2026-14, Willamette Heights Tank No. 4

Thank you for your interest in SUB Water's Bid #2026-14, Willamette Heights Tank No. 4.

The bid results are as follows:

SUB Water Division staff will be recommending to the Board that this contract be awarded to Emery & Sons Construction Group, LLC. This message serves as our Notice of Intent to Award, pending Board approval on August 12th, 2026.

Please route any questions related to this bid in the same manner stated in the bid documents.

INVITATION TO BID

FOR WILLAMETTE HEIGHTS TANK NO. 4

SUB PROJECT NO. 225800

BID NO. 2026-14

FOR SPRINGFIELD UTILITY BOARD

Sealed proposals for the Willamette Heights Tank No. 4 project for the Springfield Utility Board will be received by Rebecca Wheeler for the Springfield Utility Board Water Division, 202 South 18th Street, Springfield, Oregon 97477 until the BID CLOSING at 2:00 PM, local time, on Tuesday, August 4^th, 2026. The options for sealed bid proposal packet delivery are as follows: transmit electronically to the above recipient at RebeccaW@subutil.com. The bids will be publicly opened and read via a virtual meeting, found on the Springfield Utility Board’s website linked below, on Tuesday, August 4^th at 2:01 PM, local time. The results will also be posted to the SUB bidding website. The successful bidder will be notified no sooner than Wednesday, August 5^th, by 4:00 PM. No bids will be received after the BID CLOSING time. If not included in the bid packet, First-Tier Subcontractor Disclosure forms will be received at the above-mentioned location by calling and delivering by Tuesday, August 4^th, 2026 until 4:00 PM, local time.

A MANDATORY PRE-BID MEETING for this project will be held at the project Site, located at 555 Central Boulevard, Springfield, Oregon 97477 on Tuesday, July 14^th, 2026 at 10:00 AM to provide prospective bidders with the opportunity to ask questions relating to bidding or constructing the work under this contract and to acquaint Bidders with the Site conditions.  If deemed appropriate by the Engineer, questions that cannot be addressed by direct reference to the bidding documents will be the subject of an addendum. Statements at the pre-bid conference are not binding unless confirmed in a written addendum. A BIDDER’S FAILURE TO ATTEND THE PRE-BID MEETING SHALL CAUSE ANY BID SUBMITTED BY THAT BIDDER TO BE DEEMED NON-RESPONSIVE AND THE BID WILL BE RETURNED UNOPENED.

Contemplated work consists of furnishing all labor, materials and equipment necessary for the construction of a new 2.0-million-gallon (MG) ground level, prestressed concrete, potable water storage tank, called the Willamette Heights Tank No. 4, with a 101-foot interior diameter, and a 38-foot wall height, including, but not limited to, the following items:

1. Prestressed concrete storage tank construction;
2. Gravel access road and site grading around tank;
3. Storm and drainage piping and structures;
4. Fully buried utility vault with seismically actuated butterfly valve;
5. Storage tank feed and drainage piping, including flexible expansion joints at the storage tank;
6. Electrical and instrumentation and controls work.

Plans, specifications, bid packets, and virtual meeting invite link will be available at the following Springfield Utility Board’s website, https://www.subutil.com/business-center/bids-proposals/.

No proposal will be considered by the Springfield Utility Board unless the Bidder agrees to be bound by and will comply with the provisions of ORS 279C.800 to 279C.870 and 40 U.S.C. 276(a) pertaining to prevailing wages, as applicable.  Each bid must contain a statement as to whether or not the bidder is a resident bidder as defined in ORS 279A.120.  Each bid must also contain a statement as to whether the bidder is registered with the Oregon Construction Contractors Board.  No bid will be received or considered unless the bidder is registered with the Construction Contractors Board, as required by ORS 701.035.ET.SEQ.  No bid will be considered unless the First-Tier Subcontractor Disclosure form is submitted by the specified deadline.  Faxed copies will NOT be accepted.

Special minimum experience qualifications apply to portions of this project.  STORAGE TANK CONTRACTORS, STORAGE TANK PRESTRESSORS, and EARTHWORK CONTRACTORS who are not already listed as pre-qualified by the Engineer shall submit to the Engineer a Statement of Qualifications complying in form and content to the requirements of the bid documents.  The minimum qualifications and submittal requirements are specified in the Contract Documents.  Requests for qualification shall be presented to Engineer no later than 2:00 PM, Friday, July 24th, 2026. All Statements of Qualification shall be sent directly to Nickolas Buonarati, Consor North America, at 1 SW Columbia Street, Suite 1700, Portland, Oregon, 97204, phone (503) 546-0334, or by email at Nickolas.Buonarati@consoreng.com.  PROPOSALS SUBMITTED WITHOUT LISTING AN APPROVED STORAGE TANK CONTRACTOR, STORAGE TANK PRESTRESSOR AND EARTHWORK CONTRACTOR SHALL BE CONSIDERED NON-RESPONSIVE AND SHALL BE REJECTED.

First-tier and other subcontractors must be accepted by Springfield Utility Board prior to the pre-construction meeting.

Proposals must be submitted on the prescribed forms and must be accompanied by certified check, cashier's check, or bid bond executed in favor of Springfield Utility Board in an amount not less than 5 percent (5%) of the amount bid.  The successful bidder will be required to furnish to Springfield Utility Board a performance bond and a payment bond each equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the amount of the bid.  The successful bidder and all subcontractors will be required to furnish to the Oregon Construction Contractors Board a public works bond in the amount of $30,000, unless exempt under ORS 279C.

Acceptance of bids and award of contract will follow procedures provided by ORS 279C and in accordance with all applicable Springfield Utility Board policies.  Springfield Utility Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive any irregularities, and to accept the bid deemed in the best interests of Springfield Utility Board.  Springfield Utility Board may reject any bid not in compliance with all prescribed public bidding procedures and requirements and may reject for good cause any or all bids upon a finding of the agency it is in the public interest to do so.

Dated this Thursday, June 25, 2026

By: Springfield Utility Board