The scope of work of this contract includes furnishing all necessary labor, materials, tools and equipment and perform all work as specified herein and/or as required for miscellaneous instrumentation and control equipment troubleshooting, and repair work at various well and booster pump stations and storage tanks throughout the Water District. Each must be accompanied by a certified or bank cashier's check made payable to OWNER, or a issued by a surety licensed to conduct business in the state where the Project is and having a Best Rating of A- or better from A.M. Best Company and named in the current list of "Companies Holding Certificates of Authority as Sureties on Federal Bonds and as Acceptable Reinsuring Companies" as published in Circular 570 (amended) by the Financial Management Service, Surety Bond Branch, U.S. Department of the Treasury, in an amount not less than 5% of the amount of the submitted. The list may be ordered from the Government Printing Office Bookstore, 26 Federal Plaza, Room 110, New York, NY 10278, (212) 264-3825. All questions must be submitted, in writing, to Frank Merklin, no later than 9:00 a.m. on Friday, October 13, 2023. Questions must be sent via to fmerklin@dbeng.com. No formal pre-bid meeting will be held. Please see Instructions to Bidders section for details. The Bidder to whom the OWNER proposes to award the Contract will be required to furnish performance and payment bonds and the necessary insurance certificates as prescribed in the General Conditions and the Supplementary Conditions upon the execution of the Agreement within ten (10) days of the Notice of Award. The attention of Bidders is particularly called to the requirements as to the conditions of employment to be observed and the minimum wage rates to be paid under the contracts. The OWNER reserves the right to reject any or all of the Bids received, to readvertise for Bids, to abandon the project, to waive any or all informalities in any Bid received and to accept any proposal which the OWNER decides to be for the best interest of the OWNER.