Site work and paving for a civil project in Glastonbury, Connecticut. Completed plans call for site work for a road / highway; for paving for a road / highway; and water / sewer project.

Work under this contract includes the replacement of approximately 385 linear feet of in-service water main along Route 83 (Manchester Road) in the vicinity of its intersection at Mountain Road and the replacement of existing in-service butterfly valves and gate valves with new resilient wedge gate valves located along Route 83 (Manchester Road) and Route 94 (Hebron Avenue), in the Town of Glastonbury. The valves identified have either failed or are at the end of service life and need to be replaced as part of system maintenance. Work also includes other appurtenant work such as installation of resilient wedge gate valves at new locations, fire hydrant, abandonment of existing water utilities, temporary and permanent pavement repair, and traffic control. The Project Schedule for this project is projected to be completed within SIXTY (60) WORKING DAYS (contract days). The Town of Manchester Water Department serves its customers within the Town of Manchester and also includes customers within a portion of the Town of Glastonbury. The Glastonbury Service Area generally includes neighborhoods along the Route 83 (Manchester Road) corridor extending from the Town line southerly to Route 94 (Hebron Avenue). Question Submission Deadline: March 11, 2024, 2:00pm Question Deadline 03/19/2024 at 4:30 PM ET Liquidity Damages: This mutual waiver is applicable, without limitation, to all consequential damages due to either party's termination. Nothing contained in this herein shall be deemed to preclude an award of liquidated damages, when applicable, in accordance with the requirements of the Contract Documents. If the Contractor shall neglect, fail or refuse to complete the Work within the time herein specified, or any proper extension thereof granted by the Town, then the Contractor does hereby agree, as a part consideration for the awarding of this Contract, to pay to the Town the amount specified in the Contract, not as a penalty but as liquidated damages for such breach of Contract as hereinafter set forth, for each and every calendar day that the Contractor shall be in default after the time stipulated in the Contract for completing the Work. The said amount is fixed and agreed upon by and between the Contractor and the Town because of the impracticability and extreme difficulty of fixing and ascertaining the actual damages the Town would in such event sustain, and said amount is agreed to be the amount of damages which the Town would sustain. The Bidder further agrees to pay as liquidated damages, the sum of FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00) for each consecutive calendar day beyond the date of completion. Liquidated damages are not intended as a penalty but rather shall be construed as a best estimate of damages which the Town will suffer due to a Bidder's refusal, failure or neglect to perform pursuant to his Bid and Contract Documents, if his Bid is accepted by the Town. Bond Notes: Each bid must be accompanied by a bid bond or bank check, payable to the Town of Manchester for five percent (5%) of the total bid. In the event of a base bid/alternate bid situation, the bid bond will be for five percent (5%) of the base bid. The bond must be furnished by a surety company satisfactory to the Town and must be a corporate surety licensed to sign surety bonds in the State of Connecticut. The Town of Manchester will not be liable for the accrual of any interest on any certified check submitted. Cashiers' checks made payable to the Town of Manchester will be accepted. Simultaneously with his delivery of the executed Contract, the Contractor shall furnish a surety bond or bonds as security for faithful performance of this Contract and for the payment of all persons performing labor and materials under this Contract. The Performance Bond and the Labor and Materials Bond shall be equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price and shall be furnished within ten (10) business days of the Notice of Award or prior to the start of Work, whichever comes first. The surety on such bond or bonds shall be a duly authorized surety company qualified to do business under the laws of the State of Connecticut and satisfactory to the Town. Owner Rights: The Town reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive technical defects and to make such awards including accepting a bid, although not the low bid, as it deems in its sole discretion to be in the best interest of the Town. The Town reserves the right to reject any bid if the Bidder, any officer of the Bidder, or any other company owned in whole or in part by an officer(s) of the Bidder, is delinquent in the payment of any taxes or fees owed to the Town. The Town reserves the right to require a disclosure statement from the Bidder listing the name(s) of all officers of the company. The Town reserves the right to reject any bid if the Bidder fails to satisfactorily convince the Town that he is properly qualified by experience and facilities to carry out the obligations of the contract and to satisfactorily complete the work called for herein, or if the bid is conditional in nature. The Town 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, should the Town deem it to be in the public interest to do so. The Town may also reject bids, which in its sole judgment, are either incomplete, conditional, obscure or not responsive, or which contain additions not called for, erasures not properly initialed, alterations, or similar irregularities, or the Town may waive such omissions, conditions or irregularities. The Town reserves the right to reject all or any part of an unbalanced bid, to eliminate any item or part of an item or increase or decrease quantities as it deems to be in its best interest or may be necessary due to budgetary limitations.