IFB - MASONRY REPAIRS AT THE JONATHAN BOURNE LIBRARY

PUBLIC NOTICE 

Town of Bourne – Invitation to Bid

Masonry Repairs at the Jonathan Bourne Library

The Town of Bourne invites electronic bids from Contractors for the: MASONRY REPAIRS AT THE JONATHAN BOURNE LIBRARY, Bourne, Massachusetts, in accordance with the Contract Documents, prepared by Gale Associates, Inc., 300 Ledgewood Place, Suite 300, Rockland, MA 02370.

A pre-bid meeting will begin at the Town located at 19 Sandwich Road on September 6, 2023 at 9:00 a.m.  Interested parties shall meet at the main entrance of this building. Bidders are encouraged to attend and are cautioned to carefully examine the Contract Documents, the site, and the documents relating to existing conditions contained within the specifications.

A Payment Bond and a Performance Bond in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price will be required.

Bids shall be accompanied by a bid deposit in acceptable form as outlined in the specifications in the amount of five percent (5%) of the bid made payable to the Town of Bourne.

Base Bid Construction Estimate Value: $129,100.00

Alternate Bid Construction Estimate Value: $44,600.00

General Bids must be received on or before September 14, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. and publicly opened online, forthwith. General bidders must be certified by the Massachusetts Division of Capital Asset Management (DCAMM) for the category of “MASONRY”Update Statement.

This project is being Electronically Bid (E-Bid). All bids shall be submitted online at www.biddocsonline.com. Hard copy bids will not be accepted by the Awarding Authority. Tutorials and instructions are available online at www.biddocsonline.com (click on the “Tutorial” tab at the bottom footer). For assistance, contact BidDocs ONLINE, Inc. at 978-888-3350.

Bid Forms and Contract Documents in electronic form will be available at www.biddocsonline.com on August 30, 2023 after 2:00 pm. Register, log in and search for the name of the project for a free, downloadable bid set. Bidders may request hard copies of the Contract Documents for a deposit of $50.00 per set (maximum of 2 sets) payable to BidDocs ONLINE, Inc. via electronic payment or a certified or cashier’s check. Hard copies may be picked up at Nashoba Blue, Inc. at 433 Main Street, Hudson, MA 01749. Bidders requesting Contract Documents to be mailed to them shall include a separate check for $40.00 per set for UPS Ground (or $65.00 per set for UPS overnight), nonrefundable, payable to BidDocs ONLINE, Inc. to cover mail handling costs. This deposit will be refunded for up to two sets for general bidders and for one set for sub-bidders upon return of the sets in good condition within thirty days of receipt of general bids.  Otherwise, the deposit shall be the property of the Awarding Authority. Additional sets may be purchased for $50.00 per set. Neither Owner nor Architect/Engineer shall be responsible for full or partial sets of Bidding Documents, including Addenda if any, obtained from sources other than BidDocs ONLINE, Inc.

Addenda, if issued, will be posted to www.biddocsonline.com accompanied by e-mail notification to every individual or firm on record as having received a set of Contract Documents. Hard copies of addenda will not be mailed or faxed. It shall be the sole responsibility of the Contractor to ascertain the existence of any and all addenda, whether or not the addenda is presented, or received by the Bidder.

All bids for this project are subject to applicable bidding laws of Massachusetts, including MGL Ch. 149, s.44A through 44H and all amendments and all guidelines established by the Deputy Commissioner of the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance regulation 810 C.M.R. 4.00.  All work on this project must meet the requirements of all applicable state and local codes, laws, and ordinances, as well as the requirements of the Specifications.  Contractors shall schedule work, material deliveries and provide protection as required to cause as little interference as possible with the Owner’s normal use of the building.

Sections 29, 34, 34A and 44A through 44J of Chapter 149 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts are incorporated herein by reference, as well as Sections 39F through 39P of Chapter 30 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and all other provisions of the General Laws applicable to public construction on this Project. Any inconsistency between the Invitation to Bid, Information for Bidders, Bid Forms, Conditions or any other Contract Documents or potential Contract Document and these statutes, or any other applicable statutes, by-laws or regulations existing on the date on which a bid is submitted, shall not be grounds for invalidating the bidding procedure, but where required by law, such statute, by-law or regulation shall be deemed to govern.

Bidders are required to comply with the minimum wage schedule as set by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development (MGL Ch. 149, Sec. 26 to 27D inclusive of all amendments) and included in the bid documents.

The Town of Bourne reserves the right to waive any informalities or irregularities in the bids received, or to reject any and all bids, or to accept proposals deemed to be in the best interest of the Town.  No bidder may withdraw its bid for thirty days after the bid opening.