San Antonio Water System

INVITATION TO BIDDERS
 Solicitation No. B-13-034-MR

Sealed bids are requested by the San Antonio Water System for the construction of approximately 450 linear feet of 12 to 16” PVC water main, 420 linear feet of vertically staked dual 54” and 60” steel casings installed by jack & boring at 30’-40’ depths, 840 linear feet of 12” to 24” PVC carrier pipe, 180 linear feet of 12” PVC air bypass pipe, 720 linear feet of 12” to 36” PVC sewer main, 870 linear feet of 8” to 30” PVC diversion main, two concrete siphon boxes, two 6’ square concrete doghouse manholes, two fiberglass T-base manholes, four standard manholes, by-pass pumping, surface restoration, odor control, contaminated soil and water handling, and all necessary appurtenances for the installation, replacement, adjustment of SAWS facilities for the Alamo at Guenther Ph II – Water & Sewer Siphon Project, SAWS Job Nos. Water: 12-5046 and Sewer: 12-5546.

For questions regarding this solicitation, technical questions or additional information, please contact Marc Ripley, Contract Administrator, in writing via email to: mripley@saws.org or by fax to (210) 233-4609 until 4:00 PM (CT) on May 28, 2013. Answers to the questions will be posted to the website by 4:00 p.m. (CT) on May 31, 2013 as a separate document or included as part of an addendum. 

A mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held at 10:30 a.m. on May 24, 2013 at the San Antonio Water System’s Tower II Building, 1st floor, Conference Room 145, 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-Bid Meeting be allowed to submit a bid for the project.

Sealed bids will be received by the Contract Administration Division, 2800 U.S. Hwy 281 North, Customer Center Building, Suite 171, San Antonio, Texas 78212, until 10:00 a.m., June 7, 2013. Bids 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 bid must be accompanied by a cashier's check, certified check, or bid bond in an amount not less than five percent of the total bid price.