26-119 IFB Sundust Preserve Well

St. Charles County is seeking sealed bids for the design, permitting, drilling, construction, testing, and certification of a public water supply well and associated pumping equipment at Sundust Preserve Dog Park. The County reserves the right to accept and/or reject any and all bids. Bid prices shall be guaranteed for ninety (90) days after the bid opening.

Submit complete pricing for the entire well project. Partial bids will not be accepted. The County intends to award one Contract to one responsive, responsible Bidder for the Work.

Provide engineering, regulatory coordination, construction authorization, mobilization, drilling, surface and production casing, pressure grouting, development, sampling, pumping tests, pumping equipment, pitless assembly, setting materials, labor, bonds, insurance, restoration, and certification for one public water supply (PWS) well at Sundust Preserve Dog Park.

The Work is limited to the well and pumping installation described in this package. [...] It does not add the excluded well house, permanent site distribution piping, permanent electrical infrastructure, or engineering for those excluded improvements.

Project location: 400 Foristell Road, New Melle, MO 63365.

Drill one nominal 6-inch production well to the authorized depth using methods suitable for the geology and approved design. [...] Pressure grout and cement the production casing over the approved interval, using 560 LF as the bid quantity.

Provide a complete submersible pumping and setting assembly based on 15 hp, 230 V, and 90 gpm, subject to the confirmed duty point and approved design. [...] Provide one Baker pitless assembly identified conceptually as 6-inch × 5-foot × 3-inch × 3-inch, or an approved equal.

Final Completion shall be achieved within 60 consecutive calendar days after the date stated in the written Notice to Proceed.

**Submission:** Submit two (2) signed copies of the complete Bid in a sealed envelope. Mark one copy “Original.” An authorized representative shall sign in blue ink. Submit bids to St. Charles County Finance Department, 201 North Second Street, Room 541, St. Charles, Missouri 63301, before the bid-opening deadline.

Bid opening: **11/06/2026 at 11:00AM Central Time**, in Room 115/116, St. Charles County Administration Building, 201 North Second Street, St. Charles, Missouri 63301.

Bid results and addenda will be posted at https://www.sccmo.org/Bids.aspx .

Award will be made to the low responsive, responsible Bidder for the entire well project, subject to the County’s right to reject any and all bids.

**Bonds:** Bid guaranty: Provide a deposit equal to five percent (5%) of the Total Base Bid, in the form of a cashier’s check, certified check, or bid bond payable to St. Charles County. Provide a performance bond for 100% of the Contract Price and a payment and materials bond for 100% of the Contract Price, in forms acceptable to the County.

**Insurance:** Automobile, General Liability and Property Damage: $1,000,000 for bodily injury or death to any one person and $3,000,000 per occurrence for automobile and general liability coverage; and property damage coverage of at least $1,000,000.

The executed Contract shall remain valid for twelve (12) months after the Notice of Award, and the County may issue the written Notice to Proceed at any time within that period. The 60-consecutive-calendar-day Contract Time begins on the date stated in the Notice to Proceed.

Interested parties unable to attend may contact Jake McDermott at 636-949-7535 to request a site visit.