Bradford Estates Water Treatment Plant Upgrades

Work under this contract includes modification of an existing water treatment facility with existing resin exchange units to include the installation of cartridge filters; ultraviolet disinfection systems; PFAS removal system; instrumentation and control improvements; plumbing modification; wellhead protection; overhead door; hydropneumatic tank; emergency generator, and the replacement of exiting 4-inch finished water main with a new 8-inch main.

Project Details

• Reference ID: 26-621-CP IFB
• Department: Procurement
• Department Head: - (-)

Important Dates

• Questions Due: 2026-05-01T20:00:12.498Z
• Pre-Proposal Meeting: 2026-04-14T14:00:39.259Z — Microsoft Teams Meeting

Evaluation Criteria

• SUBMISSION OF RESPONSE —
  1. Please be advised that hand-delivered solicitation responses will not be accepted as P&C has moved to online bid submission via OpenGov Procurement.  Registration information is available at https://procurement.opengov.com/signup . PLEASE NOTE REGISTRATION TAKES A MINIMUM OF TWO BUSINESS DAYS.  Frederick County, Maryland is not responsible for inability to submit a response.
  2. Bids are submitted electronically through the OpenGov website only.
  3. NO LATE RESPONSE WILL BE ACCEPTED OR CONSIDERED.
• Insurance Requirements —

  Article 6 – BONDS AND INSURANCE

  6.02       Insurance—General Provisions

  SC-6.02         Add the following paragraph immediately after Paragraph 6.02.B:

  1.      Contractor may obtain workers’ compensation insurance from an insurance company that has not been rated by A.M. Best, provided that such company (a) is domiciled in Maryland, (b) is certified or authorized as a workers’ compensation insurance provider by the appropriate state agency, and (c) has been accepted to provide workers’ compensation insurance for similar projects in the state within the last 12 months.

                                  Remove paragraph 6.02.D.

                                  Remove Paragraph 6.02.I.

  6.03        Contractor’s Insurance

  SC 6.03          Add the following new paragraph immediately after Paragraph 6.03.J:

  K.    The limits of liability for the insurance required by Paragraph 6.03 of the General Conditions shall provide coverage for not less than the following amounts or greater where required by Laws and Regulations:

  1.      Workers’ Compensation, and related coverages under Paragraphs 6.03.A.1 and A.2 of the General Conditions:

  State:		Statutory
  Employer’s Liability:
  Bodily injury, each accident	$	1,000,000
  Bodily injury by disease, each employee	$	1,000,000
  Bodily injury/disease aggregate	$	1,000,000
  Foreign voluntary worker compensation		Statutory

  2.      Contractor’s Commercial General Liability under Paragraphs 6.03.B and 6.03.C of the General Conditions:

  Each Occurrence	$	2,000,000
  General Aggregate	$	3,000,000
  Products - Completed Operations Aggregate	$	3,000,000
  Personal and Advertising Injury	$	2,000,000
  General Liability policy must not exclude XCU Coverage. Frederick County, Maryland must be added as an additional insured. Frederick County, Maryland must be added as additional insured for Completed Operations.

  3.      Automobile Liability under Paragraph 6.03.D. of the General Conditions:

  Combined Single Limit of	$	1,000,000
  Frederick County, Maryland must be added as an additional insured.

  4.     Contractor’s Pollution Liability:

  Each Occurrence		$	1,000,000
  General Aggregate		$	2,000,000
  Frederick County, Maryland must be added as an additional insured.
  	If box is checked, Contractor is NOT required to provide Contractor’s Pollution Liability insurance under this Contract

  5. Contractor’s Riggers Liability (if applicable):

  Each Occurrence		$	1,000,000
  General Aggregate		$	2,000,000
  	If box is checked, Contractor is NOT required to provide Contractor’s Riggers Liability insurance under this Contract

  6.     Additional Insureds: In addition to the Owner and the Engineer, include as additional insureds the following:  Frederick County, Maryland.  Additional Insured status must include Completed Operations.

