SLED Opportunity · VERMONT · VERMONT
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The City of Newport, Vermont seeks bids for the Gardner Park Siphon Upgrade involving sewer main installations, manholes, and pipe rehabilitation under the Clyde River. Bids due March 31, 2026. Project funded partly by ARPA CSO Grant with federal compliance requirements.
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS CITY OF NEWPORT, VERMONT GARDNER PARK SIPHON UPGRADE CONTRACT NO. 1 General Notice The City of Newport (Owner) is requesting Bids for the construction of the following Project: Gardner Park Siphon Upgrade, Contract No. 1. Sealed bids for the construction of the Project will be received via electronic mail until Tuesday, March 31, 2026, at 1:00 pm local time. Bids shall be sent electronically to all the following email addresses: jbooth@aeengineers.com jhaddad@aeengineers.com thomas.bernier@newportvermont.org winn.wilson@vermont.gov Bidders are highly encouraged to submit their bids earlier than the listed deadline to prevent issues with the submission process. Bids received electronically past the 1:00 PM deadline will be considered late and thus will not be included in the bid tabulation. Bidders are required to reach out to confirm receipt once a bid has been submitted. A bid tabulation will be released to all bidders within 5 business days. The Project includes the following Work: Installation of new 8” and 12” PVC gravity sewer main, new 4” PVC sewer service, two (2) new 5’ diameter sewer manholes, one (1) new 6’ diameter doghouse sewer manhole, new 8” HDPE sewer siphon installed via Horizontal Directional Drilling under the Clyde River, approximately 904 LF of CIPP for existing 12” AC gravity sewer and 91 LF of CIPP for an existing 8” CI gravity siphon under the Clyde River. Obtaining the Bidding Documents The Issuing Office for the Bidding Documents is: Blueprints, Etc, 20 Ferrell Street, South Burlington, VT 05403, (802) 865-4503. Prospective Bidders may obtain or examine the Bidding Documents at the Issuing Office on Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00 AM and 4:30 PM and may obtain copies of the Bidding Documents from the Issuing Office as described below. Partial sets of Bidding Documents will not be available from the Issuing Office. Neither Owner nor Engineer will be responsible for full or partial sets of Bidding Documents, including addenda, if any, obtained from sources other than the Issuing Office. Printed copies of the Bidding Documents may be obtained from the Issuing Office at a non-refundable cost of $165 for each set, plus shipping. This purchase price includes a full set of Bidding Documents and an electronic copy of the Bidding Documents in portable document format (PDF). Alternatively, electronic only copies in portable document format (PDF) of the Bidding Documents are available for a non-refundable charge of $100 plus shipping. Bidding Documents may be purchased from the Issuing Office during the hours indicated above. Cost does not include shipping charges. Upon Issuing Office’s receipt of payment, printed Bidding Documents or electronic documents on compact disk will be sent via the prospective Bidder’s delivery service. The shipping charge amount will depend on the shipping method chosen. Bidding documents may be examined at the City of Newport Hall at 222 Main Street, 2ND Floor, Newport, Vermont 05855, Monday through Friday between the hours of 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM and on the website of Aldrich + Elliott, PC at www.aeengineers.com. Pre-bid Conference A pre-bid conference for the Project will be held at 10:00 AM local time on March 19, 2026 at the City of Newport Hall at 222 Main Street, 2ND Floor, Newport, Vermont 05855. Attendance at the pre-bid conference is encouraged but not required. Funding and Project Procurement This project is funded in part through the ARPA CSO Grant administered by the Vermont Clean Water State Revolving Fund. Consequently, the following provisions apply to this WORK (more detail for each of these provisions can be found in Instruction to Bidders): 1. Bid security in accordance with the Instruction to Bidders 2. Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) requirements 3. Performance BOND and Payment BOND each in the amount of 100% of the contract price 4. ‘American Iron and Steel (AIS) provisions of P.L. 113-76, Consolidated Appropriations Act 5. Federal Wage Rates as determined under the Davis-Bacon Act 6. This agreement is for services related to a project that is subject to the Build America, Buy America Act (BABAA) requirements under Title IX of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (“IIJA”), Pub. L. 177-58. Absent an approved waiver, all iron, steel, manufactured products, and construction materials used in this project must be produced in the United States, as further outlined by the Office of Management and Budget’s Memorandum M-22-11, Initial Implementation Guidance on Application of Buy America Preference in Federal Financial Assistance Programs for Infrastructure, April 18,2022. Instructions to Bidders. For all further requirements regarding bid submittal, qualifications, procedures, and contract award, refer to the Instructions to Bidders that are included in the Bidding Documents. This Advertisement is issued by: Owner: City of Newport By: Tom Bernier Title: City Public Works Director Date: March 10, 2026
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