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Bid Title

Request for Proposals – CM/GC Services For The Advanced Water Purification Demonstration Facility and Conservation Garden Project

Issuing Agency

Washington County Water Conservancy District

Location

Utah

Published Date

May 28, 2026

Closing Date

Jun 24, 2026

Government Level

State & Local

Status

Closed

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Project Description

Request for Proposals - CM/GC Services For The Advanced Water Purification Demonstration Facility and Conservation Garden Project

PUBLIC NOTICE:  REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR CM/GC SERVICES FOR THE ADVANCED WATER PURIFICATION DEMONSTRATION FACILITY and CONSERVATION GARDEN PROJECT The Washington County Water Conservancy District (district) is seeking proposals for Construction Manager/General Contractor Services for the Advanced Water Purification Demonstration Facility and Conservation Garden Project. A copy of the Request for Proposals is available at wcwcd.gov/procurement/ . Anon-mandatory pre-proposal meeting will be held at the Washington County Water Conservancy District office, located at 533 East Waterworks Drive, St. George, Utah, 84770, on Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026, 10:00am . Proposals must be received by the district no later thanWednesday, June 24th, 2026, 5:00 pm. The district will manage this solicitation through the Kahua Online Bid Room application (Kahua). The district strongly prefers that submissions and questions be made through Kahua. Please see the Request for Proposals for instructions on accessing Kahua. Vendors who are unable to use Kahua may submit responses to the solicitation via email. Questions regarding this solicitation should be addressed to Dinah Neumann by phone at (435) 673-3617 (office) or email at dinah@wcwcd.gov .

Project Information
Project Type	Request for Proposals (RFP)
Project Manager	Dinah Neumann (Dinah@wcwcd.gov) Send Email
Project Description	Washington County Water Conservancy District (district) is a water conservancy district organized and existing under the Utah Water Conservancy District Act. The district is seeking proposals from qualified vendors to provide Construction Manager/General Contractor (CM/GC) services for the Advanced Water Purification (AWP) Demonstration Facility and Conservation Garden Project (procurement item). The project is a component of the Regional Reuse Purification System (system). More information on the system can be found at wcwcd.gov/reuse . The anticipated CM/GC scope of work is attached and incorporated as Attachment A. The district has already procured an architect for the design of the procurement item, and has completed a preliminary design report (PDR). The PDR is available HERE for review. The district has received federal funding for portions of the system as part of the Bureau of Reclamation’s Large-Scale Water Recycling Program (Funding Opportunity No. R23AS00433) and is required to develop projects through a series of review stages prior to the release of funds allocated for the system. A description of the design deliverables and required review stages for this project is attached and incorporated as Attachment B.
Consultant(s)	N/A
Open	May 27, 2026
Close	June 24, 2026 5:00 pm
Vendor(s)	N/A

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

CONSTRUCTION MANAGER/

GENERAL CONTRACTOR SERVICES

ADVANCED WATER PURIFICATION

DEMONSTRATION FACILITY AND

CONSERVATION GARDEN PROJECT

INTRODUCTION

Washington County Water Conservancy District (district) is a water conservancy district

organized and existing under the Utah Water Conservancy District Act.

The district is seeking proposals from qualified vendors to provide Construction

Manager/General Contractor (CM/GC) services for the Advanced Water Purification (AWP)

Demonstration Facility and Conservation Garden Project (procurement item). The project is

a component of the Regional Reuse Purification System (system). More information on the

system can be found at wcwcd.gov/reuse. The anticipated CM/GC scope of work is attached

and incorporated as Attachment A. The district has already procured an architect for the

design of the procurement item, and has completed a preliminary design report (PDR). The

PDR is available HERE for review.

The district has received federal funding for portions of the system as part of the Bureau of

Reclamation’s Large-Scale Water Recycling Program (Funding Opportunity No.

R23AS00433) and is required to develop projects through a series of review stages prior to

the release of funds allocated for the system. A description of the design deliverables and

required review stages for this project is attached and incorporated as Attachment B.

The following contains information relating to the procurement item required and describes

the criteria and selection process the district will use to select a vendor.

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION

Proposals must be received by the district no later than Wednesday, June 24th,

2026, 5:00 pm.. The Cost Proposal (complete and submit Exhibit A – Proposed Project Cost

Form provided as Attachment C) must be separate from the Service Proposal.

