Atwater Avenue Utility Extension Project

Town of Manchester-by-the Sea, MA
Contract Bid Documents
for the
ATWATER AVENUE UTILITY EXTENSION PROJECT
Prepared By:
Bobrek Engineering & Construction, LLC
100 Conifer Hill Drive
Danvers, MA 01923
www.gobobrek.com
978.406.9619
SEPTEMBER 2026

Issue Date: September 2026 Atwater Avenue Utility Extension Project
SECTION 01 01 07
SEALS PAGE
The engineering material and data contained in these Contract Documents were prepared under
the supervision and direction of the undersigned, whose seal as a registered professional engineer
is affixed below.
Brendan Pyburn, P.E.
Vice President
Bobrek Engineering & Construction, LLC
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SECTION 00 01 10
TABLE OF CONTENTS
DIVISION 00 PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS
INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION
00 01 07 Seals Page
00 01 10 Table of Contents
PROCUREMENT/BIDDING REQUIREMENTS
00 11 16 Invitation to Bid
00 21 13 Instructions to Bidders
00 22 13 Supplementary Instructions to Bidders
00 31 00 Available Project Information
00 41 01 Bid Form
00 43 13 Bid Bond - Penal Sum Form
00 43 93 Bid Submittal Checklist
00 45 05 Bidder's Representations and Certifications
00 45 13 Bidder's Qualifications
00 45 19 Non-Collusion Affidavit
CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS
00 51 00 Sample Notice of Award
00 52 10 Agreement Form
00 54 00 Agreement Form Supplements
Performance Bond Form (C-00 61 13.13)
Payment Bond Form (C-00 61 13.16)
00 55 00 Sample Notice to Proceed
00 60 00 Project Forms (listing):
Application for Payment Form (C-00 62 76)
Request for Interpretation/Information Form (C-00 63 15)
Field Order Form (C-00 63 36)
Work Change Directive Form (C-00 63 49)
Change Request Form (C- 00 63 60)
Change Order Form (C-00 63 63 MA)
Notice of Substantial Completion Form (C-00 65 15)
Certificate of Substantial Completion Form (C-00 65 16)
Notice of Completion Form (C-00 65 18)
00 72 05 Standard General Conditions of the Construction Contract (EJCDC C-700, 2007)
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00 73 05 Supplementary Conditions (listing)
00 73 10 Project Specific Requirements
00 73 19 Health and Safety Requirements
00 73 43 Wage Rate Requirements
00 73 46 Wage Determination Schedule
00 73 73 Statutory Requirements
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
01 11 00 Summary of Work
01 15 30 Payment and Administrative Procedures and Quality Requirements
01 20 25 Measurement and Payment
01 50 00 Temporary Facilities and Controls
01 60 00 Product Requirements
01 70 00 Execution and Closeout Requirements
02 10 50 Work In Easements
02 76 10 Maintenance of Existing Flows
02 82 33 Removal and Disposal of Asbestos Containing Materials
02 82 33a DEP Guidance
02 90 10 Miscellaneous Work & Cleanup
31 00 00 Earthwork
31 23 19 Dewatering & Drainage
31 41 00 Shoring & Bracing
32 00 00 Bituminous Concrete Pavement, Curbing, and Edging
32 01 90.01 Cement Mortar Culvert Lining
33 10 00 Water Distribution Piping
33 20 00 Water Service Connections
33 31 00 Sanitary Sewer Force Mains - C900
33 31 00.01 Sanitary Sewer Force Mains - HDPE
33 39 13 Sewerage Manholes, Frames & Covers
Appendix A Order of Conditions
Appendix B Geoprobe Boring Information
Appendix C Sawmill Brook Culvert Information
Appendix D Construction Drawings (SEPARATE ATTACHMENT)
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INVITATION TO BID
The Town of Manchester-By-The-Sea, Massachusetts (Owner) invites Bidders to submit sealed Bids
for the Atwater Avenue Utility Extension Project, which includes, but is not limited to services to
install a new water & sewer main, along with the rehabilitation of a culvert, and all related
appurtenances on Atwater Avenue including and all materials and equipment, services and
construction inherent to the Work reflecting the agreed upon Work Scope, schedule and pricing.
