Crack Sealing

Location:	Rhode Island
Posted:	Jan 10, 2025
Due:	Jan 31, 2025
Agency:	City of Woonsocket
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	Z - Maintenance, Repair or Alteration of Real Property
Solicitation No:	6297
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City of Woonsocket

CRACK SEALING

BID No. 6297

Prepared By:

City of Woonsocket

Department of Public Works

Division of Engineering

January 2025

CITY OF WOONSOCKET, RHODE ISLAND

INVITATION TO BID FOR:

“CRACK SEALING”

BID No. 6297

Department of Public Works

Division of Engineering

City of Woonsocket invites sealed bids, from prospective bidders, for the above-referenced project.

Bid Opening: Bids must be physically received at Woonsocket City Hall, Office of Purchasing, 169 Main

Street, Woonsocket, RI 02895 or uploaded electronically on “BidNet” before 2:00 p.m. on January 31,

2025. After the afore-mentioned time, electronic bids will be unlocked and physical bids will be publicly

opened and read aloud in Harris Hall, located on the 3rd floor of City Hall. All unofficial bid results will

be published and available for viewing online. Bids received after the deadline will not be accepted and

will be returned unopened to the sender.

Bid Submissions: Bids may be prepared and submitted electronically or physically. Electronic

submissions must follow the online instructions. Physical submissions must use the provided bid forms.

All written forms must be either typed or legibly printed, then signed and dated in blue or black ink.

Physical bids must be submitted in duplicate, placed in a sealed envelope and identified with the

following information: “Crack Sealing, Bid No. 6297” including the name of the company submitting the

bid. (Sealed Bid Label Form is attached for your use):

Project Components: The work generally includes, but is not limited to the following:

The Contractor shall furnish all labor, equipment, materials, tools, supplies, mobilization, overhead,

transportation and all other incidental items for Crack Sealing in the City of Woonsocket.

Project Timeline: The term of the agreement will be one year from the date of the award.

Questions: Questions regarding this solicitation should be submitted via email to Ken Allaire, Purchasing

Agent, at ken.allaire@woonsocketri.org. The deadline to submit questions is January 24, 2025, prior to

4:30 p.m. Answers will be published online by the City in the form of an Addendum. Any questions

submitted after the deadline may not be considered. Do not contact any other City employee or official

regarding this solicitation.

Bid Bond: Vendors responding to this solicitation must furnish, with their bid proposals, either a bid

bond from a surety licensed to conduct business in the State of Rhode Island or a certified check payable

to the City of Woonsocket in the amount of $1,000.00.

Performance/Payment Bond: The successful bidder must furnish a $20,000.00 payment and

performance bonds from a surety licensed to conduct business in the State of Rhode Island prior to

issuance of a purchase order.

Prevailing Wages: In accordance with RI General Law 37-13-7 contracts in excess of $1,000 shall require

compensation based on prevailing wages for construction, alteration and/or repair, painting and

decorating.

Nonresident Contractors: In accordance with Rhode Island General Law 44-1-6, nonresident contractors

are subject to a 3% withholding of the contract price to secure payment of any sales tax, use tax, and/or

income tax withheld that may be due the State of Rhode Island. WBE, MBE and Section 3 contractors are

encouraged to bid.

Bid Review Period: In conformance with the terms and conditions of these specifications including the

Invitation to Bid and other documentary forms therewith, the Bidder hereby proposes, offers and agrees

if this bid be accepted within sixty (60) calendar days from the date of bid opening to do all things

necessary to fully perform and satisfy all terms, conditions and requirements of the subject

specifications.

Withdrawal of Bids: No bidder may withdraw their bid within sixty (60) days after the actual time

and date of the bid opening thereof.

