Projects and Materials

Quotations
For projects and purchases below $20,000, the NKWD will solicit quotations.  The District will contact suitable contractors or vendors from firms completing the Automatic Notifications for Bids and Services process or from a list developed following a formally advertised Request for Quotations.  These projects and materials are not formally advertised and bid, but the District may post a notice on its website.

Sealed Bids
For projects and purchases $20,000 or greater, the NKWD will formally advertise and accept sealed bids.  The District will attempt to contact all contractors or vendors who have completed the Automatic Notifications for Bids and Services process for the appropriate category and post a notice on its website.

The following is a representative list of projects and materials:

• Aggregate
• Asphalt
• Concrete (flowable fill & Class A)
• Copper Pipe
• Distribution Inventory Materials (valves, tees, retainer glands, service saddles & settings, meter vaults & extensions, meter covers, regulators, hydrants, fittings, clamps, couplings, ductile iron)
• IT Hardware/Software
• Laboratory Equipment and Supplies
• Meters
• New Water Service Installation
• Office Supplies
• Restoration (topsoil, seed & straw)
• Tank Painting
• Tires
• Uniforms
• Vehicles
• Water Main Construction
• Water Treatment Chemicals
• Water Treatment Plant Construction

Firms are encouraged to complete the process for Automatic Notifications for Bids and Services and to visit the Current Procurement Items list to view projects and materials for which the NKWD is seeking quotations or sealed bids.