NSC19-10 Danvers ADA Walkway Railings - Advertisement.pdf

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The North Shore Community College (the Awarding Authority) invites sealed bids from Contractors for the:

Danvers Walkway Railings NSCC Project Number: NSC19-10 in accordance with the documents prepared by:

Gienapp Architects, dated 3/28/19.

The Project consists of: Fabrication and installation of railings on selected sections of the existing walkways in Areas B, C and D. Intent is to match previously installed railings in Area A with the exception of the mesh retention detail which has changed to mechanically fastened with angles..

Bids are subject to M.G.L. c.149 sec.44A (2) (B) and to minimum wage rates as required by M.G.L. c.l49 §§26 to 27H inclusive.

Documents:

Bid Forms and Contract Documents will be available for pick-up between the hours of 8:00 a.m.

and 4:00 p.m. in the Fiscal Affairs Office, Berry Building Room 356, North Shore Community College, 1 Ferncroft Road, Danvers 01923, or requested to Reynaldo Ramos, Procurement Manager telephone 978-762-4000 Ext.4366, or email at rramos@northshore.edu

Pre-Bid Informational Meeting:

Each contractor is recommended to conduct an on-site inspection of the College location(s) in order to familiarize with the sites and its conditions. Failure to comply with this section will not relieve the successful contractor of full responsibility for performance of the service agreement.

Contractors are requested to attend the Pre-Bid Conference and site visit on Wednesday May 8, 2019 at 10:00AM in the office of Facilities Management Friends Building, 1 Ferncroft Road Danvers, MA.

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Deadline for Questions:

Contractor Questions are due by 10:00 AM on Friday, May 10, 2019 to Reynaldo Ramos, Procurement Manager at rramos@northshore.edu.

All answers will be posted by end of business day on Wednesday, May 15, 2019.

Bids:

Sealed general bids will be received until 2:00 PM, Monday, May 20 and publicly opened, forthwith in Berry Building 322 at the address listed below.

Mailed or hand delivered Bids should be sent to:

North Shore Community College Fiscal Affairs Office, Berry Building 356 1 Ferncroft Road, Danvers, MA 01923 and received no later than the date and time specified above.

General bids shall be accompanied by a bid deposit that is not less than five (5%) of the greatest possible bid amount (considering all alternates), in the form of a bid bond, or certified or treasurer’s check and made payable to the North Shore Community College.

A 50% Payment Bond will be required within 10 days of the date of Contract Award. (M.G.L c.149, §29).

North Shore Community College reserves the right to waive any informality or reject any bid if it determines it is in the Public Interest to do so.

General bidders must agree to engage in participation goals to contract with minority and women-owned businesses as certified by the Supplier Diversity Office (SDO). The amount of the participation goals which shall be reserved for such enterprises shall not be less than ten and four tenths (10.4%) percent of the final contract price, including accepted alternates, of which shall be a combination of Minority Business enterprises (MBE) and Women-owned Business Enterprises

(WBE).

Additional information:

The minimum wages to be paid for all labor on the project are established in a schedule issued by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, in accordance with Section 26A –27D, of Chapter 149 of the M.G.L., as amended, said schedule being made a part of the Contract Documents and is included therein. Section 6(f) of Chapter 64H of Massachusetts General Laws exempts Massachusetts sales tax on building materials and supplies to be used in the project, and bidders shall not include in their bids any amount therefore.

The successful Bidder must agree to commence work as stipulated in the receipt of Notice To Proceed, and complete the work in accordance with the times established in the Contract.

mailto:rramos@northshore.edu

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The Awarding Authority will reject general bids when required to do so by the above referenced General Laws. In addition, the Awarding Authority reserves the right to waive any informality in or to reject any or all general bids if it be in the public interest to do so.

Attention of all bidders is directed to the requirements of the Supplemental Equal Opportunity, Anti-Discrimination and Affirmative Action Program of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which is incorporated in the Contract Documents.

For additional information please contact Reynaldo Ramos, Procurement Manager, rramos@northshore.edu or Jamieson Wicks, Facilities Director jwicks@northshore.edu mailto:jwicks@northshore.edu

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