26-45_Apr_13_26_solicitation_doc.pdf

This is an Invitation to Bid (ITB) solicitation issued by the City of Norwich on behalf of Norwich Public Utilities (NPU) for maintenance and repair work on the Greeneville Dam and associated canal located on the Shetucket River in Norwich, Connecticut. The 401-foot dam requires specialized repair services including removal and replacement of upstream face planking, dam spillway planking, and concrete-encased cribbing timbers with hold-down pins, as well as repairs to canal sections encompassing gates, spillways, stone masonry work, and earthen walls. Estimated annual work includes approximately 100 feet of dam repair and 50 feet of canal repair, with unit pricing quantities including 600 square feet of spillway planking installation, 250 square feet of vertical spillway planking, 800 linear feet of cribbing installation, 100 cribbing pin connections, 12 cribbing splices, 4 cubic yards of stone ballast, 20 cubic yards of concrete supply and pouring, and 20 cubic yards of excavation and concrete disposal. The bid submission deadline is April 10, 2026, at 2:00 P.M. through the City of Norwich Procurement Portal, with a mandatory pre-bid meeting scheduled for March 31, 2026, at 10:00 A.M. at the Greeneville Dam site. Work must be performed Monday through Friday from 7:00 A.M. to 3:30 P.M., with mobilization and commencement scheduled for the July through September timeframe.

Awards will be granted to the lowest responsible qualified bidder based on submitted unit prices. This procurement is open to all vendors without set-asides, restrictions, or disadvantaged enterprise designations, and no incumbent contractor information is provided. Contractors must submit a bid surety equal to five percent of the total amount bid in the form of a bid bond, certified check, or bank check, and for contracts exceeding $50,000, awarded contractors must provide labor and materials bonds and performance bonds equal to 100 percent of the total proposal price. Required qualifications include proof within 30 days of award that all employees have completed the 10-hour OSHA Construction Safety and Health course, and contractors must obtain all necessary permits and maintain comprehensive insurance coverage including workers' compensation, commercial general liability with minimum $1,000,000 per occurrence limits, commercial automobile liability, and pollution liability if applicable. NPU will provide all materials including oak planking timbers, oak cribbing timbers, boat spikes, chisel-pointed pins, carriage bolts, nuts, stone ballast, and special hold-down pins, while the contractor is responsible for furnishing all labor, supervision, tools, equipment, staging, temporary water diversions, pumping, dewatering operations, sheeting, shoring, and emergency action repairs. The specific estimated total contract value is not provided in the solicitation documents, though the work is described as ongoing on an annual basis.