Inv to Bid Legal Notice Smith Rebid Playscape.pdf

INVITATION TO BID

Smith Elementary School

State Project No. 089-0172

Newfield Construction Group acting as Construction Manager for The City of New Britain will receive sealed proposals for the bid package listed below until 2:00 PM on Monday, October 26

2026. All bids will be received at the Consolidated School District of New Britain Operations

Office, 250 John Downey Drive, New Britain, CT 06051. All proposals should be addressed to

Newfield Construction in a sealed envelope. All bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. The work consists of playscapes construction at the Smith Elementary School, 142 Rutherford St., New Britain, CT 06050.

For the bid packages identified above bidders are required to submit a Department of

Administrative Services (DAS) Prequalification Certificate and Update (bid) Statement for the classification shown in accordance with Connecticut General Statutes. The Contractor shall hold a current “DAS Contractor Prequalification Certificate” from the Department of Administrative

Services. These items shall be submitted with the bid or up to two business days after submission of the bid or the bid will be rejected. DAS prequalification is required of all subbidders, regardless of tier, with contract values in excess of one million dollars. All contractors and subcontractors requiring DAS certification must maintain the certification for the duration of the contract. If you have any questions regarding these requirements, contact the State of Connecticut

DAS, at telephone number (860) 713-5280 or visit their web site at www.das.state.ct.us.

This Project is covered under a Project Labor Agreement (PLA). All awarded bidders must comply with the PLA and execute a Letter of Assent. Bid packages designated (SBE) are set aside bid packages for DAS Certified small business owned firms. All set aside bidders shall sumbit a current DAS SBE Certificate with their bid or up to two business days after submission of the bid.

This contract is subject to state set-aside and contract compliance requirements.

All bidders must have prior experience consisting of no less than three similar projects with an equal or greater value within the last five years. Bidders must provide verification of experience with proposal. All bidders and subcontractors must have a worker’s compensation Experience

Modification Rate (EMR) of 1.0 or less or be subject to rejection.

Sets of plans and specifications may be obtained on or after Monday, October 12, 2026.

Documents can be downloaded free of charge from Newfield. Email brianlogie@newfieldconstruction.com to request access to the Documents. Documents can be purchased from ARC, 17 Talcott Notch Road, Farmington CT 06032, Phone Number: 860-677-

8817.

All pre-bid inquiries must be submitted to the Construction Manager by the end of the day on

Tuesday, October 20, 2026. Email questions to Tom DiMauro

(TomDiMauro@newfieldconstruction.com). Phone: (860) 944-6744.

No. Bid Package Type DAS

Prequal.

DAS Classification

1.27

Playscapes

PLA YES General Building Construction

(Group A)

No oral, telephone, or telegraphic proposals will be considered. All base bids shall stand available for acceptance for a period of ninety (90) days from the date bids are opened. Alternate Bids shall stand available for acceptance for a period of one hundred twenty (120) days from the date bids are opened.

The Owner and Construction Manager reserve the right to waive any informality in any Bids or to reject any and all bids, or any part of any bid, when it is determined to be in the best interest of the

Owner or the Construction Manager to do so. A 10% Bid Security is required from each Bidder, at the time of bid submission. The selected bidder will be required to post Performance and Payment

Bonds for the full amount of the Contract Sum. All bidders must comply with all provisions of

Connecticut General Statutes 31-53 (Prevailing Wages) and Executive Order #3. The higher wage rate from the Project Labor Agreement or the Connecticut Department of Labor Prevailing Wage

Rates shall apply. This Project is exempt from Federal Excise Taxes as well as State of Connecticut

Sales Tax to the extent allowed by law.

Newfield Construction is an equal opportunity affirmative action employer/purchaser. Small, Minority, Women and

Disadvantaged Businesses are encouraged to bid.