TOWN OF ENFIELD, CONNECTICUT

INVITATION TO BID

SITE REMEDIATION FERMI HIGH SCHOOL

October 30, 2006

 ADDENDUM #1 HAS BEEN ISSUED.  ONE OF THE CHANGES IS THAT THE BID OPENING DATE HAS BEEN CHANGED FROM THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2006 TO WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2006 AT 11:00 A.M.

Sealed bids will be received on Site Remediation at Fermi High School, 124 North Maple Street, Enfield, CT.

“The Work” consists of approximately 41 acres of landscape area throughout the entire Fermi High School site of which requires excavation, tilling, cutting and grading of existing soil to specified grades measured. Supplying and placing a measured cap of new clean tested topsoil and other approved material over the existing soil to specified grades measured for compliance. The intent of this project is to perform the work in two separately scheduled stages as called for in the Bidding Documents prepared by Milone and MacBroom, Inc., 99 Realty Dr. Cheshire, CT 06410.  Bidding Documents may be examined at the F. W. Dodge Plan Rooms in Rocky Hill, C-Projects website and the Town of Enfield's Public Works Department, Enfield, Connecticut.

Copies of the Bidding Documents may be obtained at the office of the Town of Enfield Public Works, 40 Moody Road, Enfield, CT 06082 during the hours of 9:00am to 4:00pm on or after October 30, 2006 after 2:00pm.  A refundable deposit of $50 per set is required and will be returned if the complete set is returned clean and in good condition within ten calendar days from the bid opening.  Deposit check must be made payable to The Town of Enfield.  No partial sets of Documents will be issued. No sets will be mailed without a Fed-Ex over night account provided with receipt of deposit.

Prepare proposal on the Bid Form provided.  Submit eight (8) signed copies of the Bid sealed and delivered to the office of the Director of Finance, Town Hall, 820 Enfield Street, Enfield, CT 06082, on or before 11:00AM, Wednesday, December 6, 2006.  Bids delivered after that time will not be accepted.  Bids will be opened publicly at that time and read aloud.  The right is reserved to reject any and all bids or to waive defects in same if deemed to be in the best interest of the Town of Enfield.  The name of the project must be clearly marked on the envelope of all sealed bids.  Bids may not be withdrawn for a period of 100 days after the due date for submittal without the written consent of the Owner.

A Pre-Bid Conference will be held at 2:30pm, Thursday, November 9, 2006 at Dept. Public Works, 40 Moody Rd, Enfield, CT.  Attendance is strongly encouraged at the Pre-Bid Conference in order to assure that all intended bidders receive the addenda. The Town of Enfield will forward the Pre-Bid Conference meeting notes, sign in sheets, plan holder list within the addenda to those contractors or subcontractors who attended the Pre-Bid Conference and/or provided a deposit for plans and specifications.  It will be the responsibility of those contractors who receive addenda to provide all required bid documents to those subcontractors they wish to include and be listed as part of their bid.  Written Request for Information to the Architect/Engineer will be received up until 12:00pm (noon) November 17, 2006 via fax addressed to Dave Lavorgna, 203-272-9733.

A Bid Security of ten percent (10%) of the bid shall be filed with the Bid.  It may be either a certified/cashiers check or a Bid Bond made payable to the Town of Enfield.  The successful Bidder shall furnish Performance and Labor and Material Payment Bonds, each for 100 percent of the Contract Sum following notice of award.  A certificate of insurance with the Town of Enfield, named as additional insured, must be submitted with the bid package. 

Completion of the work within the time allowed is an essential component of the work. The contract will reflect the Town’s rights to supplement the work to ensure timely completion as well as the Towns’ remedies if the work is not completed on time.  It is the intention that mobilization for Stage One will begin, on or before March 15, 2007 and shall be substantially complete as defined in the contract documents no later than June 22, 2007; with Stage Two remediation mobilization on July 2, 2007 and shall be substantially complete as defined in the contract documents no later than August 25, 2007. New athletic fields for the Town's two High Schools to follow this project.

Gregory Simmons

    Director of Finance

    Enfield, Connecticut

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