Active SLED Opportunity · TEXAS · CITY OF GARLAND
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Competitive Sealed Proposal for blower building improvements at Rowlett Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in Garland, TX. Includes construction and mechanical system upgrades with specific safety and technical requirements. Bid due June 25, 2026, 3:00 p.m. CT.
CSP Award must be made to the vendor submitting the most advantageous offer considering the relative importance of price and other evaluation factors. City reserves the right to request a best and final offer upon completion of negotiations. NO FAXED OR EMAILED BIDS! All documents (forms) herein and attached are required to be completed and returned with response. All questions must be answered in the Ion Wave Q&A segment. No emailed, faxed or phone call question related to this bid will be responded to. The deadline for submitting questions on this bid is 06/16/2026 at 5:00 p.m. This is an evaluated bid; please pay close attention to the weighted criteria listed in the bid documents and provide an organized and complete response. A Bid Bond in the amount of 5% is required with your bid response. A Performance, Payment and Maintenance Bond will be required upon award. Please acknowledge the City of Garland Terms and Conditions in the "Attributes" section --- Q&A --- Q1: Why did the Owner elect to push the bid date 1 week? Also, the bid closing time is shown as 2:00 pm in the Event Details, but the New Close Date is 3:00 pm. Can you please confirm the time of bid closing? A1: The bid closing date is hereby extended to allow additional time for the review of submitted questions and the preparation of responses and clarifications. This extension provides bidders with the opportunity to incorporate any issued updates into their submissions. Please refer to the Notice to Bidders document in the attachments section for bid closing information. Submitted: 6/16/2026 02:19:58 PM (CT) Q2: SECTION 43 11 11 - Paragraph 2.14.A.7 - Emergency stop capability shall be provided through a push button located on the blower enclosure. Emergency stop shall de-energize all equipment on the blower base and cannot be reset or reactivated until the maintained emergency stop has been released to restart the blower after an emergency stop. (Question) The emergency stop button designed for our blower does not de-energize the blower, but instead changes the enable signal of the VFD. A2: Conditionally acceptable only if the circuit is a safety-rated stop function, such as VFD "Safe Torque Off" or equivalent, removes motor torque, prevents automatic restart, and places all blower-base equipment in a safe state. A standard non-safety-rated run enable signal is not acceptable. Submitted: 6/11/2026 01:42:37 PM (CT) Q3: SECTION 43 11 11 - Paragraph 2.12.C - Each blower LCP shall be provided with a Managed Ethernet switch for communications with the plant PLC in accordance with Section 40 66 00. (Question) An unmanaged Ethernet switch (manufacturer standard) is recommended for the blower local control panel (LCP) to prevent potential IP address conflicts among internal devices. Please confirm if this arrangement is acceptable. A3: The existing blowers have an unmanaged switch. Match existing. Submitted: 6/11/2026 01:42:06 PM (CT) Q4: SECTION 43 11 11 - Paragraph 2.02.B - Wire Power Numbers (Question) Due to increased inlet air temperature and relative humidity, all wire power values listed in the table shall be revised upward. A4: Inlet air temperature and humidity for blower operating points in Paragraph 2.02.C.1 revised to 69F and 60%, respectively Submitted: 6/11/2026 01:38:14 PM (CT) Q5: SECTION 43 11 11 - Paragraph 2.02.B - Maximum Wire Power at Design Point, HP: 258 (Question) The maximum wire power at the design point shall be updated to 330 HP. A5: Maximum wire power at the design point shall be limited to 280 HP (209 kW) based on design information provided by Neuros. Submitted: 6/11/2026 01:37:47 PM (CT)
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