26-45_Apr_6_26_solicitation_doc.pdf

This Invitation to Bid (ITB) document is issued by the City of Norwich on behalf of Norwich Public Utilities (NPU) for maintenance and repair services on the Greeneville Dam and associated canal located on the Shetucket River in Norwich, Connecticut. The 401-foot dam requires specialized repair work 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 specific 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., with a mandatory pre-bid meeting scheduled for March 31, 2026, at 10:00 A.M. at the dam site. Work is scheduled to commence during the July through September timeframe and must be performed Monday through Friday from 7:00 A.M. to 3:30 P.M.

Bidders must submit a bid surety equal to five percent of the total amount bid as a bid bond, certified check, or bank check, with awarded contractors exceeding $50,000 required to provide labor and materials bonds and performance bonds equal to 100 percent of the proposal price. The solicitation is open to all vendors without set-asides, restrictions, or disadvantaged enterprise designations, and no incumbent contractor information is provided. Awards will be granted to the lowest responsible qualified bidder based on submitted unit prices. Contractors must comply with prevailing wage requirements, OSHA standards, Connecticut nondiscrimination provisions, and federal Executive Orders, and all employees must complete the 10-hour OSHA Construction Safety and Health course within 30 days of award. 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 contractors are responsible for furnishing all labor, supervision, tools, equipment, staging, temporary water diversions, pumping, dewatering operations, sheeting, shoring, and emergency action repairs. Contractors must 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. Contact Robert Castronova at 860-823-3706 or rcastronova@cityofnorwich.org for inquiries.