PED-BID26-SOIL_COMMBUYS.pdf

INVITATION TO BID

CITY OF BROCKTON

PLANNING & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

MANAGEMENT, HANDLING, TRANSPORTATION & DISPOSAL OF IMPACTED SOIL AT

307 MONTELLO STREET, BROCKTON, MA 02301

PROJECT# PED-BID26-SOIL

The City of Brockton (the OWNER) invites qualified CONTRATORS to submit bids for PED-BID26-SOIL:

Management, handling, transportation & disposal of impacted soil at 307 Montello Street, Brockton, MA 02301 at the subject property, located at 308 Montello Street, Brockton, MA 02301 (the Site). Bids shall be prepared and received in accordance with the Procurement & Contract Bidding Documents prepared by Verdantas, LLC (the ENGINEER), dated April 2026.

All bids for the project are subject to the provisions of M.G.L., Chapter 149, Sections 44A and 44J and to minimum wages as required by M.G.L. C.149 Sections 26 to 27H inclusive.

Procurement & Contract Bidding Documents shall be made available on www.Projectdog.com beginning on April 15, 2026. The bidder shall enter the Project Code 873971 in the project locator box and select "Acquire Documents" to download documents or to purchase hard copies. New users are required to first select "Sign Up" to create an online account to acquire documentation.

The PED-BID26-SOIL:Management, handling, transportation & disposal of impacted soil at 307 Montello Street, Brockton, MA 02301 project is being Electronically Bid (E-Bid). All bids shall be submitted online at www.Projectdog.com. General Bids shall be received electronically until 11 :00 AM (Eastern Standard Time), May 6, 2026. Hard copy bids shall not be accepted by the Awarding Authority. Tutorial and instructions are available online at www.Projectdog.com. For assistance, contact Projectdog, Inc. at (978) 499-9014. Please note, in addition, instructions and guidelines for Projectdog are included within Appendix B.

The Bidder must agree to commence work and fully complete the work of this Contract on the dates specified in the contract documents. The Bidder must agree also to pay liquidated damages for each consecutive calendar day thereafter as hereinafter provided in the Contract and General Conditions.

States are required to periodically review the process and data with which they establish Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) goals, for the use of EPA grants. During 2016 and the first half of 2017, MassDEP and the Clean Water Trust, completed a DBE review and submitted the results to USEPA for approval. On July 27, 2017, EPA Region 1 approved new DBE goals of 4.2% for minority-owned business enterprises (MBE) and 4.5 % for women-owned business enterprises (WBE). Proponents unable to meet the targets may seek a waiver from the requirement, if they can demonstrate a 'good faith effort' was undertaken to achieve those goals.

All questions shall be submitted in writing via email to Eric DeNardo, Project Engineer of Verdantas, LLC, email: edenardo@verdantas.com by April 27, 2026, at 4:30 PM. Upon receipt of any written questions, an addendum will be issued to Projectdog on April 29, 2026. Subsequent addenda shall be issued as required based on Bidder requests for information.

There will be a non-mandatory pre-bid conference on April 22, 2026, at 11 :00 AM at the Project Site, 307 Montello Street, Brockton, MA 02301.

Each Bid shall be submitted in accordance with the Instructions to Bidder and shall be accompanied by a Bid Security in the amount offive percent of the Bid.

The Successful Bidder must furnish a 100 percent Performance Bond and a 100 percent Payment Bond with a surety company acceptable to the Owner.

The bidding award of this contract will be under the provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 30, Section 39M.

Award of this contract will be contingent on the City's needs, appropriation and availability of funds. The Owner reserves the right to waive any informality in or to reject any or all Bids if deemed to be in its best interest.

Moises M. Rodrigues/ Mayor Michael C. Morris/ Chief Procurement Officer Eliza Wilson / Director of Economic Development