Old Burying Ground Gravestone Preservation, Phase 2A, 2026

Location:	Massachusetts
Posted:	Jun 16, 2026
Due:	Jun 24, 2026
Agency:	Town of Falmouth
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	Y - Construction of Structures and Facilities
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Bid Title:	Old Burying Ground Gravestone Preservation, Phase 2A, 2026
Category:	Public Works - Parks
Status:	Open

Description:

Professional conservation and preservation of 250 historically significant gravestones in Falmouth’s Old Burying Ground. The scope of work includes various preservation methods including: masonry repair, light excavation, resetting, cleaning, and treating of historically significant gravestones in Falmouth’s Old Burying Ground, located on Cemetery Lane, off Mill Road, Falmouth, MA 02540

Publication Date/Time:

6/10/2026 8:00 AM

Closing Date/Time:

6/24/2026 2:00 PM

Bid Opening Information:

2pm June 24, 2026

Contact Person:

James M. Kempton, Jr., PE
Deputy Director
Falmouth Department of Public Works
416 Gifford St. Falmouth, MA 02540
jim.kempton@falmouthma.gov

Qualifications:

The Town of Falmouth Department of Public Works, in conjunction with the Community Preservation Committee, has established this scope of work to preserve 250 additional gravestones in this phase, referred herein as Old Burying Ground Preservation, Phase 2A. For the purposes of this project, each gravestone in this scope of work has been categorized into 1 of 5 conservation strategies as described on the Bid Pricing Page. Bidders shall refer to the assessments in Appendix A for specific strategies and notes relative to the conservation of each particular gravestone to calculate a bid price for each of the 5 conservation strategy categories. Bidders shall include 3 or more references from projects of similar size and scope completed within the last 5 years. Bidders should be prepared to start this project within 10 days of the execution of the contract and complete within 6 months, weather permitting.

Miscellaneous:

The Town of Falmouth, Department of Public Works, will accept Bids for:
Old Burying Ground Gravestone Preservation, Phase 2A, 2026
Bids will be received in the Office of the Deputy Director, Falmouth Public Works, 416 Gifford Street, Falmouth, MA 02540 on or before the following time and date: 2pm on Wednesday, June 24, 2026 at which time and place the Bids will be opened and reviewed.
Request For Services Documents will be available after 8:00 A.M on Wednesday, June 10, 2026 and may be examined and/or obtained at the office of the Deputy Director of the Department of Public Works, 416 Gifford Street, Falmouth, MA 02540.

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TOWN OF FALMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

REQUEST FOR SERVICES

FOR

Old Burying Ground Gravestone Preservation, Phase 2A, 2026

Professional conservation and preservation of 250 historically significant gravestones in

Falmouth’s Old Burying Ground. The scope of work includes various preservation methods

including: masonry repair, light excavation, resetting, cleaning, and treating of historically

significant gravestones in Falmouth’s Old Burying Ground, located on Cemetery Lane, off

Mill Road, Falmouth, MA 02540

2026

DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS

Peter M. McConarty, P.E., P.L.S.

DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS

James M. Kempton, Jr., P.E.

Falmouth DPW

416 Gifford Street

Falmouth, MA 02540

Phone: (508) 457-2543 FAX: (508) 548-1537

SECTION

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Notice to Service Providers

Information to Service Providers/ General Conditions

III

Scope of Work / Bid Pricing Page

EEO/AA Certification / References

Bankruptcy Statement

Statement of Compliance

VII

Prevailing Wage Rates

VIII

Agreement

SECTION I

NOTICE TO SERVICE PROVIDERS

The Town of Falmouth, Department of Public Works, will accept Bids for:

Old Burying Ground Gravestone Preservation, Phase 2A, 2026

Bids will be received in the Office of the Deputy Director, Falmouth Public Works, 416 Gifford Street,

Falmouth, MA 02540 on or before the following time and date: 2pm on Wednesday, June 24, 2026 at

which time and place the Bids will be opened and reviewed.

Request For Services Documents will be available after 8:00 A.M on Wednesday, June 10, 2026 and

may be examined and/or obtained at the office of the Deputy Director of the Department of Public

Works, 416 Gifford Street, Falmouth, MA 02540.

Service Providers may not withdraw their Bids for a period of 120 calendar days, after the actual date of

the opening of the Bids.

The successful Service Provider must furnish a 100 percent (100%) Performance Bond with a surety

company licensed to do business in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Wage rates for this Project are subject to the minimum wage rates as per M.G.L. Chapter 149, Section

26 to 27D inclusive.

The request for services Bid and award of this Contract will be under the provisions of M.G.L. Chapter

30B.

This Services Proposal shall have a time period of one year.

The Town reserves the right to waive any informality in or reject any and all Bids, or to accept the Bid

deemed to be in the best interest of the Town of Falmouth.

Bids are welcome from minority and female businesses.