Service Proposals are limited to a total of 15 pages, excluding one cover page, a table of

contents, letters of recommendation, and resumes. One page is considered the equivalent of

a single side of an 8.5”x11” piece of paper. One side of an 11”x17” page counts as two pages.

Proposals must have 1” margins and a minimum font size of eleven.

The district’s strong preference is that vendors submit proposals digitally via the district’s

online project management system software platform Kahua. Kahua is a third-party software

platform that has a Bid Room application that manages procurement solicitations and meets

federal security requirements.

Submitting via Kahua Bid Room

To obtain access to the Kahua Bid Room, email the district’s procurement manager Dinah

Neumann at dinah@wcwcd.gov and include the solicitation title in the subject line. Include

the name and contact information of the individual who will be entering data in Kahua on

behalf of your organization. IMPORTANT: Carefully select the person who will perform the

administrative task of entering data and responses, because Kahua limits each organization

to a single authorized representative for security purposes.

The individual you designate will receive an email invitation from Kahua that will allow

access to Kahua’s Bid Room by either registering as a new user or logging in if you already

have an existing Kahua account.

Information regarding how to use Kahua’s Bid Room application to respond to solicitations

and ask questions can be found in the Guide for Vendors: Using the Kahua Bid Room to

Respond to Solicitations and Ask Procurement Questions at wcwcd.gov/procurement.

For technical help regarding Kahua, email kahua@wcwcd.gov.

Submitting via Email

The proposal should be submitted in the Kahua Bid Room. However, if you are unable to

submit your proposal through the Kahua Bid Room, you may submit it in portable document

format (PDF) via email to dinah@wcwcd.gov. The Cost Proposal must be attached in a

separate PDF from the Service Proposal. The email must clearly identify: 1) Name of

vendor, 2) Contact information of vendor, 3) that it contains a PROPOSAL FOR CMGC

SERVICES, and 4) why the submittal had to be done by email rather than through Kahua.

Vendors are encouraged to submit early to allow time for potential technical delays. Late

submissions, including those delayed by technical issues, will not be accepted. Vendors are

solely responsible for ensuring their proposals are submitted on time. The district assumes

no responsibility for delays or other failures, whether caused by internet

disruption, system failure, or any other event.

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QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SOLICITATION

The due date for questions regarding the solicitation is Wednesday, June 17th, 2026, 5:00

pm. The district strongly prefers that vendors submit questions through the Q&A section of

the Kahua Bid Room, because the software keeps a record of each question and answer and

shares them with all vendors in a timely and uniform basis. Although vendors may submit

multiple questions, Kahua processes each question and answer individually.

If you are unable to submit questions through the Kahua Bid Room, you may submit

questions via email to dinah@wcwcd.gov.

For technical help regarding Kahua, email kahua@wcwcd.gov.

PRE-PROPOSAL MEETING

A non-mandatory pre-proposal meeting will be held at the district on Wednesday, June 3rd,

2026, 10:00 am. At the meeting, the district will review the proposed scope of work, project

schedule, and share preliminary design information for both the building and the

demonstration equipment. CM/GC firms interested in submitting a proposal are strongly

encouraged to attend. The district’s address can be found in the Contact Information section

of this document below.

RFP ANTICIPATED TIMELINE

ITEM

RFP Posting Date:

Pre-Proposal Meeting Date:

Questions Due Date:

Submissions Due Date:

Evaluation Phase Complete:

Scoping and Contracting Phase Complete:

Board Approval:

Vendors Notified of Award:

Notice to Proceed:

DUE DATE

May 27, 2026

June 3, 2026

June 17, 2026

June 24, 2026

June 30, 2026

July 3, 2026

July 6, 2026

July 7, 2026

July 13, 2026

AGREEMENT

The district’s Agreement, which includes its standard terms and conditions, is linked and

incorporated HERE and as Attachment D. Any exceptions to the terms, conditions, or

requirements found in the Agreement must be submitted with the vendor’s proposal. Such

exceptions will be considered in the evaluation and award process. Excessive exceptions or

exceptions that materially change the district’s standard terms and conditions may result in

the proposal being deemed non-responsive. The district shall be the sole determiner of the

acceptability of any exception. The district reserves the right to modify the Agreement prior

to execution.

