IFB 2025-46W

2025-46W INVITATION TO BID Wistariahurst Retaining Wall Rehabilitation Sealed bids for Wistariahurst Retaining Wall Rehabilitation (Rebid), Holyoke, MA will be received on July 31, 2025 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 “Wistariahurst Retaining Wall Rehabilitation (Rebid), Contract # 2025-46W”. The Wistariahurst Retaining Wall Rehabilitation Project consists of the rehabilitation of a section of historically significant masonry retaining wall on Pine Street. The project consists of reconstruction of the existing historical masonry wall, removal and reinstallation of wrought iron fence and coping, earthen excavation to subgrade, construction of a steel-reinforced cement concrete strip footing, installation of perforated pipe subdrain, and restoration of adjacent areas. The project is anticipated to include 442 linear feet of continuous wall rehabilitation from the intersection of Pine Street and Hampshire Street, northward along Pine Street. All potential bidders should be able to provide references for projects which included mortared and/or dry laid stacked stone wall construction or reconstruction and Bidders must have completed one (1) comparable wall construction or reconstruction project within the last seven (7) years. Reference and contact information must be provided for all projects submitted by the bidder to demonstrate said experience. A non-mandatory Pre-Bid briefing will occur on July 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM EST at the Wistariahurst Museum, 238 Cabot St., Holyoke, MA 01040, by the south end of Pine Street retaining wall. Bidding procedures shall be in accordance with the provisions of Bidding procedures shall be in accordance with the provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 30, Section 39 M as amended.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. Only eligible and responsible sealed bids on this project shall be received by the Awarding Authority from qualified Bidders submitted on forms furnished by the Awarding Authority and clearly identified on the outside of the bid with the name and address of the bidder, and the name and Bid Number of the project, and submitted to: City of Holyoke - Purchasing Department City Hall, Room 15 536 Dwight Street Holyoke, MA 01040 And received no later than the times set forth below, when they will forthwith be publicly opened and read aloud at this location. Sealed bids addressed as referenced above will be received until 2:00 PM, on July 31, 2025. If you are submitting a bid with a mail service we advise allowing extra time for your documents to arrive and for you to check tracking labels (if applicable). Bids will not be accepted via email and late bids will not be accepted. Estimated Cost: $706,500.00. MassDOT Prequalification in either of the following classes of work “HIGHWAYS-CONSTRUCTION” or “HIGHWAYS-SIDEWALKS AND CURBING” is a requirement. The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids. No electronic submission allowed. State and Federal funding will be used to fund this project and respondents will be verified for eligibility to receive funds.