Tranquil Shores, LLCIssuing agency·Texas·via CivCast, the bid board Texas civil engineers advertise onTranquil Shores, LLC is requesting competitive proposals from qualified contractors for site improvements and construction of a fire riser room addition at The Ranch, located at 10709 Cow Creek Road in Travis County, Texas.
The work generally includes demolition; clearing; erosion and sedimentation controls; excavation, embankment, grading, and subgrade preparation; vegetated filter strips and site stabilization; concrete driveway expansion and pavement markings; gabion channels, storm-drain piping, inlets, junction boxes, and related drainage improvements; domestic-water and fire-water piping; electrical trenching outside the water plant security fence; and construction of an approximately 13-foot by 14-foot fire riser room addition, including its assigned architectural, structural, electrical, mechanical, and utility-interface work.
The selected contractor will coordinate its work with the Owner’s separate public-water-system, water-storage-tank, OSSF, fire-sprinkler, and fire-alarm contractors. The allocation of responsibilities and applicable exclusions are identified in the RFP package and Responsibility Matrix.
This is a private, best-value proposal process. Selection will consider price, relevant experience, proposed team and subcontractors, schedule, completeness of the proposal, understanding of the work, and ability to coordinate with the Owner’s separate contractors.
Type of work: Sitework, including paving, grading, and utilities; construction of a riser room
Pre-bid meeting: September 29, 2026 at 11:00 AM (Chicago) — 10709 Cow Creek Road, Marble Falls, TX 78654
Bid opening: October 28, 2026 at 12:00 PM (Chicago)
Questions asked: 9
Bid documents (download requires a free CivCast account):
The work generally includes demolition; clearing; erosion and sedimentation controls; excavation, embankment, grading, and subgrade preparation; vegetated filter strips and site stabilization; concrete driveway expansion and pavement markings; gabion channels, storm-drain piping, inlets, junction boxes, and related drainage improvements; domestic-water and fire-water piping; electrical trenching outside the water plant security fence; and construction of an approximately 13-foot by 14-foot fire riser room addition, including its assigned architectural, structural, electrical, mechanical, and utility-interface work. The selected contractor will coordinate its work with the Owner’s separate public-water-system, water-storage-tank, OSSF, fire-sprinkler, and fire-alarm contractors.
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"<p><strong>Project:</strong>The Ranch 10709 Cow Creek Road </p><p><strong>Company:</strong> Keldbeck, LLC </p><p><strong>User:</strong>Daniel Champeau, </p><p><strong>Question:</strong> - </p><p></p><p>1. Is the PWS bid separate from the Site Improvements RFP (bid date, bid form, question deadline, addenda)? Is it a sealed bid, and where should it be delivered? </p><p></p><p><em>Yes. The PWS bid is a separate procurement from the Site Improvements RFP. The PWS request for bid and associated bid documents are available through CivCast at:</em></p><p><em><a href=\"https://app.civcast.com/bid-opportunities/projects/6aaae19e070a2ef9529e7711/summary\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://app.civcast.com/bid-opportunities/projects/6aaae19e070a2ef9529e7711/summary</a></em></p><p><em>Please refer to the PWS bid documents posted through that solicitation for the PWS bid date, bid form, question deadline, addenda procedures, bid delivery requirements, and whether a sealed bid is required.</em></p><p></p><p>2. Will the PWS contract use the same Agreement, General Conditions and Supplementary Conditions as the sitework package, including 5% retainage, no bonds, contractor-furnished builder's risk and the Exhibit C insurance requirements? </p><p></p><p><em>See bid Documents.</em></p><p></p><p>3. Is the 9/29 site visit also the mandatory SCADA pre-bid walk-through called for on sheet E1.4? If not, when is it scheduled? </p><p></p><p><em style=\"color: black;\">There is no mandatory SCADA pre-bid walk through; that is a typo on sheet E1.4.</em></p><p></p><p>4. Would the owner consider contracting the SCADA integrator directly, with the PWS contractor providing conduit, wire and coordination only? </p><p></p><p><em style=\"color: black;\">No.</em></p><p></p><p>5. Who is the owner's licensed operator of record for startup and chlorination? </p><p></p><p><em style=\"color: black;\">The owner has not yet selected one.