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Purchasing Categories

Engineering capital construction and design 

Denver Water also solicits bids from various contractors for construction projects, listed below. For more information, please contact us

Civil infrastructure general contractor

  • Civil — pipelines  
  • Civil — vaults 
  • Landscaping, fencing and irrigation 
  • Roofing 
  • Structural repair 
  • Tunneling  
  • Subcontractors: 
    • Horizontal direction drilling  
    • Dewatering systems 
    • Traffic control, paving, restoration 

Water treatment general contractor 

Water treatment plant and pump stations

Heavy civil general contractor (dams, etc.)

  • Geotechnical — micropiles, MSE walls and rock stabilization 
  • Earthwork 
  • Slurry walls 

Electrical general contractor

  • Cathodic protection 
  • Industrial painting and polymeric protective coatings 
  • Electrical – commercial, industrial facilities 
  • Subcontractors: 
    • Instrumentation and control 
    • Communications 
    • Fire alarm 
    • Systems analysis 
    • Security 
    • Electrical systems commissioning 
    • Power generation/industrial 

Mechanical general contractor — pump stations, valves

  • Millwright 
  • HVAC 
  • Plumbing 

Operational purchases 

Denver Water solicits bids for a variety of services and products for everyday operational needs, listed below. For more information, please contact us. 

Information Technology

  • Cyber Security 
  • Hardware 
  • Services 

Services — maintenance  

  • Directional boring  
  • Hauling 
  • Janitorial 
  • Landscaping 
  • Mobile refueling 
  • Portable toilets 
  • Recreation site maintenance 
  • Roadway construction — paving 
  • Snow removal 
  • Street sweeping 
  • Stormwater management 
  • Traffic control 

Materials and equipment 

  • Industrial maintenance supplies 
  • Materials for water distribution system (engineering approved) 
  • Medical clinic supplies 
  • Personal protective equipment (PPE) 

Services — business 

  • Cafeteria food services 
  • Catering services 
  • Environmental services 
  • Financial services 
  • Graphic design services 
  • Human Resource services 
  • Linguistics services 
  • Marketing and advertising services 
  • Clinic physician services 
  • Physical security services 

Waste disposal 

  • Composting 
  • Electronic recycling 
  • Hazardous waste 
  • Medical waste  
  • Single stream recycling 
  • Trash 

Water treatment 

  • Chemicals 
  • Water quality laboratory testing or supplies