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INVITATION FOR BIDS
2020 COMPLETE STREETS IMPROVEMENTS AT THREE LOCATIONS
CONTRACT NO. 2020-024
INVITATION FOR BIDS Sealed bids for furnishing the following ITEM will be received at the
Office of the Purchasing Agent, 149 Main Street, Watertown, MA, 02472, until the time
specified below at which time the bids will be publicly opened and read:
ITEM BID OPENING
Bid: 2020 Complete Streets Improvements at
Three Locations
Contract No. 2020-024
Decemberl2, 2019, 10:OOAM
The work consists of pedestrian focused improvements at three locations within the Town of
Watertown. Specific locations include a raised crosswalk along Warren Street adjacent to the
Cunniff Elementary School, a raised crosswalk at the Whites Avenue crossing of the Watertown
Community path, reconstructing the Watertown Community Path between the Whites Avenue
crossing and Winter Street, and the reconfiguration of the Watertown Street crosswalk at Theurer
Park. The contract includes items related to pavement milling, hot mix asphalt paving, removing
and resetting existing granite curb, drainage system modifications, installation of new curb at
curb extensions, reconstruction of concrete sidewalks, ADA/AAB conforming wheelchair ramps,
rectangular rapid flashing beacons, signing, pavement markings and related work as directed by
the DPW Superintendent.
Specifications and bid forms may be obtained at the Office of Purchasing Agent, Watertown
Town Hall, 149 Main Street, Watertown, MA, 02472 Monday through Friday between 8:30 a.m.
— 5:00 p.m. starting November 20, 2019, or at purchasing@watetown-ma.gov. Contract
documents may be reviewed at the Town of Watertown Department of Public Works, 124
Orchard Street, Watertown on Monday through Friday from 8:30 AM until 5:00 PM. Bids will
be opened by the Purchasing Agent on Thursday, December 12, 2019, at 10:00 A.M., Town
Hall, Lower Hearing Room, 149 Main Street, Watertown, MA, 02472. Each Bid must be
accompanied by a bid security consisting of a BID BOND, CASH, or, CERTIFIED CHECK
issued by a responsible bank or trust company in the amount of 5% of the bid price.
All bidders must be pre -qualified by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation as
follows. The MassDOT Prequalification Office will provide the Town with an official and a
waiver contractor bid list for all contractors prequalified in the specified class of work within the
parameters of this project. Only those bidders listed in the official or waiver contractor lists
issued by the MassDOT Prequalification Office will be allowed to submit a bid.
All bids for this project are subject to applicable public bidding laws of Massachusetts, including
G.L. c.30, § 39M, as amended. Attention is directed to the minimum wage rates to be paid as
determined by the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development and the weekly payroll
record submittal requirements under the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter
149, Section 26 through 27D inclusive.
There will be no pre -bid meeting for this project.
The successful bidder must furnish a 100% Performance Bond and a 100% Payment Bond in the
contract sum with a corporate surety approved by the Owner (Town of Watertown). Selection of
the contractor will be based upon bidder qualifications, including evidence of past performance
in similar projects, and bid price. The contract will be awarded to the bidder deemed by the
awarding authority to be the lowest responsible and eligible bidder. Contractors submitting
bids must perform at least 50% of the work outlined in the bid documents.
The bidder agrees that its bid shall be good and may not be withdrawn for a period of 30 days,
Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays excluded, after the opening of the bids. The Town
reserves the right to waive any informalities, to accept or reject, in whole or in part any or all
bids, or take whatever other action may be deemed to be in the best interest of the Town.
Town of Watertown
Raeleen Bandini, MCPPO
Director of Purchasing