Advertisement To Bid~11.pdf
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This is an Advertisement to Bid issued by the Town of Ayer, Massachusetts Department of Public Works for the Barnum Road Bridge Rehabilitation project. The project involves the preservation and rehabilitation of an 85-year-old bridge structure through targeted repairs, including concrete repairs to the bridge deck slab, sidewalk slab, pile caps, and wingwalls to address cracking, spalling, and delamination. The project also includes slope stabilization to improve erosion and safety upgrades involving replacement of non-compliant guardrails with new MASH-compliant guardrails. Sealed general contractor bids will be received until Friday, August 14, 2026 at 2:00 PM at the Ayer DPW Administrative building located at 25 Brook Street, Ayer, MA 01432. A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held on July 29, 2026 at 10:00 AM at the same location, with a site walk to follow if deemed necessary. The Notice to Proceed is scheduled for no earlier than April 5, 2027, with a project completion timeline of 180 calendar days following the Notice to Proceed. Contract documents are available electronically at https://www.ayer.ma.us/bids.
Bidders must be pre-qualified by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation in the Bridge – Construction class of work for an estimated project value of $771,710.00 and must submit a bid security equal to 5 percent of their bid amount. The successful general bidder must furnish 100 percent Performance and Payment Bonds with an acceptable surety company. Prevailing wage rates as determined by the Massachusetts Department of Workforce Development under M.G.L. Chapter 149, Sections 26-27D apply to this project, and contractors are responsible for obtaining prevailing wage rate information prior to bid opening. Bids cannot be withdrawn for 60 days, excluding weekends and legal holidays, after the bid opening date. The contract is governed by M.G.L. Chapter 30, Section 39M, and the Town reserves the right to waive any informality or reject any or all bids at its discretion.
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ADVERTISEMENT TO BID
TOWN OF AYER, MASSACHUSETTS
BARNUM ROAD BRIDGE REHABILITATION
The Town of Ayer DPW is seeking bids for the "Barnum Road Bridge Rehabilitation” project.
Sealed Bids for the General Contract will be received from General Contractors for construction of the Barnum Road Bridge Rehabilitation project at the Ayer DPW Administrative building at 25 Brook Street, Ayer, MA 01432 until Friday, August 14th, 2026 2:00 (PM), and at that time and place bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.
The Barnum Road Bridge Rehabilitation Project proposes the preservation of an 85-year-old bridge structure through numerous targeted repairs. The project proposes several concrete repairs, including repair of the bridge deck slab (underside), sidewalk slab, pile caps, and wingwalls. Their repairs will improve observed cracking, spalling, and delamination. The project proposes stabilization of slopes to permanently improve observed erosion. The project also proposes safety upgrades, including replacement of non-compliant guardrail systems with new MASH-compliant guardrails.
The Notice to proceed to start construction will be issued no earlier than April 5th, 2027.
The time for completion of this contract is 180 calendar days following the Notice to Proceed to start construction.
The bidding and award of this Contract will be under the provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 30, Section 39M. Complete instructions for filing Bids are included in the Instructions to Bidders.
Each General Bid shall be submitted in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders and shall be accompanied by a Bid Security in the amount of 5 percent of the Bid.
No Bidder may withdraw their Bid for a period of sixty (60) days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays after the actual date of the opening of the General Bids. This advertisement does not obligate the Owner for any costs associated with preparing or submitting bids.
The successful General Bidder must furnish a 100 percent Performance Bond and a 100 percent Payment Bond with a surety company acceptable to the Owner.
Minimum wage rates as determined by the Commissioner of the Department of Workforce Development under the provisions of M.G.L., 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 Prevailing Wage Rates for those trades people who may be employed for the proposed work under this contract.
All bidders must be pre-qualified by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation as follows. The MassDOT Prequalification Office will provide the Town with an official, and a waiver, contractor bid list for all contractors prequalified in the specified class of work within the parameters of this project. MassDOT prequalification of contractors with the class of work as, Bridge – Construction, for the project with an estimated value of $771,710.00 will be required.
Only those bidders listed in the official or waiver contractor lists issued by the MassDOT Prequalification Office will be allowed to submit a bid.
An electronic copy of the Contract Documents will be available at https://www.ayer.ma.us/bids.
A non-mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting will be held at 10:00AM local time on July 29, 2026, at the Ayer Department of Public Works Office, 25 Brook Street, Ayer, MA 01432. Questions received at the Pre-Bid Meeting will be documented and distributed to plan holders as an addendum. A site walk, if deemed necessary, will follow the meeting.
The Owner reserves the right to waive any informality in or to reject any or all Bids if deemed to be in its best interest.
https://www.ayer.ma.us/bids
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