Rejection of Bids: The City reserves the right to cancel this ITB, award on the basis of cost alone, accept

or reject any or all bids, in whole or in part. The City further reserves the right to waive as an informality

any irregularities contained in any bid not affecting substantial rights that may be in the City’s best

interest. Bids found to be technically or substantially nonresponsive at any point in the review process

will be rejected and not considered further. Any such decision will be considered final.

Bid Award: Upon selection of a winning contractor, the City of Woonsocket will send a bid award notice

to the awardee. The bid award notice will identify a point of contact from the City who will assist the

awardee in completing any pre-work requirements. Upon satisfactory meeting all of the obligations of

the pre-wok requirements, the City of Woonsocket will issue a “Notice to Proceed” for work to

commence.

Individuals requesting interpreter services for the hearing impaired should call the Finance Director at

401-762-6400 seventy-two (72) hours in advance of the bid opening deadline.

Thank you for your consideration of this invitation to bid and your participation in the sealed bid

process.

Published: January 10, 2025

Kenneth Allaire, Purchasing Agent

Sealed Bid Label

Cut along the outer border and affix this label to

your sealed solicitation envelope to identify it as

a “Sealed Bid”.

Sealed Bid Documents – DO NOT OPEN

BID NO.:

BID TITLE:

DUE DATE

TIME DUE:

6297

CRACK SEALING

JANUARY 31, 2025

Prior to: 2:00 p.m.

SUBMITTED BY:

(Name of Company)

DELIVER TO:

Woonsocket City Hall

Office of Purchasing

169 Main St.

Woonsocket, RI 02895

*Notice: The Date Due and Time Due as stated on this label and other forms contained herein may have been

updated vis issuance of Addenda against this project. It is the sole responsibility of the Contractor/Vendor to

monitor website postings regularly for any updates to the Due Date or Time Due via Addenda. This label nor other

original forms may not be updated. Contractor/Vendor may strike through and update the Due Date or Time Due

at their discretion to match any updates to these date that have been published via addenda.

Submissions received after the Due Date and Time Due will not be accepted at the sole discretion of the

Purchasing Agent.

BID PROPOSAL

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

SECTION 1

GENERAL:

1.01 SCOPE OF WORK

The Contractor shall furnish all labor, equipment, materials, tools, supplies, mobilization,

overhead, transportation and all other incidental items for Crack Sealing in the City of

Woonsocket.

The work, in general, shall include the following:

a) Clean all cracks prior to sealant application

b) Application of crack sealant material

c) Application of black silica sand to sealed joint to prevent tracking

1.02 ASSIGNMENT OF WORK

The locations of the CRACK SEALING shall be given to the Contractor as soon as a list is

complied.

1.03 CONTRACTORS RESPONSIBILITIES

-Obtain any necessary Federal, State and Local permits.

-Contractor shall provide a ‘Competent Person’, as defined by the US Department of Labor

Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), for the location of the proposed

work. The contractor shall employ only competent and efficient laborers, operators and

tradesmen for every kind of work, and whenever, in the opinion of the City, any person

is unfit to perform their task, or does their work contrary to directions, or conducts

themselves improperly, the contractor must discharge that person immediately and not

employ that person again on the work.

-Provide Certified Payroll(s).

-Disclose any sub-contractors that will be used for this work, for approval by the City of

Woonsocket.

-Obtain necessary police details for traffic control and safety. The City will only

reimburse police detail cost at the standard detail rate at straight time not exceeding 8

hours. Over time for police details must be approved by the City. It is the responsibility

of the contractor to schedule and or cancel the police detail within an acceptable time

period as to not accrue unnecessary cost. This is a reimbursement; therefore the

contractor must pay the police invoice before invoicing the City.

This is the opportunity summary page. It provides an overview of this opportunity and a preview of the attached documentation.

BID #:	BID Name & Documents:	Dept:	Key Dates:
6297	Crack Sealing	Public Works	Bid Open Date: 1/31/25 @ 2:00 p.m.
			Questions Deadline: 1/24/25 @ 4:30 p.m.

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