The project includes one (1) Alternate which includes adjusting the limit of work for the installation
of the water and sewer in accordance with the contract documents.
The Project being bid is subject to Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 30, Section 39M. A pre-Bid
conference will not be held.
Sealed Bids will be received until 1:00 p.m. local time on October 5, 2026 at Owner's offices 10
Central Street, DPW Room 6, Manchester-By-The-Sea, MA 01944. Attention: Mr. Charles Dam, P.E.
Bids will then and there be publicly opened and read aloud. Bids received after the time of
announced opening will not be accepted.
A set of Bidding Documents may be examined at the following location(s) on or after September 16,
2026, at 11:00 a.m.
Issuing Office:
Manchester-By-the-Sea, Massachusetts
Town Hall
10 Central Street, Department of Public Works Office, Room 6
Manchester-By-The-Sea, MA 01944
Sets of Bidding Documents may be obtained on or after September 16, 2026, at 11:00 a.m.
electronically by email request to:
Nate Desrosiers, Town Engineer
Manchester-By-the-Sea, MA
desrosiersn@manchester.ma.us
Complete sets of Bidding Documents shall be used in preparing Bids; neither Owner nor Engineer
assumes any responsibility for errors or misinterpretations resulting from the use of the incomplete
sets of Bidding Documents or for modifications to the Bidding Documents including electronic
conversion.
Bid security in the amount of 5 percent of the Bid must accompany the Bid in accordance with the
Instructions to Bidders.
Minimum wage rates as issued by the Director of the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce
Development, Department of Labor Standards under the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws,
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Chapter 149, Sections 26 to 27D inclusive, as amended, apply to this Project. It is the responsibility
of the Bidders, 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 the
resulting Contract.
Owner reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, including without limitation, nonconforming,
nonresponsive, unbalanced, or conditional Bids. Owner further reserves the right to reject the Bid
of any Bidder whom it finds, after reasonable inquiry and evaluation, to not be eligible or responsible.
Owner may also reject the Bid of any Bidder if Owner believes that it would not be in the best interest
of the Project or the public to make an award to that Bidder. Owner also reserves the right to waive
all informalities not involving price, time, or changes in the Work and to negotiate contract terms
with the Successful Bidder.
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INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS
ARTICLE 1 - DEFINED TERMS
1.01 Terms used in these Instructions to Bidders have the meanings indicated in the General
Conditions and Supplementary Conditions, if any. Additional terms used in these
Instructions to Bidders have the meanings indicated below and as may be included in
the Supplementary Instructions to Bidders.
A. Issuing Office - The office from which the Bidding Documents are to be issued
and where the bidding procedures are to be administered identified in the
Invitation to Bid.
B. Supplements - Those portions of the Bidding Requirements to be submitted
with and made a condition of a Bid including required submittals.
C. Notice of Intent to Award - The written notice to the Successful Bidder indicating,
conditions precedent to receiving a Notice of Award and Agreement for
execution.
ARTICLE 2 - COPIES OF BIDDING DOCUMENTS
2.01 A set of Bidding Documents may be examined and obtained as stated in the Invitation
to Bid.
2.02 Complete sets of Bidding Documents shall be used in preparing Bids; neither Owner
nor Engineer assumes any responsibility for errors or misinterpretations resulting from
the use of incomplete sets of Bidding Documents, Bidding Documents provided by third
parties, or for modifications to the Bidding Documents not made by official Addenda,
including electronic conversion.
2.03 Owner and Engineer, in making copies of Bidding Documents available on the above
terms, do so only for the purpose of obtaining Bids for the Work and do not authorize
or confer a license for any other use.
ARTICLE 3 - QUALIFICATIONS OF BIDDERS
3.01 To demonstrate Bidder's qualifications to perform the Work, Bidder shall submit written
evidence such as financial data, previous experience, present commitments, and such
other data requested in the Bidding Documents, and within the time frames stipulated
upon Owner's request.
