By Myrna Trauntvein
TN Correspondent
The Nebo Heights Sewer Lining Project (2026 Sewer Rehabilitation Project) bid for the work to be done by the low bidder was approved by Nephi City Council. “Nephi City has been in the design and bid document preparation portion of the 2026 Sewer Rehabilitation Project to address critical deterioration in its existing 8-inch diameter reinforced concrete sewer system, originally installed in 1978,” said Seth Atkinson, city administrator. He said that the affected sewer segment spans approximately 7,200 linear feet, contained within the Nebo Heights subdivision. The work will be performed between July 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 with the substantial completion date being no later than October 16, 2026, and completed and ready for final payment no later than October 30, 2026. Recently the project was opened to receive bids and Kyle Marchant, Public Works Director, has been working on the project. “Nephi City has received and reviewed bids for the 2026 Sewer Rehabilitation Project,” said Atkinson. “All the bids came in under the engineering estimate of $1 million.” The bids were as follows: Red Pine Construction $682,882, B & F Contracting $846,866.18, and C and L Water Solutions, Inc. $1,086,114. Bowen Collins & Associates, the city’s representative engineer for the project, has also reviewed the bids, and the qualification of each of the contractors. “Based on the Nephi City Staff and Bowen Collins and Associates’ review and their engineering expertise in sewer lining projects, the city staff is recommending that the project be awarded to the low bid contractor Red Pine,” said Atkinson. “On May 26, 2026, bids were received by Nephi City (City) for the 2026 Sewer Rehabilitation Project,” wrote Steven Meyer, P.E., Project Manager for Bowen Collins and Associates. “Three contractors submitted bids. Bowen Collins and Associates (BC&A) has reviewed and tabulated each bid in accordance with the requirements set forth in the Instructions to Bidders in the Contract Documents.” All bids were complete and responsive, and there were no apparent errors in any of the bids submitted. Based on the final bid tabulation, it is recommended that the city award the contract for construction of the Project to the low bidder, Red Pine Construction, LLC, for $682,882. A copy of the Notice of Award was enclosed for execution by the city. Also enclosed were copies of the Agreement, Performance Bond, and Payment Bond for execution by the Contractor and then the city. The Work of this Contract consists of the rehabilitation of approximately 6,500 linear feet of 8-inch vitrified clay pipe (VCP) using CIPP liners with ultraviolet curing method, approximately 101 sewer lateral reinstatements, Liningapproximately 323 linear feet of new 8-inch PVC installed via open cut, one open cut point repair, landscape restoration, sewer bypass pumping and associated work. “At Nebo Heights, the utilities were all located at the back of the yards,” said Atkinson. “At no other place in Nephi is that the case.” He said that the sewer pipe there was concrete and was aging and crumbling. He said the back yard location had been an experiment that had proved more difficult to maintain and, rather than dig lots up with trenching, removal and reconstruction, the new method had been decided upon by the council. Atkinson said that Red Pine would come in with a plastic pipe insert that is flat, they will send that down the sewer line, then inflate it and treat it with ultraviolet curing which would harden the plastic. JD Parady, council member, made the motion to award the 2026 Sewer Rehabilitation Project bid to Red Pine Construction in the amount of $682,882. Shari Cowan, council member, made the second and all voted in favor.
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