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Invitation for Bids Conduit Proofing, Labeling and Correction at Various BHA Sites

BHA Project No.: 2468-01

The Boston Housing Authority invites sealed bids from qualified Contractors for conduit proofing, labeling and correction at various BHA sites, including South Street, Archdale, West Broadway Apartments, West Broadway Homes, Alice H.

Taylor Apartments, Ruth Lillian Barkley Apartments; and the Heritage Apartments in Boston, MA.

The Project consists of performing a proofing procedure that will determine the usability of Comcast OSP conduit pathways from the City of Boston Municipal Network (BoNet) point of presence (POP) at each Boston Housing Authority site to each building that comprises the site. The base scope of work includes: 1) Reviewing the draft engineering designs for each site that detail the OSP ingress/egress locations identified during recent site surveys; 2) Conducting survey to determine the viability of a pathway and capture the conduit size, footage, and current fill ration; and 3) taping conduit.

The contractor will proof conduit and survey vaults, install 1800LB mule tape in passable conduits, share survey information on unpassable conduits with the BHA project team and execute agreed-upon remediations where necessary.

Conduit proofing will support fiber optic cabling being installed for a residential in-unit wireless access project.

Additional services to remediate issues with existing conduit may be provided at unit prices.

Site Descriptions:

Site Name Address Buildings Alice H. Taylor Apartments 260M Ruggles Street, Roxbury, MA 02120

Archdale 120 Brookway Road, Roslindale, MA 02131

Heritage 209 Sumner St, East Boston, MA 02128

Ruth L. Barkley Apartments 1472R Washington St, Boston, MA, 02118

South Street 15 St. Rose St., Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

West Broadway Apartments 81 Orton Marotta Way, South Boston, MA 02127

West Broadway Homes 73 Crowley Rogers Way, South Boston, MA 02127

The work for all seven (7) sites is estimated to cost $50,000 for the base scope, with unit-based pricing for work to mitigate issues identified during conduit proofing. Bidders should include quotes with hourly rates for additional support services over the implementation of the project. Bids are subject to M.G.L. 30B (1) and M.G.L. 30(B) 5. Any work determined to be construction is subject to prevailing wage.

General bids will be received until August 24, 2026 by 11:00 AM and publicly opened, forthwith. All bids should be delivered to 52 Chauncy Street, Boston, MA 02111 and received no later than the date & time specified above.

Questions may be submitted to bids@bostonhousing.org until August 14, 2026.

The bid package is available through https://bostonhousing.org/en/Bid-Opportunities/Current-Bid-Opportunities.aspx