All correspondence must be made through the Vendor Portal. Specifications include, but are not limited to: The contractor shall be fully qualified and shall have an Underground Utility Contractor’s License and have a minimum of five years’ experience in Directional Boring. The contractor will have a City occupational license, the required amount of insurance and provide the City with a list of tools, vehicles and equipment and label if owned or leased. The contractor will supply references of past employers and previous contracts to verify experience. The contract will be based on a first priority response to the City and will be available for emergency after hour work. The contractor will have utility experienced operators and laborers who can perform duties in areas where other utilities are inground and close proximity to City facilities without damage to all utilities. The contractor will have at a minimum at all times two employees (Machine Operator and Locator) on every job. The contractors personnel shall be able to physically perform all work requested and the contractor will have sufficient manpower, tools, vehicles and equipment in good working order to meet the City’s workload. The contractor will supply all necessary Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for all employees to conform to OSHA regulations. The contractor will respond to after hour emergencies within two hours of receiving the call for an emergency bore, if the contractor fails to respond within the two hour window they will forfeit the after hour mobilization fee.; The contractor will mark casing location with paint (Blue for water & Green for sewer) every 4’ while drilling. The City prefers that the driller shoot to the exposed water main unless a verifiable reason can be given. The casing will be at the same height as the water main so the poly tubing can be fed into the casing without putting a severe angle on the tubing. If for some reason the contractor cannot set the casing at the same height as the water main they must have a verifiable reason and they should contact the Utilities representative as soon as the problem occurs. If the driller encounters any problem while shooting the casing they will contact the City Utilities representative while on the job site to explain the problem. The contractor will be working on customer’s property to shoot lines for repairs and retrofitting of existing service lines. The contractor should take into account the size of machine that they will be using and length of rods because they will be responsible or back charged for the damage to the sod and edge of pavement. The contractor will comply with City requirements of casings being 36” under the road and 24” under the swale. The contractor will be required to bore past phone and cable TV lines to either the property line or the white lined end of bore marking. The contractor will maintain consistency in quality and workmanship of each bore.; On directional drilling, boring, etc., operations, the selected contractor shall provide documentation to the city that the machine operator(s) has appropriate experience and is competent in the operation of their machinery fleet. The city will determine in writing if the selected contractor has adequate experience. ; The selected contractor may use a subcontractor to do boring work as long as the City approves of the subcontractor. The City reserves the right to disapprove a subcontractor. If a subcontractor is approved and performs the work, under no circumstances will the City accept invoices from the subcontractor but will only accept invoices from the successful bidder. Any discrepancies between the selected contractor and the subcontractor will be solely the responsibility of the selected contractor.
