Enterprise Ad - DPW-BID23-WTFFILTER.pdf

INVITATION TO BID

CITY OF BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS

SILVER LAKE WATER TREATMENT FACILITY FILTER REHABILITATION

PROJECT NO. DPW-BID23-WTFFILTER

This project is being Electronically Bid (E-Bid). All bids for the General Contract for the Silver Lake

Water Treatment Facility Filter Rehabilitation construction shall be submitted online at www.Projectdog.com by 12:00 PM, June 15, 2023. Hard-copy bids will not be accepted by the City of

Brockton. Tutorials and Instructions are available online at https://www.projectdog.com/homePDF/E-

BiddingTutorial_000.pdf. For assistance, contact Projectdog Inc. at 978.499.9014. Any bids received after

12:00 PM, June 15, 2023, shall be rejected. Bidders and the public may view bid results, as well as inspect bid documents via the Projectdog website.

The work is located at the Silver Lake Water Treatment Facility, 55 Cinder Lane, Pembroke, Massachusetts 02359, and shall generally consist of removing and replacing all support gravel layers, fine sand media and granular activated carbon (GAC) media in all six filters at the facility. In addition, the existing clay block filter underdrains shall be cleaned and inspected. Clay blocks that show signs of substantial cracking or other potential failure shall be replaced with new clay blocks. Also, the existing diffusion manifold that serves the clay underdrain shall be cleaned and the existing baffle plate installed at the entrance to the diffusion manifold shall be removed.

The Contract Time shall be 270 Calendar Days commencing twenty days following the Effective Date of the Agreement.

Bid Forms and Contract Documents are available online at www.Projectdog.com after 1:00 PM on May

25, 2023. Enter Project Code 855220 in the project locator box and select “Acquire Documents” to download documents. Alternatively, a free CD-ROM may be requested by contacting Projectdog – shipping & handling charges apply. All plan holders must have an active online account on www.Projectdog.com to acquire documents, receive project notifications, and to submit bids electronically. Documents may also be viewed, but not removed, from the offices of Projectdog Inc., 18

Graf Road - Unit 8, Newburyport, MA 01950, Monday – Friday, 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM.

In accordance with M.G.L. Chapter 149, Section 44D, General Bids will be valid only when accompanied by (1) a current certificate of eligibility issued by the Division of Capital Asset Management and

Maintenance, showing that the General Bidder has the classification of Sewage and Water Treatment

Plants and a capacity to perform this work and (2) an update statement summarizing the General Bidder's record for the period between the latest Division of Capital Assets Management and Maintenance certification and the date the bid is submitted. Any General Bid submitted without the appropriate certificate and update statement is invalid and must be rejected. The estimated project cost is $1,800,000.

A site visit for prospective bidders will be held on June 2, 2023, at 11:00 AM. If the prospective bidders cannot attend the site visit on June 2, 2023, the prospective bidders are invited to schedule a site visit directly with the City and/or City contract operator (Veolia NA) by contacting Veolia NA during normal business hours at 781-858-1330.

Each Bid shall be submitted in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders and shall be accompanied by a

Bid Security in the amount of five percent of the Bid.

Bidders may not withdraw their Bids for a period of thirty days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays after the actual date of the opening of the General Bids.

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The Successful Bidder must furnish a 100 percent Performance Bond and a 100 percent Payment Bond with a surety company acceptable to the Owner.

Complete instructions for filing Bids are included in the Instructions to Bidders. Questions may be addressed to Chad Kershaw at CDM Smith, Inc., 3 Davol Square, Building A, Suite A-425, Providence

RI 02903, telephone 401-751-5360 or kershawcj@cdmsmith.com.

Wage rates for this Project are subject to the minimum wage rates as per M.G.L., Chapter 149, Section 26 to 27H as amended, apply to this project. It is the responsibility of the Contractor, before bid opening, to request if necessary, any additional information on Minimum Wage Rates for those tradespeople who may be employed for the proposed work under this Contract.

The bidding and award of this Contract will be under the provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 149, Section 44A

- 44J.

Award of the Contract will be contingent on the City’s needs, appropriation, and availability of funds.

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 of the City.

The work under this Contract is funded in part by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.

The City of Brockton is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

ROBERT F. SULLIVAN, MAYOR

PATRICK HILL, COMMISSIONER DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

MICHAEL C. MORRIS, CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER

mailto:kershawcj@cdmsmith.com