ROAD RECONSTRUCTION AND RESURFACING

Location:	Massachusetts
Posted:	Apr 17, 2026
Due:	May 8, 2026
Agency:	Auburn town
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	Y - Construction of Structures and Facilities
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Dori Vecchio

Interim Town Manager

Town of Auburn, Massachusetts

Department of Public Works

Joanna E. Paquin

Director / Town Engineer

Greg Roto

Assistant Town Engineer

Emma Williamson

Assistant Town Engineer

INFORMATION FOR BIDDERS

FORMS FOR BID, CONTRACT AND BONDS

SPECIAL CONDITIONS

SPECIFICATIONS

ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES

FOR

ROAD RECONSTRUCTION AND RESURFACING

AUBURN ENGINEERING DIVISION

5 MILLBURY STREET

AUBURN, MASSACHUSETTS 01501

APRIL 2026

5 Millbury Street

Auburn, MA 01501

Telephone: (508) 832-7814

Fax: (508) 832-2173

Email: groto@town.auburn.ma.us

Web site: www.auburnma.gov

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Road Reconstruction and Resurfacing,

Auburn, Massachusetts

Sealed Bids for Road Reconstruction and Resurfacing will be received at the Selectmen's office, 102

Central Street, Auburn, MA until 12:00 PM local time May 8, 2026 at which time said Bids shall be

publicly opened and read aloud at the Selectmen’s Meeting Room, 2nd floor, 104 Central Street.

The work involves: Approximately 1.8 miles reconstruction and/or resurfacing of roadways relating

thereto.

All bidders shall be pre-qualified by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to complete the

proposed work prior to receiving the Contract Documents.

The Contract Documents will be available for download at auburnma.gov beginning April 17, 2026.

Bid Security: A Certified Check, Cashier’s Check or Bid Bond issued by a responsible Bank, Trust of

Surety Company, payable to the Town of Auburn in an amount not less than 5% of the total bid amount

is required to be submitted with the bid.

A pre-bid meeting will be held on April 29, 2026 at 12:00 PM at the Town Hall Selectman's meeting

room 2nd floor, 104 Central Street, Auburn, MA. All questions submitted in writing to Greg Roto at

groto@auburnma.gov by May 1, 2026 at 12:00 PM will be responded to. No questions will be accepted

or answered after this time.

The subject project is being bid and constructed as a “public works” project and subject to the applicable

provisions of MGL Ch. 30 Section 39M. There are no filed sub-bids for this project.

Bidders must be able to demonstrate that all employees present at the worksite have successfully

completed the OSHA 10-hour training course.

The MBE/WBE requirement and the minimum minority employee percentage for this project are both

5%.

Bidders must be able to demonstrate previous experience in work of similar nature and complexity and

shall furnish all such information necessary for this purpose as the Town Engineer may request.

The Town of Auburn reserves the right to accept any Bid or to reject any or all Bids if it deems it is in the

best interest of the Town to do so.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts’s Minimum Wage Rates, in accordance with MGL Chapter 149,

Section 26 to 27D inclusive, are applicable.

MassDOT prequalification of contractors with the class of work as, “PAVEMENT –

SURFACING”, will be required.

Town of Auburn DPW

Engineering Division

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section

Notice to Bidders

Definitions and Abbreviations

Information for Bidders

Bid

Agreement

Contract Bonds

General Specifications

Special Conditions

Special Provisions

Detail Sheets

Quantity Estimate by Street

Appendix

Traffic Management Plans

Prevailing Wage Rates

SECTION 1

DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS

PART 1 – GENERAL

1.1 DEFINITIONS

Wherever the words hereinafter defined or pronouns used in their stead occur in the Contract

Documents, they shall have the following meanings:

The AGREEMENT, the INFORMATION FOR BIDDERS, the Contractor’s BID as accepted by

the Owner, the SPECIAL CONDITIONS, the GENERAL and DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS, the

Drawings, and all Addenda and amendments to any of the foregoing collectively constitute the

Contract Documents, and are sometimes herein referred to as the “Contact”.

The word “Owner” shall mean the party of the first part designated in the AGREEMENT.

The word “Contractor” shall mean the party of the second part designated in the AGREEMENT.

The word “Engineer” shall mean that person or firm duly appointed by the Owner to undertake

the duties and powers herein assigned to the Engineer, acting either directly or through duly

Authorized representatives.

The word “Work” shall mean the work herein specified to be done as described under

LOCATION AND WORK TO BE DONE in Section 2 INFORMATION FOR BIDDERS.

The word “Drawings” shall mean the Contract Drawings as described under LOCATION AND

WORK TO BE DONE in Section 2 INFORMATION FOR BIDDERS.

The word “State” or “Commonwealth” shall mean the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

The word “Specifications” when used herein shall be deemed to refer to both the General and

Detailed Specifications.

The words “herein”, “hereunder”, and words of like import shall be deemed to refer to the

Contract Documents.

Wherever in the Contract Documents, the words “as directed”, “as ordered”, “as requested”, “as

required”, “as permitted”, or words of like import are used, it shall be understood that the

direction, order, request, requirement, or permission of the Engineer is intended. Similarly, the

words “approved”, “acceptable”, “satisfactory”, and words of like import shall mean approved by,

acceptable to, or satisfactory to the Engineer.

The words “or equal” or words of like import, shall mean equal in accordance with the following

provisions; an item shall be considered equal if in the opinion of the Engineer: (1) it is at least

equal in quality, durability, appearance, strength and design; (2) it will perform at least equally

the function imposed by the general design for the work being contracted for or the material

being purchased; and (3) it conforms substantially, even with deviations, to the detailed

requirements for the item. The figures given on the Drawings or in the other Contract

Documents after the “elevation” or abbreviation of it shall mean the distance in feet above the

datum adopted by the Engineer.

The word “rock”, wherever used as the name of an excavated material or material to be

excavated, shall mean only pieces of concrete or masonry exceeding 1 cubic yard in volume, or

solid ledge rock which in the opinion of the Engineer, requires for its removal, drilling and

blasting, wedging, sledging, barring, or breaking up with a power operated tool. No soft or

disintegrated rock which can be removed with a hand pick or power operated excavator or

shovel, no loose, shaken, or previously blasted rock or broken stone in rock fillings or

elsewhere, and no rock exterior to the maximum limits of measurement allowed, which may fall

into the excavation, will be measured or allowed as “rock”.

The word “unclassified” wherever used as the name of an excavated material or material to be

excavated, shall mean all kinds of material other than rock as above defined.

1.2 ABBREVIATIONS

Where any of the following abbreviations are used in the Contract Documents, they shall have

the meaning set forth opposite each.

AASHTO

American Association of State Highway and

Transportation Officials.

ACI

American Concrete Institute

AISC

American Institute of Steel Construction

ANS or

USAS

American National Standards (formerly United States

of American Standards Institute)

ACE

American Society of Civil Engineers

ASTM

American Society for Testing and Materials

AWWA

American Water Works Association

NFPA

National Fire Protection Association

Federal

Specification

Federal Specifications issued by the Federal Supply Service

of The General Services Administration, Washington D.C.

125-lb. AN Stand.

250-lb. AN Stand.

American National Standard for Cast-Iron Pipe

Flanges and Flanged Fittings, Designation

B16.1-1967 for the appropriate class

A.W.G.

American or Brown and Sharpe Wire Gage

NPT

National Pipe Thread

MHD

Massachusetts Highway Department

END OF SECTION

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Bid Title:	ROAD RECONSTRUCTION AND RESURFACING
Category:	2026 Bids
Status:	Open

ROAD RECONSTRUCTION AND RESURFACING

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