LOCK REPAIR SERVICES

Contact Information

Brenda Harmon

617-343-4428

Brenda.Harmon@pd.boston.gov

The City of Boston (the City)/the County of Suffolk (the County), acting by its Police Commissioner (the Official), invites sealed bids for the performance of the work generally described above, and particularly set forth in the Invitations For Bids, which may be obtained at Boston Police Headquarters, Contracts Unit, 3rd Floor, 1 Schroeder Plaza, Boston, MA 02120-2014, commencing at 9:00 AM on Monday, February 24, 2020.  Invitations For Bids shall be available until the time of the bid opening.

THE SCOPE OF WORK General Lock Repair Services on an as needed basis, to the Boston Police Department and various Police Department locations.

The contract will begin on July 1, 2020 and continue until June 30, 2021. The services above described for the one year term of this contract is an estimated amount of the services to be procured. 

Bidders are further notified that they shall submit prices for, and bid prices shall be compared on the basis of, the entire period of performance. The BPD reserves the right to waive any informalities and/or reject any or all bids, or parts thereof, if it is in the public interest to do so. The contract is subject to the approval of the Police Commissioner and the Mayor of Boston. A contract award will be made within thirty (30) days of the bid due date. The BPD will award the contract for General Lock Repair Services to the lowest, responsive and responsible bidders.

All sealed bids shall be filed with the Boston Police Department, no later than Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at 12:00 P.M.,  at the Office of the Official, Police Headquarters, Contracts Unit, 3rd Floor, 1 Schroeder Plaza, Boston, MA 02120-2014. LATE BIDS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Bids must be in a sealed envelope. The front on the envelope must be labled General Lock Repairs Services. Bids shall be on a form supplied by the BPD, shall  be clearly identified as a bid, and signed by the bidder. All bids for this project are subject to M.G.L. c. 149 and in accordance with the terms  and provisions of the contract documents.

All bids must be accompanied by a bid deposit in the amount of 5% of the value of the total bid in the form of a bank check, a certified check, or a treasurer’s or cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company, payable to the City of Boston or a bid bond in form satisfactory to the official with a surety qualified to do business in Massachusetts.

Bidders are hereby notified that contractors must pay prevailing wages as set by the Division of Occupational Safety with the Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

A labor and materials payment bond satisfactory to the BPD of surety company licensed to do business under the laws of the Commonwealth and include on the U.S. Treasury current list of approvad surieties, (see circular 570) in the sum of up to 100% of the contract price will be required of the successful bidders.

Pursuant to M.G.L. c. 149, all bid proposals must be accompanied by a Certificate of Eligibility and an Update Statement issued by the Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance (DCAMM). 

William G. Gross, Boston Police Commissioner