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INVITATION TO BID
Separate sealed bids for construction of Victor Crossing Lift Station will be received by Victor Water and Sewer District at the office of Victor Water and Sewer District until 2:00 PM local time on August 26, 2025, and then publicly opened and read aloud.
The project generally consists of, but is not necessarily limited to, the following major items: Construction of new lift station, gravity sewer main connection and forcemain connection and demolition of existing lift station.
The Contract Documents consisting of half-size Drawings and Project Manual may be viewed or obtained by either electronic documents on-line, or a hard copy at the office of Morrison-Maierle, Inc., (Missoula). Only firms obtaining documents by these methods will be placed on the Planholders List.
Complete electronic Project Plans, Project Specifications, and Bid Proposal Packet are available at the Morrison-Maierle, Inc. website “www.m-m.net” by clicking on the “About” tab, scroll down to “Projects Bidding”. Select this project from the project list which will direct you to the QuestCDN website. Plan documents and the Bid Proposal Packet can be downloaded for a fee of $40.00. Please contact QuestCDN at 952-233-1632 or email “info@questcdn.com” for assistance in the free membership registration, downloading documents, and working with this digital project information.
The QuestCDN ebiddoc number for this project is: #9820191
In addition, the Drawings and Project Manual may also be examined at the following locations:
Victor Water and Sewer District and the offices of the consulting engineer, Morrison-Maierle, Inc., at 1055 Mount Ave, Missoula, MT. Montana Plan Exchanges at Montanabid.com; or your regional plan exchange(s).
There will be a Pre-Bid Conference at the office of Victor Water and Sewer District, at 2:00 PM on August 19, 2025. Interested CONTRACTORS are encouraged to attend. A tour of the project site(s) will be conducted after the meeting.
The CONTRACTOR must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of their race, color, religion, sex or national origin.
Each bid or proposal must be accompanied by a Certified Check, Cashier’s Check, or Bid Bond payable to Victor Water and Sewer District, in an amount not less than ten percent (10%) of the total amount of the bid. Successful BIDDERS shall furnish an approved Construction Performance Bond and a Construction (Labor and Materials) Payment Bond, each in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract amount. Insurance as required shall be provided by the successful BIDDER(s) and a certificate(s) of that insurance shall be provided.
This project is funded in part or in whole with grant/loan funding from Montana ARPA .
Award of the project will be contingent upon receiving funding and award concurrence from Montana ARPA.
A bid may not be withdrawn after the scheduled time for the public opening of the Bids specified above unless it meets requirements and procedures outlined in Article 16.02 of the Instructions to Bidders.
The right is reserved to reject any or all Proposals received, to waive informalities, to postpone the award of the contract for a period of not to exceed sixty (60) and to accept the lowest responsive and responsible bid which is in the best interest of the Victor Water and Sewer District.
The CONTRACTOR(s) is required to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Published at Victor, Montana this 13 day of August, 2025
/s/ Kristina Berger
Victor Water and Sewer Clerk
BS 8-13, 8-20-25.
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