IFB - AMI Upgrade Services .pdf

INVITATION FOR BID

Town of Dartmouth, Massachusetts

Sealed bids for construction of AMI Upgrade Services for the Town of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, will be received at the Department of Public Works, 759 Russells Mills Road, South Dartmouth, MA 02748 until 11:00 a.m. prevailing time on November 3, 2022 at which time and place said bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

The scope of work includes furnishing and installing approximately 9,000 cellular AMI modules in the Town of Dartmouth, Massachusetts. AMI modules furnished shall be manufactured by

Badger Meter Inc, coordinated with the existing Badger Beacon AMI system, and include 36 months of pre-paid Service Unit Fee (cellular, maintenance, hosting, license, update, data, storage, tech support fees, etc.). The Contractor shall remove and dispose existing drive-by read devices and wire new AMI modules to the exterior of buildings.

Bid Security in the form of a bid bond, cash, certified check, treasurer’s or cashier’s check payable to the Owner, is required in the amount of five percent of the bid, in accordance with Section

00200, INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS.

The required contract completion date is December 31, 2023.

The Specifications which include Instructions to Bidders, Form for General Bid, Agreement, Performance and Payment Bond, and other Contract Documents may be examined starting on

October 19, 2022 at the following:

Accent Printing, Inc., 99 Chelmsford Road, North Billerica, Massachusetts

Dartmouth DPW, 759 Russells Mills Road, South Dartmouth, Massachusetts

Contract Documents may be viewed and downloaded as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file free of charge at www.accentblueprints.com. Copies may be obtained for a fee by completing an order online or by calling 978-362-8038 for each set. Completed orders may be picked up at the office of Accent Printing located at 99 Chelmsford Road, North Billerica, MA 01862 (978-362-

8038), from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Copies may also be shipped to prospective bidders for an additional charge to cover handling and mailing fees. All payments for printing and shipping are nonrefundable. For addition to the project plan holder’s list to guarantee receipt of addenda, it is recommended interested bidders obtain the Contract Documents directly from Accent. Interested bidders will be prompted to register an email address with Accent to access the documents.

The selected Contractor shall furnish a performance bond and a payment bond in amount at least equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price as stipulated in Section 00700 GENERAL

CONDITIONS of these specifications.

All bids for this project are subject to applicable bidding laws of Massachusetts, including General

Laws Chapter 30, Section 39M as amended.

http://www.accentblueprints.com/

Prevailing Wage Rates as determined by the Director of the Executive Office of Labor and

Workforce Development under the provisions of the Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 149, Section 26 to 27H, as amended, apply to this project. It is the responsibility of the Bidder, 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.

By submission of a bid, the Bidder agrees that this bid shall be good and may not be withdrawn for a period of 30 days, Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays excluded after the opening of bids.

The Owner reserves the right to waive any informalities in bids and to reject any or all bids.

TOWN OF DARTMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS

BY ITS’ BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS

Weston & Sampson Engineers, Inc.

Reading, Massachusetts

Standard Times: October 19, 2022