ITB: East McMinnville Electric Substation Expansion 

Sealed Bids for the services of a professional licensed and bonded contractor for the work associated with East McMinnville Electric Substation Expansion Project (“Project”) for the City of McMinnville, a municipal corporation of the State of Oregon acting by and through its Water & Light Commission (“Owner” or “McMinnville Water & Light” or “MW&L”), will be accepted by Chad Hudson, Purchasing Manager at McMinnville Water & Light, until the time specified in the Invitation to Bid.  Bids received prior to the deadline for submission will be publicly opened and read aloud at the time of bid closing.

 The work is a public works project subject to ORS 279C.800 to 279C.870 or 40 U.S.C. Section 3141, et seq.; prevailing wage rate of pay does apply to this Project. The awarded Contractor is required to have a Public Works Bond on file with the Oregon CCB before work begins. The Project consists of furnishing all qualified professional personnel, supervision, construction labor, equipment and specified materials to expand the East McMinnville Substation as described in the contract documents. Work includes installation of foundations, ground grid modifications, conduit and vault installation, trenching, site grading and restoration, and incidentals. All Work shall be substantially completed October 31, 2026.

There will not be a pre-bid conference for this project. Contractors must be qualified in accordance with the applicable parts of ORS 279C in order to enter into a contract with the Owner for public work in Oregon and shall have a minimum of five years’ experience on projects of similar size and complexity to this Work under the present firm name.  Bidders shall be registered with the Oregon Construction Contractors Board in accordance with the provisions of ORS 279C.365.   In accordance with ORS 279C.375(1) award shall be made to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder.

Bids shall be submitted on MW&L's forms and must be accompanied by a certified check or bid bond executed in favor of McMinnville Water & Light in the amount of 10% of the bid.  The successful bidder will be required to furnish the necessary performance and payment bonds for the faithful performance of the contract as prescribed in the Contract Documents.

McMinnville Water & Light may reject any Bid  not in compliance with the contract provisions and all prescribed Public Contracting procedures and  requirements, including the requirement  to demonstrate the Bidder’s responsibility under ORS 279C.375(3)(b), and  may reject for good cause all Bids after finding that doing so is in the public interest.  MW&L also reserves the right to waive informalities in a bid submission if in best interest of McMinnville Water & Light.