Toilet Room Renovations and Repairs Various Schools – Phase 1

Contact Information

Patrick Mulvey- Welsh, Project Director

pmulveywelsh@bostonpublicschools.org

857-544-8182

The City of Boston Public Schools (the City), acting by and through its Director of Facilities Management (the Awarding Authority), invites sealed bids for the above entitled project, subject to all applicable provisions of law, including, without limitation, section 39M of chapter 30 of the General Laws, as amended, and in accordance with the terms and provisions of the contract documents entitled: “Toilet Room Renovations and Repairs Various Schools – Phase 1”.

SCOPE OF WORK:  In general includes, but is not limited to the following: demolition and replacement of toilet partitions; resinous flooring; painting of walls and ceilings; installation of Owner furnish toilet accessories; replacement of flush valves and faucets, and demolition and installation of new lighting.

PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS will be available after twelve o’clock noon on Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at the Office of Facilities Management, 1216 Dorchester Avenue, 2nd floor, Boston, MA 02125, no deposit required.

FILED SUB BIDS shall be submitted to the Awarding Authority, 2nd floor, 1216 Dorchester Avenue, Boston, MA 02125, before twelve o’clock noon (Boston time) on Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at which time and place respective bids will be opened and read aloud.  Late bids will not be accepted.

GENERAL BIDS shall be submitted to the Awarding Authority, 2nd floor, 1216 Dorchester Avenue, Boston, MA 02125, before twelve o’clock noon (Boston time) on Tuesday August 11, 2020 at which time and place respective bids will be opened and read aloud.  Late bids will not be accepted.

All schools will be open for review on Wednesday, July 29, 2020, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.  Prospective bidders are encouraged to attend. 

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 pursuant to M.G.L. c. 149, sections 26 to 27G, contractors must pay prevailing wages as established by the Massachusetts Department of Labor and Workforce Development/Division of Occupational Safety.

LABOR HARMONY: All Bidders must certify that they are able to furnish labor that can work in harmony with all other elements of labor employed or to be employed at the work;

OSHA TRAINING: All Bidders must certify that all employees to be employed at the work site will have successfully completed a course in construction safety and health approved by the United States Occupation Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) that is at least 10 hours in duration at the time the employee begins work and who shall furnish documentation of successful completion of said course with the first certified payroll report for each employee

OSHA MGL 30-39s: All Bidders must certify that all employees to be employed in the work subject to this bid have successfully completed a course in construction safety and health approved by the United States Occupation Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) that is at least 10 hours in duration. M.G.L. c. 30, 39S(a)

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 wave 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 HARRINGTON, Assistant Director/Planning & Engineering