TOWN OF COVENTRY
ENGINEERING
CONTRACT DOCUMENTS
FOR
COVENTRY PATRIOTS PARK REVITALIZATION –
PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENT
STEAP GRANT FUNDED
PROJECT No. 2023-032-149
COVENTRY, CT
Sealed Bids will be received until 2:00 P. M. Local Time on April 23, 2026, in the Town
Manager’s Office, Town Hall, Coventry, Connecticut. Bids will be opened and read in the
Town Manager’s Conference Room adjacent to the Town Manager’s Office in the Coventry
Town Hall immediately following the deadline.
Town of Coventry
PATRIOTS PARK REVITALIZATION – PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENT
STEAP GRANT FUNDED
PROJECT No. 2023-032-149
Coventry, Connecticut
CONTRACT DOCUMENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section A
1. Invitation to Bid Legal Notice
Section B – BIDDER REQUIREMENTS
2. Bid Bond
3. Non-Collusive Bid Statement
4. CHRO: Bidder Contract Compliance
Section C
5. Information to Bidders
6. Special Conditions
7. Prevailing Wage
Section D
8. DRAFT: Contract Agreement
9. DRAFT: Performance Bond
10. DRAFT: Payment Bond
11. Notice of Award
12. Notice to Proceed
Section E
13. Project Specifications
Section F
14. Project Permits
Section G
14. Project Plans
TOWN OF COVENTRY
INVITATION TO BID
Sealed proposals for “PATRIOTS PARK REVITALIZATION – PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENT,
STEAP GRANT FUNDED PROJECT No. 2023-032-149” will be received until 2:00 p.m. Local
Time, April 23, 2026, in the Town Manager’s Office, Town Hall, 1712 Main Street, Coventry, CT.
This project involves the development of a new playscape areas with a poured in place
rubberized surface under the conditions provided in the Contract Documents. Coventry’s Public
Works Department (DPW) is prepping the area to subgrade elevation. A mandatory pre-bid
meeting on Tuesday April 15, 2026, 2 P.M. local time at the site at Patriots Park. This meeting
will review STEAP grant requirements and gives bidders an opportunity to assess the site’s
subgrade conditions.
Contract documents, pdf format, can be obtained from the Town Engineer as listed below. The
bidder shall provide the playground proposals, 10% bid bond, non-collusion form, and CHRO’s
Bidder Contract Compliance Monitoring Report in the manual for bid submittal.
Funding provided by the State of Connecticut Small Town Economic Assistance Program
administered by the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development
(DECD).
This contract is subject to state contract compliance requirements, including set aside (25%
SBE and 6.25% M/W/DBE) and non-discrimination requirements enforced by the CHRO.
The Town of Coventry reserves the right to reject all proposals, or to waive any technical
defects, and to make an award to the party determined to be the most responsive and
responsible bidder if it is deemed to be in the best interest of the Town. No Bidder may
withdraw their bid within sixty (60) days after the actual date of the opening thereof.
Contact the Town Engineer at 860 742-4078 or tpenney@coventry-ct.gov for Bid Documents,
further information, and/or questions.
Coventry is an affirmative action/equal employment opportunity employer.
Minority/Women's Business Enterprises are encouraged to apply. This contract is subject to
state set-aside and contract compliance requirements.
James Drumm
Town Manager
TOWN OF COVENTRY, CONNECTICUT
STANDARD BID BOND
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
That we
of
(hereinafter called the principal) as principal, and
a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of
and duly authorized to transact a surety business in the State of Connecticut (hereinafter called the
surety), as surety, are held and firmly bound unto the Town of Coventry, Connecticut, as Obligee, in
the penal sum of
lawful money of the United States of America, for the payment of which, will and truly to be made to
the Obligee, we bind ourselves, our heirs, successors, and assigns, jointly and severally, firmly by
these presents.
Signed, sealed and delivered this day of
A. D. 2011
THE CONDITION OF THIS OBLIGATION is such, that whereas the said Principal
has herewith submitted his bid dated
for
NOW THEREFORE, If the herewith submitted bid of the Principal be accepted
and the contract awarded to said Principal, and the Principal enters into a written agreement when
required by the said Town Council (or its authorized agent), with such surety bonds as shall be
acceptable to said Town Council (or its authorized agent) for the performance of the work according
to said written agreement, as provided by the General Statutes of Connecticut, as revised, then this
obligation shall be null and void; otherwise the principal and surety hereto agree to pay unto the
Obligee the difference between the amount of the bid of said Principal, submitted herewith, and the
amount for which the Obligee may contract with another party to perform the work covered by the
said bid of the Principal, if the latter amount be in excess of the former.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the said
have caused these presents to be signed by their duly authorized representatives and their names
and corporate seal to be hereunto affixed, the day and year first written.
L. S.
L. S.
L. S.
NON-COLLUSIVE BID STATEMENT
All bidders are required to sign a Non-Collusive Bid Statement with all public bids as
follows:
1. The bid has been arrived at by the bidder independently and has been submitted without
collusion with, and without any agreement, understanding, or planned common course of
action with any other vendor or materials, supplies, equipment, or services described in the
Advertisement for Bids, designed to limit independent billing or competition, and
2. The contents of the bid have not been communicated by the bidder or its employees or
agents to any person not an employee or agent of the bidder or its surety on any bond
furnished with the bid, and will not be communicated to any such person prior to the
official opening of the bid.
Name of Bidder _______________________________________________________________
Address _____________________________________________________________________
Signature _________________________________Title_______________________________
This page summarizes the opportunity, including an overview and a preview of the attached documents.
