Gymnasium Floor Replacement Project

New Heights Charter School of Brockton is requesting bids for complete replacement of the gymnasium athletic flooring system at 1690 Main Street, Brockton, Massachusetts under IFB #2026-FM01, with sealed bids due July 17, 2026 at 2:00 PM Eastern Time and a mandatory pre-bid site visit on July 10, 2026 at 10:00 AM. This project is subject to Massachusetts Prevailing Wage Law, requiring compliance with prevailing wage classifications and weekly certified payroll reporting.

Bidders must possess a minimum of five years of athletic flooring installation experience and demonstrate successful completion of at least three comparable projects within the past five years. The scope encompasses demolition and disposal of existing flooring, concrete slab evaluation, moisture testing and mitigation where required, furnishing and installation of a new high-performance athletic flooring system suitable for competitive basketball and volleyball, game line striping, custom center-court school logo installation, transitions, accessories, testing, final commissioning, and all labor, supervision, materials, equipment, permits, and services for a complete turnkey solution. Shop drawings must be submitted within ten calendar days of contract award. The contractor must be a manufacturer-authorized installer and shall provide the manufacturer's standard written warranty plus a minimum one-year workmanship warranty commencing upon final acceptance. Training for designated school personnel on routine cleaning, preventive maintenance, approved maintenance products, and warranty requirements is required prior to final acceptance.

The contract price is firm and fixed with no escalation. The anticipated construction duration is approximately three weeks, with substantial completion required before opening of the 2026-2027 academic year. The successful bidder must furnish performance and payment bonds each equal to 100 percent of the contract price and maintain commercial general liability insurance with minimum limits of $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 aggregate, along with workers' compensation, employer's liability, automobile liability, and umbrella liability coverage of $2,000,000. Liquidated damages are assessed at $300 per calendar day for failure to achieve substantial completion by the contract completion date. Questions are due July 10, 2026 at 12:00 PM Eastern Time. Bids must be submitted electronically through COMMBUYS with public bid opening at 2:15 PM via virtual Zoom meeting. The contract will be awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder in accordance with Massachusetts procurement laws.