WA9903-CN 991111SHIMEK, JACOBS & FINKLEA, L.L.P.
CONSULTING ENGINEERS
8333 Douglas Avgnue, #820 Dallas, Texas 75225-5816 Fax (214) 361-0204
Phon~(214)361-7900
ROSS L. JACOBS, P.E.
RONALD V. CONWAY. P.E.
JOHN W. BIRKHOFF, P.E.
JOE R. CARTER, P.E.
GARY C. HENDRICKS, P.E.
I. C. FINKLEA, P.E.
PAUL A. CARLINE, P.E.
MATT HICKEY, P.E.
November 11, 1999
Mr. Kenneth M. Griffin, P.E.
City of Coppell
Post Office Box 478
Coppell, Texas 75019
Re: Addition of Pump Number 4 at the Village Parkway Pump Station
Notice to Bidders
Dear Mr. Griffin:
We are enclosing the notice to bidders for the Addition of Pump Number 4 at the Village Parkway Pump
Station. This notice is for your use in publicly advertising this project in the local newspaper. Bids for this
project are scheduled to be opened at 2:00 p.m., Friday, December 3, 1999. Therefore this notice should
appear in the local newspaper no later than Friday, November 19th and again on Friday, November 26th.
We will send this notice to plan rooms, suppliers and various contractors familiar with this type of work no
later than November 19th and provide you with a list of those we notified.
We are available to discuss this project further at your convenience.
Enclosure
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NOTICE TO BIDDERS
CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ADDITION OF PUMP NO. 4
AT THE
VILLAGE PARKWAY PUMP STATION
Project No. WA 99-03
The City of Coppell is accepting bids for Addition of Pump No. 4 at the Village Parkway Pump Station.
The project includes furnishing and installing a 600 horsepower pump, motor and motor control center,
along with all necessary piping, valves and firings into the vacant space provided within the existing pump
station. In addition, 24-inch isolation butterfly valves are to be tarnished' and installed in existing Pump
Nos. 1, 2 and 3. Sealed bids addressed to the Purchasing Agent, City of Coppell, Texas, for Village
Parkway Pump Station Addition will be received in the Purchasing Office at the City of Coppell Town
Center, 225 Parkway Boulevard, until 2:00 p.m. on Friday, December 3, 1999, and then publicly opened
and read aloud. Each Bidder shall submit two identical copies of this bid with the City of Coppell Bid
No. Ql199-02, designated clearly on the exterior of the bid envelope.
Proposals shall be accompanied by a cashier's or certified check upon a national or state bank, or savings
and loan in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the total maximum bid price, payable without
recourse to the City of Coppell, or a bid bond in the same amount from a reliable surety company, as a
guarantee that the bidder will enter into a contract and execute performance bond and payment bond
within ten (10) days after notice of award of contract to him. The notice of award of contract will be
given by the Owner within sixty (60) days following the opening of bids.
The successful bidder must furnish performance bond upon the form provided in the amount of 100
percent of the contract price and a material and labor payment bond upon the form provided in the
amount of 100 percent of the contract price from an approved surety company holding a permit from the
State of Texas to act as surety, or other surety or sureties acceptable to the Owner.
The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive formalities. Unreasonable or
unbalanced unit prices will be considered sufficient cause for rejection of any bid or bids. NO BID
TRANSMITTED BY FAX WILL BE ACCEPTED.
Bidders are expected to inspect the site of the work and to inform themselves regarding local conditions
and conditions under which the work is to be done.
Complete sets of bidding documents must be used in preparing Bids; the City of Coppell assumes no
responsibility for errors or misinterpretations resulting from the use of incomplete sets of Bidding
Documents.
Plans, specifications and bidding documents may be purchased ~'om the office of Shimek, Jacobs &
Finklea Consulting Engineers, L.L.P., 8333 Douglas Avenue, Suite 820, Dallas, Texas 75225, for the sum
of Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) per set (non-refundable).
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