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The district’s Request for Proposals does not obligate the district to award any contract or to

pay any costs incurred in the preparation of a proposal, interview, or associated materials.

Renewal Conditions

The Agreement may not continue or be renewed for any year after the first year of the

contract if adequate funds are not appropriated or otherwise available to continue or renew

the Agreement.

A multi-year contract that is funded solely or in part by federal funds may only be continued

or renewed for any year after the first year if the portion of the contract that is to be funded

by funds of a public entity are appropriated, adequate federal funds are expected to be

appropriated by and received from the federal government and the federal government

permits continuation or renewal. If the anticipated federal funds are not appropriated or

received, the Agreement may be cancelled or suspended without penalty.

UTAH GOVERNMENT RECORDS ACCESS AND MANAGEMENT ACT

The district is subject to the Utah Government Records Access and Management Act, Utah

Code Ann. § 63G-2-101, et. seq. (GRAMA). All proposals are ordinarily public documents once

an award is made. A vendor who desires to request protected status of any information

submitted in the proposal is responsible to understand and implement any protection

provided by GRAMA. The district will not be bound by any instructions contained in the

proposal, but rather, will only be governed by GRAMA and district GRAMA policies. Below

is the information and processes regarding how to submit a request for Business

Confidentiality with your RFP submission.

Business Confidentiality

In accordance with State Law, all files submitted in response to a procurement (Bids, SOQs,

RFPs, etc..) are a public record and are subject to public review upon request. However, a

vendor may request that portions of their submission containing trade secrets or certain

commercial or financial information identified in Utah Code §63G-2-305(1)–(2) be classified

as a protected record by complying with Utah Code §63G-2-309(1). Protected records are

not generally available to the public except under certain circumstances.

To request the protected classification, the firm must provide the District with a written

claim of business confidentiality indicating what parts of their submission it would like to be

classified as protected, along with a concise statement of reasons supporting the claim of

business confidentiality. The WCWCD Claim of Business Confidentiality form is attached

and incorporated as Attachment E.

If making a claim of business confidentiality, submission should include a set of unredacted

files and a set of redacted files, with the confidentiality form attached. Please note that the

submission cannot be fully redacted. Washington County Water Conservancy District will

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not redact a proposal on behalf of a claimant if they fail to upload a redacted copy of their

proposal.

CERTIFICATION

By submitting a proposal, the vendor certifies and represents that it has:

• read and understands the Request for Proposals and its associated documents;

• become familiar with the conditions which might directly or indirectly affect the

delivery of the services outlined in the Scope of Work;

• identified any questions or concerns regarding the services outlined in the Scope of

Work and ensured that all questions are fully clarified to its satisfaction;

• the ability and qualifications to provide the services outlined in the Scope of Work;

and

• determined that the Request for Proposals and its associated documents are sufficient

to determine the cost for the services outlined in the Scope of Work, enter into the

Agreement, and provide the services outlined in the Scope of Work.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Washington County Water Conservancy District

ATTN: Dinah Neumann

533 E. Waterworks Drive

St. George, Utah 84770

(435) 673-3617 (office)

dinah@wcwcd.gov

www.wcwcd.gov

PROPOSAL MINIMUM REQUIRED CONTENT

This Request for Proposals is designed to provide vendors with sufficient basic information

to submit proposals meeting minimum requirements. It is not intended to limit a proposal’s

content or exclude any relevant or essential data. Vendors are at liberty to expand upon the

specifications to show relevant capability. Additional information to clarify responses may be

requested before selecting the vendor. At minimum, the proposal must contain a Service

Proposal and Cost Proposal as outlined below.

Vendors must demonstrate the following:

• Provide pre-construction services to the architect, engineer and district and provide

subsequent construction services.

• Develop and maintain project work plans, schedules, and progress documentation.

• Implement quality management and health & safety plans.

• Prepare a preliminary and final GMP to construct the overall project.

• Provide recommendations to the district regarding possible phasing and early

procurement of long lead items.

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Commodity Codes

• NAICS 221310Water Supply and Irrigation Systems
• NAICS 236220Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
• NAICS 541330Engineering Services
• NAICS 541611Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
• NAICS 561210Facilities Support Services

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