This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Colchester, Vermont. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

Each bid must be submitted in a sealed envelope addressed to the Town of Colchester, Attn: Justin Pero, Department of Public Works, 781 Blakely Road, Colchester, Vermont 05446. Each sealed envelope containing a bid must be plainly marked on the outside as Bid for Plumbing Services Agreement, and should bear on the outside the name of the bidder, and its address. If forwarded by mail, the sealed envelope containing the bid must be enclosed in another envelope addressed to the Town of Colchester at the address above. The Town Office is only open to the public from 7:30 am until 4:30, Monday through Friday. CONTRACTORS wanting to deliver their bid outside of that timeframe shall utilize the dropbox by the front entrance. CONTRACTOR shall submit the Bid Form, the Bid Schedule, the Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, and Other Responsibility Matters, and a list of 3 references for the bid submission to be deemed complete. All blank spaces for bid prices must be filled in, in ink or typewritten, and the bid documents must be fully completed and executed when submitted. Bidders shall remove and submit the bid documents separate from the volume of Contract Documents. A conditional or qualified bid will not be accepted. In the event there is any discrepancy in the BID SCHEDULE between any price in words, figures, or the extended totals, the price in words shall govern and the extended totals in each case shall be corrected accordingly. No BID will be accepted which does not contain a price for each item in this PROPOSAL. The OWNER may waive any informalities or minor defects or reject any and all BIDS. A bidder may be withdrawn prior to the above scheduled time for the opening of bids or authorized postponement thereof. Any bid received after the time and date specified shall not be considered. No bidder may withdraw a bid within 30 days after the actual date of the opening thereof. Should there be reasons why the contract cannot be awarded within the specified period; the time may be extended by mutual agreement between the Owner and the bidder. All questions by prospective BIDDERS as to the interpretations of the Bid Documents and Forms, Agreement Documents and Forms, and/or the Standard Terms and Conditions, must be submitted in writing to the OWNER, at least seven (7) days before the date herein set for the opening of BIDS. An interpretation will be issued to prospective BIDDERS at the addresses given by them no later than five (5) days before the date of opening BIDS. Failure of any BIDDER to receive any such ADDENDUM or interpretation shall not relieve such BIDDER from any obligation under its BID as submitted. All ADDENDA so issued shall become part of the CONTRACT DOCUMENTS. Prospective bidders and their agents will be permitted to make, at their own responsibility and expense, such investigations over the site(s) of the proposed work as they deem necessary. They must satisfy themselves by personal examination of the locations of the proposed work, and by such other means as they deem necessary, as to the actual conditions and requirements of the work. Inspection trips for prospective BIDDERS may be scheduled upon request by contacting Justin Pero at 802-264-5620 or at jpero@colchestervt.gov. OWNER reserves the right to reject any "materially unbalanced bid". A "materially unbalanced bid" is a Bid that contains lump sum or unit prices that do not reflect reasonable labor, equipment, and material costs plus a reasonable proportionate share of overhead and other indirect costs and anticipated profit, and the Town determines that the Bid may not result in the lowest ultimate cost to the Town. The CONTRACTOR shall take out and maintain during the life of this contract such Comprehensive General Bodily Injury Liability and Property Damage Liability Insurance and Automobile Bodily Injury Liability and Property Damage Liability as shall protect itself and its subcontractor performing work covered by this contract for claims for damages for personal injury, including accidental death, as well as from claims for property damage, as further delineated in the Town of Colchester Standard Terms and Conditions, which may arise from operations under this contract, whether such operations by itself or by any subcontractor or by anyone directly or indirectly employed by either of them. To ensure the OWNER is contracting and purchasing the best quality goods and services at the least possible cost, the OWNER may make any such investigations as it deems necessary to determine the responsibility of the BIDDER, and the BIDDER shall furnish to the OWNER all suchinformation and data for this purpose and as the OWNER may request. The OWNER reserves the right to reject any BID if the BIDDER fails to submit the requested information and data, or if evidence reviewed by the OWNER's investigation of such BIDDER fails to satisfy the OWNER that such BIDDER is properly qualified to carry out the obligations of the Agreement to complete the work contemplated therein