Riverfront - Water Street Repainting Project

The City of Nashua, through its Office of Economic Development and Division of Public Works Engineering Department, is seeking bids for the Riverfront - Water Street Guardrail Repainting Project (IFB0290-082125) located in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. The procurement involves repainting a 165 linear-foot section of vehicular guardrail between the 4 Water Street access driveway and a mid-block crosswalk. Contractors must remove existing guardrail paint in compliance with local, state, and federal requirements and apply a rust preventative black paint. Bidders are required to have at least five years of experience in similar repainting work and must demonstrate qualifications through a detailed contractor qualification statement. The bid was released on August 7, 2025, with a bid submission deadline of August 21, 2025 at noon, and an optional pre-bid meeting is scheduled for August 14, 2025. The project timeline includes substantial completion by October 17, 2025, and final completion by November 7, 2025, with the contract expected to be awarded following the September 9, 2025 Board of Alderman Meeting.

The contract requires bidders to provide a 5% bid bond, performance and payment bonds, and specific insurance coverages, including $1,000,000 per occurrence general liability and $1,000,000 combined single limit auto liability, along with workers' compensation coverage. The City of Nashua will retain 10% of monthly payments until the project is 50% complete, after which no further retainage will be withheld, and a 2% retainage will be held during the one-year warranty period. While no specific set-aside designations or disadvantaged enterprise requirements are mentioned in the documentation, the bid package suggests a competitive procurement process open to qualified contractors with demonstrated expertise in guardrail repainting. The contract appears to be a standalone project without references to incumbent vendors or existing infrastructure integration requirements. Although a specific budget range is not explicitly stated, the comprehensive bid requirements and detailed project specifications indicate a professionally managed municipal infrastructure improvement project.