Okaloosa County BOCC — February 18, 2014 — Repair & Paint Countryview & Bluewater Tanks — reading text

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 Repair & Paint Countryview & Bluewater Tanks 00100-1 Job No. 41-459 will be made on part of either Owner or Engineer to locate valid contact information if data provided is not current. 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. Repair & Paint Countryview & Bluewater Tanks 00100-2 Job No. 41-459 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. 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 Repair & Paint Countryview & Bluewater Tanks 00100-3 Job No. 41-459 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. 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 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. 4.07 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 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. correlate the information known to Bidder, information and observations obtained Repair & Paint Countryview & Bluewater Tanks 00100-4 Job No, 41-459 from visits to the Site, reports and drawings identified in the Bidding Documents, and all additional examinations, investigations, explorations, tests, studies, and data with the Bidding Documents; I. 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; and J. determine that the Bidding Documents are generally sufficient to indicate and convey understanding of all terms and conditions for the performance of the Work. 4.08 The submission of