Notice to Contractors- Landscaping.docx

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS – M.G.L. C. 30, sec. 39M CONSTRUCTION

ADVERTISEMENT OF INVITATION FOR BIDS

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND RECREATION

251 CAUSEWAY STREET, SUITE 600, BOSTON, MA 02114-2104

PHONE: 617-626-1250 FAX: 617-626-1449

www.mass.gov/dcr

Contract No.:P20-3345-M1A Title: DCR Landscape Improvements and Maintenance Contract Location: Statewide

Sealed proposals submitted on a form furnished by the Department will be received until 11:00 AM on Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at the Boston address above, and will be, at that time and place, publicly opened and read.

Individual sets of contract documents, in the form of Compact Discs (CDs), which include specifications, are available at the Boston address above, free of charge. All parties who wish to have the CDs shipped to them must Email: Carol.A.bernardi@mass.gov with your approved account number for mailing service (i.e. – Federal Express), or you may request to have CD sent by the United State Post Service. In the email, please include your company’s name, address, telephone #, and contact person. Will email when possible.

In the event that any addenda are issued throughout the open period for this project, DCR will distribute these addenda via email to the email identified by the prospective bidders to DCR at the time the CD of plans and specifications is issued. PLEASE NOTE: All bidders must confirm receipt of any DCR email communication by sending a return email stating: “(name of bidder) confirms that we have received Addendum #__ for Project No.P20-3345-M1A and Title “DCR Landscape Improvements and Landscape Contract”. The email must show the name and phone number of the bidder’s responsible contact person.

A pre-bidding conference for prospective bidders will be held on October 22, 2019 at 11:00 am at DCR, 251 Causeway Street, 6th Floor ,Boston, MA

The project consists of Landscape maintenance improvements including but not limited to, removal and control of invasive vegetation, removal or trees, pruning trees, planting new vegetation (trees, shrubs, groundcovers, lawn seed and restoration seed), weeding, mulching, cleaning of planting sites.

The estimated project cost is $ 1,900,000.00

The work is to be accomplished within 730 calendar days of a notice to proceed. Liquidated damages in the amount of $500 per day will be assessed if the work has not been completed in accordance with the provisions of the contract within the time specified (as extended by any authorized extension of time granted in accordance with the contract provisions).

Bidders must be pre-qualified by the Massachusetts Dept. of Transportation ( MassDOT) Highway Division in LANDSCAPING INCLUDING TREE PLANTING to bid on the above project. An award will not be made to a Contractor who is not pre-qualified by MassDOT prior to the opening of Proposals.

The proposed contract includes a combined participation goal of 0.0 % of the bid price for minority-owned business enterprises and women-owned business enterprises. Proposed MBE/WBE participation plans that include solely MBE or solely WBE participation, or do not include a reasonable amount of participation by both MBE and WBE firms to meet the combined goal, will not be considered responsive.

The applicable local minority workforce utilization percentage is a minimum goal of 15.3%. The applicable local women workforce utilization percentage is a minimum goal of 6.9%.

The Commonwealth encourages the participation of Veteran-Owned Business Enterprises (“VOBE”) on its construction projects. The Veteran-Owned Business Enterprise participation benchmark for this contract is 0.0%.

Each bid must be accompanied by a bid deposit, in the form of a bid bond, cash, certified check, or a treasurer's or cashier's check issued by a responsible bank or trust company, payable to the Department of Conservation and Recreation in the amount of 5% of the bid.

Each bid must be enclosed in a sealed envelope on which the bidder’s return address, including the bidder’s name, is listed, and be addressed as follows:

Contract Title: DCR Landscape Improvements and Maintenance Contract

Bids are subject to the provisions of M.G.L. Ch. 30, Sect. 39F, G, H and M inclusive. Wages are subject to minimum wage rates as per M.G.L. Ch. 149, sections 26 to 27D inclusive. The Department reserves the right to waive any informalities in or to reject any and all bids if it be in the public interest to do so.

James Montgomery, Interim Commissioner Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation