Stormwater Management and Surface Stabilization

PROJECT MANUAL
CITY OF ALBANY
GREATER ALBANY LANDFILL
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT & SURFACE STABILIZATION
June 2026
CHA PROJECT #: 106249.000.1010
Prepared for:
CITY OF ALBANY
ALBANY COUNTY, NEW YORK
Prepared by:
CHA
III Winners Circle
Albany, New York 12205
(518) 453-4500

CITY OF ALBANY
GREATER ALBANY LANDFILL
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT & SURFACE STABILIZATION
CONTRACT DOCUMENTS AND TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Division 00 - Procurement and Contracting Requirements
001113 Advertisement for Bids
002113 Instructions to Bidders
004100 Bid Form
004313.10 Bid Bond
004513.10 Bidder's Qualifications Questionnaire
004519 Non-Collusion Affidavit
004526.10 Affidavit - Worker's Compensation
004543 Corporate Resolutions
005200 Agreement Form
006113.13 Construction Performance Bond
006113.16 Construction Payment Bond
007200 General Conditions
007300 Supplementary Conditions
NYSDOL Prevailing Wage Rates
City of Albany MBE/WBE Participation Requirements & Plan
City of Albany Living Wage Certification & Documents
Division 01 - General Requirements
011000 Summary
011400 Work Restrictions
012600 Contract Modification Procedures
012900 Payment Procedures
013000 Project Management and Coordination
013200 Construction Progress Documentation
013300 Submittal Procedures
014000 Quality Requirements
014200 References
015000 Temporary Facilities and Controls
016000 Product Requirements
017300 Execution Requirements
017419 Construction Waste Management and Disposal
017700 Closeout Procedures
017839 Project Record Documents
Division 31 - Earthwork
310519.13 Geotextiles
311000 Site Clearing
312000 Earth Moving
312500 Erosion and Sediment Control
313710 Stone Fill
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Division 32 - Exterior Improvements
329219.20 Landfill Seeding
ATTACHMENT 1 - Design Drawings
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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
CITY OF ALBANY
GREATER ALBANY LANDFILL
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT & SURFACE STABILIZATION
Sealed bids will be received by the City of Albany Board of Contract & Supply at City Hall, Room 202, 24 Eagle
Street, Albany NY 12207 until 12:00 p.m. local time on August 4, 2026. Bids received will be publicly opened and
read at 1:30 p.m. at City Hall, Room 103.
The work site is located at the City of Albany Rapp Road Landfill, 525 Rapp Road, Albany, NY. The work includes
providing all labor, materials, machinery, tools, equipment and other means of construction necessary and incidental
to the completion the work shown on the Drawings and described in these Specifications including, but not
necessarily limited to, excavation and grading of site soils, drainage channel construction, installation of erosion
controls including silt fence, filter sock, turf reinforcement mat, mulching blanket and stone fill, establishing
vegetation, and maintenance & repair of sedimentation and erosion until vegetated surface is stabilized.
Drawings and Specifications may be examined at Albany City Hall, Room 202, 24 Eagle Street, Albany NY 12207
from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on the City of Albany Website atwww.albanyny.gov/bids.aspx. Complete sets of
the Drawings, Specifications, and Bid Forms may be obtained via Bidnet at www.dibnetdirect.com in accordance
with the Instructions to Bidders. Contractors that obtain Contract Documents from a source other than Bidnet must
register with Bidnet in order to be placed on the official Plan Holders List, receive Addenda, and receive other Bid
correspondence. Bids received from Contractors other than those on the official Plan Holders list will not be
accepted.
A pre-bid conference will be held at 9:00 a.m. on July 16, 2026, at the project site. Representatives of the Owner and
Engineer will be present to discuss the project.
All bids must be made on the official Bid Form or an exact copy by reproduction thereof and enclosed in a sealed
envelope. This is a lump sum bid as described in the Instructions to Bidders. No Bidder may withdraw his bid within
forty-five calendar days after the actual date of the opening thereof. Each bid must be accompanied by a bid security
in the amount of five percent of the base bid in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders. The successful Bidder
will be required to furnish construction performance and payment bonds in the full amount of the contract price.
All contractors submitting bids on public work projects are required to register with the New York State Department
of Labor (NYSDOL) under Labor Law Section 220-i. The registration number must be entered in the space provided
on the Bid Form. Failure to provide a valid and verifiable registration number from the NYSDOL Registry at the
time of bid submission will result in disqualification of the bid.