</em></p><p></p><p>6. PWS spec 2.14 says the owner will furnish electrical service to the well yard fence. The RFP and electrical plans assign all electrical work, including PEC coordination and service, to the PWS contractor. Which governs, and who pays PEC's transformer, line extension and service charges? </p><p></p><p><em style=\"color: black;\">Electrical plans govern this item.</em></p><p></p><p>7. Who provides the concrete generator pad? We don't see it in the sitework price schedule. </p><p></p><p><em style=\"color: black;\">The public water supply contractor in accordance with with bid item 16.</em></p><p></p><p>8. Who provides the crushed stone surfacing inside the plant fence? Is the all-weather access road on PWS Figure 3 the same as the sitework contractor's concrete drive paving inside the yard? </p><p></p><p><em style=\"color: black;\">See bid item 10.</em></p><p></p><p>9. Please confirm the intruder-resistant fence and gate (Section 02825) are by the PWS contractor, and who sets the gate location relative to the drive paving. </p><p></p><p><em style=\"color: black;\">See Bid item 10.</em></p><p></p><p>10. Where exactly does the PWS yard piping end and WL-A Sta 0+00 begin? Who furnishes the valve at that connection, and who is responsible for pressure testing and disinfection across it? </p><p></p><p><em style=\"color: black;\">See Figure 4</em></p><p></p><p>11. Do the sitework water lines replace all of the distribution piping shown on PWS Figure 3 (approx. 820 LF<em style=\"color: black;\"> of 3</em><span style=\"color: black;\">", 160 LF of 4" and the 6" sewer crossing sleeve)? </span></p><p></p><p><em style=\"color: black;\">Yes</em></p><p></p><p>12. The 2" fire tank fill lines come off the existing domestic wells. Please confirm they have no connection to the PWS, and who is responsible for the air gap or backflow protection. </p><p></p><p><em>Correct</em></p><p></p><p>13. Please confirm the PWS contractor furnishes and installs the four fire tank level transducers (BC001-01002AA-40, sheet E2.1 note 2). Will Aquamate make the tank penetrations? </p><p></p><p><em>No</em></p><p></p><p>14. Should the PWS contractor provide its own temporary power and water, or can it use the sitework contractor's? </p><p></p><p><em>The PWS Contractor is expected to provide their own temporary power and water.</em></p><p></p><p></p><p>15. Well pump: the drawings and the 2022 TCEQ letter show a Grundfos 22SQ10-190, spec 2.12 lists a Grundfos 45S20-5, and the state well report shows no pump data. Which pump is installed, and is any well or pump work included in the PWS scope? </p><p></p><p><em>22SQ10-190 Is currently in the well. No well pump work this scope.</em></p><p></p><p>16. Booster pumps: the design report shows 70 gpm and Figure 6 shows 75 gpm at 130 ft TDH. Which governs? Will a Grundfos or Pentair equal to the Goulds 3656 be accepted? 17. Chlorination: spec 2.8 calls for one Stenner 85MHP40 and a 30 gallon solution tank. Figure 6 shows two pumps and a 15 gallon tank. Which governs? </p><p></p><p><em>Equivalent products will be evaluated during the submittal process by the successful bidder.</em></p><p><em>Provide two stenner 85nhp40’s and a 30 gallon tank.</em></p><p></p><p>18. Low pressure alarm switch: Figure 6 shows 32/38 psi and Figure 7 shows 35/40 psi. Which is correct? </p><p></p><p><em>32/38</em></p><p></p><p>19. The PWS plans show an Air-Rite Whitewater D610HP and the electrical plans add a separate air compressor. Are both required? </p><p></p><p><em>They are the same air compressor.</em></p><p></p><p>20. Figure 5 note 6 says storage tanks and pressure facilities must be enclosed in a building and kept locked. Figure 4 shows the ground storage tank and pressure tank outside the building. Is a location inside the intruder-resistant fence acceptable, or does the pressure tank need to be inside the building? </p><p></p><p><em>Disregard said note.</em></p><p></p><p>21. Is the pump/chlorination building shown on PWS Figure 4 part of the PWS contractor's scope, including the slab? If so, please provide building dimensions and any heating or freeze protection requirements. Spec 2.13 mentions both a chlorination building and a tank building. Is that one building or two? </p><p></p><p><em>See bid Item 9</em></p><p></p><p>22. Does the 4" blank liner in spec 2.3 apply to the existing well? </p><p></p><p><em>Yes</em></p><p></p><p>23. Does the February 2025 36 hour pump test satisfy spec 3.2.A? Is the sand content test in spec 3.2.D still required? </p><p></p><p><em>Yes</em></p><p><em>Sand spec is no longer required.