Okaloosa County BOCC — March 4, 2014 — Repair & Paint Countryview & Bluewater Tanks — reading text

Maps • Bluewater As-builts • Handrail Sketch • Sand Dollar Logo Repair & Paint Countryview & Bluewater Tanks (2014) TOC-1 Job No. 41-459  SECTION 00020 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Board of County Commissioners - Okaloosa County, Florida OWNER Separate sealed bids for the construction of “Repair and Paint Countryview and Bluewater Tanks (2014)” will be received by the Board of County Commissioners, Okaloosa County, Florida in the Conference & Training Room #305 at 302 N. Wilson St, Crestview, FL until 3 PM. (local time) on Wed., Feb. 5, 2014 and then publicly opened and read aloud. A mandatory pre-bid conference is scheduled for 2 PM. (local time) on Wed., Jan. 22, 2014. The conference will be held at 1804 Lewis Turner Boulevard, Suite 300, Small Conference Room, Fort Walton Beach, FL. You must attend this pre-bid conference to be allowed to submit a bid. All bidders must provide references documenting successful completion of a minimum of ten elevated water tank painting projects within the last five years using the coating systems and methods specified in the bid documents. In addition, a minimum of 75% of work on this project shall be completed by the Contractor’s personnel. The Information for Bidders, Form of Bid, Form of Contract, Plans, Specifications, and Forms of Bid Bond, Performance and Payment Bonds, and other contract documents may be examined at the following: Polyengineering, Inc., (Engineer) located at 102 Sunset Lane, Shalimar, Florida, 32579, or at the Okaloosa County Water & Sewer Office located at 1804 Lewis Turner Boulevard, Suite 300, Fort Walton Beach, Florida, 32547. Copies may be obtained from Polyengineering, Inc., 102 Sunset Lane, Shalimar, FL 32579 upon payment of $25, non- refundable, for each set. All bids must be in sealed envelopes reflecting on the outside thereof "Repair and Paint Countryview and Bluewater Tanks (2014)” to be opened at 3 PM. (local time) on Wed., Feb. 5, 2014. The Board of County Commissioners will consider all bids properly submitted at its scheduled Bid Opening in the Conference & Training Room #305 located at 302 N. Wilson St, Crestview, FL 32536. Bids may be submitted in the Conference & Training Room #305, prior to Bid Opening or delivered to the Clerk of Circuit Court, 302 N. Wilson St., #203, Crestview, FL 32536. Note: Crestview is NOT a next day delivery site. Any bidder failing to mark outside of envelope as set forth herein may not be entitled to have their bid considered. All bids should be addressed as follows: Clerk of Circuit Court - ATTN: Gary Stanford Newman “Buddy” Brackin Bldg. 302 N. Wilson St., #203 Crestview, Florida 32536 ______________________________ Richard Brannon Purchasing Director Repair & Paint Countryview & Bluewater Tanks (2014) 00020-1 Job No. 41-459 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OKALOOSA COUNTY, FLORIDA Don Amunds Chairman Repair & Paint Countryview & Bluewater Tanks (2014) 00020-2 Job No. 41-459  SECTION 00100 INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS ARTICLE 1 - DEFINED TERMS. Terms used in these Instructions to Bidders will have the meanings indicated in the General Conditions and Supplementary Conditions. Additional terms used in these Instructions to Bidders have the meanings indicated below which are applicable to both the singular and plural thereof. 1.01 Bidder - The individual or entity who submits a Bid directly to Owner. 1.02 Successful Bidder - The lowest, responsible Bidder submitting a responsive bid to whom Owner (on the basis of Owner's evaluation as hereinafter provided) makes an award. ARTICLE 2 - COPIES OF BIDDING DOCUMENTS. 2.01 Complete sets of the Bidding Documents in the number and for the deposit sum, if any, stated in the Advertisement or Invitation to Bid may be obtained from the Engineer. The deposit or a portion thereof will be refunded to each document holder of record who returns a complete set of Bidding Documents in good condition within thirty (30) days after opening of Bids. 2.02 Complete sets of Bidding Documents must be used in preparing Bids; neither Owner nor Engineer assume any responsibility for errors or misinterpretations resulting from the use of incomplete sets of Bidding Documents. 2.03 Owner and Engineer in making copies of Bidding Documents available on the above terms do so only for the purpose of obtaining Bids on the Work and do not confer a license or grant for any other use. ARTICLE 3 - QUALIFICATIONS OF BIDDERS. 3.01 The Contractor’s employees shall be trained in application techniques and procedures for the specified coating materials for this project. The Contractor shall demonstrate a minimum of five (5) years of successful experience in each specified application on elevated water storage tanks. All projects used as a reference must have been completed by the Contractor with in- house staff. Projects completed by sub-contractors, by current staff while in the employ of other companies or of structures other than elevated water tanks will not be considered. 