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

The Town of Wallingford is accepting bids for "Storm Pipe/Culvert Cleaning with Root Cutting and Disposal of Sediment and Debris". Clarification Deadline 8/20/2024 5:00 PM Questions concerning the work requirements of this bid are to be submitted through Electronically. Contract period From date of Award thru 6/30/27 The Purchasing office reviews any bid being considered to assure that neither the contractor nor any subcontractor being utilized is subject to state or federal debarment based on published debarment lists. Persons or firms currently debarred under the Federal Davis Bacon Act that are included on the State Debarment List pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes, Section 31-53a, as amended, shall not be awarded a contract. No contract shall be awarded to any firm, corporation, partnership or association in which such persons or firms have an interest until the expiration date listed has passed. Performance, Labor and Material Bond (If Applicable): To insure the faithful execution of the contract, according to its provisions, the bidder awarded the contract will be required to provide at his own expense, to the Town of Wallingford, a Performance Bond for the full amount of the contract and also furnish a Labor and Material Bond. The bond must be written by a company licensed to write business in the State of Connecticut and shall be furnished prior to the issuance of a Contract or a Purchase Order. Bid Bond (If Applicable): A Certified Check, Cashier's Check or Bid Bond in the amount stated on the contract proposal, made payable to the "Treasurer, Town of Wallingford", must be submitted with each bid, as a guarantee that in case the contract is awarded, the bidder will execute such contract and furnish satisfactory Performance and Labor and Material Bond if required. Unsuccessful bidders shall be entitled to return of surety where the Agent has required bid deposits. A successful bidder shall forfeit any surety required by the Agent upon failure on his part to enter into a contract within ten (10) days after being notified of the award. Toxic Substances: In accordance with Section 31-40M of the General Statutes of Connecticut, any person who supplies any toxic substances as defined in 31-40J shall provide the following information: a. The generic or basic chemical name of the toxic substance. b. The level at which exposure to the substance is determined to be hazardous, if known. c. The acute and chronic effects of exposure of hazardous levels. d. The symptoms of such effects. e. The appropriate emergency treatment. f. Proper conditions for safe use and exposure to such toxic substance. g. Procedures for cleanup of leaks and spills of such toxic substance. h. A label on each container of any such substance which states, in a clearly legible and conspicuous form, that a toxic substance is contained therein. This information should be disclosed at the time of the bid opening and chemical Safety Data Sheets (S.D.S.) sheets will also be required if the products meet the toxic substance criteria. Training: Pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes, Section 31-53b contractors must furnish proof to the Labor Commission that all employees performing manual labor on public building projects have completed a course in construction safety. The statute applies to all public building projects where state funds are involved and the total construction cost is $100,000 or more. The Wallingford Board of Education has a Universal Precautions program which addresses the handling of blood-borne pathogens and body fluids. A copy of the Board's exposure control plan will be provided, and it in the responsibility of the contractor to train his employees in the proper procedures they will be required to follow and to supply then with all necessary protective personal clothing and equipment, such as rubber gloves, face shields and masks, eye protection, etc. The contractor will bear all expenses of compliance with this plan including Hepatitis B shots. It in the contractor's responsibility to train his employees in O.S.H.A. and Right-to-Know (M.S.D.S.) requirements. State Set-Aside Program (If Applicable) If this project is subject to the State set-aside program, it is the contractor's responsibility to contact CHRO and to comply with all statutory requirements. The contractor who is selected to perform this State project must comply with CONN. GEN. STAT. 4a-60, 4a-60a, 4a-60g, and 46a-68b through 46a-68f, inclusive, as amended by June 2015 Special Session Public Act 15-5. An Affirmative Action Plan must be filed with and approved by the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities prior to the commencement of construction. State law requires a minimum of twenty-five (25%) percent of the state-funded portion of the contract for award to subcontractors holding current certification from the Connecticut Department of Administrative Services ("DAS") under the provisions of CONN. GEN. STAT. 4a-60g, as amended. (25% of the work with DAS certified Small and Minority owned businesses and 25% of that work with DAS certified Minority, Women and/or Disabled owned businesses.) The contractor must demonstrate good faith effort to meet the 25% set-aside goals.