SECTION 00030 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
The Town of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, shall receive General Bids at the Town Manager’s Office at the Town Hall, 100 Maple Avenue, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts for the Well Cleaning and Redevelopment of the five active Home Farm Wells, two Lambert Wells, and two Sewell Wells, Contract No. 22, until 1:00 PM prevailing time, Thursday, August 28, 2025, at which time bids will be opened and publicly read aloud. Bids submitted after this time will not be accepted.
The Work of this Contract generally consists of furnishing all labor, equipment, chemicals, and materials necessary to inspect the existing well pumps, clean, redevelop, disinfect, and return to service the selected wells in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts to their original capacity using chemical cleaning and redevelopment. The Contract will be for a one-year period with the potential to extend the contract for up to two (2) additional one-year periods. It is the intent to clean two to three wells each year, potentially at different well sites each year.
Contract Documents may be obtained electronically through Tata & Howard, Inc. by contacting Kaitlyn Calhoun at
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The Contract Documents may be examined at the following locations: Town of Shrewsbury
Town Hall
100 Maple Avenue
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts 01545
Tata & Howard, Inc.
201 Boston Post Road West, Marlborough, MA 01752
Phone: (508) 303-9400
Complete instructions for filing bids are included in the Instructions to Bidders. The bidding and award of the Contract will be under the provisions of “Massachusetts General Law, Chapter 30, Section 39M (MGL C.30 S.39M)”.
Each bid shall be accompanied by a bid security in the amount of 5% of the total bid amount and in the form described in the Instructions to Bidders. A Performance Bond and Labor and Materials Payment Bond each in the amount of 100 percent of the contract price will be required in the form described in the Instructions to Bidders.
No Bidder may withdraw his bid within 30 days (Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays excluded) after the actual date of the opening of the General Bids.
Minimum Wage Rates as determined by the Commissioner of Department of Workforce Development under the provision of the Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 149, Sections 26 to 27D, as amended, apply to this project. It is the responsibility of the bidder, before bid opening, to request if necessary, any additional information on Minimum Wage Rates for those trades people and additional classifications who may be employed for the proposed work under this contract.
If the bidder views/obtains the plans and specifications from a source other than those noted in this Advertisement for Bids, the accuracy and/or completeness of the bid documents cannot be guaranteed and the bidder assumes the responsibility for obtaining any additional information regarding the project, including addenda, that may be required for bidding. Failure to acknowledge addenda issued during bidding shall designate a bid as non-responsive.
The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to accept any bid, to waive any informality on bids received, to omit any item or items deemed advisable for the best interests of the Owner or to limit the extent of the Work to keep within the limits of available funds
A copy of this advertisement is available on the Massachusetts Newspaper Publishers Association (MNPA) website (
http://masspublicnotices.org/
).
The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to accept any bid, and to waive any informality on bids received.
END OF ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
