Enterprise Ad - Water Main Improvements - DPW - CDM - 2017.pdf

CITY OF BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS

WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS

2017 WATER MAIN IMPROVEMENTS

CONTRACT NO. DPW 17-03

INVITATION TO BID

Sealed Bids for construction of the 2017 Water Main Improvements project will be received by the Chief

Procurement Officer in Department of Procurement, Basement level, Rm. B9, City Hall, 45 School Street, Brockton, Massachusetts 02301 until 11:00 AM, Tuesday May 9, 2017. Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud in the G.A.R Room, 2 nd

Fl., City Hall at or after 11:10 AM. Any bids received after 11:00 PM, Tuesday, May 9, 2017 shall be rejected.

The project consists of new 8-inch and 12-inch water mains and appurtenances to replace existing water mains within Norwich Road (approximately 1,580 feet of 8-inch ductile iron) and Tina Avenue

(approximately 2,050 feet of 8-inch ductile iron) and a small portion of Court Street at a culvert crossing

(approximately 185 feet of 12-inch ductile iron and 8-inch insulated steel). The project consists of furnishing and installing new water service connections, fittings, valves, hydrants, connections to the existing water system, installing and removing temporary service pipe, removing, furnishing and installing new catch basins frame and grate, drain manhole frame and covers and sewer manhole frame and covers, all earthwork, dewatering and drainage, paving, wheelchair ramps, restoration, utility crossings, traffic management, miscellaneous work and cleanup, and all work required in the Drawings and Specifications.

All work shall be completed within 200 Calendar Days, excluding winter shutdown, commencing twenty days following the Effective Date of the Agreement. Winter shutdown shall be enforced between

Thanksgiving (November 23, 2017) and March 31, unless authorized otherwise by the Department of

Public Works.

A pre-bid conference will be held on Thursday April 27th at the Third Fl., Hallway Conference

Table, City Hall, 45 School Street, Brockton, Massachusetts 02301 at 11:00 AM.

Contract Documents may be examined and/or obtained at https://www.submittalexchange.com/bid/2017WaterMain/Planroom after 1:00 PM on Wednesday, April 12, 2017. Questions may be addressed to: Jessica Lynch at CDM Smith Inc., 260 West

Exchange Street, Suite 300, Providence, RI 02903, telephone 401-457-0342 or

Lynchjc@CDMSmith.com

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 Bids.

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.

Wage rates for this Project are subject to [both] the minimum wage rates as per M.G.L., Chapter 149, Section 26 to 27H inclusive.

The bidding and award of this Contract will be under the provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 30, Section 39M of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as last revised.

Award of this 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.

The City of Brockton is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

BILL CARPENTER - MAYOR

LAWRENCE C. ROWLEY - COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS

DAVID A. NORTON - WATER AND SEWER CONTRACT ADMINISTRATOR

MICHAEL C. MORRIS - CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER