Infrastructure Improvements at Sportshaven Mobile Home Park

TOWN OF BELCHERTOWN

INVITATION TO BID

The Town of Belchertown is soliciting bids for infrastructure improvements at Sportshaven Mobile Home Park including roadway, drainage, water distribution system, and sanitary sewer systems located at 370 Mill Valley Road, Belchertown, Massachusetts. This project is being funded by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities Community Development Block Grant program through awards made in the FFY18 and FFY22/23 award cycles. This project is also being funded through drinking water grants from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), as well as the Town of Belchertown Community Preservation Act program. Additional funding for this project has been secured through an EPA Community Project Funding request through Representative Richard Neal. The Estimated total project cost is $3 Million.

Contract Documents, including plans and specifications, will be available electronically beginning December 13, 2024, from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM through the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission (PVPC), 60 Congress Street, 1 ^st Floor, Springfield, MA 01104, phone: 413-781-6045. Electronic copies may be obtained by contacting Sue Ortiz at For security reasons, you must enable JavaScript to view this E-mail address. .

The project includes furnishing all labor, equipment and materials required to perform the Sportshaven Infrastructure Improvement Project, which is located at 370 Mill Valley Road, Belchertown, Massachusetts. The project includes, but is not limited to, abatement/demolition of existing mobile homes, utility improvements (water and wastewater), roadway and drainage improvements and incidental items as set forth in the specifications.

All bids for this project are subject to the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 30, Section 39M as amended.

Minimum Wage Rates as determined by the Commissioner of Department of Labor and Workforce Development under the provision of the Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 149, Sections 26 to 27H, as amended, apply to this project.  All applicable Federal minimum wage rates and applicable Federal labor standards shall also apply pursuant to the Davis-Bacon Act. When both State and Federal wage rates are applicable, the higher rate must be paid. It is the responsibility of the contractor, 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 this contract.

Bid security in the form of a bid bond, certified or cashier’s check, payable to the Town of Belchertown, is required in a dollar amount of not less than five percent (5%) of the total bid amount. A performance bond and labor and materials bond for 100% of the total contract price, issued by a satisfactory surety company shall be required by the successful bidder.

The Town of Belchertown reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to accept proposals deemed to be in the best interest of the Town, and to waive any informalities or irregularities in the bids received. Bids may not be withdrawn within 30 days of the bid opening.

The Town of Belchertown, through its Selectboard, reserves the right to waive any informality in the bidding or to reject any and all bids in total or in part as may be deemed to serve the best interest of the Town.

The Town of Belchertown will not be responsible for any costs incurred by a bidder in preparing and submitting a bid in response to this IFB.

The Town of Belchertown Selectboard is the Awarding and Contracting Authority.

The submission and review of bids must comply with 2 CFR Part 200, MGL Chapter 30, Section 39M, Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities/Community Development Fund Program (EOHLC/CDF) policies, DEP, EPA, and CPA policies, and other laws and regulations of the Commonwealth. Acceptance of any bid is subject to the continued availability of funds through the EOHLC/CDF grant awarded to the Town of Belchertown.

Questions regarding the technical specifications should be directed in writing to Timothy St. Germain at Fuss & O’Neill at For security reasons, you must enable JavaScript to view this E-mail address. . Questions regarding general bid information should be directed to Erica Johnson at PVPC, at For security reasons, you must enable JavaScript to view this E-mail address. .

A pre-bid conference will be held on Monday, January 6 ^th , 2025, at 10AM at 370 Mill Valley Road, Belchertown, MA (Sports Haven Mobile Home Park). In the event of inclement weather, the pre-bid conference will take place on January 7 ^th . A change in date will be communicated to all plan-holders.

Hard copy bids for the construction of the Sportshaven Infrastructure Improvement Project for the Town of Belchertown, Massachusetts, must be received by the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission, 60 Congress Street, 1 ^st Floor, Springfield, MA 01104 by 2:00 p.m. prevailing time, on Tuesday, January 21 ^st , 2025.