00020 - ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS: Sealed proposals for the Park Street – Shanklin Avenue to Florida Street Water Main Replacement project will be received by the Evansville Water and Sewer Utility, Evansville, Indiana at the Sunrise Pump Station, located at 1200 Waterworks Road, Evansville, Indiana 47708 until 3:00 p.m., local time, on Tuesday, November 18, 2025. Bids are to be placed in a drop box* located outside of Room 100 at the EWSU offices in the Civic Center Complex at 1 NW Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard until approximately 2:20pm local time. (*If drop box is locked, approximately 40 minutes prior to the scheduled meeting, the bid will only be accepted by an EWSU staff member in the scheduled meeting room prior to the scheduled meeting time.) Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Any bids received later than the above time and date will be returned unopened. No conditional bids will be considered. The work for which bids are to be received consists of: The water main replacement in Park Street from Shanklin Avenue to Florida Street with section tie-ins along the east and west portion of Florida Street. This project includes the abandonment and grout filling of approximately 2460 LF of existing 6-inch, 8-inch and 12-inch water main with approximately 1150 LF of 8-inch and 12-inch PVC C-900 pipe. This project also includes the installation of approximately 90 LF of jack and bore crossing at the CSX railroad located at M.P 287 along Park Street. Work shall also include all supervision, equipment, traffic control, granular backfill, pavement restoration (milling included), flushing, disinfecting, testing and all appurtenances necessary to complete the work shown in the Drawings and Specifications. All work must be ready for satisfactory and continuous operation, in accordance with the Drawings and Specifications. The above referenced project description includes items that are part of the Itemized Base Bid. The Contractor shall be responsible for all work shown on the plans and described in the specifications pertaining to the Itemized Base Bid, regardless of the installation method chosen. The Evansville Water and Sewer Utility further reserves the right to waive informalities, and to award the contract to the lowest and most responsible bidder (or bidders), all to the advantage of the Evansville Water and Sewer Utility, or to reject all Proposals. A Mandatory Pre-bid meeting will be held at 10:00 am, local time, on Tuesday, October 28th, 2025, virtually via an online meeting platform or phone conference. Instructions for virtual access will be provided in advance of meeting through a notification to both known plan holders and external plan rooms. Email questions regarding virtual access to eplans@ewsu.com. The contract documents, including plans and specifications, are on file at the Evansville Water and Sewer Utility, 1 NW Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Evansville, Indiana 47708, and may be secured from the Utility by submitting a Project Access request form through https://ewsu.com/forms/project-access. If you have additional questions regarding the access process, please email eplans@ewsu.com. Dated this the 14th day of October 2025 BOARD OF DIRECTORS EVANSVILLE WATER AND SEWER UTILITY: Steven Heidorn, President Andrew Angel, Member Karma Johnson, Member Chris Rutledge, Member Marco L. DeLucio, Board Attorney ATTEST: Board Secretary Evansville Courier Press October 17, 2025 & October 24, 2025 HSPAXLP