June 16, 2023
ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Office of Minority Business Enterprise
Attn: Mr. Scott Stewart – Office of Minority Business Enterprise
P.O. Box 5690
Montgomery, Alabama 36103-5690
Re: Walnut Area Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation
The Water Works and Sewer Board of the City of Gadsden
Etowah County, Alabama
CWSRF-ARPA Project No. CS011044-01
Dear Mr. Stewart:
The Water Works and Sewer Board of the City of Gadsden will be receiving funding
from the (CWSRF-ARPA)
from the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) for the
rehabilitation of the sanitary sewer project in the Walnut area as described in the
enclosed bid advertisement.
The bid advertisement for the project is submitted for your information and for further
distribution to solicit DBE/MBE/WBE Contractors’ participation to those that may not
be on the current list on your website. We have used the current list provided and will
send it to those qualified.
Should you either require any additional information or have any questions, please
contact this office.
Thank you for your time and assistance in this matter.
Sincerely,
CDG, INC.
Kody F. Walker, P.E.
Project Manager
Enclosure
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BID
Sealed bids will be received, opened, and publicly read by the Owner for the Walnut Area Sanitary Sewer
Rehabilitation project. The Owner will receive Bids until 10:30 AM (CDT) on the 13th day of July 2023.
The bid opening will be held at the offices of The Water Works and Sewer Board of The City of Gadsden
(GWWSB) located at 515 Albert Rains Boulevard, Gadsden, Alabama 35901.
A mandatory Pre-bid Meeting will be held at 10:30 AM (CDT) on the 28th day of June 2023. The pre-bid
Meeting will be held at the offices of The Water Works and Sewer Board of The City of Gadsden
(GWWSB) located at 515 Albert Rains Boulevard, Gadsden, Alabama 35901.
The Project consists of sanitary sewer rehabilitation work to include cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) liner of
approximately 3,800 linear feet of 10-inch, 12-inch and 15-inch mains, pipe bursting of approximately
9,800 linear feet with 8-inch HDPE, replacement of approximately 4,500 linear feet sewer laterals and other
miscellaneous items.
The Owner requires the Project to be completed in 120 calendar days from date of Notice to Proceed.
Note: It is anticipated this project will be funded by the Alabama Department of Environmental
Management (ADEM) Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) Program and the awarded
bidder will be required to provide all documents required for this program as outlined in the
Supplemental General Conditions for SRF Assisted Public Drinking Water and Wastewater
Facilities Construction Contracts as part of their contract documents to be submitted.
Bidding Documents may be obtained from the office of CDG, Inc., 224 Broad Street, Suite 201, Gadsden,
AL 35951, (256) 543-9431. Paper copies are available upon receipt of a non-refundable fee in the amount
of $175.00 for one set. PDF electronic copies are available via email at no cost to the bidder.
Bidders will be required to provide Bid security in the form of a Bid Bond or cashier’s check in the amount
of a sum no less than five (5) percent of the Bid Price but not more than $10,000.00.
All bids must be submitted in a sealed envelope bearing on the outside the name of the bidder,
bidder’s license number, address, and name of the project.
Your Bid will be required to be submitted under a condition of irrevocability for a period of 60 days after
submission.
The attention of bidders is called to the provisions of State Law Governing General Contractors, as set forth
in Title 34, Chapter 8, Article 1, Code of Alabama of 1975, as amended; and the provisions of said law
shall govern bidders insofar as it is applicable. The above-mentioned provisions of the Code make it illegal
for the Owner to consider a bid from anyone who is not properly licensed under such code provisions. In
addition, bidders must carry the municipal and utility construction classification as listed in the latest edition
of the Roster of the State Licensing Board for General Contractors, Montgomery, Alabama. The Owner
therefore will not consider any bid unless the bidder produces evidence that he is so licensed. Neither will
the Owner enter into a Contract with a foreign corporation which is not qualified under State Law to do
business in the State of Alabama.
The attention of nonresident bidders is called to the provisions of Alabama Law, Title 39, Chapter 3, Code
of Alabama 1975, as amended, relating to preference to be given to resident contractors in Alabama over
nonresident contractors in the award of contracts in the same manner and to the same extent as provided by
the laws of the state of domicile of the nonresident contactor, and to the requirements that the bid documents
tendered by any nonresident contractor must be accompanied by “a written opinion of an attorney-at-law
licensed to practice law in such nonresident contractor’s state of domicile as to the preference, in any or
none, granted by the law of that state to its own business entities whose principal places of business are in
that state in the letting of any or all public contracts”.
Each Bidder, and each Subcontractor, is required to complete and submit Document 00450 –
Affidavit of Immigration Compliance along with their E-Verify Program Memorandum of
Understanding at the time of the Bid. No Contract will be awarded to any Bidder who does not
submit the required Immigration Compliance documents.
Contractor will be required to provide two (2) Owner’s Protective Liability Policies. Named Insured
shall be as follows:
1. The Water Works and Sewer Board of The City of Gadsden
2. CDG, Inc.
See Section 00700 – General Conditions for full details.
The Owner reserves the right to accept or reject any or all Bids.
The Water Works and Sewer Board of The City of Gadsden
per:
Chad Hare, General Manager
enclosures