NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS CLASSIFIED LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS CLASSIFIED LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH – FACILITIES MANAGEMENT General Bids Submission Deadline: 2:00 P.M. Wednesday February 9, 2022 The Category of Work is: ROOFING Project Name: 2022-080 Replacement of Roof Project Location: HC Solomon Mental Health Center 391 Varnum Avenue Lowell, MA 01854 Estimated Construction Cost: $730,000 Remove the existing roof substructure, install insulation with EPDM roof, install security fences with enclosures, and install underlying spray foam, and other items to complete the project. Minimum rates of wages to be paid on the project have been determined by the Commissioner of the Division of Occupational Safety under the provisions of Sections 26 and 27, Chapter 149 of the General Laws and will be included in the bid package. Proposals will ONLY be submitted online via COMMBUYS website by the General Bids Submission Deadline date on forms furnished by the Department of Mental Health (DMH) and clearly identified as a bid, endorsed with the name and address of the bidder, and the project name. Each general bid proposal must be secured by an uploaded photocopy of an accompanying deposit of 5% of the total bid amount, including all alternates, in the form of a bid bond, a certified, treasurer’s, or cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company made payable to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Awarded vendor will then mail the original 5% deposit bond or check to the Department of Mental Health Engineering and Facilities Management Department at 167 Lyman Street Room 158 Westborough, MA 01581. The Department reserves the right to waive any informality in or reject any or all Bids if it is in the public interest to do so. Plans and Specifications will ONLY be available at COMMBUYS from 1/19/2022 until bid opening as amended. Bid must be submitted electronically on COMMBUYS by the General Bids Submission Deadline date above. If you have any questions or concerns with using COMMBUYS, please contact the COMMBUYS help desk at 617-720-3197 (8am – 5pm EST Monday thru Friday). Pre-Bid Conference: A MANDATORY Pre-Bid Conference will be held at 10:00AM on Tuesday 2/1/2022. Contractors should meet the Project Engineer in the main lobby of HC Solomon Mental Health Center located at 391 Varnum Avenue, Lowell, MA 01854 to review and discuss project details. Please contact Fred Bergstrom, DMH project Engineer, at (508) 616-2245. After attending the Mandatory Pre-Bid Conference, all bidding questions must be submitted via E-mail to fred.e.bergstrom@mass.gov by 12:00PM Thursday 2/3/2022. Estimated Project Duration is one hundred twenty (120) days from Notice to Proceed. MBW/WBE Contractors are encouraged to inquire about this project. DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH BROOKE DOYLE, ACTING COMMISSIONER January 19 2022