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

The City of Boston, acting by the Parks Commission, hereinafter referred to as the Awarding Authority, hereby invites sealed bids for the project listed above. Bids shall be on a form supplied by the Parks and Recreation Department shall be clearly identified as a bid and signed by the bidder. Bids shall clearly be labeled with the project name. All bids for this project are subject to all applicable provisions of law and in accordance with the terms and provisions of the contract documents entitled: Ash Tree Injections and Maintenance. BIDDERS are hereby notified that bid deposits must be 5 percent of his/her bid, and shall be in the form of a bid bond, or certified check, treasurer's check, or cashier's check, bid bond of a surety company qualified to do business under the laws of the Commonwealth and satisfactory to the Commissioner made payable to the City of Boston. ATTENTION TO ALL BIDDERS The work force requirements (employee man-hour ra- tios per trade) for this contract are as follows: Minority, 40 percent; Boston Resident, 51 percent; and Female, 12 percent. The successful bidder will be required to provide by insurance for the payment of compensation and the furnishing of other benefits under the Workmen's Compensation Law, General Laws (Ter.Ed), chapter 152, to all persons to be employed under the contract, and sufficient proof of compliance with the foregoing stipulation will be required before commencing performance of this contract. A performance bond and also a labor and materials or payment bond, each of a surety company qualified to do business under the laws of the Commonwealth and satisfactory to the Commissioner and in the sum of 100 percent of the contract price, as well as certain public liability and property damage insurance, will be required of the successful general contractor. There will be no informational pre-bid conference for this project.