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REPAIR AND CONSERVATION OF HISTORIC MASONRY TOMBS AT DORCHESTER SOUTH BURYING GROUNDS

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CITY OF BOSTON

PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Invitation for Bids for: REPAIR AND CONSERVATION OF HISTORIC MASONRY TOMBS AT DORCHESTER SOUTH BURYING GROUNDS, DORCHESTER, BOSTON

NOTE: For information specific to this particular bid,

Please contact KELLY THOMAS, @ 617-961-3034

 

The City of Boston, acting by the Parks Commission, 1010 Massachusetts Avenue, Roxbury, MA 02118, 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.  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: SAME AS ABOVE

SCOPE OF WORK includes: Furnishing all labor, materials and equipment necessary for the repair and conservation of historic masonry tombs at Dorchester South Burying Grounds, Dorchester, Boston.

Bids shall be submitted before 2:00 P.M., Boston time, Thursday, February 20, 2020, and opened forthwith and read aloud.  Bids shall be filed with the Awarding Authority, 1010 Massachusetts Avenue, third floor, Roxbury, MA 02118, accompanied by the bid deposit previous to the time named for opening of bid.  The Awarding Authority reserves the right to waive any informalities, or to reject any and all bids, if it be in the Public Interest to do so.

SPECIFICATIONS AND PLANS will be available on a CD on or about Monday, February 3, 2020, after 9:00 A.M, Boston time, at the Parks and Recreation Department. Please note, no mailings or emails will be sent and a $100.00 certified bank check or money order is not required for pick-up of the plans and specifications.

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 requirement (employee man-hour ratios 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.

Prospective bidders are requested to attend a pre-bid conference at Dorchester South Burying Ground, 2095 Dorchester Avenue, Dorchester, Boston, on Tuesday, February 11, at 11:30 A.M. Boston time.    

Ryan Woods, Commissioner

 

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