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

The Owner may consider informal any bid not prepared and submitted in accordance with the provisions hereof and may waive any minor informalities in or to reject any and all bids. Any bid may be withdrawn prior to the above scheduled time. Bidders may correct, modify or withdraw their Bids. A Bidder who wished to withdraw a Bid must make the request in writing. Any correction or modification to a bid must be submitted in writing and sealed and marked as such, in the same manner as the original Bid. Any bids received after the time and date specified shall not be considered. No bidder may withdraw his bid for a period of thirty (30) days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after the actual date of the opening thereof. Once registered, the Commission will have documented your email address for any notices or Addenda issued in regard to this bid. Only plan holders registered with the Lynn Water & Sewer Commission will receive any addendum issued. It is the responsibility of the bidder to make sure they have received all bid information when obtaining the specifications from the LWSC prior to the bid opening date. The Commission will not be responsible for missing information received via improper obtain or received by a third party plan room. The Supplier shall furnish all equipment, supervision, and Virgin Granular Activated Carbon as necessary for changing the existing carbon in the three (3) filters located in the Lynn Water Treatment Plant as shown, specified, or required. Work shall include but not be limited to the following: Providing all trucks as necessary to haul Equipment, Virgin Carbon and removed spent carbon as specified. Provide supervision as specified. Provide all equipment as specified. Provide Virgin Granular Activated Carbon for each filter as specified. Dispose of all removed Spent Carbon from the changed filters as well as the Spent Carbon that has accumulated in the Back-Wash Equalization basin as specified. Each bid must be accompanied by a US certified check, treasurer's or cashier's check issued by a responsible bank, trust company or financial institution, payable to the owner. The bid security shall be in the amount of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). All checks, except those of the three lowest responsible and eligible bidders, will be returned within five (5) days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after opening the bids. All bid securities will be returned on the execution of the general contract, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays after the actual date of the opening thereof, unless forfeited under the conditions herein stipulated. In case a party of whom a contract is awarded shall fail or neglect to execute the contract and furnish the satisfactory US check within the time specified, the owner may determine that the bidder has abandoned the contract, and thereupon the proposal and acceptance shall be null and void, and the bid security accompanying the proposal shall be forfeited to the owner as liquidated damages for such failure or neglect and to indemnify said owner for any loss which may be sustained by failure of the bidder to execute the contract and furnish the check as aforesaid, provided that, in case of death, disability, or other unforeseen circumstances affecting the bidder, such bid security may be returned to him. After execution of the contract and acceptance of the US check by the owner, the bid security accompanying the proposal of the successful bidder will be returned. The Performance Surety shall be required in the amount of($500.00) Five Hundred Dollars by US certified check, treasurer's or cashier's check issued by a responsible bank, trust company or financial institution, payable to the owner and shall be held for the duration of the contract term. Each bidder must inform himself fully of the conditions relating to the work to be performed. Failure to do so will not relieve a successful bidder of his obligation to furnish all material and labor necessary to carry out the provisions of the Contract Documents and to complete the contemplated work for the consideration set forth in his bid. Each bidder, in bidding, represent that he relies exclusively upon his own investigations and he makes his bid with a full knowledge of conditions, and the kind, quality, and quantity of work required. At the time of the opening of bids, each bidder will be presumed to have inspected the site and to have read and to be thoroughly familiar with the Contract Documents, including all Addenda. The failure of any bidder to receive or examine any form, or document shall in no way relieve any bidder from any obligation in respect to his bid The owner reserves the right to reject any bid if the evidence submitted by, or the investigation of such bidder fails to satisfy the owner that such supplier is properly qualified to carry out the obligations of the contract documents and to complete the work contemplated herein. Responsive bidders must supply all of the information requested. The submittals shall be signed by an officer of the supplier. Submittals from anyone else will be cause for automatic rejection. All exceptions taken to the specification and submittal requirements must be so stated. Failure to do so may cause the Bid to be rejected. The Lynn Water and Sewer Commission reserves the right to waive any informalities in or to reject any or all bids or any part thereof and make awards as may appear in the best interest of the Commission as determined by the Awarding Authority of the Commission Question Deadline 08/21/2023. All questions about the meaning or intent of the Contract Documents shall be submitted by e-mailed to (purchasing@lynnwatersewer.org) to the attention of the Purchasing Department, Lynn Water and Sewer Commission, 400 Parkland Ave., Lynn, MA 01905. Any questions received by e-mail after the date will not receive a formal response. The estimated first year cost of this Contract is $400,000 Contract extension or renewal for an additional one (I) year period for three (3) filters shall be at the sole discretion of the Commission and shall be subject to the same terms and conditions as the initial three (3) filter contract and as provided for in the Massachusetts General Laws.