  7.      Contractor’s Professional Liability:

  Each Claim		$	1,000,000
  General Aggregate		$	2,000,000
  	If box is checked, Contractor is NOT required to provide Contractor’s Professional Liability insurance under this Contract

  Contractor may provide pollution liability and professional liability policies as a hybrid or combined policy.

  8.     Installation Floater with “All Risk” coverage with 100% of materials associated with the job.

  6.05       Property Insurance

  SC-6.05.A.1 Add the following new subparagraph after subparagraph 6.05.A.1:

  a.  In addition to Owner, Contractor, and all Subcontractors, include as insureds the following: Frederick County, Maryland

  SC-6.05.A.   Add the following to the list of items in Paragraph 6.05.A, as numbered items:

  14.    include for the benefit of the Owner loss of profits and soft cost coverage including, without limitation, fixed expenses and debt service for a minimum of 12 months with a maximum deductible of 30 days, plus attorneys fees and engineering or other consultants’ fees, if not otherwise covered;

  6.06 Waiver of Rights

  SC-6.06       Delete Paragraph 6.06.A through 6.06D in its entirety and insert the following:

  • • 1. All policies purchased in accordance with Paragraph 6.05, expressly including the builder’s risk policy, shall contain provisions to the effect that in the event of payment of any loss or damage the insurers will have no rights of recovery against any insured thereunder, or against Engineer or its consultants, or their officers, directors, members, partners, employees, agents, consultants, or subcontractors.
      2. Any insurance policy maintained by the Owner covering any loss, damage, or consequential loss referred to shall contain provisions to the effect that in the event of payment of any such loss, damage, or consequential loss, the insurers will have no rights of recovery against Contractor, Subcontractors, or Engineer, or the officers, directors, members, partners, employees, agents, consultants, or subcontractors of each and any of them.
      3. Contractor shall be responsible for assuring that the agreement under which a Subcontractor performs a portion of the Work contains provisions whereby the Subcontractor waives all rights against Owner, Contractor, all individuals or entities identified in the Supplementary Conditions as insureds, the Engineer and its consultants, and the officers, directors, members, partners, employees, agents, consultants, and subcontractors of each and any of them, for all losses and damages caused by, arising out of, relating to, or resulting from any of the perils or causes of loss covered by builder’s risk insurance and any other property insurance applicable to the Work.
• BID OPENING —
  1. Bid submissions are due on or before the due date and time indicated in the Pertinent Information section at the front of this document.  Late bids will not be accepted, opened, considered or awarded.  In the event that County administrative offices are closed or delayed the date that bid submissions are due, the bid will be opened online the next business day at the same time indicated in the Pertinent Information section at the front of the document. 
  2. All bids submitted will be opened publicly.  Prices will be read aloud.  Indications of “low bidder” do not necessarily reflect the responsiveness or responsibility of the bidder and may not accurately reflect which Contractor may ultimately be awarded.
  3. Bids will be opened via Conference Call: 866-818-0460, Participant Login: 7070570# 
• INSTRUCTIONS —
  1. Bid responses must be submitted electronically through the OpenGov Procurement Portal at https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/frederickcountymd/projects/237351.
  2. All submissions must be signed by an authorized officer or agent of the Contractor submitting the response must be entered into OpenGov no later than the time and date indicated.  Responses received after the time and date indicated will not be accepted or considered.
  3. The submission of a bid is an agreement to all the terms, conditions, and specifications provided herein and in the various documents, unless specifically noted otherwise in the bid.
  4. Each bid will be accompanied by the Affidavit regarding price fixing, gratuities, bribery, and discriminatory employment practices.  When the Contractor is a corporation, a duly authorized representative of said corporation must execute the Affidavit.  The Affidavit is provided in the solicitation package.
  5. If a discrepancy in or omission from the specifications is found, or if a Contractor is in doubt as to their meaning, or feels that the specifications are discriminatory, the Contractor must notify P&C in writing not later than five days prior to the scheduled bid opening.  Exceptions taken do not obligate the County to change the specifications.  P&C will notify all Contractors of any changes, additions, or deletions to the specifications by Addenda posted on the P&C website (http://frederickcountymd.gov/procurement).
  6. The County will assume no responsibility for oral instructions or suggestions.  All official correspondence in regard to the specifications will be issued by P&C.
• SUBMISSION OF BID DOCUMENTS —
  1. Contractors are required to include the following documents with their bids:
     1. Proposal Form to Include Pricing
     2. Bidder Certification of Work Capacity
     3. Two Certifications of Compliance
     4. Affidavit
     5. Bid Security (Bid Bond)
     6. Affidavit of Qualification to Bid
  2. Failure to return required documents may be cause for rejection of bid.
• LITERATURE —

