Rockinghorse Lane Drainage Improvement Project

INVITATION FOR BIDS
FOR
WO #175
ROCKINGHORSE LANE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
FOR
CITY OF LAKE OSWEGO, LAKE OSWEGO, OREGON

Sealed proposals for WO #175 – Rockinghorse Lane Drainage Improvement Project for the City of Lake Oswego will be received by Rob Amsberry, Project Manager at the 3rd floor reception desk in Lake Oswego City Hall at 380 A Avenue, Lake Oswego, Oregon, 97034 until 2:00 PM, local time, on Thursday, March 5, 2015, and then will be publicly opened and read.

The scope of work will include channel grading, stream restoration, manhole and storm pipe installation, culvert replacement, trail repair, slope stabilization in the form of key trench construction, tree removal, tree replacement, landscape restoration and mitigation work.

All work taking place will be within resource protection areas and fall under the permitting authority of City of Lake Oswego, City of Portland and the Oregon Division of State Lands (DSL)  and Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE).

A mandatory pre-bid conference will be held on site, at the end of the Rockinghorse Lane cul-de-sac (near 1257 Rockinghorse Lane), at 8:00 AM local time on Thursday, February 26, 2015.  Representatives will be present to discuss the project.  Bidders are required to attend and participate in the conference.

No proposal will be considered by the Owner unless the proposal contains, or is accompanied by, a statement by the bidder as part of the proposal that the provision required by ORS 279C.840 pertaining to prevailing wages shall be included in the contract.  If federal money involved, so that it is subject to federal prevailing wage, delete “The contract documents may be reviewed, examined, and copies obtained at the City Engineering Dept., 3rd Floor, Lake Oswego City Hall, 380 A Avenue, Lake Oswego, Oregon between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except legal holidays.  Copies may be obtained upon payment of a non-refundable fee of $25.00(INSERT FEE AMOUNT - $25 FOR SINGLE VOLUME CONTRACTS, $35 FOR CONTRACTS WITH 2 VOLUMES).  Copies of the contract documents may also be obtained by mail upon request (phone: 503.635.0270; fax: 503.635.0269) and upon the receipt of an additional $5.00 per contract document to cover postage and handling.  Requests sent through the mail shall be addressed to the Engineering Department, City of Lake Oswego, P. O. Box 369, Lake Oswego, Oregon 97034.

Plans and Specifications are also available electronically.  You have the option to view/download the documents, view plan holder lists, addenda, receive email notifications, and get bid results. You must create a user account within the Bid/RFP website to access this information. Go to the following link to get more information and instructions and sign-up. http://www.ci.oswego.or.us/publicworks/bid-rfp-information.

Contractors must be prequalified by the Department of Transportation in order to enter into a contract with the Owner prior to the opening of bids.  Prequalification application forms may be obtained from the Construction Contracts Office, Oregon Department of Transportation, 307 Transportation Building, 355 Capitol Street NE, Room 212, Salem, OR 97301, 503.986.6918, or on-line at http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/CS/CONSTRUCTION/  and must be submitted to the City no later than date and time set forth above for submission of the bid.  (IDENTIFY ANY SPECIAL PREBID OR SPECIAL QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS WHICH MUST BE MET BY PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS HERE AND IN SECTION 01100 OF DIVISION 1 OF THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS.  ALSO IDENTIFY THE CONSEQUENCES OF NON-COMPLIANCE WITH ANY SPECIAL PREQUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.)

The Owner will investigate and determine the qualifications of the apparent low bidder as part of its evaluation of the lowest responsive bid.

Bidders are encouraged to visit the site of the Work during bid preparation.  Clarifications to the Bidding Documents will be made by addenda only.  Oral statements may not be relied upon and will not be binding or legally effective.

Published in the Daily Journal of Commerce on February 9 and February 11, 2015.

Project Estimate:  $700,000 to $750,000.