Site Improvements at East Boston Early Education Center

NOTE:  For information specific to this particular IFB, please submit questions in writing to Patrick Mulvey-Welsh, Project Director, Boston Public Schools Facilities Management Department, Planning & Engineering, 1216 Dorchester Avenue, Boston, MA 02125, or contact Patrick Mulvey-Welsh, Project Director, at pmulveywelsh@bostonpublicschools.org.

The City of Boston Public Schools (the City), acting by and through its Director of Facilities Management (the Awarding Authority), invites sealed bids for the above entitled project, subject to all applicable provisions of law, including, without limitation, section 39M of chapter 30 of the General Laws, as amended, and in accordance with the terms and provisions of the contract documents entitled: “Site Improvements @ East Boston Early Education Center."

SCOPE OF WORK:  In general includes, but is not limited to the following: demolition, excavation, paving work, concrete, play surface, play structure, drainage system repairs and all other related work as specified herein.

PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS will be available after twelve o’clock noon on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 at the Office of Facilities Management, 1216 Dorchester Avenue, 2nd floor, Boston, MA 02125, no deposit required.

Bids shall be submitted to the Awarding Authority, 2nd floor, 1216 Dorchester Avenue, Boston, MA 02125, before twelve o’clock noon (Boston time) on Thursday, April 9, 2020 at which time and place respective bids will be opened and read aloud.  Late bids will not be accepted.

A Pre-Bid Conference will be held on Wednesday, April 1, 2020, from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. at the East Boston Early Education Center 135 Gove Street, East Boston, MA. 02128.  Prospective bidders are encouraged to attend. 

Bids must be accompanied by a bid deposit in the form of a certified check drawn on, or a treasurer’s or cashier’s check issued by, a responsible bank or trust company, payable to the City of Boston, or a bid bond of a surety company qualified to do business in Massachusetts and satisfactory in form to the Awarding Authority.  The amount of such check and penal sum of such bond shall be a sum equal to five (5) percent of the bid.

The attention of all bidders is specifically directed to the equal employment opportunity section of the specifications and the obligation of the contractor and all subcontractors to take affirmative action in connection with employment practices throughout the work.  

Contractors are hereby notified that pursuant to M.G.L. c. 149, sections 26 to 27G, contractors must pay prevailing wages as established by the Massachusetts Department of Labor and Workforce Development/Division of Occupational Safety.

LABOR HARMONY: All Bidders must certify that they are able to furnish labor that can work in harmony with all other elements of labor employed or to be employed at the work;

OSHA TRAINING: All Bidders must certify that all employees to be employed at the work site will have successfully completed a course in construction safety and health approved by the United States Occupation Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) that is at least 10 hours in duration at the time the employee begins work and who shall furnish documentation of successful completion of said course with the first certified payroll report for each employee

OSHA MGL 30-39s: All Bidders must certify that all employees to be employed in the work subject to this bid have successfully completed a course in construction safety and health approved by the United States Occupation Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) that is at least 10 hours in duration. M.G.L. c. 30, 39S(a)

A performance bond, and also a labor and materials payment bond, of a surety company qualified to do business under the laws of the Commonwealth and included in the U.S. Treasury’s current list of approved sureties (Circular 570) and satisfactory in form to the Awarding Authority, and each in the sum of 100 percent of the contract price, will be required of the successful bidder to guarantee the faithful performance of the contract.

The Awarding Authority reserves the right to wave any minor informalities or to reject any and all bids, or any part or parts thereof, and to award a contract as the Awarding Authority deems to be in the best interest of the City of Boston and the Boston Public Schools. The award of any contract shall be subject to the approval of the Superintendent of Schools and the Mayor of Boston.

ROBERT HARRINGTON, Assistant Director/Planning & Engineering