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

The City of Lowell is seeking bids to furnish all labor, materials, equipment and incidentals required to perform high pressure water jetting, rodding, brushing, bucketing, and flushing of designated sewer lines and manholes complete as specified. A certified check made payable to the "City of Lowell" in the amount of 5% must accompany this bid. Bid bonds are acceptable. A payment bond in the amount of 50% of the total dollar award is required prior to contract execution. A performance bond in the amount of 100% of the total dollar award is required prior to contract execution The contract shall be for the period beginning on or about August 1, 2022 or as stated in the notice to proceed, whichever is later and ending, on or before June 30, 2025. Funding for this project requires that all work be completed no later than June 30, 2025 regardless of the date of the notice to proceed. Each bid shall be accompanied by cash, a certified check, treasurer's check, or cashier's check issued by a responsible bank or trust company, made payable to the City of Lowell in the amount of 5% of the bid or a bid bond prepared in the form of bid bond attached hereto, duly executed by the bidder as principal and having as surety thereon a surety company, licensed to do business in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, approved by the OWNER, in the amount of 5% of the bid, but in no event less than one hundred dollars not more than fifty thousand dollars. Sub bids shall be submitted for the following items for work: NONE All bid deposits of general bidders, except those of the three lowest responsible and eligible bidders, will be returned within five (5) days, Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays excluded, after the opening of the general bids. The bid deposits of the three lowest responsible and eligible bidders shall be returned upon the execution and delivery of the Contract, or if no award is made, upon the expiration of 60 days, Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays excluded, except that, if any bidder fails to perform his agreement to execute a Contract and furnish a Performance Bond and also a Labor and Materials Payment Bond as stated in his bid, his bid deposit shall become and be the property of the City of Lowell as liquidated damages; provided that the amount of the bid deposit which becomes the property of the City of Lowell shall not, in any event, exceed the difference between his bid price and the bid price of the next lowest responsible and eligible bidder; and provided further that, in case of death, disability or other unforeseen circumstances affecting the bidder, his bid deposit may be returned. The sixty day time limit shall not be applicable to the next lowest eligible bidder, with his and his subbidder's consent, if the original award made within the time limit is invalidated. Attention of the Bidders is particularly called to the requirements of the conditions of employment to be observed and the prevailing wage rates to be paid on this project, as determined by the State Department of Labor Division of Occupational Safety. The Contractor must use the higher of the two rates for each trade to be used on the project. Bidders must also comply with Certification of Compliance G.L.C. 30 & 39M Public Construction More Than $10,000.00. The City of Lowell, acting through its Chief Procurement Officer, reserves the right to waive any informality in, to reject any or all bids or to accept the one which appears in the best interest of the City of Lowell. The Owner may consider informal any bid not prepared and submitted in accordance with the provisions hereof and may waive any informalities or reject any and all bids. Any bid 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 60 days after the actual date of the opening thereof.