MBTA Contract No. P02CN08 – DUCT BANK REPLACEMENT AT CAUSEWAY STREET – BOSTON, MA

MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
TEN PARK PLAZA, SUITE 5170
BOSTON, MA 02116
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. P02CN08 – DUCT BANK REPLACEMENT AT CAUSEWAY STREET – BOSTON, MA, (CLASS 2 – GRADING, DRAINAGE & SITE DEVELOPMENT AND PROJECT VALUE $6,921,200) can be submitted at www.bidx.com until two o’clock (2:00 PM) on Thursday, March 21, 2019. Immediately thereafter, in a designated room, the Bids will be opened and read publicly.

Work consists of the replacement of damaged duct banks carrying AC and or DC power cables at Causeway Street, Boston, Massachusetts. The work includes excavation, demolition, placing conduits in varying configurations to form the duct banks, concrete encasement, precast or cast-in-place concrete manholes, rebuilding or enlarging existing brick manholes, backfill and surface restoration, including roadway paving and sidewalk reconstruction, supplying power cables as specified, installing power cables in the conduits and splicing power cables at the manholes.

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. While there is no DBE goal associated with this contract, the Authority strongly encourages the use of Minority, Women and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises as prime contractors, subcontractors and suppliers in all of its contracting opportunities.

Additional information and instructions on how to submit a bid are available at http://bc.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

Steve Poftak
MBTA General Manager

February 27, 2019