The successful bidder will be required to comply with all provisions of the Federal Government Equal Employment
Opportunity clauses issued by the Secretary of Labor on May 21, 1968 and published in the Federal Register (41CFR
Part 60-1, 33 F.2 7804).
Owner reserves the right to reject any and all Bids, to waive any and all informalities and the right to disregard all
nonconforming, non-responsive or Conditional Bids.
ENGINEER: OWNER:
David Foley, P.E. Sergio Panunzio
CHA Consulting, Inc. City of Albany
III Winners Circle 1 Conners Blvd.
Albany, NY 12205 Albany, NY 12204
(518) 453-4500 (518) 434-5217
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INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS
PROJECT IDENTIFICATION:
a) Project Title: City of Albany
Greater Albany Landfill
Stormwater Management & SurfaceStabilization
b) Owner: City of Albany
24 Eagle Street
Albany, NY 12207
c) Engineer: CHA Consulting, Inc.
III Winners Circle
Albany, New York 12205
Phone: (518) 453-4500
PARAGRAPH INDEX PAGE
1. Defined Terms. ............................................................................................................................... 2
2. Copies of Bidding Documents ........................................................................................................ 2
3. Qualification of Bidders .................................................................................................................. 2
4. Examination of Contract Documents and Site. ............................................................................... 2
5. Availability of Lands for Work, etc. ............................................................................................... 4
6. Interpretations and Addenda. .......................................................................................................... 4
7. Bid Security. ................................................................................................................................... 4
8. Contract Times. ............................................................................................................................... 4
9. Liquidated Damages. ...................................................................................................................... 4
10. Substitute and "Or-Equal" Items. ................................................................................................... 4
11. Subcontractors, Suppliers, and Others ............................................................................................ 4
12. Bid Form. ........................................................................................................................................ 5
13. Submission of Bids. ........................................................................................................................ 5
14. Modification and Withdrawal of Bids. ........................................................................................... 5
15. Opening of Bids. ............................................................................................................................. 6
16. Bids to Remain Subject to Acceptance. .......................................................................................... 6
17. Award of Contract. ......................................................................................................................... 6
18. Contract Security. ........................................................................................................................... 6
19. Signing of Agreement. .................................................................................................................... 6
20. Prebid Conference........................................................................................................................... 7
21. Sales and Use Taxes. ...................................................................................................................... 7
22. Retainage ........................................................................................................................................ 7
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written evidence such as financial data, previous
experience, present commitments and other such data
1. Defined Terms.
as may be called for below (or in the Supplementary
Instructions). Each Bid must contain evidence of
Terms used in these Instructions to Bidders which are
Bidder's qualification to do business in the state
defined in the Standard General Conditions of the
where the Project is located or covenant to obtain such
Project Manual have the meanings assigned to them
qualification prior to award of the contract.
in the General Conditions.
All contractors submitting bids on public work
Certain additional terms used in these Instruction to
projects are required to register with the New York
Bidders have the meanings indicated below which are
State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) under Labor
applicable to both the singular and plural thereof.
Law Section 220-i. The registration number must be
entered in the space provided on the Bid Form. Failure
1.1 Bidder - one who submits a Bid directly to Owner
to provide a valid and verifiable registration number
as distinct from sub-bidder, who submits a bid to a
from the NYSDOL Registry at the time of bid
Bidder.
submission will result in disqualification of the bid.
1.2 Issuing Office - the office from which the
4. Examination of Contract Documents and
Bidding Documents are to be issued and where the
Site.
bidding procedures are to be administered.
4.1 It is the responsibility of each bidder before
1.3 Successful Bidder - the lowest, responsible and
submitting a Bid:
responsive Bidder to whom Owner (on the basis of
Owner's evaluation as hereinafter provided) makes
4.1.1 To examine thoroughly the Contract Docu-
and award.
ments and other related data identified in the Bidding
Documents (including "technical data" referred to
2. Copies of Bidding Documents
below);
2.1 Complete sets of the Bidding Documents will be
4.1.2 To visit the site to become familiar with and
obtained via Bidnet at www.bidnetdirect.com. If the
satisfy Bidder as to the general, local and site condi-
Bidding Documents are obtained from a source other
tions that may affect cost, progress, performance, or
than Bidnet, the Contractor must register with Bidnet
furnishing of the Work;
in order be placed on the official Plan Holders List,
receive Addenda and receive other Bid
4.1.3 To consider federal, state, and local Laws and
correspondence. Bids received from Contractors
Regulations that may affect cost, progress, perfor-
other than those on the official Plan Holders list will
mance or furnishing of the Work;
not be accepted.
