RFP for Sealed Bids to Connect Water, Sewer & Electrical Services

Request for Proposals for Sealed Bids to connect Water/Sewer and Electrical Services for an Instructional Head Start Modular Building located at 710 Corona Ave, Laurinburg, NC.

This will be two separate bids, one for Water/Sewer and one for Electrical Services.  You may bid on one or both. Each bid must be in a separate sealed envelope.

Southeastern Community Action Partnership, Inc. will be accepting sealed bids at 405 N Elm St., Lumberton, NC 28358 (PO Box 25) until March 25, 2022, at 4:00 pm.  Proposals can be mailed or hand-delivered, but they must be in the office by the deadline posted above.  No proposals will be accepted after the due date and time posted above.

Bids will be opened publicly on March 28, 2022, at 10:00 a.m.  Vendors desiring to participate will be allowed to attend, however, a final decision will not be made at the time of the bid opening.  Selection of bidder/bidder’s will be made on the basis of which bid is the most responsive to the solicitation and most advantageous to the agency.

Water-Sewer

• There are 12 units, total size 70’x164’ = 11,480 sq. feet.
• Connect to city sewer and water.  Has one 120-gallon hot water heater.
• Has 17-water closets, 18-lavatories and 1-urinal.

Electrical

• 9-125 amp. single phase service panels. 
• 1-225 amp. single phase service panel.

• 2-200 amp. 3-phase services panels.

• Provide electrical service hook-up for the above panels including main panel and sub-feeders.

• Connect cross connects at each unit mating line inside junction box already installed above drop ceiling.

Submit Contractor Requirements in sealed bids. 

• General Liability insurance coverage $250,000.
• Workman’s Compensation coverage $250,000.

• North Carolina Contractors License with proper classification.

Floor plan, stamped drawings and other specifications may be obtained from Bosco Locklear by emailing: locklmi@scapnc.org or calling 910-405-4471.

Suppliers must certify that to the best of his or her knowledge, this company or anyone associated with this company is not currently on the debarment list from receiving state or federal funds for payment.

Southeastern Community Action Partnership, Inc. reserves the right to reject all proposals received in response to this RFP.  A contract for the accepted proposal will be drafted based upon the factors described in this RFP.

(1) Copeland Anti-Kickback Act: The contractor is prohibited from inducing, by any means, any person employed in the construction, completion or repair of public work, to give up any part of the compensation to which he is otherwise entitled. The sponsoring agency will report all suspected or reported violations of this policy to the funding agency. 

(2) Davis-Bacon Act: The contractor is required to pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate of not less than the minimum wages specified in a wage determination by the Secretary of Labor. In addition, the contractor is required to pay wages not less than once a week. A copy of the current prevailing wage determination issued by the Department of Labor will be placed in each solicitation and the award of a contract will be conditioned upon acceptance of the wage determination. The sponsoring agency shall report all suspected or reported violations of this policy to the funding agency. 

(3) Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act: The contractor is required to compute the wages of every mechanic and laborer on the standard workday of 8 hours and a standard work week of 40 hours. Work more than the standard workday or workweek is permissible provided that the worker is compensated at a rate not less than 1 ½ times the basic rate of pay for all hours worked more than 8 hours in a calendar day, and 40 hours in the workweek. The contractor is also required to see that no laborer or mechanic is asked to work in surroundings or under working conditions which are unsanitary, hazardous, or dangerous to their safety as determined under construction safety and health standards promulgated by the Secretary of Labor. 

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