3.02 The Contractor shall provide references for a minimum of ten elevated water storage tanks within the last five years for each specified application. Individual projects that satisfy more than one area of experience shall be clearly labeled as such in the reference list. The Contractor is solely responsible for the validity of all contact information provided. No effort will be made on part of either Owner or Engineer to locate valid contact information if data provided is not current. Repair & Paint Countryview & Bluewater Tanks 00100-1 Job No. 41-459  All references shall include (but not be limited to): • Name of Project • Project Location • Owner Name, Address and Telephone Number • Owner Email (if available) • Owner Contact Name • Project Engineer Firm, Address and Telephone Number • Engineer Email (if available) • Engineer Contact Name 3.03 Reference Scope of Work for Exterior Surfaces (10 tanks minimum for each): • Full containment system with a bonnet, minimum SSPC Guide 6 Class 3 including air filtration, as specified in Section 09870. • Exterior abrasive blast cleaned to SSPC-SP 10 Near White Finish with recyclable steel grit. • Application of an organic, zinc-rich urethane primer, epoxy and/or urethane intermediate and fluoropolymer urethane or polyurethane finish to exterior surface. 3.04 Reference Scope of Work for Interior Surfaces (10 tanks minimum for each): • Abrasive blast cleaned with recyclable steel grit and using adequately sized air filtration, as specified in Section 09870. • Installation of a moisture cured, urethane organic, zinc-rich primer. • Installation of 100% solids by volume, heated plural component applied, interior lining system • High voltage discontinuity testing of thick film interior lining systems. 3.05 The successful low bidder will be required to acquire a county business license before the contract will be awarded. ARTICLE 4 - EXAMINATION OF BIDDING DOCUMENTS, OTHER RELATED DATA, AND SITE. 4.01 Subsurface and Physical Conditions A. Reference is made to the Supplementary Conditions for the identification of: 1. Those reports of explorations and tests of subsurface conditions at or contiguous to the Site, if any, that ENGINEER has used in preparing the Bidding Documents. 2. Those drawings of physical conditions in or relating to existing surface and subsurface structures at or contiguous to the Site (except Underground Repair & Paint Countryview & Bluewater Tanks 00100-2 Job No. 41-459  Facilities) that ENGINEER has used in preparing the Bidding Documents. B. Copies of reports and drawings referenced in paragraph 4.01.A will be made available by OWNER to any Bidder on request. Those reports and drawings are not part of the Contract Documents, but the “technical data” contained therein upon which Bidder is entitled to rely as provided in paragraph 4.02 of the General Conditions has been identified and established in paragraph 4.02 of the Supplementary Conditions. Bidder is responsible for any interpretation or conclusion Bidder draws from any “technical data” or any other data, interpretations, opinions or information contained in such reports or shown or indicated in such drawings. 4.02 Underground Facilities A. Information and data shown or indicated in the Bidding Documents with respect to existing Underground Facilities at or contiguous to the Site is based upon information and data furnished to OWNER and ENGINEER by owners of such Underground Facilities, including OWNER, or others. ENGINEER assumes no responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the information furnished by said owners. 4.03 Hazardous Environmental Condition A. The Supplementary Conditions identify those reports and drawings relating to a Hazardous Environmental Condition identified at the Site, if any, that ENGINEER has used in preparing the Bid Documents. B. Copies of reports and drawings referenced in paragraph 4.03.A will be made available by OWNER to any Bidder on request. Those reports and drawings are not part of the Contract Documents, but the “technical data” contained therein upon which Bidder is entitled to rely as provided in paragraph 4.06 of the General Conditions has been identified and established in paragraph 4.06 of the Supplementary Conditions. Bidder is responsible for any interpretation or conclusion Bidder draws from any “technical data” or any other data, interpretations, opinions, or information contained in such reports or shown or indicated in such drawings. 4.04 Provisions concerning responsibilities for the adequacy of data furnished to prospective Bidders with respect to subsurface conditions, other physical conditions and Underground Facilities, and possible changes in the Bidding Documents due to differing or unanticipated conditions appear in paragraphs 4.02, 4.03, and 4.04 of the General Conditions. Provisions concerning responsibilities for the adequacy of data furnished to prospective Bidders with respect to a Hazardous Environmental Condition at the Site, if any, and possible changes in the Contract Documents due to any Hazardous Environmental Condition uncovered or revealed at the Site which was not shown or indicated in the Drawings or Specifications or identified in the Contract Documents to be within the scope of Work appear in paragraph 4.06 of the General Conditions. 4.05 On request, OWNER will provide Bidder access to the Site to conduct such examinations, investigations, explorations, tests, and studies as Bidder deems necessary for submission of a Bid. Bidder shall fill all holes and clean up and restore the Site to its former Repair & Paint Countryview & Bluewater Tanks 00100-3 Job No. 41-459 condition upon completion of such explorations, investigations, tests, and studies. 4.06 Reference is made to Article 7 of the Supplementary Conditions for the identification of the general nature of other work that is to be performed at the Site by OWNER or others (such as utilities and other prime contractors) that