CITY OF WESTMINSTER
45 West Main Street
Westminster, Maryland 21157
TELEPHONE
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www.westminstermd.gov
Date: March 3, 2026
To: Firms Interested in Submitting a Bid
From: City of Westminster
Re: Request for Bids by the City of Westminster for City Roads Striping
The Mayor and Common Council of Westminster (“the City”) requests bids (hereinafter, a “Bid”
or “Proposal”) for City Roads Striping in accordance with the attached Contract documents.
Sealed bids consisting of all required Bid forms should be submitted to the Finance
Department, 45 West Main Street, Westminster, Maryland 21157, no later than
2:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 9, 2026. Sealed bids must be clearly marked “City
Roads Striping” on the outside of the envelope.
All Bids are to be accompanied by a bid bond in the amount of 10% of the Bid. A sample
bid bond format is provided as part of this Request for Bids.
All blanks on each form submitted in connection with the Request for Bids must be filled in, and
no change shall be made to the items described in the form. All Bids must be signed in ink by the
Bidder, with signature in full. Bids must be good for ninety (90) days.
A mandatory Pre-Bid meeting will be conducted at 1:00 P.M., Thursday, March 12, 2026, at 45
West Main Street, Westminster, MD 21157. Bidder attendance is mandatory.
Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at 3:15 p.m. on Thursday, April 9, 2026. The bid
opening will be held at 45 West Main Street, Westminster, MD 21157.
This Request for Bids will be placed on the City website at:
http://www.westminstermd.gov/bids.aspx
Any bid addenda will be posted on the City website at http://www.westminstermd.gov/bids.aspx.
Prospective bidders who have questions regarding this Request for Bids should email their
questions to Bids@westminstermd.gov. The closing time for submission of questions is 4:00 p.m.
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on Thursday, April 2, 2026. All questions and the associated answers will be posted on the City
website at http://www.westminstermd.gov/bids.aspx.
To receive notification that information regarding this Request for Bids has been posted to the City
website, bidders are encouraged to register with the City by providing their firm name, name of
firm representative, and email address for the firm’s point of contact to:
Bids@westminstermd.gov
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REQUEST FOR BIDS
City of Westminster
City Roads Striping
RFB# 26-07
March 3, 2026
I. SCOPE OF SERVICES
The Contractor shall furnish and provide all labor, equipment, and materials necessary to
complete the Road Striping Project as outlined in this Section, all subsequent Sections of the
Specifications, and any applicable Drawings. The Contractor shall perform all tasks and
provide the necessary services for completion of this project. The scope of this project includes
the items listed below, as well as any additional tasks, materials, or incidental work customarily
required to complete a project of this nature, whether or not such items are explicitly stated in
the Specifications.
Any work, materials, or services necessary to complete the Project that are not expressly
identified in the Specifications shall nonetheless be the responsibility of the Contractor and
shall be included in the Contractor’s total Bid price
1. Provide all labor and materials necessary to complete approximately 38.8 miles of
Line Striping for all roads inside the City limits. All work performed for this project
shall be in accordance and in compliance with Maryland Department of
Transportation Standard Specifications for roadway markings.
Project Map is provided herein and is marked as “Attachment A.” A list of all streets
that are full or partially located inside the City limits is marked as “Attachment B.”
2. The Contractor is responsible for visiting sites to determine full scope of work.
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CITY OF WESTMINSTER, MARYLAND
INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS
1. BIDS:
Sealed Bids will only be accepted by the Mayor and Common Council of Westminster (the “City”)
if submitted in accordance with these instructions, the General Conditions, and any other attached
Bid documents.
2. RESERVATIONS:
A. The City reserves the right to waive formalities or technicalities in bids as the interests of
the City may require.
B. The City may waive minor differences in specifications, provided these differences do
not violate the intent of the specification or materially affect the operation for which the item is
being acquired.
C. Bids that show omission, irregularity, alteration of forms, or additions not called for, and
conditional or unconditional, unresponsive bids, or bids obviously unbalanced may be rejected.
D. The City reserves the right to award Contracts on a lump sum or an individual item basis,
or such combination thereof as the interests of the City may require.
E. The City reserves the right to reject any and/or all bids; to accept a portion of a bid or bids
only; to advertise for new proposals; to proceed to do the work otherwise; or to abandon the work,
if in the City's judgment, the City's best interests will be served by doing so.
F. Any contract resulting from this solicitation will be awarded to the bidder who has
submitted the proposal most advantageous to the City in its sole discretion, considering such
things as the price and the bidder's qualifications, experience, and references, in addition to any
other factors identified in the Scope of Work.
3. QUALIFICATIONS OF BIDDERS:
The City may make such investigation as it deems necessary to determine the ability of the Bidder
to furnish the services and the Bidder shall furnish to the City all such information and data for
this purpose that the City may request. The City reserves the right to reject any Bid if the evidence
submitted by the Bidder or an investigation of such Bidder fails to satisfy the City that such Bidder
is properly qualified to carry out the obligations of the Contract.
4. REQUIRED ATTACHMENTS TO BIDS:
Each Bid shall be accompanied by the following which are attached herewith:
a. Bid Form
b. Schedule of Values
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