The City of La Feria will receive bids for project # 729082, Texas Capital Fund Water Distribution, Wastewater Collection, Stormwater, and Paving Improvements on and adjacent to F.M. 2556 until 10:00 AM, Thursday, July 7, 2011, at the City Hall, 115 E. Commercial Avenue, La Feria, Texas, 78559.  The bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at 10:00 AM, Thursday, July 7, 2011, at the City Hall, 115 E. Commercial Avenue, La Feria, Texas 78559.

Bids are invited for several items and quantities of work as follows:

             1.  10″ C909 PVC Water Line and Fittings – 1,075 LF

             2.  20″ New 3/8″ wall steel casing – 85LF

            3.  AWWA Fire Hydrants with resilient gate valve & box – 4ea.

            4.  Single service (on side) – 1 ea.

            5.  10″ SDR 26 PVC Wastewater Collection Lines – 2,065 LF

            6.  4′ Diameter Fiberglass manholes – 10Ea.

            7.  Trench Protection and Shoring – 2065 LF

            8.  12″ New 3/8″ wall steel casing pipe – 180Lf

            9.  Single Service Connection (Across FM 2556) – 3ea.

          10.  24″ Reinforced Concrete Culvert Pipe with safety end treatment (on FM 2556) – 70LF

          11.  24″ Reinforced Concrete Culvert Pipe with Safety end treatment (on East Solis Rd)-70LF

          12.  Road side ditch relocation on East side of Fm 2556 – 600 LF

          13.  5ft. Drain ditch widening – 1,600 LF

          14.  14ft. Wide deceleration lane – LS

          15.  Traffic Control Plans on all above – LS

          16.  Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan on all above – LS

Bid/Contract Documents, including Drawings and Technical Specifications are on file at Sigler, Winston, Greenwood & Assoc., SWG Engineering 611 Bill Summers Intl Blvd., Weslaco, Texas.

Copies of the Bid/Contract Documents may be obtained by depositing Fifty ($ 50.00) Dollars with the engineer – Sigler, Winston, Greenwood & SWG Engineering LLC., for each set of documents obtained.  The deposit will be refunded if the documents and drawings are returned in good condition within ten (10) days following the bid opening.

A bid bond in the amount of 5% of the bid issued by an acceptable surety shall be submitted with each bid.  A certified check or bank draft payable to the City of La Feria, or negotiable U.S. Government Bonds (as par value) may be submitted in lieu of the Bid Bond.

Attention is called to the fact that not less than the federally determined prevailing (Davis-Bacon and Related Acts) wage rate, as issued by the Texas Department of Rural Affairs and contained in the contract documents, must be paid on this project.  In addition, the successful bidder must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of race, color, religion, sex, age, or national origin.

The City of La Feria reserves the right to reject any or all bids, or to waive any informalities in the bidding.

Bids may be held by the City of La Feria for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days from the date of the bid opening for the purpose of reviewing the bids and investigating the bidders’ qualifications prior to the contract award.

While it is not mandatory, all prospective bidders are encouraged to attend a Pre-Bid Conference at 10:00 AM, June 28, 2011, at the City Hall, City of La Feria, 115 East Commercial Avenue, La Feria, Texas.

All contractors/subcontracts that are debarred, suspended or otherwise excluded from or ineligible for participation on federal assistance programs may not undertake any activity in part or in full under this project.

                                                                                    Sunny K. Philip, City Manager

                                                                                    CITY OF LA FERIA

                                                                                    Date:  June 8, 2011