10/03/2025
NOTICE 10/02/2025:
Construction
Advertisement and Invitation for Bids
The New Ulm Water Supply Corporation will receive bids for a 50,000 gallon per day Wastewater Treatment Plant (Texas Water Development Project 73952) until November 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM at the New Ulm Lions Club Building located at 1722 FM 109 New Ulm, TX (bid opening delivery) or P.O. Box 73, New Ulm, TX 78950 (US mail prior to bid opening). The bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at New Ulm Supply Corporation meeting on November 18, 2025 at 1722 FM 109 New Ulm, TX 78950.
A Non-Mandatory Pre-bid Conference will be held on October 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM at the
project location at 24056 Bernard, New Ulm, TX 78950.
Bid/Contract Documents, including Drawings and Technical Specifications are available on Civcast.
This contract is contingent upon release of funds from the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB).
Any contract or contracts awarded under this Invitation for Bids are expected to be funded in part by a loan from the Texas Water Development Board, and shall be referred to as Project 73952. Any contract or contracts awarded under this Invitation for Bid (IFB), Request for Proposals (RFP), or Request for Qualifications (RFQ) are expected to be funded in part by financial assistance from the TWDB. Neither the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or the State of Texas, nor any of its departments, agencies, or employees, are or will be a party to this IFB, RFP, RFQ, or any resulting contract.
This project is subject to Section 70901 of P.L. 117-58 of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, 2021, which includes Build America, Buy America (BABA) Act requirements.
Any contract(s) awarded under this Invitation for Bids is/are subject to the American Iron and Steel (AIS) requirements of federal law, including federal appropriation acts. This project is subject to the American Iron and Steel (AIS) requirements of P.L. 113-76 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014. All iron and steel products for construction, alteration, maintenance, or repairs incorporated in these plans must be produced in the United States.
This contract is subject to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Disadvantaged Business
Enterprise (DBE) Program, which includes EPA-approved fair share goals toward procurement of
Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE) businesses. EPA rules require that
applicants and prime contractors make a good faith effort to award a fair share of contracts,
subcontracts, and procurements to M/WBEs through demonstration of the six affirmative steps. For more details of the DBE Program and the current, applicable fair share goals, please visit
http://www.twdb.texas.gov/dbe.
CATEGORY MBE WBE
CONSTRUCTION 24.50% 11.34%
NON-CONSTRUCTION 24.05% 19.35%
Equal Opportunity in Employment - All qualified Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, s*x (including pregnancy), s*xual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age (40 or older), disability, or genetic information. Bidders on this work will be required to comply with the Department of Labor regulations at 41 CFR Part 60-4, relating to Construction Contractors--Affirmative Action Requirements, which include the President’s Executive Order No. 11246, as amended by Executive Order No. 11375 and Executive Order No. 13672, in the award and administration of contracts awarded under TWDB financial assistance agreements. Failure by the Contractor to carry out these requirements is a material breach, which may result in the termination of the awarded financial assistance.
Davis-Bacon prevailing wage requirements apply to the construction, alteration or repair of treatment works carried out, in whole or in part, with assistance made available by the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) or a construction project financed, in whole or in part, from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF).
The Davis-Bacon prevailing wage requirements apply to Contractors and Subcontractors performing on federally funded or assisted contracts in excess of $2,000 for the construction, alteration or repair (including painting) of a treatment works project under the CWSRF or a construction project under the DWSRF.
For prime contracts in excess of $100,000, Contractors and Subcontractors must also, under the
provisions of the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, as amended, pay laborers and
mechanics, including guards and watchmen, at least one and one-half times their regular rate of pay for all hours worked over 40 in a workweek. The Fair Labor Standards Act may also apply to Davis- Bacon covered contracts.
Any contracts or subcontracts in excess of $2,000 must include the provisions of the Davis-Bacon Wage Rate Requirements found in TWDB Guidance No. DB-0156.
Wage Determinations - U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) wage determination must be included in the bidding and contract documents. DOL wage determinations may be obtained online at
http://www.wdol.gov/. Once it is determined that Davis-Bacon wage rates will apply to a
construction contract, the Applicant must state in the solicitation that Davis-Bacon prevailing wage rates are applicable and bid packages must include the current Davis-Bacon general wage
determination for the area where construction will occur. While the solicitation remains open, the Applicant must monitor www.wdol.gov on a weekly basis to ensure that the wage determination contained in the solicitation remains current. The Applicant must amend the solicitation if the DOL issues a modification more than 10 days prior to the closing date (i.e. bid opening) for the solicitation. If DOL modifies or supersedes the applicable wage determination less than 10 days prior to the closing date, the Applicant may request a finding from TWDB that there is not reasonable time to notify interested Contractors of the modification of the wage determination.
For additional information on Davis-Bacon Wage Rate Requirements and its applicability to this
contract, please consult TWDB Guidance No. DB-0156.
A bid bond in the amount of 5 percent of the bid issued by an acceptable surety shall be submitted with each bid. A certified check or bank draft payable to the New Ulm Water Supply Corporation or negotiable U.S. Government Bonds (as par value) may be submitted in lieu of the Bid Bond.
The New Ulm Water Supply Corporation reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to waive any informality in the bidding.
Bids may be held by The New Ulm Water Supply Corporation, for a period not to exceed 90 days from the date of the bid opening for the purpose of reviewing the bids and investigating the bidder’s qualifications prior to the contract award. Submit bids in sealed envelopes marked Wastewater Treatment Plant Replacement TWDB Project No. 73952” to the following:
All contractors/subcontractors that are debarred, suspended or otherwise excluded from or
ineligible for participation on federal assistance programs may not undertake any activity in part
or in full under this project.
New Ulm Water Supply Corporation
Ron Long, President, August 18, 2025
