Revised_InvitationtoBid_Sharon.doc

INVITATION TO BID

HVAC RENOVATIONS

SHARON MIDDLE SCHOOL

SHARON, MA

Sealed General Bids (two originals) for the General Contract, on forms furnished by the Awarding Authority for the HVAC Renovations to Sharon Middle School, will be received at Sharon Town Hall, 90 South Main Street, Sharon, MA 02067, Board of Selectmen’s Office, 2nd Floor until 12:00 Noon local time on Thursday, April 21, 2005 at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud shortly thereafter in the Lower Level Hearing Room of the same building. Late bids will be rejected. Funding for this project is subject to approval by Sharon Town Meeting, May 2, 2005.

Sealed Filed Sub-Bids (two originals) for the trades listed herein, on forms furnished by the Awarding Authority for the HVAC Renovations to Sharon Middle School, will be received at Sharon Town Hall, 90 South Main Street, Sharon, MA 02067, Board of Selectmen’s Office, 2nd Floor until 12:00 Noon local time on Thursday, April 14, 2005 at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud shortly thereafter in the Lower Level Hearing Room of the same building. Late bids will be rejected. Funding for this project is subject to approval by Sharon Town Meeting, May 2, 2005.

Each General Bidder must be:

1. Pre-qualified by the Town of Sharon Standing Building Committee.

2. Certified by the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM) for General Contracting services and Heating, Ventilating, Air Conditioning OR General Contracting services and Mechanical.

Each General Bidder and Sub-Bidder must be DCAMM certified for their category of work for the dollar amount of this project, and to be considered, must submit with the Bid, a DCAMM Certification and Update Statement indicating additional work or contracts performed or executed after the certification date.

The estimated construction cost of this Project is $2,500,000.

A pre-bid site meeting will be held on Monday, April 4, 2005 at 3:00 p.m. local time in the Cafeteria of the Sharon Middle School, 75 Mountain Road, Sharon, MA 02067. If any contractor does not attend the pre-bid site inspection and conference, they must sign in at the School at a later date to prove they have come to the School to inspect existing conditions.

The Information for Bidders, Proposal Form, Specifications, and Contract Documents may be examined at the following locations after 3:00 p.m., Thursday, March 24, 2005.

Office of the Project Manager, by appointment Monday - Thursday

Sharon Community Center Trailer 219 Massapoag Ave.

Sharon, MA 02067

(781) 784-1542

Reed Construction Data

CProjects

225 Wyman Street

1257 Southfield Road

Waltham, MA 02541

Southbury, CT 06488

(800) 859-9034

(203) 262-6248 F.W. Dodge Corporation

ABC Plan Room

24 Hartwell Avenue

One Wall Street

Lexington, MA 02173

Burlington, MA 01833

(800) 332-9665

(781) 273-0123

Filed Sub-Bids are required for the following trades:

Roofing and Flashing

Acoustical Tile

Electrical

Each General Bidder and each Sub-Bidder may obtain complete sets of the Bid Documents, including Bid Forms, after 12:00 p.m. local time on Thursday, March 24, 2005, at Air Graphics, 82 Sagamore Street, North Quincy, MA 02171 (617-471-3373), upon deposit of $100.00 per set in the form of a certified check or money order made payable to Town of Sharon, for each complete set of Bidding Documents. General Bidders may receive two (2) sets, and Sub-Bidders may receive one (1) set of Bidding Documents. Addenda will be issued to all Bidders registered with Air Graphics. Faxes of addenda will not be provided.

IF YOU REQUIRE YOUR DOCUMENTS TO BE MAILED: Send Air Graphics, 82 Sagamore Street, North Quincy, MA 02171, a non-refundable shipping fee in the form of a certified check or money order in the amount of $50.00 for each set, MADE PAYABLE AND MAILED DIRECTLY to Air Graphics. Documents will be mailed via UPS Ground service only in the Continental United States. If mailing is outside of the Continental United States, additional fees will apply. If you choose to use your own shipping account, send Air Graphics two (2) properly filled out account forms for each set and a non-refundable processing fee in the form of a certified check or money order in the amount of $25.00 for each set, MADE PAYABLE AND MAILED DIRECTLY TO Air Graphics, 82 Sagamore Street, North Quincy, MA 02171. You must also include your deposit of $100.00 per set in the form of a certified check or money order made payable to the Town of Sharon, for each complete set of Bidding Documents.

Unsuccessful Bidders, upon returning such sets and addenda in good condition to Air Graphics, 82 Sagamore Street, North Quincy, MA 02171, within thirty (30) days after the date of the General Bid opening, will be refunded their deposit. Deposits will not be refunded after that date. No refund will be allowed for partial or otherwise damaged sets.

General Contractor List of Bidders may be mailed to Contractors if requested. Faxes of Bidders Lists will not be provided.

As Security, each Bid must be accompanied by a Certified Check or Cashier's Check drawn upon either a State Bank and Trust Company or a National Banking Association, to the order of the Town of Sharon, or the Bid must be accompanied by a Bid Bond having as surety thereto, such Surety Company or Companies as are authorized to do business in the State of Massachusetts of an amount not less than 5% of the Bid. NO BID WILL BE ACCEPTED UNLESS ACCOMPANIED BY THE REQUIRED BID DEPOSIT.

A 100% Performance, Labor and Material Payment Bond and other Bonds subject to the conditions provided for in the Bid Specifications are required.

Bidders shall not include Federal Excise Taxes or State of Massachusetts Sales Taxes on which Public Buildings are exempt.

The Bid Securities of all filed Sub-Bidders, except those of the Sub-Bidders named in the General Bids of the three lowest responsible and eligible General Bidders, and those of the three lowest responsible and eligible General Bidders, for each sub-trade, will be returned within five (5) days, Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays excluded, after the opening of General Bids.

All bids for this project are subject to the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws (Ter. Ed.), Chapter 30, Section 39F - 39R, as amended and Chapter 149, Sections 44A through 44L inclusive, Chapter 149, Sections 26 through 27D inclusive, and Chapter 193 of the Acts of 2004.

Attention is directed to the fact that no less than the minimum wages as set forth in the Prevailing Wage Rates and Payroll Forms Contract Documents must be paid on this project.

All bids shall remain in effect for thirty (30) days, Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays not included, after the opening of General Bids. Funding for this project is subject to approval by Sharon Town Meeting, May 2, 2005.

The Town of Sharon reserves the right to waive any informalities in Bids, to reject any or all Bids, or to accept any proposal that in their judgment will be in the best interest of the Town.

The Town of Sharon does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, age, physical disability, religion or national origin.

Section ITB

INVITATION TO BID

March 24, 2005 - BID