3.02 Bidders shall meet minimum criteria regarding experience and qualifications set forth in
the General Requirements and the Specifications.
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ARTICLE 4 - EXAMINATION OF BIDDING DOCUMENTS
4.01 Subsurface and Physical Conditions
A. Refer to Appendix B for the geoprobe boring logs completed at the project
limits.
4.02 Underground Facilities
A. Not used
4.03 Hazardous Environmental Condition
A. Not used
4.04 It is the responsibility of each Bidder before submitting a Bid to:
A. examine and carefully study the Bidding Documents, and the other related data
identified in the Bidding Documents;
B. become familiar with and satisfy Bidder as to the general, local, and Site
conditions that may affect cost, progress, and performance of the Work;
C. become familiar with and satisfy Bidder as to all federal, state, and local Laws
and Regulations that may affect cost, progress, and performance of the Work;
D. consider the information known to Bidder; information and observations obtained
from visits to the Site and the Bidding Documents; with respect to the effect of
such information, observations, and documents on (1) the cost, progress, and
performance of the Work; (2) the means, methods, techniques, sequences, and
procedures of construction to be employed by Bidder, including applying any
specific means, methods, techniques, sequences, and procedures of construction
expressly required by the Bidding Documents; and (3) Bidder's safety precautions
and programs;
E. agree at the time of submitting its Bid that no further examinations,
investigations, explorations, tests, studies, or data are necessary for the
determination of its Bid for performance of the Work at the price(s) bid, and in
accordance with the other terms and conditions of the Bidding Documents;
F. become aware of the general nature of the work to be performed by Owner and
others at the Site that relates to the Work as indicated in the Bidding
Documents;
G. correlate the information known to Bidder, information and observations
obtained from visits to the Site, reports and drawings identified in the Bidding
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Documents, and all additional examinations, investigations, explorations, tests,
studies, and data with the Bidding Documents;
H. promptly give Engineer written notice of all conflicts, errors, ambiguities, or
discrepancies that Bidder discovers in the Bidding Documents and confirm that
the written resolution thereof by Engineer is acceptable to Bidder; and
I. determine that the Bidding Documents are generally sufficient to indicate and
convey understanding of all terms and conditions for the performance of the
Work.
4.05 The submission of a Bid will constitute an incontrovertible representation by Bidder that
Bidder has complied with every requirement of this Article 4, that without exception
the Bid is premised upon performing and furnishing the Work required by the Bidding
Documents and applying any specific means, methods, techniques, sequences, and
procedures of construction that may be shown or indicated or expressly required by
the Bidding Documents, that Bidder has given Engineer written notice of all conflicts,
errors, ambiguities, and discrepancies that Bidder has discovered in the Bidding
Documents and the written resolutions thereof by Engineer are acceptable to Bidder,
and that the Bidding Documents are generally sufficient to indicate and convey
understanding of all terms and conditions for performing and furnishing the Work.
ARTICLE 5 - PRE-BID CONFERENCE
5.01 A pre-bid conference will not be held.
ARTICLE 6 - SITE AND OTHER AREAS
6.01 The Project Site will be primarily within the paved right of way on each of the streets
involved. Portions of the site are within the buffer zone to coastal bank, riverfront,
bordering vegetated wetland and FEMA 100-year floodplains.
6.02 Easements for permanent structures or permanent changes in existing facilities are to be
obtained and paid for by Owner. All additional lands and access thereto required for
temporary construction facilities, construction equipment, or storage of materials and
equipment to be incorporated in the Work are to be obtained and paid for by Contractor.
ARTICLE 7 - INTERPRETATIONS AND ADDENDA
7.01 All questions about the meaning or intent of the Bidding Documents are to be submitted
to the Engineer in writing as follows. Submission of questions via email is acceptable.
Bobrek Engineering & Construction, LLC
100 Conifer Hill Drive, Suite 204, Danvers, MA 01923
Attention: Brendan Pyburn
Telephone (978) 406-9619
Email: brendan@gobobrek.com
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