ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS POSTED: SEPTEMBER 23, 2020 Project: Generator Replacement – Lockhart, Hardee’s, Lonesome Wind, Southland, Hometown, and Bent Tree Pump Stations Owner: Raleigh Water One Exchange Plaza, Suite 620, Raleigh, NC 27601. Contact: Todd Toler, [email protected] Engineer: Freese and Nichols, Inc. Contact: Chris Belk, [email protected] Bids will be received via email until 3:00 pm, Thursday, October 8, 2020, and should be sent to Todd Toler ([email protected]) and Chris Belk ([email protected]), at which time and place bids will be publicly opened and read aloud for the construction of the Generator Replacement project. Instruction for emailed bids will be issued at the pre-bid conference. After Bids are opened, the Owner shall evaluate them in accordance with the methods and criteria set forth in the Instructions to Bidders. The Owner/City Council reserves the right to waive any informality or to reject any or all Bids. Unless all Bids are rejected, Award will be made to the lowest responsible and responsive Bidder, taking into consideration quality, performance and the time specified in the Bid Form for the performance of the Contract. A mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting will be held at 2:00pm, Thursday, October 1, 2020 via a virtual meeting. If you would like to attend the virtual pre-bid meeting, please send an email to [email protected] by 5:00 PM THE DAY PRIOR to the scheduled pre-bid conference. In the Pre-Bid Conference email request, please included the name and email address of the attendee(s). Invitations to the virtual meeting will go out the day of the pre- bid meeting. Requirements for pre-bid submittals of an “or-equal” are required within 10 days of the issuance of the Advertisement for Bids and in accordance with Section 00200, Instructions to Bidders. The Project consists generally of the following major items: Replacement of six pump station backup generators at Lockhart, Hardee’s, Lonesome Wind, Southland, Hometown and Bent Tree Pump Stations. Bidding Documents may be examined at Engineer’s office and at: ConstructConnect, online; McGraw Hill Dodge Company, online; Construction Journal, online; and NC Institute of Minority Economic Development (a.k.a. The Institute), online. Complete Bidding Documents may be obtained by Accent Imaging, www.accentimaging.com or www.planscope.com, 8121 Brownleigh Drive, Raleigh, NC 27617, (800) 280-0755. Hard copies or electronic files may be obtained for a non-refundable fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) plus sales tax.

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