Site work and paving for a mixed-use development in Bowdoinham, Maine. Completed plans call for site work for a road / highway; for paving for a road / highway; sidewalk / parking lot; sidewalk / parking lot; and water / sewer project.

The project involves site improvements including common borrow, site grading, gravel base, hot mix asphalt paving, storm drains, slipform concrete curbing, landscaping, utility installation, and miscellaneous sitework items at the Town's Waterfront Park on River Road. This project is funded, in part, by the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) program, LWCF #23-00909. Build America Buy America requirements i. As required by Section 70914 of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (also known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act), P.L. ll7-58, on or after May 14, 2022, none of the funds under a federal award that are part of Federal financial assistance program for infrastructure may be obligated for a project unless all of the iron, steel, manufactured products, and construction materials used in the project are produced in the United States, unless subject to an approved waiver. The requirements of this section must be included in all subawards, including all contracts and purchase orders for work or products under this program. ii. Recipients of an award of Federal financial assistance are hereby notified that none of the funds provided under this award may be used for a project for infrastructure unless: 1. all iron and steel used in the project are produced in the United States--this means all manufacturing processes, from the initial melting stage through the application of coatings, occurred in the United States; 2. all manufactured products used in the project are produced in the United States --this means the manufactured product was manufactured in the United States; and the cost of the components of the manufactured product that are mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States is greater than 55 percent of the total cost of all components of the manufactured product, unless another standard for determining the minimum amount of domestic content of the manufactured product has been established under applicable law or regulation; and 3. all construction materials are manufactured in the United States--this means that all manufacturing processes for the construction material occurred in the United States. iii. The Buy America preference only applies to articles, materials, and supplies that are consumed in, incorporated into, or affixed to an infrastructure project. As such, it does not apply to tools, equipment, and supplies, such as temporary scaffolding, brought to the construction site and removed at or before the completion of the infrastructure project. Nor does a Buy America preference apply to equipment and furnishings, such as movable chairs, desks, and portable computer equipment, that are used at or within the finished infrastructure project but are not an integral part of the structure or permanently affixed to the infrastructure project. The Documents may be examined at the Bowdoinham Town Office and the following locations: 1. Associated General Contractors of Maine 188 Whitten Road Augusta, Maine 04330 2. Construction Summary of Maine 734 Chestnut Street Manchester, NH 03104 3. Pine Tree Engineering, Inc. 53 Front Street Bath, Maine 04530 All bidders must furnish the following: 1. A completed Bid Form. 2. Experience Record (see Section 2-D) 3. A list of all subcontractors to be utilized on the project. 4. A bid security in the amount of 5% of the total bid in the form of a Bid Bond or certified check, made out to the Town of Bowdoinham. The successful bidder must furnish the following: 1. Certificate of Insurance (in accordance with Section 3, Article 26) 2. 100% Construction Performance Bond 3. 100% Construction Payment Bond The Town of Bowdoinham will have thirty (30) calendar days within which to accept or reject any bid. All work shall be completed by June 20, 2025. Liquidated damages in the amount of $250 per day are contained in the Contract. The Town of Bowdoinham reserves the right to adjust quantities contained in the Bid Form as needed in order to stay within the project budget. Town of Bowdoinham reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any technical or legal deficiencies, and to accept any bid which is deemed to be in the best interest of the Town of Bowdoinham, not necessarily the lowest bid.