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INVITATION TO BID

Sealed proposals for the Stockbridge Town Offices project will be received by the Board of Selectmen, Town Hall, 6 Main Street, P.O. Box 417, Stockbridge, MA 01262, Attn: Joseph Kellogg, Owner’s Project Manager. 

Filed Sub-Bids in the following categories:
04200 - Unit Masonry 
05500 - Metal Fabrications
07533 - Single Ply Membrane Roofing including
07610 - Sheet Metal Roofing and
07620 - Sheet Metal Flashing & Trim
08520 - Aluminum Windows including
08410 - Aluminum Storefront Systems and
08800 - Glazing
09310 - Ceramic Tile
09511 - Acoustical Ceilings
09651 - Resilient Tile Floor
09680 - Carpet
09900 - Painting
14212 - Hydraulic Elevator
15300 - Fire Protection
15400 - Plumbing
15600 - HVAC
16000 - Electrical

will be received until 2:00 p.m. on April 25, 2006, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud.  Late postmarks will not be accepted.  All proposals must be submitted in a sealed envelope bearing the Bid Number, Bid Title, Date and Time of Bid Opening and the Bidders Name and Address.

General bids will be received until 2:00 p.m. on May 8, 2006, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud.  Late postmarks will not be accepted.  All proposals must be submitted in a sealed envelope bearing the Bid Number, Bid Title, Date and Time of Bid Opening and the Bidders Name and Address.

Estimated project cost is $5,400,000.00.

In accordance with Section 44D of Chapter 149 of the General Laws of Massachusetts as amended by Section 46 of Chapter 484, prospective bidders must submit to the Owner, with their bid, a Certificate of Eligibility issued by the Division of Capital Asset Management (DCAM), showing that the Contractor has been approved to bid on projects of the size and nature as advertised herein.  Prospective bidders must also submit with their bid an update statement summarizing his record for the period between the latest DCAM certificate and the date of his bid. The form of update statement is bound in the Contract Documents.
Every bid shall be accompanied by a proposal guarantee in the form of lawful money, a Bid Bond, or a certified check on, or a treasurer's or cashier's check issued by a responsible bank or trust company having offices in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.  The proposal guarantee shall be in the amount of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid.  Checks and bid bonds shall be payable to the Town of Stockbridge.

Specifications and proposal forms may be secured at the office of the Architect, Caolo & Bieniek Associates, Inc., 521 East Street, Chicopee, MA 01020 on April 10, 2006, after 12:00 noon.  A One Hundred Seventy Five ($175.00) Dollar plan deposit, (certified check, bank check or money order) is required and is refundable on return of documents in good condition within 30 days of the receipt of General Bids.  Checks must be made payable to Town of Stockbridge.

Bidders requesting documents to be mailed to them shall include a separate non-refundable check for Thirty Five ($35.00) Dollars per set payable to Caolo & Bieniek Associates to cover shipping and handling costs.  Sets cannot be sent to any Post Office box number, but must be sent to a street number.  

A Site Visit and Pre-Bid Conference will be conducted on April 18, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. at the site on 50 Main Street, Stockbridge, MA for the benefit of the interested contractors.

A Performance and Payment Bond in the full amount of the Contract will be required of the successful bidder.  Attorney-in-fact who signs Bid Bonds or Payment Bonds and Performance Bonds must file with each Bond a certified and effective dated copy of their power of attorney.  No proposal may be withdrawn within 30 days, Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays excluded, after the actual date of the opening of bids.

The Awarding Authority reserves the right to waive any informality in or to reject any or all proposals or to accept any proposal for any reason consistent with the law and deemed to be in the best interest of the Town of Stockbridge.

Town of Stockbridge
Board of Selectmen
Deborah S. McMenamy, Chairman 
J. Cristopher Irsfeld 
George Shippey

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