PROJECT NO. 0170-3513GR-PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS Addendum 1

INVITATION TO BID

Town of Branford

Pedestrian Connectivity Improvements

Project No. 0170-3513GR

The Town of Branford is requesting bid proposals to conduct pedestrian connectivity improvements along Jefferson Road and Florence Road.

Contract Documents will be available on the Town of Branford website www.branford-ct.gov

Bids are to be submitted in a sealed envelope marked “Pedestrian Connectivity Improvements Project No. 0170-3513GR” to the Finance Department, Attention Purchasing Clerk, 1019 Main Street, Branford, CT 06405 by Thursday, February 6, 2025, at 2:00 PM. No bids will be accepted after that time and date. Bids will be publicly opened immediately following the submission deadline in the conference room located on the basement floor of the Town Hall.

Bids must be held firm for ninety (90) days beyond the bid opening date.

CONTRACTOR’S shall be required to pay not less than the prevailing wage rates on the Project if the Bid amount exceeds $100,000 as established by the State of Connecticut. Copies of these wage rates are incorporated in the Contract Documents. Each CONTRACTOR or Subcontractor performing Work on this Project shall comply in all respects with all laws governing the employment of labor, Social Security and Unemployment Insurance of both the State and Federal Government.

The contractor who is selected to perform this State project must comply with CONN. GEN. STAT. §§ 4a-60, 4a-60a, 4a-60g, and 46a-68b through 46a-68f, inclusive, as amended by June 2015 Special Session Public Act 15-5.

State law requires a minimum of twenty-five (25%) percent of the state-funded portion of the contract be set aside for award to subcontractors holding current certification from the Connecticut Department of Administrative Services (“DAS”) under the provisions of CONN. GEN. STAT. § 4a-60g. (25% of the total state-funded value with DAS-certified Small Businesses and 6.25% of the total state-funded value with DAS-certified Minority-, Women-, and/or Disabled-owned Businesses.) The contractor must demonstrate good faith effort to meet the 25% set-aside goals.

The Town of Branford has the right to accept and reject any and all bids.