Zone 3 Elevated Water Tank, No. 22-05

INVITATION TO BID

Project: ZONE 3 ELEVATED WATER TANK - CONTRACT NO. 22-05: The project
generally comprises of the installation of a 600,000 gallon elevated steel spheroid water storage 
tank on Technology Drive, installation of yard piping and connection to an existing water main, 
mixing system, telemetry system, and restoration to seeded and other areas disturbed by 
construction operations.

The Work will be performed under one Contract as follows:
GENERAL CONSTRUCTION

Owner:  CITY OF ABERDEEN
60 North Parke Street
P.O. Box 70 Aberdeen, MD  21001

Engineer:  ARRO CONSULTING, INC.
321 North Furnace Street, Suite 200
Birdsboro, PA  19508
Telephone:   717-560-6014
Fax:              717-278-4309

Sealed Bids will be received by the Owner at the address shown above until 10:00 A.M., prevailing 
time, June 26, 2024, at which time they will be publicly opened and read.
Bidding documents can be obtained by going to the City website, www.aberdeenmd.gov/bids to 
Subscribe to Updates.  Please contact Shawn Brogan, Procurement Officer at 410-272-1600 x 223 for 
further information.

Envelopes containing the bid shall be sealed and addressed to Shawn Brogan, at City Hall, address 
shown above, and shall be clearly and distinctly marked to say "Zone 3 Elevated Water Tank- Bid 
No. 22-05".

A pre-bid meeting will be held at 10:00 A.M., prevailing time, June 4, 2024, at the office of the 
Owner. Attendance at the pre-bid meeting and site visit is not required but is recommended. 
Technical questions shall be directed, by e-mail only, to Jimmy Dennis at 
[email protected] at the office of the Engineer.
Questions will be accepted until 4:00 P.M., prevailing time, June 20, 2024.

Reproduction of the Bidding Documents, or their placement on websites of prospective bidders and 
other entities, is not permitted.
Bids from prospective Bidders who have not obtained complete sets of Bidding Documents, only
from the City of Aberdeen, will not be accepted.

It is a requirement of this Contract that Bidders shall have a minimum (5) year, (5) project
documented experience in the type of Work required by this Project. The cost of each project 
included in each Bidder's questionnaire must be in excess of $250,000 in order to be considered 
project experience.
Bids may be modified or withdrawn by an appropriate document duly executed (in the manner that a 
Bid must be executed) and delivered to the place where Bids are to be submitted at any time prior 
to the opening of Bids.
Notice is given to Bidders that award of Contract will be made on cost and schedule to complete the 
project. Bidder will be responsible for determining Substantial Completion and Final Completion 
dates based on the approximate Intent to Award date of July 8, 2024, and Notice to Proceed date of 
August 12, 2024.
Bids shall remain open for a period of 60 days from the date of Bid opening. See Instructions to 
Bidders for other provisions on the time available for acceptance of Bids.
Each Bid must be accompanied by Bid security in the form of a certified check, bank check, 
irrevocable letter of credit, or Bid bond (on the form included with the Bidding Documents) for 
five percent (5%) of the Bid total.
The CITY OF ABERDEEN hereby reserves the right, which is understood and agreed to by all Bidders, 
to reject any or all Bids and to waive any omissions, errors, or irregularities in any Bid.

CITY OF ABERDEEN
SHAWN BROGAN, PROCUREMENT OFFICER