INVITATION FOR BIDS NANTUCKET TERMINAL CEILING REPLACEMENT

INVITATION FOR BIDS NANTUCKET TERMINAL CEILING REPLACEMENT PROJECT CONTRACT NO. 19-2021 The Woods Hole, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority will accept sealed bids from General Contractors for the “Nantucket Terminal Ceiling Replacement Project” during regular business hours at the Steamship Authority’s Procurement Office, located at the Steamship Authority’s General Office Building, 228 Palmer Avenue, Room 207, Falmouth, MA 02540, before 2:00 p.m. prevailing time on Tuesday, November 2, 2021 at which time and place they will be publicly opened. Project Location: Nantucket Terminal, 1 Steamboat Wharf, Nantucket, MA Estimated Construction Cost: $85,000.00 All work under the Contract must be completed as soon as possible after Contract Award/Notice to Proceed which we anticipate to be shortly after bids are opened and reviewed. In general, the work consists of replacing 2,395 square feet of GWB ceiling. Existing lighting, signage, mechanical equipment, cameras and smoke detectors shall be removed and re-installed by contractor. Further description to be found within the specs and drawings. Upon request, bidding documents will be sent electronically by contacting the Steamship Authority’s Procurement Officer (508) 548-5011, ext. 515, or email: pnickerson@steamshipauthority.com. No hard copy of documents will be available. A date for a Pre-Bid Conference/Site Visit has not been determined yet, we should have a date and time once documents are available. The Contractor will be required to pay prevailing rates of wages for all work performed on the project in accordance with the schedule of minimum wage rates issued for the project by the Massachusetts Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Division of Occupational Safety, under the provisions of Mass. G.L.c.149, §§ 26 and 27. All submitted bids must be accompanied by a bid deposit in the form of a bid bond, or cash, or a certified check on, or a treasurer’s or cashier’s check issued by, a responsible bank or trust company, payable to the “Woods Hole, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority” in the name of which the contract for the work is to be executed. The amount of such bid deposit shall be five percent (5%) of the TOTAL CONTRACT PRICE set forth in the bid. The Steamship Authority reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to modify or amend with the consent of the bidder any bid prior to acceptance, and to waive any informality, all as the Authority in its sole judgment and discretion may deem to be in the public interest. October 2 & 9, 2021