Inspection, Testing and Full Preventive HVAC and Energy Management Systems in Various Boston Public Schools

contact information 

Submit questions in writing to Anthony Pomella

1216 Dorchester Avenue, Dorchester, MA  02125

apomella@bostonpublicschools.org 

(617) 635-9133 phone

(617) 635-7855 fax

The City of Boston Public Schools (the City), acting by and through its Assistant Director of Facilities Management (the Awarding Authority), invites sealed bids for the above-entitled project, subject to all applicable provisions of law, and in accordance with the terms and provisions of the contract documents entitled: “Inspection, Testing and Full Preventive Maintenance of Elevator Equipment at Various Boston Public Schools over a 3 year contract period effective July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2023.

SCOPE OF WORK:  Includes but not limited to providing all labor, and materials necessary for inspection, testing, servicing and full preventive maintenance of elevator equipment in various Boston Public Schools.

PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS will be available after twelve o’clock noon (Boston time) on Thursday, June 4, 2020 at the Office of Facilities Management, 1216 Dorchester Avenue, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02125.  No deposit required.

GENERAL BIDS shall be submitted to the Awarding Authority, 2nd floor, 1216 Dorchester Avenue, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02125 before twelve o’clock noon (Boston time) on Thursday, June 18, 2020 at which time and place respective bids will be opened and read aloud. Late bids will not be accepted. General contractors must file with their bids (1) a copy of a valid Certificate of Eligibility showing that they are eligible to bid on projects in HVAC and Energy Management Systems, up to a project amount and up to an aggregate limit, and (2) with a completed and signed Update Statement summarizing the contractor’s record for the period between the latest DCAM certification and the date the contractor submits its bid.

General Bids must be accompanied by a bid deposit in the form of a certified check drawn on, 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 of a surety company qualified to do business in Massachusetts and satisfactory in form to the Awarding Authority. The amount of such check and penal sum of such bond shall be a sum equal to five (5) percent of the bid.

The attention of all bidders is specifically directed to the equal employment opportunity section of the specifications and the obligation of the contractor and all subcontractors to take affirmative action in connection with employment practices throughout the work.  Contractors are hereby notified that the work covered by this contract is governed by M.G.L. c. 149, sections 26 to 27G, and in accordance therewith contractors must pay prevailing wages as established by the Massachusetts Department of Labor and Workforce Development/Division of Occupational Safety.

A performance bond, and also a labor and materials payment bond, of a surety company qualified to do business under the laws of the Commonwealth and included in the U.S. Treasury’s current list of approved sureties (Circular 570) and satisfactory in form to the Awarding Authority, and each in the sum of 100 percent of the contract price, will be required of the successful bidder to guarantee the faithful performance of the contract.

The Awarding Authority reserves the right to waive any minor informalities or to reject any and all bids, or any part or parts thereof, and to award a contract as the Awarding Authority deems to be in the best interest of the City of Boston and the Boston Public Schools.  The award of any contract shall be subject to the approval of the Superintendent of Schools and the Mayor of Boston.

ROBERT P. HARRINGTON, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR/FACILITIES MANAGEMENT