Request for Proposal

Sealed proposals for Professional Engineering Services will be received at the Houlton Water Company, 21 Bangor Street, Houlton, Maine 04730 until 3:00 P.M. local time on Thursday, May 1, 2025.

The Houlton Water Company (HWC) is a municipality owned utility that provides water, sewer and electrical service to the Town of Houlton and several surrounding communities in southern Aroostook County, Maine.  HWC owns and operates the wastewater collection and treatment systems that serve Houlton.

HWC is soliciting a Request for Proposals (RFP) from professional engineering firms for services to include, mechanical and electrical design and specifications for the replacement of all mechanical equipment for the two (2) final clarifiers (settling tanks 1 &2), two (2) raw wastewater pumps (#2 & #4) with variable frequency drives (VFD), installation design for three (3) return activated sludge return pumps with VFDs and the installation design for one (1) effluent flushing pump.

Proposals shall be submitted in writing and signed by the proposer or a duly authorized agent. All proposals shall be submitted in sealed envelopes and marked on the outside with “PROPOSAL – POTW CLARIFIER REHAB & PUMP REPLACEMENT ENGINEERING SERVICES” and with the name of the proposer.

The Houlton Water Company reserves the right to waive any formality or any informality in the process of awarding this proposal. The Houlton Water Company reserves the right to accept any proposal, in whole or in part, and to reject any or all proposals if it is deemed in the best interest of the Houlton Water Company to do so.

To obtain a copy of the Proposed Scope of Services and Requirements, contact Kirk Ball, PE, Acheron Engineering, LLC via email kball@acheronengineering.com.  A site visit can be schedule by contacting Will Hogan via email whogan@hwco.org.

 HOULTON WATER COMPANY

“Special Meeting”

NOTICE

Meeting to consider the 2022 American Rescue Plan Act Grant Award Contract Agreement Extension.

Notice is hereby given that the Houlton Water Company (HWC) will hold a special meeting of the directors on Friday December 8^th, 2023 at 12:00 P.M., at the HWC offices located at 21 Bangor Street, Houlton, Maine.

Following the executive session, the Board will return to the public meeting, which will be open to the public and all ratepayers or other interested parties wishing to attend.

Gregory F. Sherman, General Manager

Houlton Water Company

On May 15^th at 1:00am the Houlton Water Company will be taking a system wide outage to switch from the Emera Maine Transmission system to the New Brunswick Power Transmission System.  We anticipate that the outage will last no more than 3 hours and the bulk of customer are expected to have power restored by 4:00 am on May 15^th.  It is important to note that this switchover is happening in the middle of the night, early Friday morning, to limit inconvenience to our customers.  HWC wants to thank its customers for its patience as we finalize the interconnection to NB Power.