MBTA Contract No. B74CN02, REPAIR/REHABILITATION OF MBTA HIGH SPEED RED LINE

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. B74CN02, REPAIR/REHABILITATION OF MBTA HIGH SPEED RED LINE OVER NEPONSET RIVER LOWER MILLS BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, BRIDGE B-16-412, (CLASS I – GENERAL CONSTRUCTION, and Class 4B – CONCRETE SUPERSTRUCTURES, AND PROJECT VALUE – $3,267,652.00), can be submitted at www.bidx.com until two o’clock (2:00 p.m.) on May 25, 2017. Immediately thereafter, in a designated room, the Bids will be opened and read publicly.

Work consists of repairs and modification to existing concrete masonry and stone masonry abutments and wingwalls; installation of temporary water control cofferdams to allow for all work to be done in the dry; the collection of and resetting of displaced riprap along the east abutment; excavation for the repairs to the southeast wingwall, along with clearing and grubbing of adjacent area to allow for the repairs; revegetation of the areas cleared and grubbed per requirements of DCR permitting; installation and monitoring of silt curtains for all in water work.

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 7 percent.

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/

Brian Shortsleeve

Chief Administrator and Acting General Manager of the MBTA

May 1, 2017