Invitation to Bid: The City of Northampton invites sealed bids for a three (3) year contract for the installation, maintenance, removal, replacement, and storage of 56 Connecticut River channel marker buoys. Estimated total value of contract is $45,000. Work includes:
1.Install the channel markers in their approved locations at the start of summer.
2.Maintain markers in position during the summer.
3.Remove markers immediately after Labor Day and store in a secure location.
4.Inventory markers at the end of each season.
5.Clean, maintain, repair and replace markers as detailed.
6.The successful bidder will execute the attached contract and comply with its terms.
The Channel Markers have been designed in accordance with the specifications of the United States Coast Guard Aids to Navigation in the locations shown and described on the marker report at
http://archive.northamptonma.gov/WebLink/Browse.aspx?id=748231&
;dbid=0&repo=CityOfNorthampton (subject to correcting any errors in that report). Buoys can be viewed at their storage location in Chicopee by arrangement. Massachusetts Prevailing Wages shall be paid for any non-owner employees for any power equipment and construction, in accordance with the provided prevailing wage schedule. We will provide new prevailing wages for each successful year of the contract. The City reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
Instructions for Bidders—Bids on bid form are due 1:00 PM Friday, June 2, 2022. Deliver bids in a SEALED envelope marked CHANNEL MARKER BIDS to:
Carolyn Misch, Planning & Sustainability, 210 Main Street, Northampton, MA 01060
Questions: Sarah LaValley, at
slavalley@northamptonma.gov
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