Sealed bids will be accepted at the office of the Lake of the Ozarks Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant #1, c/o Alliance Water Resources, Inc., P.O. Box 1985, #3 Anderson Road, Lake Ozark, Missouri, 65049 until 10:00 o’clock a.m. Thursday, March 5, 2026 and there at said office publicly opened and read aloud for replacement aerator gear box #6 and two electric motors, (one on replacement #6 & one on existing aerator #1) with VFD’s and control panels. And, for two replacement duplex lift station control panels. (No fax or e-mail will be accepted)

 

Bids must be submitted on the Bid Forms provided in the Bidding Documents Package and be accompanied by the bidder’s certified check or bid bond in the amount of five percent (5%) of the total bid. A performance and payment bond will be required of the successful bidder. The successful bidder will also be required to submit a certificate of insurance for worker’s compensation.

 

The prevailing hourly rate of wages, as determined by the Federal Wage Determination and/or the Industrial Commission of Missouri, Annual Wage Order # 33, including amendments, will be complied with on this project, and not less than the prevailing hourly rate of wages as found by the agencies or Court of Appeals shall be paid to all workmen performing work under this contract.

 

No bidder may withdraw his bid within 30 days after the actual date of the opening thereof.

 

The Joint Sewer Board reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids, when it is determined in the best interest of the Joint Sewer Board to do so, to waive informalities or irregularities, and to determine the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, and to award the contract on that basis. All Bidders must agree that such rejection shall be without liability on the part of the OWNER for any damage or claim brought by any Bidder because of such rejections, nor shall the Bidders seek any recourse of any kind against OWNER because of such rejections. The filing of any Bid in response to this invitation shall constitute an agreement of the Bidder to these conditions.

 

Enrollment in Federal Work Authorization program

Bidders are informed that pursuant to Section 285.530, RSMo, as a condition of the award of any contract in excess of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), the successful bidder shall, by sworn affidavit and provision of documentation, affirm its enrollment and participation in a federal work authorization program with respect to the employees working in connection to the contracted services. Successful bidders shall also sign an affidavit affirming that it does not knowingly employ any person who is an unauthorized alien in connection to the contracted services.

 

Safety training

Bidders are informed that the Project is subject to the requirements of Section 292.675, RSMo, which requires all contractors or subcontractors doing work on the Project to provide, and require its on-site employees to complete, a ten (10) hour course in construction safety and health approved by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) or a similar program approved by the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations which is at least as stringent as an approved OSHA program. The training must be completed within sixty (60) days of the date work on the Project commences. On-site employees found on the worksite without documentation of the required training shall have twenty (20) days to produce such documentation.

 

Authorized employees

Contractor acknowledges that Section 285.530 RSMo, prohibits any business entity or employer from knowingly employing, hiring for employment, or continuing to employ an unauthorized alien to perform work within the state of Missouri. Contractor therefore covenants that it is not knowingly in violation of subsection 1 of Section 285.530 RSMo, and that it will not knowingly employ, hire for employment, or continue to employ any unauthorized aliens to perform work on the Project, and that its employees are lawfully eligible to work in the United States.

 

Pursuant to Missouri Statute RSMo. 285.530(1), no business entity or employer shall knowingly employ, hire for employment, or continue to employ an unauthorized alien to perform work within the State of Missouri. As a condition for the award of any contract or grant in excess of five-thousand dollars ($5,000.00) by the Cities of Lake Ozark &

Osage Beach Joint Sewer Board to a business entity, the business entity shall by sworn affidavit and provision of documentation, affirm its enrollment and participation in a federal work authorization program with respect to employees working in connection with the contracted services; and sign an affidavit affirming that it does not knowingly employ any person who is an unauthorized alien in connection with the contracted services.

 

Please contact Local Manager of WWTP, Gary Hutchcraft at (573)365-0455 for more information, or for a jobsite visit, and for copies of the bid package and specifications.

For an e-mailed version of the bid package, e-mail me at ghutchcraft@alliancewater.com.

 

Please indicate on the outside of the envelopes the following: Sealed Bid: Gear Box/Motor Rep Project & Lift Station Control Panel Rep Project (in Separate Envelopes)

 

Cities of Lake Ozark & Osage Beach Joint Sewer Board

 

by:

 

Gary Hutchcraft, Local Manager

Alliance Water Resources. Inc.