Bids for Southerly Tunnel Dewatering Pump Station project due June 2, 2026.

LEGAL NOTICE  NORTHEAST OHIO REGIONAL SEWER DISTRICT  SOUTHERLY TUNNEL DEWATERING PUMP STATION   Bids will be received via the District's electronic bidding website, OpenGov, until 1:00 P.M. Official Local Time on Tuesday, June 2, 2026 at which time Bids received and sealed in the software platform will be publicly opened and made available to the public for the Southerly Tunnel Dewater Pump Station (STDPS) project. In general, the work shall consist of furnishing all labor, materials, equipment, and incidentals for construction of the following work:  Construct the STDPS on the mining site of the Southerly Tunnel after the tunnel contractor demobilizes from that site. Complete the build-out of the mining shaft to serve as the pump station's wet well. Construct an at-grade building above the wet well to house the pump station's support systems. Connect the pump station's discharge to an existing flow drop structure on the Southwest Interceptor located on site.  Complete the construction and outfitting of facilities remote from STDPS that were constructed under the Southerly Tunnel and Consolidation (SOTC) and Kingsbury Run Consolidation Sewer (KRCS) projects; some of NEORSD's existing facilities that predate these projects also require modification.  Commission the Southerly Tunnel System and turn over a fully functional system to the NEORSD.  Bidders are referred to the contract documents, including Specification Section 01 11 00 - Summary of Work.  A pre-bid conference has been set for 10:00 A.M. local time on Wednesday, April 22, 2026 at the NEORSD's Environmental and Maintenance Service Center, 4747 East 49th Street, Cuyahoga Heights, Ohio, in Conference Rooms B & C. This meeting has been set in order to provide all potential Bidders an opportunity to discuss with the Owner all aspects of the Contract Documents for the Southerly Tunnel Dewatering Pump Station project. We will also present an introduction to the District's electronic bidding website platform. Any changes, additions and/or deletions resulting from this pre-bid conference will be covered in an addendum to the Contract Documents.  Drawings, Specifications and subsequent addenda will be available for download from a project-specific OpenGov electronic bidding website platform. Prospective bidders will be required to register to obtain an OpenGov account to access these documents. The NEORSD will post the OpenGov link on the NEORSD's Bids website (www.neorsd.org/bids). Prospective bidders are strongly encouraged to frequently monitor the OpenGov website for project updates and addenda. The NEORSD will not be responsible or liable for project addenda that are not received by the bidder due to incorrect or out-of-date contact information.  The NEORSD reserves the right to reject any and all Bids, and to waive any informalities or irregularities in the Bids received. Bidders shall review the Instructions to Bidders and all other contract documents prior to submitting a bid for this project.  The Contract will be subject to the NEORSD policies and goals regarding the use of small business enterprises (SBE). This policy is contained in the Contract Specifications. The SBE goal for this Contract is 20%.  Estimate of Probable Construction Cost for the Southerly Tunnel Dewatering Pump Station project is $71,000,000.00.  For this Project, NEORSD will not award a contract for any bid in excess of twenty percent (20%) above the Estimate of Probable Construction Cost.  All questions regarding any irregularities and/or requests for information related to these bid documents shall be submitted electronically in OpenGov via the Questions and Answers tab of the project. Such inquiries will be answered as soon as is practicable. Any substantive information provided by NEORSD in response to such questions will be distributed as an addendum to the bid documents. The deadline for questions is Thursday, May 21, 2026 at 5:00 P.M Official Local Time.  Bid File No: EB-2509 Resolution No. 43-26 Resolution Date: 04/02/2026 Advertised: The Cleveland Plain Dealer: 04/07/2026  04/14/2026 pd, april 7, 2026 - 11085065