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

Peter M. McConarty

Director of Public Works

SECTION II

INFORMATION TO SERVICE PROVIDERS / GENERAL CONDITIONS

1. Attention of all Service Providers is directed to Massachusetts General Laws and to all other

applicable sections of the General Laws as most recently amended which govern the award of this

Contract.

2. The Service Provider shall submit his Bid upon forms furnished by the Department of Public

Works. The Service Provider shall specify the price in figures and in words, if space for words is

provided. All words and figures shall be typewritten or in ink. In case of discrepancy, the amount

shown in words will govern.

3. All Bids shall be signed correctly in ink by the individual or in case of a firm, partnership or

corporation, it shall be signed by a person having a legal authority from said firm, partnership or

corporation.

4. All Bids shall be submitted to the Office of the Parks Superintendent, Department of Public Works,

416 Gifford Street, Falmouth, Massachusetts 02540 on or before the date stated in the Notice to

Service Providers.

6. Bid forms shall be completely filled in. Bids which are incomplete, conditional, or obscure, or

which contain additions not called for will be rejected. Use the pages of this Document when

submitting Bids and submit Agreement Document intact. All Bids along with the qualifying

statements shall be considered firm prices for the period of the Bid as submitted by the Service

Provider. No award will be made to any Service Provider who cannot satisfy the Town of

Falmouth, Department of Public Works, that he has sufficient ability and experience in this class of

work and sufficient capital and plant to enable him to prosecute and complete the work successfully

within the time named. The Owner's decision or judgment on these matters will be final, conclusive

and binding.

7. The Town may make such investigations as it deems necessary to determine the ability of the

Service Provider to perform the work, and the Service Provider shall furnish to the Town all such

information and data for this purpose as the Town may request. The Town reserves the right to

reject any Bid if the evidence submitted by, or investigation of, such Service Provider fails to

satisfy the Town, that such Service Provider is properly qualified to carry out the obligations of the

Agreement and to complete the work contemplated therein within the time period set forth in the

Bid documents.

All applicable Federal, State and Local Laws, ordinance and rules, regulations (including but not

limited to any laws, ordinances or regulations relating to the Town of Falmouth, or the

Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection) of any authorities shall be binding upon

the Service Provider throughout the pendency of this Contract. The Service Provider shall be

responsible for

8. Certificate of Insurance acceptable to the Town shall be filed with the Town prior to execution of

any contractual Agreement. These Certificates shall contain a provision that coverage afforded

under the policies will not be reduced or canceled unless at least fifteen (15) days prior written

notice has been given to the Town.

The Service Provider shall procure and maintain, at the Service Providers own expense, during the

Contract time, liability insurance as herein-after specified:

Service Provider’s General Public Liability and Property Damage Insurance including vehicle

coverage issued to the Service Provider and protecting the Service Provider from all claims for

personal injury, including death, and all claims for destruction of or damage to property arising out

of or in connection with any operations under this Agreement. Insurance shall be written with a

limit of liability of not less than $1,000,000 for all damages arising out of bodily injury including

death, at any time resulting there-from, sustained by any one person in any accident; and a limit of

liability of not less than $1,000,000 aggregate for any such damages sustained by two or more

persons in any one accident.

9. The Service Provider shall procure and maintain, at the Service Provider’s own expense, during the

duration of the Agreement, in accordance with the provisions of the Laws of the Commonwealth of

Massachusetts, G. L. Chapter 149, Section 34A, Workman's Compensation Insurance, including

occupational disease provisions, for all the Service Provider’s employees, and in case any work is

sublet, the Service Provider shall require such sub-service provider similarly to provide Workman's

Compensation Insurance, including occupational disease provision for all of the latter's employees

unless such employees are covered by the protection offered by the Service Provider. In case any

class of employees engaged in hazardous work under this Agreement is not protected under the

Workman's Compensation Law, the Service Provider shall provide and shall use each sub-service

provider to provide adequate and suitable insurance for the protection of its employee not otherwise

protected.

Signature of the Service Provider is required on the Written Bid Form regarding the Non-Collusive

resolution which states: "The Service Provider certifies under the provisions of Chapter 701 of the

Acts of 1983 and under the penalties of perjury, that this Bid is in all respects bonafide, fair and

made without collusion or fraud with any other person". As used in this Section, the word "person"

shall mean any natural person, joint venture, partnership, corporation or other business or legal

entity.

A Performance and Payment Bond in the amount of One Hundred (100%) percent of the annual

contract price will be required for the faithful performance of the Contract. The Service Provider

shall obtain and submit the bond within ten (10) days after notification of the Bid award. The

successful Service Providers Bid Bond shall not be released until such time the Performance and

Labor and Materials Bonds have been posted. Within seven (7) working days of receipt of

acceptable Payment Bond and Agreement signed by the party to whom the Agreement was

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