Installation of Sewer Mains and/or Laterals

Location:	Rhode Island
Posted:	Jan 7, 2025
Due:	Jan 27, 2025
Agency:	City of Woonsocket
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	Y - Construction of Structures and Facilities
Solicitation No:	6293
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City of Woonsocket

INSTALLATION OF SEWER MAINS AND/OR

SEWER LATERALS CITY WIDE

BID No. 6293

Bid Specifications

Prepared By: City of Woonsocket

Department of Public Works

January 2025

Installation of Sewers, City Wide – Bid No. 6293

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CITY OF WOONSOCKET, RHODE ISLAND

INVITATION TO BID FOR:

“INSTALLATION OF SEWER MAINS AND/OR

SEWER LATERALS CITY WIDE”

BID No. 6293

For Department of Public Works

City of Woonsocket is accepting bid proposals for the above-referenced project.

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

Woonsocket, RI 02895 prior to the bid opening date and time. On time bids will be publicly opened and read

aloud in Harris Hall, located on the 3rd floor of Woonsocket City Hall, promptly starting at 2:00 p.m. on

January 27, 2025. Bids received after this deadline will not be accepted and will be returned unopened to the

sender.

Bid Submissions: All bids must be submitted in duplicate, placed in a sealed envelope and identified

with the following information: “Installation of Sewer Mains and/or Sewer Laterals City Wide, Bid

No. 6293.” Bids must be prepared using the provided bid forms. All forms must be typed or printed

and then signed and dated in ink.

Project Components: furnish all labor, equipment and related incidentals, other related work and overhead

items for the installation of sewer mains and/or sewer laterals for the City of Woonsocket, Rhode Island

Project Timeline: The contract term will be for a one (1) year period. The City reserves the right to extend the

contract period for two (2) additional one (1) year terms, upon mutual agreement with the successful Bidder.

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 Monday, January 20, 2025, prior

to 5:30 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: The bidder is required to furnish a bid guarantee in the form of a firm commitment, e.g., a Bid Bond

supported by good and sufficient surety or sureties acceptable to the City, postal money order, certified check,

or cashier’s check. The amount of the bid surety is $1,000.00

Performance/Payment Bond: A Performance and Payment Bond issued in a sum equal to $20,000.00 will be

required from the successful bidder.

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

Installation of Sewers, City Wide – Bid No. 62xx

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

to bid.

Bid: 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) calendar 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. Proposals 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 this bid process.

Published: January 7, 2025

X______________________________________

Kenneth A. Allaire, CPM, CPIM

Purchasing Agent

Installation of Sewers, City Wide – Bid No. 62xx

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CITY OF WOONSOCKET

RHODE ISLAND

FINANCE DEPARTMENT

SECTION 1

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

GENERAL PROVISIONS:

Wherever in this agreement the word ‘Engineer’ is used, it shall be and is mutually understood

to refer to the City Engineer of the City of Woonsocket, acting either directly or through any

assistant having general charge of the work, or through any assistant or inspector having

immediate charge of the work, or through any assistant or inspector having immediate charge

of a portion thereof, limited by the particular duties entrusted to them.

Whenever the word ‘Contractor’ is used herein, it shall be and is mutually understood to refer

to the party or parties of the second part to this agreement, or the legal representative of said

party or parties.

The prices specified in the proposal shall include the supply and erection in a good, sound,

substantial and workmanlike manner, of all the items required for the completion of the whole

work, and all the items shown on the plans and described in these specifications; also all labor,

workmanship, tools and materials necessary and best adapted to the efficient, prompt and safe

execution of both permanent and temporary works.

Work hours are from 7 am to 3:30 pm Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Any work by

a contractor that is necessary after normal work hours will be billed following the Engineering

Division policy in the ‘Permit Manual’ A copy of the manual can be obtained on the following

web site:

https://www.woonsocketri.org/sites/woonsocketri/files/uploads/woonsocket_permit_manual_

revised_10-2016_0.pdf

The contract term will be for a one (1) year period. The City reserves the right to extend the

contract period for two (2) additional one (1) year terms, upon mutual agreement with the

successful Bidder.

SECTION 2

TECHNICAL:

Any deviations from the original specifications shall be noted by the bidder.

A) The City of Woonsocket will be responsible for:

-Providing an approved plan

-Blasting of ledge (by others)

-Providing sewer pipe

-Providing manhole(s)

-Provide frames and covers for manholes

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B) Bidder will be responsible for the following items:

-The Contractor shall provide 24 hours per day, 7 days per week an emergency

telephone number.

-Within 30 minutes of the call being placed by the City; the Contractor shall return a call

to inquire about the emergency. If the City declares the sewer repair an emergency then

the Contractor shall have a crew and all necessary equipment on site at the emergency

location within 2 hours of the notification ready to perform work as directed by the City.

-Should the contractor not respond in the timeframe outlined and the City is forced to

call for a different company to respond, then; the Contractor shall pay the City’s

documented differential cost of labor and materials expenses(including markup),

between the successful bidder prices and the responding contractor’s prices, in

connection with such repairs for reimbursement, as appropriate.

-Abide with the applicable sections of the Federal Contract Provisions as required by 24

CFR 85.36

-Supply Certified Payrolls

-Obtain all Local and/or State permits required to perform required work

-All excavation necessary to install the utilities

-Provide, as part of the bid prices, all safety barrels, cones, construction signs and steel

plates as needed or as directed

-Provide, as part of the bid prices, all labor, equipment and tools necessary to properly

install utilities, including necessary trench boxes

-The contractor shall be responsible for all injury to water pipes, gas pipes, electrical

wires, conduits, sewers, storm water drains, and other structures met with in the

prosecution of the work, and shall be liable for damages to the public or private

property resulting from.

-Install suitable backfill (bank run gravel 6”-), as directed

-Provide, as part of the bid prices, pipe bedding (3/4” crushed stone, 8” around installed

sewer pipe; 12” around installed sewer pipe in areas of ledge)

-Move all construction debris so that a free and clean surface can be maintain during

and after construction operations each day

-Provide, as part of the bid prices, testing for all sewer mains and manholes as directed.

-Provide, as part of the bid prices, dust control as directed

-Provide, as part of the bid prices, necessary erosion control, as directed

-All damaged landscape areas and any gouging of adjacent roadway by tracked

equipment

-Provide and install temporary hot patch (2” thick) on all excavated trenches, as directed

-Provide, as part of the bid prices, dewatering in the trench if necessary

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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:
6293	Installation of Sewer Mains and/or Laterals	Public Works	Bid Open Date: 1/27/25 @ 2:00 p.m.
			Questions Deadline: 1/20/25 @ 5:30 p.m.

Installation of Sewer Mains and/or Laterals

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