24-48 Landscaping Invitation for Bids

Sealed Bids for the City of Everett, Massachusetts, LANDSCAPING SERVICES, will be received by Everett City Hall, by the Procurement Office, 484 Broadway, Room 14, Everett, MA 02149 until April 18, 2024 at 1:00 pm and at that time and place the bids will be publicly opened.

The work under this contract consists of landscaping services within the City of Everett, as well as any incidental work necessary to complete the work under this Contract, as required by the City.

Each Bid shall be submitted in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders and shall be accompanied by a bid security in the amount of five percent (5%) of the amount Bid.  The successful Bidder must furnish Materials Payment Bond satisfactory in form to the City, each in the amount of 50% of the Contract Amount from a surety authorized to do business in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and acceptable to the City.

Complete instructions for filling Bids are included in the Instructions to Bidders. Wage rates for this project are subject to the minimum wage rates as per M.G.L., Chapter 149, Sections 26 to 27H inclusive, as amended. The bidding and award of this Contract will be under the provisions of M.G.L., Chapter 30, Section 39M, as amended.

If, at the time of the scheduled bid opening, the bid opening location shall be shut down as the result of an emergency, the bids will be due and opened at the same time and location on the 1st business day the building is able to re-open.  Bids will be accepted until that date and time.

It is the responsibility of prospective proposers and or bidders to check that they have received all addenda.  All Addenda will be posted to the city’s website.

The bid shall be awarded to the lowest responsible and eligible bidder. The City of Everett reserves the right to waive any informality in or to reject any and all bids, for any reason the City determines to be in the City’s and/or the public’s best interest.