Okaloosa County BOCC — February 18, 2014 — Underground Electric Manhole — reading text

provisions, bid forms, drawings and specifications may be reviewed at the following: Okaloosa County Water & Sewer Office located at 1804 Lewis Turner Boulevard, Suite 300, Fort Walton Beach, Florida, 32547. Okaloosa County Purchasing Department, 602-C North Pearl Street, Crestview, FL 32536. Electronic copies may be obtained from CONSTANTINE ENGINEERING, INC., under the project name at the following web address: http://www.tcgeng.com/Documents/. No Bidder may withdraw his bid within 35 days after the actual date of the opening thereof. All bids must be in sealed envelopes reflecting on the outside thereof "Russell Stephenson Electrical Manhole Rehabilitation Project” to be opened at 3:05 o'clock local time on October 3, 2013. The OWNER 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 302 N. Wilson St. #203 Crestview FL 32536 NOTICE TO BIDDERS OKALOOSA COUNTY WATER AND SEWER DATE: 8/15/2013 00080-1 SECTION 00080 Russell Stephenson - Electrical Manhole Rehabilitation NOTICE TO BIDDERS Richard Brannon Purchasing Director BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OKALOOSA COUNTY, FLORIDA Don Amunds Chairman NOTICE TO BIDDERS OKALOOSA COUNTY WATER AND SEWER DATE: 8/15/2013 00080-2 SECTION 00100 Russell Stephenson - Electrical Manhole Rehabilitation INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDER } SECTION 00100 - INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS FOR OKALOOSA COUNTY, FLORIDA 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 Apparent Low Bidder — That Bidder who’s Bid as submitted in the Bid Proposal represents the lowest total as determined by the Total Bid. 1.03 Total Bid — The total amount of the Unit Price Work. 1.04 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 for Bids, may be obtained from the ENGINEER. 2.02 Complete sets of Bidding Documents must be used in preparing Bids; neither OWNER nor ENGINEER assumes any responsibility for errors or misinterpretations resulting from the use of incomplete sets of Bidding Documents. ARTICLE 3 - QUALIFICATIONS OF BIDDERS 3.01 To demonstrate qualifications to perform the Work, each Bidder must be prepared to submit within five days of OWNER's request three copies of written evidence such as financial data, previous experience, present commitments and other such data as may be called for below (or in the Supplementary Conditions). 3.02 CONTRACTOR’s License number of the class required shall be inserted in the appropriate place on the Bid Proposal and outside of envelope, before Bids will be considered. 3.03 Nonresident Bidders are required to register with the Department of Revenue prior to starting Work on a construction contract. ARTICLE 4 - EXAMINATION OF BIDDING DOCUMENTS, OTHER RELATED DATA, AND SITE | INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS | OKALOOSA COUNTY WATER AND SEWER DATE: 8/15/2013 00100-1 SECTION 00100 Russell Stephenson - Electrical Manhole Rehabilitation INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDER 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 Facilities) that ENGINEER has used in preparing the Bidding Documents. 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 on 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. 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 on such drawings. INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS OKALOOSA COUNTY WATER AND SEWER DATE: 8/15/2013 00100-2 SECTION 00100 Russell Stephenson - Electrical Manhole Rehabilitation INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDER 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 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. 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 condition upon completion of such explorations, investigations, tests, and studies. Reference is made to Article 7 of the General and 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 relates to the Work for which a Bid is to be submitted. On request, OWNER will provide to each Bidder for examination access to or copies of Contract Documents (other than portions thereof related to price) for each other work. It is the responsibility of each Bidder before submitting a Bid to: A. Examine and carefully study the Bidding Documents, including any Addenda and the other related data identified in the Bidding Documents; B. Visit the Site and become familiar with and satisfy Bidder as to the general, local, and Site conditions that may affect cost, progress, and performance of the Work. C. Become familiar with and satisfy Bidder as to all federal, state, and local Laws and Regulations that may affect cost, progress, or performance of the Work; D. Carefully study all reports of explorations and tests of subsurface conditions at or contiguous to the Site and all drawings of physical conditions in or relating to existing surface or subsurface structures at or contiguous to the Site (except Underground Facilities) which have been identified in the Supplementary Conditions as provided in paragraph 4.02 of the General Conditions, and carefully study all reports and drawings of a Hazardous Environmental Condition, if any, at the Site which have been identified in the Supplementary Conditions as provided in paragraph 4.06 of the General Conditions; E. Obtain and carefully study (or assume responsibility for doing so) all examinations, investigations, explorations, tests, studies, and data concerning conditions (surface, subsurface, and Underground Facilities) at or contiguous to INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS OKALOOSA COUNTY WATER AND SEWER DATE: 8/15/2013 00100-3 SECTION 00100 Russell Stephenson - Electrical Manhole Rehabilitation INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDER 4.08 the Site which may affect cost, progress, or performance of the Work or which relate to any aspect of the means, methods, techniques, sequences, and procedures of construction to be employed by Bidder, including any specific means, methods, techniques, sequences, and procedures of construction expressly required by the Bidding Documents, and safety precautions and programs incident thereto; F, Agree at the time of submitting its Bid that no further examinations, investigations, explorations, tests, studies, or data are necessary for the determination of its Bid for performance of the Work at the price bid and within the times and in accordance with the other terms and conditions of the Bidding Documents; G. Become aware of the general nature of the work to be performed by OWNER and others at the Site that relates to the Work as indicated in the Bidding Documents; H. Promptly give ENGINEER written notice of all conflicts, errors, ambiguities, or discrepancies that Bidder discovers in the Bidding Documents and confirm that the written resolution thereof by ENGINEER is acceptable to Bidder; The submission of a Bid will constitute an incontrovertible representation by Bidder that Bidder has complied with every requirement of this Article 4, that without exception the Bid is premised upon performing and furnishing the Work required by the Bidding Documents and applying any specific means, methods, techniques, sequences, and procedures of construction that may be shown or indicated or expressly required by the Bidding Documents, that Bidder has given ENGINEER written notice of all conflicts, errors, ambiguities, and discrepancies that Bidder has discovered in the Bidding Documents and the written resolutions thereof by ENGINEER are acceptable to Bidder, and that the Bidding Documents are generally sufficient to indicate and convey understanding of all terms and conditions for performing and furnishing the Work. ARTICLE 5 - PRE-BID CONFERENCE 5.01 A mandatory Pre-Bid conference will be held at the Okaloosa County Water and Sewer Office, at 1804 Lewis Turner