MBTA Contract No. S31CN02, RUGGLES STATION COMMUTER RAIL PLATFORM PROJECT IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, CLASS 1 – GENERAL TRANSIT CONSTRUCTION
MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
100 SUMMER ST., SUITE 1200
BOSTON, MA 02110
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Electronic proposals for the following project will be received through the internet using Bid Express until the date and time stated below, and will be posted on www.bidx.com forthwith after the bid submission deadline. No paper copies of bids will be accepted. Bidders must have a valid digital ID issued by the Authority in order to bid on projects. Bidders need to apply for a digital ID with Bid Express at least 14 days prior to a scheduled bid opening date.
Electronic bids for MBTA Contract No. S31CN02, RUGGLES STATION COMMUTER RAIL PLATFORM PROJECT IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, CLASS 1 – GENERAL TRANSIT CONSTRUCTION, AND PROJECT VALUE -$22,260,000, can be submitted at www.bidx.com until ten o’clock (10:00 a.m.) on June 15, 2017. Immediately thereafter, in a designated room, the Bids will be opened and read publicly.
Work in general consists of constructing an 800’ platform along Track 2 at Ruggles Station in Boston, Massachusetts on the Northeast Corridor. The new platform will consist of precast concrete platform panels supported by a cast-in-place back retaining wall and the existing right-of-way retaining wall cut down to support the new platform panels. Other elements include the canopies over the access/egress points at the east and west ends of the platform, a ramp down to access the platform from the existing lower busway, a pedestrian underpass beneath the existing busway bridge ramp structure, extended catenary structures to span the new platform, site lighting, drainage, other platform amenities, sidewalk widening and repaving in the lower busway, reconstruction of existing elevators throughout the station, construction of a new elevator in the lower busway, and repairs to the structural joints and sidewalk within the upper busway. The platform back wall and catenary structure modifications east of the busway bridge will be constructed by Northeastern University as part of their ISEC project.
Bidders’ attention is directed to Appendix 1, Notice of Requirement for Affirmative Action to Insure Equal Employment Opportunity; and to Appendix 2, Supplemental Equal Employment Opportunity, Anti-Discrimination, and Affirmative Action Program in the specifications. In addition, pursuant to the requirements of Appendix 3, Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Participation Provision, Bidders must submit an assurance with their Bids that they will make sufficient and reasonable efforts to meet the stated DBE goal of 10 percent of the contract value.
Bidders will affirmatively ensure that in regard to any contract entered into pursuant to this solicitation, minority and female construction contractors will be afforded full opportunity to submit Bids and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, age, or national origin in consideration for an award.
Additional information and instructions on how to submit a bid are available at http://www.mbta.com/business_center/bidding_solicitations/current_solicitations/
On behalf of the MBTA, thank you for your time and interest in responding to this Notice to Bidders Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Brian Shortsleeve Chief Administrator and Acting General Manager of the MBTA
May 17, 2017
