Specifications - City of Montpelier, Vermont

October 03, 2012CONSTRUCTION of a DISTRICT HEATING SYSTEM, HOT WATER CONVERSION AND CONNECTIONSCITY of MONTPELIER, VERMONTADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDSThe City of Montpelier is requesting bids for the construction of a district heating system withapproximately one mile of trench length of hot water piping, connections and conversions of three publicbuildings to use district heating water and several district heating service laterals to non"City controlledbuildings.Work to be performed under this contract consists of the construction of approximately one mile oftrench including supply and return thin wall, carbon steel, pre"insulated district heating pipe, ranging from8” to 1.5” inside diameter in both system mains and service laterals. This new piping system will runbetween the State of Vermont’s heating plant, through City streets and extend to Union Elementary Schooland City Hall, with service laterals and spurs branching off to serve non"City customers. The work includesrestoration of the surface conditions after pipe installation. In addition, this project includes converting theUnion Elementary from a low pressure steam heating system to a hot water heating system. Finally, thisproject includes connecting and converting the Police Department and the City Hall buildings to the districtheating system and modifying their internal heating systems to use the district hot water.Because the area of construction will be the City streets, the contract includes the reconstruction of thebituminous asphalt paved surfaces, concrete sidewalks, removal/reset of granite curbs, restoration of turfareas and related traffic control.Sealed bids will be received at the Office of the Director of Public Works, City Hall, 39 Main Street,Montpelier, VT 05602, until 10:00 am (Eastern) Thursday, November 01, 2012, at which place andtime, bids will be opened and publicly read aloud. Each sealed bid must be clearly marked “BID –Montpelier District Heating System.”Each bid must be accompanied by a certified check made payable to the City of Montpelier for fivepercent (5%) of the total amount of the bid. A bid bond may be used in lieu of a certified check. A 100%performance bond in the amount of the accepted base bid is required.PDF files of the complete contract documents and specifications can be downloaded for free from theCity of Montpelier website. Paper copies of the complete contract documents and specifications are availableto interested parties for $150.00 (check only) at the following location:Public Works Office, City Hall39 Main StreetMontpelier, VT802"223"9508._______________________________William Fraser, City ManagerCity of MontpelierMontpelier District Heat SystemPage 1