San Antonio Water System

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE IN PROPOSAL OPENING DATE AND TIME – SEE ADDENDUM #7

INVITATION FOR COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSALS

Sealed proposals are requested by the San Antonio Water System for the construction of approximately a new booster pump station to be located on a new concrete foundation including three (3) high service pumps, motors, piping, valves, flow meters and control valves, a pressure relief valve assembly on a new concrete foundations, extension of the existing pump discharge header, a new electrical switchgear system and all appurtenances to be located on a new concrete foundation, new metal canopies over the new PZ 11A and existing PZ 10 switchgears, demolition of an existing packaged booster station with hydro pneumatic tank, demolition of an existing pressure reducing valve assembly, and other related facility and site improvements for the Evans PZ 11A Booster Station Improvements Project, SAWS Job No. 13-6003.

To view additional project information, as well as obtain the plans and specifications for this project, visit our website located at www.saws.org and click on the Business Center. Then select Bidder, Consultant, and Vendor Registration, which is located on the left-hand side of the screen. Select the Register Now button and proceed with registration. For difficulties downloading plans and specifications, contact the Contracting Department at 210-233-3405.

For questions regarding this solicitation, technical questions or additional information, please contact Maria Franco, Contract Administrator, in writing via email to: mfranco@saws.org or by fax to (210) 233-4622 until 4:00 p.m. (CT) on August 1, 2014. Answers to the questions will be posted to the website by 4:00 p.m. (CT) on August 6, 2014 as a separate document or included as part of an addendum.

A mandatory pre-proposal meeting will be held at 11:00 a.m. on July 30, 2014 at the San Antonio Water System’s Customer Service Building, 1st Floor, Conference Room C-137, 2800 U.S. Hwy 281 North, San Antonio, Texas. Please be advised that under no circumstances shall any late or non-attendee(s) to the Mandatory Pre-Proposal Meeting be allowed to submit a Proposal for the project.

Sealed proposals will be received by the Contract Administration Division, 2800 U.S. Hwy 281 North, Customer Center Building, Suite 171, San Antonio, Texas 78212, until 11:00 a.m., August 14, 2014. Proposals will then be publicly opened and read aloud in Contract Administration, Suite 169, Customer Center Building, 2800 U.S. Hwy 281 North, San Antonio, Texas. Each proposal must be accompanied by a cashier's check, certified check, or bid bond in an amount not less than five percent of the total price proposal. SAWS reserves the right to reject any and all proposals.

This solicitation requires a Qualification Package, Good Faith Effort Plan, and Conflict of Interest

Questionnaire, which should be included as part of the proposals and will become part of the construction documents.