  Complete descriptive literature must be included with bid.  Failure to do so is sufficient cause for rejection of the bid. 

• BID DEPOSIT —

  This solicitation requires the submission of a bid deposit.  Acceptable forms of a bid deposit are a certified check, cashier’s check, or bid bond.  Neither personal nor business checks will be considered.  The bid deposit must be 5% of the total amount bid and must be in accordance with BID DEPOSIT.  Failure to submit a bid deposit is cause for rejection of bid.

Submission Requirements

• Proposal Form which includes Pricing (required) —

  Upload Proposal Form which includes Pricing 

• Bidder Certification of Work Capacity
• Bidder Certification of Work Capacity (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.

• CERTIFICATIONS OF COMPLIANCE
• Two Certifications of Compliance (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.

• AFFIDAVIT
• Affidavit Form (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.

• Bid Bond (required) —

  Please upload Bid Bond Here

• Affidavit of Qualification to Bid
• Affidavit of Qualification to Bid (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.

• Insurance Requirements
• Acknowledgment of Insurance Requirements (required) —

  The undersigned agrees to provide all necessary insurance coverages, and the documentation of such, immediately upon notification of award, and further understands that failure to produce the necessary documentation may result in revocation of award and debarment.

• Will there be a Pre-Bid Conference? (required)
• Attendance for Pre-Bid Conference (required)
• Will there be a Site Visit for this project? (required)
• Attendance for Site Visit (required)
• Date of Site Visit (required)
• Time of Site Visit (required)
• Location of Site Visit (required)
• Is a Bid Deposit applicable to your project? (required)
• Bid Deposit Amount (required) —

  If bid deposits do not apply to your project, insert "Bid Deposit Amount is not applicable."

• Is a Performance Bond applicable to your project? (required)
• Performance Bond Amount (required) —

  If performance bonds do not apply to your project, insert "Performance Bond Amount is not applicable."

• Is this project Grant Funded? (required)
• Agreement Term (required)
• Can you provide the Estimated Contract Value Group for the resulting contract? (required)
• Estimated Contract Value Group (required) —

  Insert amounts, i.e.= $250,000.00 and $500,000.00

• Contract Start Date (required)
• Description of items/services (required)
• How the County is going to award this project (required) —
  • Select "to award" if there will only be one contractor awarded the contract.
  • Select "make one or more awards" if there will be more than one contractor awarded the contract.
• Minimum Years of Experience (required) —

  Enter number in words and number in (): Example Five (5).

• Which is applicable to your project? (required)
• Is this project for Services or Commodities? (required)
• Type of Item/Service being solicited (required)
• Pricing (required) —
  • Choose Option 1 when you have set line items, for example:
    • This is a quote for goods or commodities.
    • This is a public works bid, with a pricing table that can be uploaded into OpenGov Procurement from an Excel spreadsheet.
    • Seeking services for hourly rate schedules.
  • Choose Option 2 when you need vendors to provide you with the line items.