Elevated Storage Tank Exterior Coating Repair and Holes in Roof Plates

Bid/RFP Status: 
Open - accepting bids and proposals
Bid/RFP Due Date: 
Tuesday, July 1, 2025 - 3:30pm

ADVERTISEMENT FOR SEALED COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS RFP 2025-HUGHES EST

Sealed competitive bids, in envelopes addressed to the City of Gatesville, 803 E Main Street

Gatesville, TX 76528 for the RFP 2025-HUGHES EST, in the City of Gatesville, Texas, will be received at the above-mentioned address until 3:30pm, July 1, 2025, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Submittals will be submitted in sealed envelopes and marked “RFP 2025-HUGHES EST

  1. The Contract Documents and Specifications are available at the City of Gatesville webpage https://www.gatesvilletx.com/ by selecting the link(s) under the subheading Government and “Bids and RFPs”. Questions and requests for additional information shall be sent by email to: cnewman@GatesvilleTx.com. For this project, all bidders will be required to accept Addenda and other pertinent information by email, as well as provide written acknowledgement of Addenda as prescribed in the Instructions to Bidders. No questions or requests for additional information will be accepted later than 5:00 p.m., June 23, 2025.

The City reserves the right to waive any informality that is not detrimental to any other bidder or potential bidder or to reject all bids or to accept the best value bidder that in the judgment of the City Council will be in the best interest of the City.

No bidder may withdraw his bid within sixty (60) days after the actual date of opening thereof.

Chad Newman,

Public Works Director

Newspaper ad published twice:

Saturday, June 14, 2025

Saturday, June 21, 2025

 
   

 

If you have any questions, please e-mail at: cnewman@GatesvilleTx.com.

PROPOSAL INSTRUCTIONS

Objective of Request for Competitive Sealed Bids process is to competitively procure services with a qualified contractor whose Proposal provides best value for Owner for the project description below:

Repair the exterior coating of a 200,000-gallon 180 feet tall, elevated water storage tank to AWWA standards in accordance with 30 TEX. ADMIN. CODE § 290.43. The tank is located near the TDCJ Hughes unit, 3201 FM929 HUGHES UNIT TDC, Gatesville TX. The exterior of the elevated storage will require sandblasting and recoating with an approved NSF epoxy. The tank also requires repairing 6 holes on the roof from old cathodic protection. The Contractor shall procure and pay for a Performance Bond applicable to the work in the amount of one hundred fifteen percent (115%) of the total proposed price, and a Payment Bond applicable to the work in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the total proposed price The performance and payment bonds shall be issued in forms acceptable to the City of Gatesville City Attorney.

All proposals must be complete, accurate and in City-approved format specified herein.  Proposer must use the attached Proposal Pricing Form[VT1] , Attachment ___, in submitting a Proposal.  Proposers must furnish pricing for all items shown on the Proposal Invitation.  Unauthorized modifications or specifications, forms or terms may render the Proposal invalid. 

Proposer shall submit three copies of the completed Proposal Pricing Form and all other required documentation or information identified in this RFP to:

                City of Gatesville

                Attn:  Holly Owens, City Secretary

                803 E. Main Street

                Gatesville, Tx 78374

The Proposal must be submitted in a sealed envelop bearing the title “SEALED PROPOSAL- RFP 2025-HUGHES EST along with the Proposer’s name, address and contact information. 


  1. PROPOSAL EVALUATION

Proposals will be received, publicly opened, and names and monetary Proposals of each Offeror read aloud. Subsequently, Proposals will be ranked according to criteria described in this Document. Both cost and non-cost factors will be evaluated according to section 2269 of the Texas Government Code. 
Complete sets of Bid Documents must be used in preparing Proposals; Owner does not assume any responsibility for errors or misinterpretations resulting from use of incomplete sets of Bid Documents. Dates, locations, and times of the proposal submittal are outlined in the Advertisement for Proposal. 

      2. SELECTION CRITERIA

Owner will consider several factors in selecting a winning bidder as noted in the section 2269 of the of State of Texas Government Code, and other applicable state codes which allow and will provide best value to Owner. Bids will be evaluated using the following criteria and weighting:

  1. Overall Cost: Offeror’s Proposed Cost of Materials and labor shall be indicated in the Bid  Form.
  2. The ability of the bidder to meet deadline: Provide information about the offeror’s ability to complete the resurfacing by September 30, 2025.

 

1. Overall Cost

50

2. Ability to meet deadline

50

 

 

 

 

 

 

The criteria and weighting for the ranking of Offeror’s Proposals is as outlined Below: Item No. Evaluation Criteria         Points

TOTAL              100

Evaluation and ranking of Proposals will be completed July 2nd. Offerors are requested not to withdraw their Proposals within 60 calendar days from date on which Proposals are opened. Proposal Security of highest-ranking firms will be held by Owner until contract negotiations are finalized.

