Site work and paving for a road / highway in Nashua, New Hampshire. Completed plans call for site work for a road / highway; and road / highway.

The scheduled work is located in various areas throughout the City of Nashua and consists primarily of pavement overlaying, pavement milling with overlay, and pavement reclamation. The City of Nashua reserves the right, for the Street Paving portion of the contract, to substitute streets of a similar nature or to add additional streets subject to contract amendment process. Contractor shall ensure that its activities and activities of its employees are in strict compliance with all applicable federal, state and local statutes, ordinances, regulations and rules, and permit requirements including without limitation, the Federal OSHA of 1970, as amended and the standards and regulations issued hereunder, and all other statues, ordinances, regulations, rules, standards and requirements of common law in relation to industrial hygiene and safety, and the protection of health and the environment. The City of Nashua would like to emphasize the importance of construction work zone safety. The City of Nashua has adopted the provisions of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) for work zone safety. Unless otherwise indicated in this contract, the contract shall follow the requirements of the MUTCD at all roadway construction work zones. The anticipated Commencement date for the contract is on or about March 22, 2021. Project will begin once a written Notice to Proceed is issued. Completion times for the project will be as follows: Substantial Completion shall be by October 15, 2021. Substantial completion is defined in Section 1.01 of the General Terms and Conditions. Contract completion shall be by October 31, 2021 Liquidated damages of $1,700 for each calendar day will be assessed for delays beyond the established dates for substantial completion and final completion. The City of Nashua, through the Mayor, who is the awarding authority, reserves the right to reject any and all bids or parts of bids; to waive any defects, information, and minor irregularities; to accept exceptions to these specifications; to award contracts or to cancel this request if in the City's best interest. Postmarks or other timestamps will not be accepted in lieu of actual delivery. Bidders can use whatever delivery mechanism it chooses as long as it remains clear that the vendor is responsible for submissions prior to the date and time. Deadline for Bidder Questions Friday, January 15, 2021 at 10:00 am Bidder Question Answers Posted Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at 4:00pm All bids are binding for ninety (90) days following the deadline for bids, or until the effective date of any binding resulting contract, whichever is later. Bids must be submitted in the format provided and address the items specified in this request. The City may reject any or all of the bids on any basis and without disclosure of a reason. The failure to make such a disclosure shall not result in accrual of any right, claim or cause of action by any unsuccessful bidder against The City. The City reserves the right to waive any irregularities when the public interest will be served thereby. The City also reserves the right to negotiate any change or amendment in any bid without soliciting further requests for bids if the action is necessary for the best interest of the City. The City of Nashua will reject the bid of any bidder who is presently debarred, declared ineligible or excluded by any Federal department or agency, and reserves the right to reject the bid of any proposer who has previously failed to perform any contract properly for any purchaser, or to complete on time, contracts of a similar nature, who is not in the position to perform the contract, or who has neglected the payment of bills or otherwise disregarded its obligations to clients, purchasers, subcontractors, material men, or employees. The City is exempt of all taxes. All bids must be FOB Nashua, NH. All Bidders must comply with all applicable Equal Employment Opportunity laws. Pursuant to NRO 5-78 (F), the Purchasing Manager shall not solicit a bid from a contractor who is in default on the payment of taxes, licenses or other monies due the City. Therefore, this bid request is void as to anyone who is in default on said payments.