfromme@louisvillewater.com.
The Company’s Project Manager’s estimate for the Contract plus Company supplied materials for this Project is $5,000,000- $10,000,000. If the Company’s Project Manager’s estimate for the Contract plus Company supplied materials exceeds $250,000: a Bid Bond is required. For this Contract, a Bid Bond is required.
Bids will only be accepted from Bidders who have been pre-qualified by the Company in the pre-qualification category or categories that apply to this Bid. This Bid requires prequalification in the Heavy Construction – Plant Work Category with a prequalification limit equal to or greater than $3,000,000.00. Contractors/Subcontractors performing specialty items of work such as electrical work must be prequalified in the Electrical Category. For information about pre-qualification, contact the Buyer listed above.
Award of the Contract will be based on base bid pricing and is at the Company’s sole discretion. Alternate bid(s) may or may not be awarded. The Company will award the Contract to the Bidder presenting a Bid that is responsive to the Specifications, is in substantial compliance with the Contract requirements, and presents the lowest and best price for performing the Work making up the base bid. The Company may accept the Bid that the Company determines is in the Company’s best interest, which may not necessarily be the least expensive Bid.
Bid Documents except the Bid Table may be obtained from Lynn Imaging located at 11460 Bluegrass Pkwy, Louisville, KY 40299, (502) 499-8400 and www.lwckyplanroom.com. One copy of the Bid Documents (includes technical specifications and a full set of plans) will be available at no charge (not including shipping/delivery charges) to Contractors that are prequalified with Louisville Water Company in the category(ies) specified for this bid. For details regarding the charges that apply to non-prequalified contractors, go to www.lwckyplanroom.com. The Bid Table is available in Microsoft Excel via download from the designated portal on Louisville Water’s electronic bidding site at https://louisvillewater.bonfirehub.com/portal/.
id Documents are also available for review at the following locations: Allied Construction Plan Room, Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), and Builders Exchange of Kentucky. All recipients of the Bid Documents are required to sign a planholder sheet confirming receipt.
Sealed Bids shall be accepted by Louisville Water Company until 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the Bid Submittal Due Date cited above. Louisville Water is using a web-based portal for accepting and evaluating bid proposals digitally at https://louisvillewater.bonfirehub.com/portal/ for this Invitation to Bid. Documents may be uploaded at any time during the open period indicated for each bid. All bids received by the bid submittal date and time, will be unsealed electronically and publicly read via a conference call. You may access the public reading by calling 502-709-7361, Conference ID: 711 113 954# at the date and time of the Bid Submittal Due Date for this Bid.
Pre-qualified Minority/Women Business Enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit Bids, and no Bidder will be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age (over 40), national origin, protected veteran status, or physical or mental disability which, with or without reasonable accommodation, does not prevent the performance of essential job functions.
The Company reserves the right to reject Bids from Bidders not pre-qualified; the right to disqualify Bids deemed to be defective and/or non-responsive; the right to waive defects in Bids where the Company determines that such defects are immaterial; and the right to reject any or all Bids deemed not to be in the best interest of the Company.
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Project Location: Louisville, Kentucky