Lower Artichoke Raw Water Pump Station Upgrades

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

The City of Newburyport, acting through Sean Reardon, Mayor, will receive sealed Bids from qualified contractors for the City of Newburyport Invitation for Bids No. 26-23: Lower Artichoke Raw Water Pump Station Upgrade, until 11:00 am local time, on May 21, 2026 at 16 Perry Way, Newburyport, MA 01950, at which time and place all General Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Sub-bids for HVAC, and Electrical Work to be performed under this Contract will be received until 11:00 am local time, on May 14, 2026 at 16 Perry Way, Newburyport, MA 01950, at which time and place all Sub-bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

A non-mandatory pre-bid conference will be held for all prospective bidders at 1:00 pm local time on April 30, 2026, at the Lower Artichoke Raw Water Pump Station at 239 Storey Avenue, Newburyport, MA.

The project involves removing three existing vertical turbine pumps, motors and Magna Drives, and associated electrical cabling and cable supports along with cleaning and inspecting pump cans, and connecting piping and fittings up to the existing valve assembly on the manifold.  This work also includes furnish and install three new vertical turbine pumps and motors, and associated variable speed drives, and associated ductile iron pipe and fittings, furnish and install electric cabling from new variable speed drives to new pump motors and new HVAC split units and power cabling in existing electrical room.  Demolish and remove an existing potassium permanganate system and furnish and install a new potassium permanganate system. Relocate and reconnect the existing air backwash system. In the electrical room remove one window and one motorized louver in the north wall, remove one fan, frame, and concrete sill in the west wall, block up openings, and finish existing exterior and interior surfaces. Lastly, provide SCADA integration services for instrumentation and controls via the City’s preferred integrator.

The total time period for completion of all Work required under this Contract is 365 consecutive calendar days.  Work performed beyond the 365 consecutive calendar day period will be subject to liquidated damages in the amount of $1,500 for each consecutive calendar day.

All Bidders are advised that their Bids must be accompanied by a copy of their Certificate of Eligibility issued by the Commissioner of the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM).  The Certificate of Eligibility shall be for the category of pumping stations.  An Update Statement form covering the period from the date of the Bidder’s most recently filed Contractor Qualification Statement (CQS) to the Bid date shall also be submitted with the bid.

Any general bid submitted without the appropriate DCAMM Certificate of Eligibility and Update Statement shall be invalid.

Subcontractors shall file with their sub-bids a copy of their DCAMM Certificate of Eligibility and Sub-Bidders Update Statement.

Bid Forms and Contract Documents will be available for download online at www.cityofnewburyport.com , beginning April 22, 2026.  Documents may be downloaded at no cost.

Addenda, if issued, will be posted to the city website, and shall be accompanied by e-mail notification to every individual or firm whom has downloaded the documents from the city website.  It is the sole responsibility of the Bidder to review and acknowledge all Addenda.  Hard copies of addenda will not be mailed or faxed.  It shall be the sole responsibility of the Contractor to ascertain the existence of any and all addenda.  Neither OWNER, OWNER’S PROJECT MANAGER (OPM) nor ENGINEER will be responsible for full or partial sets of the Contract Documents, including Addenda, if any, obtained from sources other than the Issuing Office.

Each Bid shall be accompanied by a Bid security in the amount of 5% of the Bid price and in the form described in the Instructions and Information for Bidders.

For the successful Bidder a performance bond and a payment bond, each in the amount of 100% of the Contract Price will be required in the form described in the Instructions and Information for Bidders.  All such bonds shall be issued by eligible sureties listed in the current U. S. Department of Treasury Circular 570, qualified to do business under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, follow standards as provided at 2 CFR 200.326, and satisfactory to the Owner.

All Bids must be enclosed in a sealed envelope plainly marked:

General Bid or Sub-bid for Lower Artichoke Raw Water Pump Station Upgrade

City of Newburyport

16C Perry Way,

Newburyport, MA 01950

ATTN:  Tom Watkins, Chief Procurement Officer

This Contract is being bid under the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 149, Sections 44A through 44J and is additionally subject to requirements of 2 CFR Part 200.

Attention of Bidders is particularly called to the requirements as to conditions of employment to be observed, minimum wage rates to be paid and payroll submission requirements under the Contract.

Successful bidders and subbidders shall certify that all employees to be employed at the worksite will have successfully completed a course in construction safety and health approved by the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration 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.

This Contract to be awarded is funded in part through an EPA Assistance Agreement and, as such, is subject to Disadvantaged Business Enterprise requirements. The Contractor shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin or sex in the performance of this Contract. The Contractor shall carry out applicable requirements of 40 CFR Part 33 in the award and administration of contracts awarded under EPA financial assistance agreements. Failure by the Contractor to carry out these requirements is a material breach of this Contract which may result in the termination of this Contract or other legally available remedies.

Minimum Wage Rates as determined by the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development under the provision of the Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 149, Sections 26 to 27D, as amended, apply to this project. It is the responsibility of the contractor, before bid opening, to request, if necessary, any additional information on Minimum Wage Rates for those trades people who may be employed for the proposed work under this contract. Federal Minimum Wage Rates as determined by the United States Department of Labor under the Davis-Bacon Act also apply to this project.

No Bidder may withdraw his Bid within 30 days (Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays excluded) after the actual date of the bid opening.

Complete instructions for filing Bids and Sub-Bids are included in Section 00100, Instructions and Information for Bidders.

The Awarding Authority reserves the right to accept any Bid, waive any informalities or minor defects, or reject any or all Bids, if in its sole judgment it is in the best interest of the City of Newburyport to do so.