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Tighe&Bond

HOLYOKE WATER WORKS

HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed Bids for the construction of the “Water Street Water Main Project” will be received by the Holyoke Water Works at 20 Commercial Street, Holyoke, MA 01040 until 1:00 p.m. local time on January 3, 2024. The Bid Opening will follow at 2:00 p.m. at the Holyoke Water Treatment Plant at 600 Westfield Road, Holyoke, MA, at which time the Bids received will be publicly opened and read. Sealed Bids must have outer envelope marked as “Water Street Water Main Project.”

The work consists of approximately 2,700 linear feet of 12-inch diameter ductile iron water main, new valves, hydrants, and associated connections, and surface restoration. The work also includes approximately 100 linear feet of above-grade water main penstock crossing. Bids shall be on a unit price basis, with additive alternate bid items as indicated in the Bid Form.

All Bids for this project are subject to the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 30, Section 39M as amended.

Bidding Documents may be obtained electronically from the Tighe & Bond website at: http://www.tighebond.com/Projects_Out_to_Bid.php Prospective bidders must complete a one-time registration process on the web site in order to receive log-in credentials. Bidders must log in to the web site to download bidding documents for the project. Bidders will be added to the “planholders” or prospective bidders list upon downloading the bidding documents for the project. Bidding documents may also be examined at the office of Tighe & Bond, Inc., 53 Southampton Road, Westfield, Massachusetts between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, legal holidays excluded.

A bid deposit shall be furnished in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders.

The time period for holding Bids, where Federal approval is not required is 30 days, Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays excluded, after opening of Bids and where Federal approval is required, the time period for holding Bids is 30 days, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays excluded after Federal approval.

This Contract contains price adjustments for hot mix asphalt mixes, diesel fuel, gasoline, and Portland cement contained in concrete. See Section 01270 for payment procedures and base prices for this Project.

Minimum Wage Rates as determined by the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner of Department of Workforce Development under the provision of the Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 149, Section 26 to 27D, as amended, apply to this project. It is the responsibility of the Contractor, before Bid opening, to request if necessary, any additional information on Minimum Wage Rates for those trades people who may be employed for the proposed Work under this Contract.

Federal Minimum Wage Rates as determined by the United States Department of Labor under the Davis-Bacon Act also apply to this project.

This project is to be funded in part by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). Contract Documents contains the funding program construction contract requirements, all of which shall be applicable to this Contract.

A non-mandatory pre-Bid conference will be held at the Holyoke Water Treatment Plant at 600 Westfield Road, Holyoke, MA on Thursday, December 14, 2023 at 2:00 P.M.

HOLYOKE WATER WORKS, HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS

Consulting Engineer:

Tighe & Bond, Inc.

53 Southampton Road Westfield, MA 01085 413-562-1600

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