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

Furnish & deliver tree removal services per the requirements & specifications of the Department of Public Works & Parks for a period of 1 year. This contract will include all tree removal services for a period of one year from January 26, 2025 through January 25, 2026. This contract may be renewed for two additional one-year periods, at the sole discretion of the City, the option of which will be determined by the City at the end of the current contract year. Minimum rates of wages for work performed under this contract will be as predetermined by the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development, in accordance with the provisions of Sections 27 of Chapter 149 of the Massachusetts General Laws. Any bid may be withdrawn by the bidder or his duly authorized representative by written notice received by the Owner at the address for receipt of bids specified in the Advertisement for Bids prior to the time scheduled for the opening of such bids or authorized postponement thereof. No bid may be withdrawn for sixty (60) days, Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays excluded, after the opening of general bids. No telephone or telegraphic bid, change in bid or withdrawal of bid will be received or recognized. A bid may be amended or modified only by withdrawing the bid and resubmitting another bid prior to the time for the opening of bids. Each bid must be accompanied by a bid deposit in the form of a bid bond, or a certified check on, or a treasurer's or cashier check issued by, a responsible bank or trust company, payable to the City of Worcester. A bid bond shall be a) in form satisfactory to the Owner substantially conforming to the sample contained in the Contract Documents, b) with a surety company qualified to do business (licensed) in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and satisfactory to the Owner, and c) conditioned upon the faithful performance by the principal of the agreements contained in the bid. The bid deposit shall be in the amount of 5% of the value of the bid. The Owner shall reject every general bid which is not accompanied by the required bid deposit, or which otherwise does not conform to the statutory requirements or the bid documents. The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all general bids which contains erasures, alterations, additions, errors or irregularities of any kind, or which contains proposed prices for any class or item of work which are, in the judgment of the Owner, substantially less or more than the actual cost to complete the work; provided, however, that the Owner reserves the right to waive any and all informalities as to form. Matters as to substance shall not be waived. A performance bond and a labor and materials payment bond, each in the amount of the contract sum, must be furnished by the general contractor as stated in the bid form. Such bonds must be on the forms contained in the bid documents and must be executed and delivered to the Owner at the time of execution of the contract. Each attorney-in-fact who executes such a bond on behalf of the surety must affix thereto a certified and current copy of his power of attorney. Question Deadline 11/20/2024 All questions must be referred in writing to Stephen McDonald via email at MCDONALDS@worcesterma.gov