4.1.4 To study and carefully correlate Bidder's
2.2 Complete sets of Bidding Documents must be
knowledge and observations with the Contract
used in preparing Bids; neither Owner nor Engineer
Documents and such other related data; and
assume any responsibility for errors or misinter-
pretations resulting from the use of incomplete sets of
4.1.5 To promptly notify Engineer of all conflicts,
Bidding Documents.
errors, ambiguities or discrepancies which Bidder has
discovered in or between the Contract Documents and
2.3 Owner and Engineer in making copies of Bidding
such other related documents.
Documents available on the above terms do so only
for the purpose of obtaining Bids for the Work and do
4.2 Reference is made to the Supplementary Condi-
not confer a license or grant for any other use.
tions for identification of:
3. Qualification of Bidders
4.2.1 Those reports of explorations and tests of
To demonstrate qualifications to perform the Work, subsurface conditions at or contiguous to the site
each Bidder must be prepared to submit within five which have been utilized by Engineer in preparation
days after Bid opening upon Owner's request detailed of the Contract Documents. Bidder may rely upon the
general accuracy of the "technical data" contained in
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such reports but not upon other data, interpretations, subsurface, and Underground Facilities) at or
opinions, or information contained in such reports or contiguous to the site or otherwise, which may affect
otherwise relating to the subsurface conditions at the cost, progress, performance or furnishing of the Work
site, nor upon the completeness thereof for the or which relate to any aspect of the means, methods,
purposes of bidding or construction. techniques, sequences or procedures of construction
to be employed by Bidder and safety precautions and
4.2.2 Those drawings of physical conditions in or programs incident thereto or performing and
relating to existing surface and subsurface structures furnishing the Work in accordance with the time,
(except Underground Facilities) which are at or price, and other terms and conditions of the Contact
contiguous to the site that have been utilized by Documents.
Engineer in preparation of the Contract Documents.
Bidder may rely upon the general accuracy of the 4.6 On request, OWNER will provide each Bidder
"technical data" contained in such drawings but not access to the site to conduct such examinations,
upon other data, interpretations, opinions, or infor- investigations, explorations, tests, and studies as each
mation shown or indicated in such drawings or Bidder deems necessary for submission of a Bid.
otherwise relating to such structures, nor upon the Bidder must fill all holes and clean up and restore the
completeness thereof for the purposes of bidding or site to its former conditions upon completion of such
construction. explorations, investigations, tests, and studies.
Copies of such reports and drawings will be made 4.7 Reference is made to the Supplementary
available by Owner to any Bidder on request. Those Conditions for the identification of the general nature
reports and drawings are not part of the Contract of work that is to be performed at the site by Owner
Documents, but the "technical data" contained therein or others (such as utilities and other prime contractors)
upon which Bidder is entitled to rely as provided in that relates to the work for which a Bid is to be
Paragraph 4.2 of the General Conditions has been submitted. On request, OWNER will provide to each
identified and established in Paragraph SC-4.2 of the Bidder for examination access to or copies of Contract
Supplementary Conditions. Bidder is responsible for Documents (other than portions thereof related to
any interpretation or conclusion drawn from any price) for such work.
"technical data" or any such data, interpretations,
opinions, or information. 4.8 The submission of a Bid will constitute an
incontrovertible representation by Bidder that Bidder
4.3 Information and data shown or indicated in the has complied with every requirement of this Article 4,
Contract Documents with respect to existing Under- that without exception of the Bid is premised upon
ground Facilities at or contiguous to the site is based performing and furnishing the Work required by the
upon information and data furnished to Owner and Contract Documents and applying the specific means,
Engineer by Owners of such Underground Facilities methods, techniques, sequences, or procedures for
or others, and the Owner and Engineer do not assume construction (if any) that may be shown or indicated
responsibility for the accuracy or completeness or expressly required by the Contract Documents, the
thereof unless it is expressly provided otherwise in the Bidder has given Engineer written notice of all
Supplementary Conditions. conflicts, errors, ambiguities and discrepancies that
Bidder has discovered in the Contract Documents, and
4.4 Provisions concerning responsibilities for the the Contract documents are generally sufficient to
adequacy of data furnished to prospective Bidders indicate and convey understanding of all terms and
with respect to subsurface conditions, other physical conditions for performing and furnishing the Work.
