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MBTA Contract No. T90CN08, TRACK STATE OF GOOD REPAIR CONTRACT 1, SYSTEMWIDE, MA

MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
10 PARK PLAZA
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02116

LEGAL NOTICE

Electronic proposals for the following project will be received through the internet using Project Bids until the date and time stated below and will be posted on www.sharepoint.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 Project Bids at least 14 days prior to a scheduled bid opening date.

Electronic bids for MBTA Contract No. T90CN08, TRACK STATE OF GOOD REPAIR CONTRACT 1, SYSTEMWIDE, MA (Class 1, General Transit – $20,000,000; Class 3, Track work – $20,000,000; Contract value $25,000,000) can be submitted at www.sharepoint.com until two o’clock (2:00 p.m.) on FEBRUARY 27, 2025. Immediately thereafter, in a designated room, the Bids will be opened and read publicly.

These contracts are for systemwide track infrastructure improvements on the red, orange, blue, and green lines. Work will include replacement of ties, rail, restrained rail along both tangent, curved and restrained curve track, special trackwork, removal and replacement of broken or lock spike plates with pandrol plates, insulators and C-Bonds (where called for or where damaged by Contractor), contact rail replacement, ballast replacement (full depth and spot), joint elimination thermite welding, direct fixation and floating slab repairs including concrete repairs and replacement, surface line and tamping and track stabilizing where directed on both Light Rail and Heavy Rail portions of the MBTA system. CWR will require thermite welding and destressing in accordance with MBTA standards during scheduled surges. Work may require early action items like weekly meetings with contractors to plan and schedule work, moving rail, pre plating ties, site walks to finalize work limits, materials delivery, materials staging, equipment movement, schedule update, etc. Contractor will be required to remove all surplus materials generated by the project and all existing debris currently within the project limits. Debris to be removed will be confirmed during planned preconstruction site walks.

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.

To view the full Notice to Bidders, please see link below.

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

Phillip Eng
General Manager & CEO of the MBTA

February 5, 2025