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LEGAL NOTICE

INVITATION TO BID

The Town of Foxborough, Massachusetts, hereinafter referred to as the “Awarding Authority”, acting by and through its Town Manager, invites sealed bids for the Payson Road Laundry Building Demolition Via NTWP Project at 35 Payson Road, Foxborough, MA in accordance with the Bidding and Contract Documents prepared by KAESTLE BOOS ASSOCIATES INC., 16 Chestnut Street Suite 301, Foxborough, MA 02035 (Telephone: 508-549-9906; Fax: 508-549-9907), hereinafter referred to as the Architect, will be received at the Foxborough Town Hall, in the Office of the Town Manager, 40 South Street, Foxborough, MA, at the dates and times specified below at which time the proposals will be publicly opened and read in the Gala Room. All bids must be submitted in a closed envelope with the title Payson Road Laundry Building Demolition Via NTWP Project, Attention: William Keegan, Town Manager” written on the envelope.

General Contractor (Demolition Prime) Bids will be received on: Wednesday, November 2, 2022, at 12:00 PM Bid Security: Each Bid must be accompanied by a bid security consisting of a BID BOND, CASH, CERTIFIED CHECK, TREASURER'S or CASHIER'S CHECK issued by a responsible bank or trust company, payable to the Town of Foxborough, MA in the amount of (5%) of the bid price.

Pre-Bid Conference: A pre-bid conference will be held on Friday, October 21, 2022, at 3:00 PM at the Existing Laundry Building at 35 Payson Road, Foxborough, MA.

All attending will assemble outside of the building. Enter the site via Dexter Road.

Each Bidder may obtain free complete electronic sets of the Bidding Documents, including Bid Forms, after 12:00 PM, local time, on Monday, October 17, 2022. Documents will be issued electronically via email. Forward a request for bid documents via email to: Anthony Moussalli: MoussalliA@foxborough.k12.ma.us or Joe Milani: jmilani@kba-architects.com.

***Addenda will only be distributed via email. If hard copy documents are purchased, then the purchaser must register their email address to receive future addenda.*** Hard copies of the bid documents may be purchased directly from the printhouse at Andrew T Johnson, Inc, 15 Tremont Place, Boston, MA; phone: (617) 742-1610; email: sales @andrewtjohnson.com. Purchase price of hard copy documents is not refundable.

IF YOU REQUIRE HARD COPY DOCUMENTS TO BE MAILED: Send Andrew T Johnson, Inc, a non-refundable shipping fee in the form of a certified check or money order for each set, MADE PAYABLE AND MAILED DIRECTLY to Andrew T Johnson, Inc., in the amount determined by Andrew T Johnson, Inc. Documents will be mailed UPS Ground service in the Continental United States.

Hard copies of the bid documents may be examined at each of the following locations:

Office of the Architect

KAESTLE BOOS ASSOCIATES INC.

16 Chestnut Street Suite 301, Foxborough, MA 02035 Owner Foxborough Town Hall, Town Manager’s Office

40 South Street, Foxborough, MA 02035

A performance bond in an amount equal to 100 percent of the total amount of the bid with a surety company qualified to do business in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will be required for the faithful performance of the contract as well as a labor and materials payment bond in an amount equal to 100 percent of the total bid amount.

All bids for this project are subject to applicable public bidding laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, including M.G.L. c.149, §44A through 44H, as amended.

Attention is directed to the minimum wage rates to be paid as determined by the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development, Division of Occupational Safety, under the provisions of Commonwealth of Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 149, Section 26 and 27D inclusive.

The estimated cost of this Project is $125,000. Attention is further directed to the requirements of Commonwealth of Massachusetts M.G.L. c.149, §44D requiring submission of a Division of Capital Asset Management (DCAM) approved Contractor’s ‘Certificate of Eligibility (Form CQ7)’ and ‘Update Statement (Form CQ3)’ with all bids in the following work category: Demolition Prime Contractor.

Selection of the contractor will be based upon bidder qualifications, including evidence of past performance in similar projects, and bid price. The contract will be awarded to the bidder deemed by the Awarding Authority to be the lowest responsible and eligible bidder.

The Town of Foxborough is an affirmative action/equal opportunity owner.

The bidder agrees that its 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 the bids.

The Awarding Authority reserves the right to waive any informalities, to accept or reject, in whole or in part any or all bids, or take whatever other action may be deemed to be in the best interest of the Town.