conditions and Underground Facilities, and possible
changes in the Contract Documents due to differing or 4.9 The provisions of 1-4.1 through 4.8, inclusive, do
unanticipated conditions appear in Paragraphs 4.2 and not apply to Asbestos, Polychlorinated biphenyls
4.3 of the General Conditions. (PCBs), Petroleum, Hazardous Waste, or Radioactive
Material covered by Paragraph 4.5 of the General
4.5 Before submitting a Bid each Bidder will be Conditions.
responsible to obtain such additional or supple-
mentary examinations, investigations, explorations,
tests, studies, and data concerning conditions (surface,
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5. Availability of Lands for Work, etc. security of that Bidder will be forfeited. The Bid
security of other Bidders whom OWNER believes to
The lands upon which the Work is to be performed, have a reasonable chance of receiving the award may
rights-of-way and easements for access thereto and be retained by OWNER until the earlier of the seventh
other lands designated for use by Contractor in day after the Effective Date of the Agreement or the
performing the Work are identified in the Contract thirty-sixth day after the Bid opening, whereupon Bid
Documents. All additional land and access thereto security furnished by such Bidders will be returned.
required for temporary construction facilities, con- Bid security with Bids which are not competitive will
struction equipment, or storage of materials and be returned within seven days after the Bid opening.
equipment to be incorporated in the Work are to be
obtained and paid for by CONTRACTOR. Easements 8. Contract Times.
for permanent structures or permanent changes in
existing facilities are to be obtained and paid for by The number of days within which, or the dates by
OWNER unless otherwise provided in the Contract which, the Work is to be substantially completed and
Documents. also completed and ready for final payment (the term
"Contract Times" is defined in paragraph 1.12 of the
6. Interpretations and Addenda. General Conditions) are set forth in the Agreement (or
incorporated therein by reference to the attached Bid
6.1 All questions about the meaning or intent of the Form).
Bidding Documents are to be directed to Engineer.
Interpretations or clarifications considered necessary 9. Liquidated Damages.
by Engineer in response to such questions will be
issued by Addenda mailed or delivered to all parties Provisions for liquidated damages, if any, are set forth
recorded by Engineer as having received the Bidding in the Agreement.
Documents. Questions received less than ten days
prior to the date for opening of Bids may not be 10. Substitute and "Or-Equal" Items.
answered. Only questions answered by formal written
Addenda will be binding. Oral and other The Contract, if awarded, will be on the basis of
interpretations or clarifications will be without legal materials and equipment described in the Drawings or
effect. specified and equipment described in the Drawings or
specified in the Specifications without consideration
6.2 Addenda may also be issued to modify the of possible substitute or "or-equal" items. Whenever
Bidding Documents as deemed advisable by OWNER it is indicated in the Drawings or specified in the
or ENGINEER. Specifications that a substitute or "or-equal" item of
material or equipment may be furnished or used by
7. Bid Security. Contractor if acceptable to Engineer, application for
such acceptance will not be considered by
7.1 Each bid must be accompanied by Bid security ENGINEER until after the Effective Date of the
made payable to OWNER in an amount of five Agreement. The procedure for submission of any
percent of Bidder's maximum Bid Price and in the such application by CONTRACTOR and
form of a certified or bank check or a Bid Bond (on consideration by ENGINEER is set forth in
form attached, if a form is prescribed) issued by a Paragraphs 6.7.1, 6.7.2 and 6.7.3 of the General
surety meeting the requirements of Paragraph 5.1 of Conditions and may be supplemented in the General
the General Conditions. Requirements.
7.2 The Bid security of Successful Bidder will be 11. Subcontractors, Suppliers, and Others
retained until such Bidder has executed the Agree-
ment, furnished the required contract security, and 11.1 If the Supplementary Conditions require the
met the other conditions of the Notice of Award, identity of certain Subcontractors, Suppliers and other
whereupon the Bid security will be returned. If the persons and organizations (including those who are to
Successful Bidder fails to execute and deliver the furnished the principal items of material and
Agreement and furnish the required contract security equipment) to be submitted to OWNER in advance of
within fifteen days after the Notice of Award, a specified date prior to the Effective Date of the
OWNER may annul the Notice of Award and the Bid Agreement, apparent Successful Bidder, and any
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