Site work and paving for a road / highway in Brockton, Massachusetts. Completed plans call for site work for a road / highway; and for paving for a road / highway.

This bid requires MassDOT prequalification. "MassDOT prequalification of contractors with the class of work as Highway Construction for the project with an estimated value of $7,077,940.70. Awarding Authority reserves the right to extend the contract for two (2) additional 12-month options. Valuation for purposes of MassDOT Prequalification is based on first year times three (3) to arrive at an estimated total value of all bid items. The estimated value provided in this Invitation to Bid is for one year. Vendors are expected to be able to provide their services over three (3) years at three (3) times the initial estimated value. Section 3 requires that, to the greatest extent feasible, opportunities for training and employment be given to lower income residents of the project area and contracts for work in connection with the project be awarded to business concerns that are located in or owned in substantial part by persons residing in the area of the project. Work to be performed under this Contract shall comply with Title 5 equal opportunity in employment and equal opportunity in municipal construction projects. The Contractor will be subject to the greater prevailing wage rates of the "Davis-Bacon Act", or Massachusetts Prevailing Wage Rates. SCOPE OF CONTRACT The scope and intent of this Contract is to provide all labor, materials, and equipment to perform the reconstruction of existing streets and roadways within the City of Brockton utilizing Massachusetts Chapter 90 funding and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development funding under the Community Development Block Grant Program. It is the intent of this Contract to reconstruct various streets at different locations within the City either individually or in groupings when possible, however, the Contractor will be required to commence construction in accordance with the Notice to Proceed regardless of the scope of work. The scope of work may also include, as required by the City, subsurface investigations of various streets in the form of borings and/or test pits not necessarily associated with the reconstruction of that street. The scope of work may also include installation of new traffic control signal equipment or replacement of existing signals with new equipment at various locations in the City. All signal installations shall be paid at the various Contract Unit Prices complete in place as required by the Engineer. Specifications for the signal installations are included in the Special Provisions and are applicable to all signal installations under this Contract. It should be noted that the City will not be providing construction plans, but will establish a written scope of work for each street/location and will provide full time resident inspection to assist in the implementation of construction. The written scope of work will be reviewed with the Contractor and signed by the City and the Contractor prior to commencement of the work. All construction will be measured and paid at the various Contract Unit Prices in the proposal complete in place as directed by the Engineer. The General Contractor must demonstrate that, in accordance with the requirements of the Bid Documents, ten percent (10%) of the Contract, if awarded, must be expended for Minority Business Enterprises (MBE) and five percent (5%) for Women Business Enterprises (WBE), unless the General Contractor qualifies as a duly recognized Minority Business Enterprise in his own right. In addition to MBE requirements, 10% of the work force shall be minority employees of the General Contractor. SDO (Supplier Diversity Office) Certified Business Enterprises are acceptable for compliance with the 10% MBE Contract expenditure requirement. No Bidder may withdraw his bid for a period of thirty (30) days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, after the date set for the opening thereof. The Bidder's attention is directed to the time of completion of the work as set forth in the Information for Bidders. The successful Bidder will be required to furnish and pay for a Performance Bond (100%) and also Labor and Material or Payment Bond (50%), each of a surety company qualified to do business under the laws of the Commonwealth and satisfactory to the City of Brockton, the first in the sum of one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price, and the second in the sum of fifty percent (50%) of the Contract Price. Bonds will be required for each purchase order issued during the life of the Contract. The City of Brockton reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to waive any informality in the bidding if it is in the City of Brockton's interest to do so. Bids may be held by the Brockton Department of Public Works for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days from the date of the opening of bids for the purpose of reviewing the bids and investigating the qualifications of the Bidders, prior to awarding of the Contract. Any questions regarding this bid may be addressed by contacting the Procurement Department at procurement@cobma.us. Question Deadline Jun 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM: Inquiries concerning these specifications prior to the bid opening shall be made in writing to Patrick Hill, DPW Commissioner; dpw@cobma.us