IFB 2026-52P

INVITATION TO BID June 2026 Jones Point Park Improvements Bid #2026-52P Sealed bids for Jones Point Park Improvements, Holyoke, MA will be received on July 9, 2026 at the City of Holyoke Office of Procurement, 536 Dwight Street, Room 3, Holyoke, Massachusetts 01040, Attn: Jaime Morrow, Chief Procurement Officer until 2 PM prevailing time, at which said Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. All bids shall be submitted within a sealed envelope addressed to the “City of Holyoke Office of Procurement, 536 Dwight Street, Room 3, Holyoke, Massachusetts 01040, Attn: Jaime Morrow, Chief Procurement Officer” and titled “Jones Point Park Improvements, Bid#2026-52P”. The work under this contract shall include park improvements including installation of a walking path, basketball court resurfacing, parking improvements, and other incidental construction related to the project. Bidding procedures shall be in accordance with the provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 30, Section 39 M as amended. This project may be funded in whole or part with federal funds. A non-mandatory Pre-Bid briefing will occur on Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10 AM EST at Jones Point Park, 60 Oxford Rd, Holyoke, MA 01040. Attention is called to the minimum wage rates required to be paid for all labor on this project. Wage rates are established in schedules issued by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, in accordance with Section 26A - 27D, or Chapter 149 of the M.G.L., as amended, and the U.S. Department of Labor in accordance with the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts. Said schedule(s) are included in the bid package and the contractor will be responsible for paying the higher of the two rates. Beginning at 10 AM on June 10, 2026, all project documents will be distributed and supplied by the City of Holyoke’s in electronic format only. Submit requests for documents to Jaime Morrow, Chief Procurement Officer, at [email protected] between the hours of 8:30 AM and 4:30 PM. Requests shall include firm name and address, contact name and title, email address, and telephone number and fax number. Any questions need to be submitted in writing via email to [email protected] by June 23, 2026 @ 2 PM. The answers will be issued via addenda to all bid holders no later than July 1, 2026. The Successful Bidder will be required to provide a performance bond, and a labor and materials payment bond, issued by a company authorized to do business in Massachusetts and satisfactory to the Awarding Authority. The Performance Bond and Payment Bonds shall be in the amount of 100% of the Contract Amount. All work under this Contract shall be substantially completed per the specifications and to the satisfaction of the City of Holyoke within 90 calendar days. In case that the work of this Contract is not certified by the Owner to be Complete, as defined in the GENERAL CONDITIONS, within the time established therefore, it shall be agreed and understood that the Owner may deduct from sums otherwise due and payable under the Contract, the amount of $500.00 for each calendar day after which Completion date, or authorized extension thereof, was required, up to and including the date that Completion of the Contract is certified by the Architect. This provision shall apply, not as a penalty, but as liquidated damages. The estimated value of this contract, including all bid alternates, is $396,900.00. The bidder Contractor shall also be MassDOT, Highways Division, Prequalified in the class of work “RECREATION FACILITIES”. An award will not be made to a Contractor who is not pre-qualified with the MassDOT Highway Division prior to the opening of proposals. The bidder agrees that its bid shall be good and may not be withdrawn for a period of 45 days, Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays excluded, after the opening of the bids. The Awarding Authority reserves the right to reject any or all bids, and/ or waive any informality, if it is deemed to be in the public interest so to do.