ADV for PWD Repairs and Installation of Highway Fences.docx

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CITY OF BOSTON

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

Invitation for Sealed Bids for Repairs and Installation of Highway Fences, Guardrails and Impact Attenuators, and other Related Work at Various Locations in the City of Boston for the period of July 1, 2019 to July 30, 2022

NOTE: For information specific to this particular bid please contact Marie McDonald, @ 617-635-4912.

The City of Boston, acting by its Commissioner of Public Works (Official), invites sealed bids for the performance of the work generally described above, and particularly set forth in the Invitation for Bids which may be obtained at Room 714 (Contract Office), City Hall, Boston, Mass., commencing at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, May 13, 2019. Invitation for bids shall be available until the time of the bid opening. There will be a charge of five dollars ($5), NOT REFUNDABLE, for each set of contract documents taken out. The successful bidder will institute repairs & installation of highway fences, guardrails and impact attenuators (crash cushions) in the City of Boston at various locations. Every sealed bid shall be submitted in accordance with the Invitations for Bids. All sealed bids shall be filed not later than Thursday, June 6, 2019, 2:00 PM, at the office of the Official, Public Works Department, Room 714, City Hall. All bids must be from bidders of record (those who have purchased contract documents) on file at Room 714, City Hall. The attention of all bidders is directed to the provisions of the Invitation For Bids and contract documents, specifically to the requirements for bid deposits, insurance and performance bonds as may be applicable. A bid deposit of 5 percent of the total contract amount shall be required from each bidder. A performance bond in the amount of 100 percent of the annual contract shall be required from the successful bidder.

The services above described for the three-year term of this contract is an actual amount of the services to be procured. All bidders are hereby notified that they shall provide a unit price for each service to be procured in this contract, subject to the following terms that will govern price adjustments: Bidders are further notified that they shall submit prices for and bid prices shall be compared on the basis of the entire period of performance.

Bidders are hereby notified that the Official shall cancel the contract if funds are not appropriate in any fiscal year .Sealed bids shall be publicly opened by the Official on Thursday, June 6, 2019 in Room 801 City Hall Boston, Mass. The award of any contract shall be subject to the approval of the Mayor of Boston. The maximum time for bid acceptance by the City after the opening of bids shall be ninety (90) days. The City of Boston and the Official reserve the right to reject any or all bids, or any item or times thereof.

The attention of all bidders is specifically directed to the City of Boston Resident Section contract provision of the specifications and the obligation of the contractor and subcontractors to take affirmative action in connection with employment practices in the performance of this contract.

During the performance of this contract, the general contractor shall agree and shall require that his subcontractors agree to the following Workforce Requirements (labor). Minority Workforce: The contractor and its subcontractors shall maintain a not less than 25 percent ratio of minority manhours to total employee manhours in each trade worked on the contract. Boston Resident Workforce: The contractor and its subcontractors shall maintain a not less than 50 percent ratio of Boston resident employee manhours to total employee manhours in each trade worked on this contract. Female Workforce: The contractor and its subcontractors shall maintain a not less than 10 percent ratio of female employee manhours to total employee manhours in each trade worked on this contract. The workforce requirements of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) above shall apply to each trade that appears on the list of “Classification and Minimum Wage Rates,” as determined by the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development. Industries under the provisions of chapter 149, sections 26 through 27G, of the General Laws of Massachusetts, as amended.

CHRIS OSGOOD, Chief of Streets, Transportation and Sanitation (May 13, May 20, 2019)