Improvements to the Owner's existing wastewater treatment plant. This includes removal and replacement of the existing grinder and automatic screening equipment and grit trap systems. An alternate bid will be taken for removal and disposal of accumulated sludge in Owner's adjacent sludge drying beds. ESTIMATED COST: Base Bid = $800,000 Alternate Bid = $525,000 Note to Prime Contractors: When working with subcontractors and suppliers by email to obtain quotes, please include the language below in order to meet TWDB solicitation requirements. Please also ask all your potential subcontractors and suppliers to download the free PDF from our website. It is imperative that this language is shared with all parties involved in order for prime contractors to be approved for contract award. Provide proof that this was shared and keep the TWDB-0216 form updated while reaching out to interested parties. An alternative method of direct solicitation is required if subcontractors and suppliers are not directed to (and download from) our website. If you post on your own company website or in a newspaper, or contact by phone, you must provide proof that the language included below has been published and/or shared with the subcontractors and suppliers. Please see the TWDB-0210 guidance document included with the bid set for further information. This contract is contingent upon release of funds from the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB). Any contract or contracts awarded under this Invitation for Bid are expected to be funded in part by financial assistance from the Texas Water Development Board. Neither the State of Texas nor its departments, agencies, or employees are or will be a party to this Advertisement for Bids or any resulting contract. The Owner reserves the right to waive any informalities and to reject any or all bids. Any contract(s) awarded under this Invitation for Bids is/are subject to the American Iron and Steel (AIS) requirements of Section 608 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1388). In addition, the successful bidder must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual identity, gender identity, national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information. 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 on the DBE Program and the current, applicable fair share goals, please visit www.twdb.texas.gov/dbe.