The Town of Westerly, RI, is seeking sealed bids for the supply of submersible propeller pumps for the aeration tanks at the towns wastewater treatment facility. Bids must be submitted by March 3, 2026, at 2:00 PM local time. A nonmandatory prebid conference will be held on February 10, 2026, at 10:00 AM. The successful bidder must furnish additional bonds and insurance. The town requires compliance with federal and state flowdown requirements. The project must be completed by October 20, 2028, and meet new effluent permit limits by January 20, 2029. The town is subject to a penalty of $1,000 per day for each consecutive calendar day thereafter October 20, 2028, that substantial completion is not met and for each consecutive calendar day thereafter January 20, 2029, that the new effluent limits as stipulated in the consent agreement are not met. The payment terms are net 30 days. The successful bidder must furnish a 100 performance bond and labor and payment bond for contracts subject to title 37 chapters 12 and 13 of the rhode island general laws. Performance bonds must be submitted within 21 calendar days of the notice of award. The bid proposals submitted in response to this solicitation are public records pursuant to the rhode island access to public records act, r. i. gen. laws **** et seq. Each bid proposal must include a public copy to be available for public inspection upon the opening of bids. The public copy must be submitted on a flash drive in pdf format. The flash drive must include all the documents submitted in response to the solicitation concatenated or merged into one file. Bidders may redact in the public copy any trade secrets or commercial or financial information which is of a privileged or confidential nature pursuant to the access to public records act.
The project must be completed by October 20, 2028, and meet new effluent permit limits by January 20, 2029, according to the bid notice.
The payment terms are net 30 days, as stated in the bid notice.
The contract will be awarded to the bidder whose bid is in the best interests of the project, according to the bid notice.
To demonstrate bidders qualifications to perform the work, bidder shall submit written evidence such as financial data, previous experience, present commitments, and such other data as may be called for, according to the bid notice.
The town is subject to a penalty of $1,000 per day for each consecutive calendar day thereafter October 20, 2028, that substantial completion is not met and for each consecutive calendar day thereafter January 20, 2029, that the new effluent limits as stipulated in the consent agreement are not met, according to the bid notice.
A nonmandatory prebid conference will be held on February 10, 2026, at 10:00 AM, according to the bid notice.
