Fire Escape Replacement

1How and where to submit

• Proposals will ONLY be submitted online via COMMBUYS website by the General Bids Submission Deadline date on forms furnished by the Department of Mental Health (DMH) and clearly identified as a bid, endorsed with the name and address of the bidder, and the project nameSource: 2027-018A - BID DOCUMENTS FOR COMMBUYS.pdf, page 3
• Bid must be submitted electronically on COMMBUYS by the General Bids Submission Deadline date aboveSource: 2027-018A - BID DOCUMENTS FOR COMMBUYS.pdf, page 3
• All General bid questions must be uploaded to COMMBUYS by Tuesday 11/17/2026 12:00 PMSource: 2027-018A - BID DOCUMENTS FOR COMMBUYS.pdf, page 3
• SECTION 4 -- REQUESTS FOR INTERPRETATION 4.1 Any questions by prospective Bidders concerning interpretation of the Contract Documents must be uploaded to COMMBUYS by Tuesday November 17, 2026 by 12:00 PMSource: 2027-018A - BID DOCUMENTS FOR COMMBUYS.pdf, page 8

2Deadline

• Plans and Specifications will ONLY be available at COMMBUYS from 11/4/2026 until bid openingSource: 2027-018A - BID DOCUMENTS FOR COMMBUYS.pdf, page 3

3Forms to fill out

• Bid bond
• Payment bond
• Performance bond

• Attachment A: Minimum Wage RatesSource: 2027-018A - BID DOCUMENTS FOR COMMBUYS.pdf, page 5
• Attachment B: Forms Used During BiddingSource: 2027-018A - BID DOCUMENTS FOR COMMBUYS.pdf, page 5

4Site visit

• Pre-Bid Conference: A MANDATORY Pre-Bid Conference will be held at 10:00AM on Thursday 11/12/2026Source: 2027-018A - BID DOCUMENTS FOR COMMBUYS.pdf, page 3
• FALL RIVER, MA 02720 (DMH Project #2027-018A) NOTICE OF PRE-BID CONFERENCE THE PRE-BID SITE VISIT IS MANDATORY FOR GENERAL CONTRACTOR ALL CONTRACTORS INTERESTED IN BIDDING ON THIS PROJECT ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED OF A PRE-BID CONFERENCE AND WALK-THROUGH ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2026 AT 10:00 A.MSource: 2027-018A - BID DOCUMENTS FOR COMMBUYS.pdf, page 4

5Bonds and insurance

• Each general bid proposal must be secured by an uploaded photocopy of an accompanying deposit of 5% of the total bid amount, including all alternates, in the form of a bid bond, a certified, treasurer's, or cashier's check issued by a responsible bank or trust company made payable to the...Source: 2027-018A - BID DOCUMENTS FOR COMMBUYS.pdf, page 3
• 5.13 Each general Bid and each Bid of a filed subcontractor must be accompanied by a bid deposit in the form of a bid bondSource: 2027-018A - BID DOCUMENTS FOR COMMBUYS.pdf, page 10
• Any bid bond shall be (a) in a form satisfactory to the Awarding Authority, (b) with a surety company qualified to do business in the Commonwealth and (c) conditioned upon the faithful performance by the principal of the agreements contained in the BidSource: 2027-018A - BID DOCUMENTS FOR COMMBUYS.pdf, page 10
• general Bid, to furnish a 100% payment bond and a 100% Performance Bond as stated in its filed sub-Bid, such general Bidder and the Awarding Authority shall select from the other filed sub-Bids duly filed with the Awarding Authority for such sub trade and not rejected the lowest responsible and...Source: 2027-018A - BID DOCUMENTS FOR COMMBUYS.pdf, page 13
• Statutory limits Employer's Liability $ 500,000 each accident $ 500,000 disease per employee $ 500,000 disease policy aggregate BSource: 2027-018A - BID DOCUMENTS FOR COMMBUYS.pdf, page 134

6Licenses you need

• You must provide any updated PWS to all contractors working on the issued by DAS shall be attached to the certified payroll recordsSource: 2027-018A - BID DOCUMENTS FOR COMMBUYS.pdf, page 24
• You must keep the contractors’ weekly certified payroll records and performed, you must ask DLSSource: 2027-018A - BID DOCUMENTS FOR COMMBUYS.pdf, page 24
• Additional Apprentice Information All apprentices must be registered with the Division of Apprenticeship Training(DAS) in accordance with M.G.L.cSource: 2027-018A - BID DOCUMENTS FOR COMMBUYS.pdf, page 52
• The Contractor shall employ a registered land surveyor to perform any engineering required for establishing grades, lines, levels, dimensions, layouts, and reference points for the tradesSource: 2027-018A - BID DOCUMENTS FOR COMMBUYS.pdf, page 84
• The Superintendent shall be licensed in accordance with the Building Code and shall have satisfactorily performed similar duties on previous construction projects similar in type, complexity and scale to the ProjectSource: 2027-018A - BID DOCUMENTS FOR COMMBUYS.pdf, page 85

7Pricing format

• DMH PROJECT# 2027-018A FIRE ESCAPE REPLACEMENT COMMUNITY HOME 589 PRESIDENT AVENUE FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS 02720 NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS WALK-THRU NOTICE PART 1 - INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS PREVAILING WAGES GENERAL BID FORM PART 2 - FORMS FOR CONTRACT EXECUTION PART 3 - GENERAL CONDITIONS PART 4 -...Source: 2027-018A - BID DOCUMENTS FOR COMMBUYS.pdf, page 2
• 5.2 All entries on the Bid form shall be typewritten or in inkSource: 2027-018A - BID DOCUMENTS FOR COMMBUYS.pdf, page 9
• 5.3 Where so indicated on the Bid form, sums shall be expressed in both words and numeralsSource: 2027-018A - BID DOCUMENTS FOR COMMBUYS.pdf, page 9
• Without limiting the foregoing, the Awarding Authority reserves the right to reject unit prices which it deems unduly high or unduly low as unbalancedSource: 2027-018A - BID DOCUMENTS FOR COMMBUYS.pdf, page 11