The City of Cimarron, Kansas will receive sealed bids for the construction of WWTF Improvements 2020 at the online plan room of EBH Engineering (https://ebhengineering.com/plan-room/) until 2:00 PM (CST), Thursday, October 29, 2020. Bids received after this time will not be accepted. Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud online immediately after the specified closing time.

Major items of work include Approximately: Construction of a wetlands cell, construction staking, construction of a sewage pump station improvements and 10” PVC force main, fencing, implementing pollution prevention plan, filling wetlands cell, installation new piping in existing cells, sludge removal from existing cells 1 and 2, fencing, seeding and appurtenances as required. Existing sewer facilities shall be kept in operation at all times.

Bidding Documents: may be examined at City Hall in Cimarron, Kansas, at the Engineer’s office and at:

Dodge Data & Analytics – 4300 Beltway Place, Suite 180, Arlington, TX 76018-5253

KCNR LLC, 230 Laura – Suite 101, Wichita, KS 67211

Construct Connect, 3825 Edwards Rd., Suite 800, Cincinnati, OH 45209

Bidding Documents: Electronic copies of the bidding documents may be obtained through the Engineer’s website: (https://ebhengineering.com/plan-room/), by entering your information in the required fields. Addenda, if any and Plan Holders list will also be available through the EBH website Plan Room. Hard copies of the Bidding Documents are available at the Engineer’s office upon depositing $100.00 per set. No refunds will be made. The date that the Bidding Documents are downloaded by the contractor will be considered the prospective Bidder’s date of receipt of the Bidding Documents. 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.

Project Funding– This project is entirely funded by the Kansas Water Pollution Control Revolving Loan Fund (KWPCRLF) provided by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE).

Non-discrimination in Employment – Bidders on this work will be required to comply with the presidents Executive Order 11246 as amended. Requirements for bidders and contractors under this order are explained in the specifications.

Anti-Discrimination – Bidders on this work, including sub-contractors or vendors, will be required to comply with the Kansas Act Against Discrimination (K.S.A. 44-1001 et. seq.) and the Kansas Age Discrimination in Employment Act (K.S.A. 44-1111 et. seq.). Bidders on this work, including subcontractors and vendors as applicable, will be required to comply with Non-Segregated Facilities, Minority/Women-Owned Disadvantaged Business Enterprise and Small Businesses in Rural Areas utilization policies. Requirements for bidders and contractors under these orders and acts are explained in the specifications.

Debarred or Suspended Contractors – Bidders must fully comply with Subpart C of 2 CFR Part 180 and 2 CFR Part 1532, entitled Responsibilities of Participants Regarding Transactions. Contractors, subcontractors, or suppliers that appear on the Excluded Parties List System at www.sam.gov are not eligible for award of any contracts funded by the KDHE State Revolving Fund programs.

Davis Bacon Wage Requirements – In accordance with the EPA Guidance Memorandum “Application of Davis-Bacon Act Wage Requirements to Fiscal Year 2010 Clean Water State Revolving Fund and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Assistance Agreements” dated November 30, 2009, all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors and sub-contractors on projects funded directly by or assisted in whole or in part by and through this loan agreement shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on projects of a character similar in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with subchapter IV of chapter31 of title 40, United States Code. The Contract Documents must include 29 CFR Part 5.5(a). When the project is advertised for bid there must be a section in the contract documents that lists the required wage rates for workers.

Anti-Lobbying – All contracts and subcontracts exceeding $100,000 at any tier under a KWPCRLF Loan Agreement shall comply with the Anti-Lobbying Act, Section 319 of Public Law 101-121, and file an Anti-Lobbying Certification form, and the Disclosure of Lobbying Activities form, if required, to the next tier above.

American Iron and Steel – All of the iron and steel products used in the project must be produced in the United States. The term ‘‘iron and steel products’’ means the following products made primarily of iron or steel – lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, reinforced precast concrete, and construction materials. A Certification form must be submitted with the bid documents. 

Bid security in the amount of 5 percent of the bid shall accompany each bid in accordance with Instructions to Bidders. 

Owner reserves the right to waive irregularities and to reject bids.