</em></p><p></p><p>24. Control approach: PWS Figure 7 shows an integrated control panel. Sheet E3.0 shows individual combination starters and a PLC-based RTU. Which governs? If the RTU handles the Figure 7 control logic, who provides the sequence of operation? </p><p></p><p><em>Default to Electrical plans</em></p><p></p><p>25. Sheet E1.4 calls for tying into an existing master terminal unit with VTS SCADA software and an InSQL historian over 900 MHz radio. Is there an existing master unit on site? If not, is the PWS contractor expected to furnish the master unit, HMI software and historian, or only the RTU? Is cellular telemetry acceptable? </p><p></p><p><em>Cellular telemetry is acceptable, the basis of design is to have an Maple Systems IPC running VTSCADA at the RTU, this would allow owner to access status from remote locations and the autodialer for alarm callout. If the owner does not want/need historical data, then a switch to a standard Maple Systems HMI and EasyAccess would allow remote operation but no historian.</em></p><p></p><p>26. Sheet E1.4 specifies an Allen-Bradley Micro 870, while the RTU detail on E6.0 shows a Micro 850. Which governs? </p><p></p><p><em>Micro850 </em></p><p></p><p>27. E6.0 notes 9 and 10 have the electrical contractor furnishing the UPS and PLC, but E1.4 makes the SCADA integrator responsible for the complete system. Who furnishes the RTU hardware? </p><p></p><p><em>Integrator should furnish UPS And PLC with the RTU.</em></p><p></p><p>28. For a SCADA integrator not on the pre-approved list, when is the qualifications package due? E1.4 ties the deadline to the bid opening date. </p><p></p><p><em style=\"color: black;\">Equivalents will be evaluated as a submittal during the construction phase of the project.</em></p><p></p><p>29. The ATS spec lists ASCO but also says the ATS is to be supplied by the generator manufacturer. Will a Cummins or Generac ATS be accepted? </p><p></p><p><em style=\"color: black;\">Equivalents will be evaluated as a submittal during the construction phase of the project.</em></p><p></p><p>30. Please confirm the pressure switch model number called out on sheet E2.2 note 8. </p><p></p><p><em>MERCOID EDAW-N1E1-06T1</em></p><p></p><p>31. Please confirm the autodialer manufacturer and model called out on sheet E3.0 note 11. </p><p></p><p><em>E3.0 and E4.1 call out a Cattron – Aquavx, I/O list in drawings for I/O count.</em></p><p></p><p>32. E6.0 note 3 refers to a lift station sequence of operation provided by the civil engineer. Will a sequence of operation be issued for the water plant? </p><p></p><p><em style=\"color: black;\">That’s a typo. For questions relating to the PWS, please see the PWS request for bid and associated bid documents, available through CivCast at:</em></p><p><em style=\"color: black;\"><a href=\"https://app.civcast.com/bid-opportunities/projects/6aaae19e070a2ef9529e7711/summary\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://app.civcast.com/bid-opportunities/projects/6aaae19e070a2ef9529e7711/summary</a></em></p><p></p><p>33. What are the anticipated NTP and completion dates for the PWS work? </p><p></p><p><em>November 2026 NTP</em></p><p><em>Complete for payment 300 days thereafter, However if material lead times are excessive, change orders for time will certainly be considered.</em></p><p></p><p>34. How should the PWS electrical work outside the fence be sequenced with the sitework trenching so conduit can be installed before backfill? </p><p></p><p><em>PWS contractor will handle their own trenching and backfilling.</em></p>""940e042b-c436-4494-a437-69ffed390c50""2026-09-30T21:07:17.128Z"false"<p>The pre-bid sign-in sheet has been uploaded.</p>""b9b7996f-a56a-4eb2-954f-cbb5e26c65d5""2026-09-30T14:56:28.932Z"false"<p>No. </p>""e2bc61fc-459f-4464-a92b-f84655928930""2026-09-30T21:07:39.122Z"false"<p>The owner has not authorized us to provide a cost estimate to bidders.</p>""fb5b4b7e-7cb9-4f51-85d5-bc33e25e9374""2026-10-09T16:24:04.224Z"false"<p>Material and density testing would be paid for by the contractor.</p>""145fb322-75b8-47ed-b750-34a4a283d247""2026-10-09T16:24:40.281Z"false"<p>No. Build America, Buy America (BABA) requirements do not apply to this project.</p>""f9843e76-1105-4022-b11b-66371a93918e""2026-10-09T16:25:51.317Z"false"<p>There will be no working hour or working day restrictions for this project.</p>""144407f8-f575-4b1d-991d-442f0d8e2e35""2026-10-09T16:26:44.244Z"false"<p>Yes, the contractor is required to haul-off all spoils.</p><p></p>""43efd7de-2498-4b7d-adb9-fb6c5ca98fe6""2026-10-09T16:24:59.657Z"false"<p>The approved plans do not include a permanent spoil disposal site, so excess material must be hauled off</p><p></p>""c6e5c1ed-068c-440d-b271-a70d5af77ae6""2026-10-09T16:25:13.768Z"falseMost Texas work asks for the two below, and the solicitation documents are where it’s stated. One prequalification covers both — on this bid and the next.
A surety’s written statement that it expects to bond you up to a stated amount, subject to final underwriting. It’s what a GC or agency asks to see before they take your bid seriously.
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