Sealed Bids for the services of a professional licensed and bonded contractor for the Installation of Owner Furnished Two Joe Dancer Steel Power Transmission Poles (“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. 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 install one Owner supplied steel power transmission pole. Work includes traffic control, surveying, site clearing, digging/augering pole hole, assembly and erection of one slip joint steel pole. 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.
Bids shall be submitted on the prescribed 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 amount 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.
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We do not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of our activities or operations.
These activities include, but are not limited to, selection of volunteers and vendors, and provision of services. We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all volunteers, subcontractors and vendors.