Owner reserves right to adopt most advantageous interpretation of Proposals submitted in case of ambiguity or lack of clearness in stating Proposal Prices, to reject any or all Proposals, and/or waive informalities.

  1. BIDDERS (SUBMITTERS) QUALIFICATIONS:

The City shall have the right to take such steps as it deems necessary to determine the ability of the bidder, to perform his obligations under the Contract and the bidder shall furnish the City all such information and data for this purpose, as the City of may request it. The right is reserved to reject any bid where an investigation of the available evidence or information does not satisfy the City, whereas the bidder is qualified to carry out properly the terms of the contract.

 

CONFLICT OF INTEREST QUESTIONNAIRE

For vendor or other person doing business with local governmental entity

FORM CIQ

 

This questionnaire reflects changes made to the law by H.B. 1491, 80th Leg., Regular Session.

This questionnaire is being filed in accordance with Chapter 176, Local Government Code by a person who has a business relationship as defined by Section 176.001(1-a) with a local governmental entity and the person meets requirements under Section 176.006(a).

By law this questionnaire must be filed with the records administrator of the local governmental entity not later than the 7th business day after the date the person becomes aware of facts that require the statement to be filed. See Section 176.006, Local Government Code.

A person commits an offense if the person knowingly violates Section 176.006, Local Government Code. An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.

OFFICE USE ONLY

 

Date Received

 

1

Name of person who has a business relationship with local governmental entity.

 

 

 

2

Check this box if you are filing an update to a previously filed questionnaire.

 

 

(The law requires that you  file an  updated completed questionnaire with the appropriate filing authority not   later than the 7th business day after the date the originally filed questionnaire becomes incomplete or inaccurate.)

 

3

Name of local government officer with whom filer has employment or business relationship.

 

 

Name of Officer

This section (item 3 including subparts A, B, C & D) must be completed for each officer with whom the filer has an employment or other business relationship as defined by Section 176.001(1-a), Local Government Code. Attach additional pages to this Form CIQ as necessary.

     A. Is the local government officer named in this section receiving or likely to receive taxable income, other than investment income, from the filer of the questionnaire?

Yes                           No

     B. Is the filer of the questionnaire receiving or likely to receive taxable income, other than investment income, from or at the direction of the local government officer named in this section AND the taxable income is not received from the               local governmental entity?

Yes                           No

      C. Is the filer of this questionnaire employed by a corporation or other business entity with respect to which the local government officer serves as an officer or director, or holds an ownership of 10 percent or more?

Yes                          No

      D. Describe each employment or business relationship with the local government officer named in this section.

 

4

 

 

 

Signature of person doing business with the governmental entity                                               Date

 

 

Adopted 06/29/2007

 
       

 

 

 

Form TGC 2270

VERIFICATION REQUIRED BY TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 2270

Contract identifier:                                                                                                                              _         Department: _                                                        _        _

By signing below, Company herby verifies the following:

  1. Company does not boycott Israel; and
  2. Company will not boycott Israel during the term of the contract.

SIGNED BY: _______________________________________________________                          

Print Name of Person _______________________________________________                            

Signing, Title, and

Company __________________________________________________________                            

Date signed: _______________________________________________________                            

 

STATE OF TEXAS              § COUNTY OF                   §

 

BEFORE ME, the undersigned Notary Public on this day personally appeared                                                      (Name), on behalf of                                                      (Company) who being duly sworn, stated under oath that he/she has read the foregoing verification required by Texas Government Code Section 2270.002 and said statements contained therein are true and correct..

 

SWORN AND SUBSCRIBED TO before me, this               day of                                        , 20         .

 

 

 
   

 

 

NOTARY OF PUBLIC,

FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS

My Commission Expires:

 

 
   

 

 

 

Government Code § 2270.002. Provision Required in Contract Effective: September 1, 2017

A governmental entity may not enter into a contract with a company for goods or services unless the contract contains a written verification from the company that it:

  1. does not boycott Israel; and
  2. will not boycott Israel during the term of the contract.

The following definitions apply:

    1. “Boycott Israel” means refusing to deal with, terminating business activities with, or otherwise taking any action that is intended to penalize, inflict economic harm on, or limit commercial relations specifically with Israel, or with a person or entity doing business in Israel or in an Israeli-controlled territory, but does not include an action made for ordinary business purposes.
    2. “Company” means a for-profit sole proprietorship, organization, association, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, or limited liability company, including a wholly owned subsidiary, majority-owned subsidiary, parent company, or affiliate of those entities or business associations that exists to make a profit.
    3. “Governmental entity” means a state agency or political subdivision of this state.

State law requires verification from a Company for contracts involving goods or services (regardless of the amount) before the City can enter into the contract.