Intersection Improvement / Roundabout Installation Williams Street and Broad Street State Project L094-0003

The City of New London is requesting bids on an intersection improvement project involving roundabout installation at Williams Street and Broad Street, State Project L094-0003, with bids due September 18, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. The project is structured as a Base Bid plus one additive alternate (Central Island Flush Mounted Fountain Jets with Lighting). Award will be made on the basis of the lowest responsive Total Base Bid.

The scope encompasses approximately 1.7 acres bounded by Williams Park to the north and a mix of residential and commercial properties on the remaining sides. Work includes clearing and grubbing, earth and rock excavation, concrete and bituminous pavement installation, drainage structure installation and modification, utility conduit and conductor installation, decorative lighting, traffic signal equipment, signage, pavement markings, landscaping, and miscellaneous site improvements.

The project is funded with $4,470,745 in state funding. Connecticut law requires contractors to meet spending allocation goals of $406,689 for Small Business Enterprises and $374,485 for Minority Business Enterprises, along with a minimum 25 percent setaside of the state-funded contract portion for DAS-certified small and minority-owned businesses. Contractors must demonstrate good faith effort to meet SBE and MBE spending goals and make apprenticeship opportunities available, targeting a minimum of 10 percent of the workforce per state licensed trade as apprentices, with at least 50 percent in first-year apprenticeship training.

Bid bonds of 10 percent are required at time of bid; performance bonds and labor and material payment bonds of 100 percent are required. Comprehensive general liability insurance with minimum limits of $2,000,000 per occurrence and $10,000,000 excess umbrella coverage is mandatory, with the City named as additional insured. A non-mandatory pre-proposal meeting is scheduled for August 28, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. Questions are due September 4, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. Bid opening will be conducted virtually via Zoom. The contract term extends through project completion.