THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT EAST HARTFORD WATER POLLUTION CONTROL FACILITY HEADWORKS UPGRADE - GRIT IMPROVEMENTS CONTRACT NUMBER 2013-01 INVITATION TO BID Sealed Bids for construction of Contract Number 2013-01: East Hartford Water Pollution Control Facility Headworks Upgrade - Grit Improvements Project will be received by The Metropolitan District, at the office of the District Clerk of the Metropolitan District, 555 Main Street, P.O. Box 800, Hartford, CT, 06142 0800 until 2:00 PM (Local Time), June 06, 2013 and at that time and place bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. The Work shall consist of all labor, equipment, fees, permits, and other related costs necessary to provide for replacement of existing grit equipment such as chains, sprockets, shafts, drives, etc., replacement of grit classifier, cross screw conveyor and slide gates along with support equipment and accessories as shown and specified. Bidders are directed to Section 01010 Summary of Work for specific details. The Work shall be located in the Town of East Hartford; in the State of Connecticut as shown on the Drawings and specified herein. Contract documents may be examined and/or obtained from the Metropolitan District's electronic procurement bidding system. Prospective bidders are required to register on the Metropolitan District's electronic procurement bidding system; once registered, prospective bidders can download the bid package from the web site at www.ebidexchange.com/mdc. Each Bid shall be submitted in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders and shall be accompanied by a Bid Security in the amount of 10 percent of the Bid. Bidders may not withdraw their Bids for a period of One Hundred and Twenty (120) days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays after the actual date of the opening of the Bids. The Successful Bidder must furnish a 100 percent Performance Bond and a 100 percent Payment Bond with a surety company acceptable to the Owner. The Successful Bidder will be required to submit all copies of the Agreement and all other applicable Contract Documents within Ten (10) days of the Notice of Award as outlined in the Contract Document. The Bidder shall hold a current DAS Contractor Prequalification Certificate in Water Treatment Plants from the Department of Administrative Services of the State of Connecticut according to C.G.S§ 4a-100, C.G.S. §4b-101 and C.G.S.§4b-91. Bidders shall submit with their bids a DAS Contractor Prequalification Certificate along with a current Update (Bid) Statement. Any bid submitted without a copy of the DAS Prequalification Certificate and an Update (Bid) Statement shall be invalid. Prior to the commencement of any portion of the Work by a Subcontractor whose subcontract value is equal to or greater than $500,000, the Contractor shall provide to the Owner a current DAS Contractor Prequalification Certificate for such Subcontractor along with an Update (Bid) Statement. Bidders do not need to include subcontractor certificates with their bids, but must have them at the time they commence work on the Project. Complete instructions for filing Bids are included in the Instructions to Bidders. This Project and the Work performed thereon are subject to the prevailing wage laws of the State of Connecticut. The Contractor and all Subcontractors shall be responsible for paying the applicable state prevailing wages. A copy of the current prevailing wage determination issued by the Connecticut Department of Labor is attached to this Invitation to Bid. The acceptance by the Bidder of these wage determinations is a condition of any award of the Contract. By submitting a Bid for this Project, the Bidder is deemed to have accepted such wage determinations. Because of the application of state wage laws to this Project, the Contractor should be aware that the Contractor will be obligated to certify payrolls and issue compliance statements in accordance with state procedural requirements. The Owner reserves the right to waive any informality or to reject any or all Bids if deemed to be in its best interest. The Bidder shall be prepared to abide by the Metropolitan District required Construction Contract Provisions regarding use of minority and women businesses for this project. The Contractor must take affirmative steps to assure that minority business enterprises (MBE) and woman business enterprises (WBE) (as such terms are defined below) are used to the maximum extent practicable. The Metropolitan District requires that the Bidder establish and work towards a total combined goal of participation of 3% of the contract price to be provided by MBEs and/or WBEs. For the purposes of reaching this participation goal, an enterprise must be certified as an MBE or WBE by an agency or entity whose certification criteria matches that of US EPA, and may also be certified by the Connecticut Department of Administrative Services. Bidders shall certify that they do not, and will not, maintain or provide for their employees any facility that is segregated on a basis of race, color, creed, or national origin. Bidders shall comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Anti Kickback Act, and the Contract Work Hours Standards Act. All Bidders are requested to note that the award of this contract is subject to the following conditions and contingencies: 1. The approval of such governmental agencies as may be required by law. 2. The appropriation of adequate funds A mandatory pre-bid conference will be held for potential bidders at 10:00 a.m. on May 17, 2013, at the East Hartford Water Pollution Control Facility, 65 Pitkin Street, East Hartford, Connecticut. Prospective bidders must attend this conference. All prospective bidders are invited to ask questions to the District and/or the District's Agent(s) during this conference. A site tour will be held after the pre-Bid meeting to provide potential bidders access to the site. The site tour following the pre-Bid meeting is limited to the day of the pre-Bid meeting. No other site tours, attended or unattended by MDC staff, will be permitted for any reason. Kristine Shaw District Clerk

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