Shore Road Sidewalk Project

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SECTION 1
INFORMATION FOR BIDDERS
TITLE ARTICLE
RECEIPT AND OPENING OF BIDS 1.1
LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION OF WORK TO BE DONE 1.2
CONTRACT DOCUMENTS 1.3
NON-REFUNDABLE FEE FOR DRAWINGS AND DOCUMENTS 1.4
QUESTIONS REGARDING DRAWINGS AND DOCUMENTS 1.5
BIDDERS TO INVESTIGATE 1.6
INFORMATION NOT GUARANTEED 1.7
BLANK FORM FOR BID 1.8
TIME LIMITS AND TIME CHARGE 1.9
WITHDRAWAL OF BIDS 1.10
CONTRACT BONDS 1.11
ABILITY AND EXPERIENCE OF BIDDER 1.12
BIDS 1.13
RIGHT TO REJECT OR ACCEPT BIDS 1.14
RIGHT TO ALTER FORM, QUANTITY, ETC., OF WORK 1.15
EXECUTION OF AGREEMENT 1.16
INSURANCE CERTIFICATES 1.17
COMPARISON OF BIDS 1.18
BID SECURITY 1.19
ITEMS 1.20
MINIMUM PREVAILING WAGE RATES 1.21
CONSTRUCTION SAFETY AND HEALTH COURSE 1.22
NON-CONNECTICUT CONTRACTORS 1.23
SUPPLIERS AND SUBCONTRACTORS 1.24
PROHIBITION OF WASTES GENERATED FROM OIL AND GAS DRILLING AND EXTRACTION
ACTIVITIES 1.25

INFORMATION FOR BIDDERS
1.1 RECEIPT AND OPENING OF BIDS.
Sealed bids, one (1) original and two (2) copies, will be received in the Office of the Purchasing
Department and shall be opened and read aloud in the DPW Chimblo Conference Room, Town Hall, 101 Field
Point Road, Greenwich, Connecticut at 11 o'clock a.m. (prevailing time) on Wednesday, June 10, 2026 for the
following work:
Shore Road Sidewalk Project; Town Project No. 21-27
1.2 LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION OF WORK TO BE DONE.
The work herein specified to be done consists of the installation of a new section of sidewalk on Shore
Road in Old Greenwich: Between Sound Beach Avenue and S Crossway in Greenwich Connecticut, all as more
particularly indicated, shown or described in the drawings, specifications and other contract documents and as
described by the Engineer.
The Contractor shall furnish all labor, services, materials, equipment, plant, machinery, apparatus,
appliances, tools, supplies and all other things necessary to do all work required for the completion of each item
of the work and as herein specified.
The location, general characteristics and principal details of the work are indicated on drawings which
are listed as follows:
SHEET NUMBER TITLE
00 - TITLE SHEET
01 - RCP-01 ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION PLANS
02 - RCP-02 ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION PLANS
03 - RCP-03 ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION PLANS
04 - RCP-03a ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION PLANS
05 - RCP-04 ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION PLANS
06 - RCP-05 ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION PLANS
07 - RCP-06 ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION PLANS
08 - RCP-07 ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION PLANS
09 - RCP-08 ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION PLANS
10 - RCP-09 ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION PLANS
11 - RCP-10 ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION PLANS
12 - MDS-01 MISCELLANEOUS DETAILS
13 - MDS-02 MISCELLANEOUS DETAILS
The above drawings are the contract drawings, sometimes referred to herein as the "Drawings".
Additional drawings showing details in accordance with which the work is to be done will be furnished from
time to time by the Engineer, if found necessary, and shall then become a part of the contract drawings.
1.3 CONTRACT DOCUMENTS.
The 'Drawings', 'Invitation to Bid', 'Information for Bidders', Forms for 'Bid', 'Agreement' and 'Bonds',
'General Conditions' and 'Technical and Materials Specifications' become the contract documents and may be
obtained on the Town's website, www.greenwichct.gov/bids.
1.4 NON-REFUNDABLE FEE FOR DRAWINGS AND DOCUMENTS.
Drawings and specifications will be posted to the Town's website and may be downloaded at no cost.
Drawings taken from the Town's website and printed on the bidder's equipment may not be to scale.

1.5 QUESTIONS REGARDING DRAWINGS AND DOCUMENTS.
In general, no answer will be given to prospective bidders in reply to an oral question if the question
involves an interpretation of the intent or meaning of the drawings or other contract documents or the equality or
use of products or methods other than those designated or described on the drawings or in the specifications.
Any information given to bidders other than by means of the drawings and other contract documents, including
addenda, as described below, is given informally, for information and the convenience of the bidder only, and is
not guaranteed. The bidder agrees that such information shall not be used as the basis of nor shall the giving of
any such information entitle the bidder to assess any claim or demand against the Town or the Engineer on
account thereof.
To receive consideration, such questions shall be submitted in writing to the Project Engineer, Ian
Brown, Civil Engineer II, Town of Greenwich, DPW Engineering Division, 101 Field Point Road, Greenwich
CT 06830 or by email to ian.brown@greenwichct.gov at least five (5) days before the established date for receipt
of Bids. If the questions involve the acceptability or use of any unspecified products or methods, it must be
accompanied by drawings, specifications or other data in sufficient detail to enable the Engineer to determine the
acceptability, equality and suitability of the unspecified product or method. In general, the Engineer will neither
approve nor disapprove particular products prior to the opening of Bids; such products will be considered when
offered by the Contractor for incorporation into the work.
The Engineer will set forth as addenda, which shall become a part of the contract documents, such
questions received as above provided as in their sole judgment are appropriate or necessary and their decision
regarding each. It is the responsibility of the prospective bidder to check the Town's website
(www.greenwichct.gov/bids) for any addenda issued up to 48 hours prior to the bid opening.
The Contractor agrees to use the products and methods designated or described in the specifications as
amended by the addenda. Any addenda issued shall take precedence over drawings or specifications.
Where there is a conflict between specifications and drawings, the higher standard shall prevail.
1.6 BIDDERS TO INVESTIGATE.
Bidders are required to submit their bids upon the following express conditions which shall apply to and
be deemed a part of every bid received.
Bidders must satisfy themselves by personal examination of the site of the work and by such other means
as they may wish, as to the actual conditions there existing, the character and requirements of the work, the
difficulties attendant upon its execution, and the accuracy of all estimated quantities stated in the Bid.
Any subsurface information furnished is based on an interpretation made at specific locations as
indicated and no assurance is given that these conditions are necessarily typical of other locations or that they
have remained unchanged since the field data were obtained. Further, no assurance is given that the presence or
absence of water and other subsurface conditions at the time of these explorations will be representative of actual
conditions at the time of construction. The Contractor shall be solely responsible for any assumptions,
deductions, or conclusions they may make or which may be derived from their examination of any available
subsurface information.
1.7 INFORMATION NOT GUARANTEED.
All information given on the drawings or in the other contract documents relating to subsurface and other
conditions, natural phenomena, existing pipes and other structures is furnished only for the information and
convenience of bidders and is not guaranteed.
It is agreed and understood that the Town does not warrant guarantee that the subsurface or other
conditions, natural phenomena, existing pipes or other structures encountered during construction will be the
same as those indicated on the drawings or in the other contract documents and the bidder or Contractor shall
assume all risk with respect to such conditions.

It is agreed further and understood that no bidder or Contractor shall use or be entitled to use any of the
information made available to them or obtained in any examination made by them in any manner as a basis of or
ground for, any claim or demand against the Town or the Engineer, arising from or by reason of any variance
which may exist between the information made available and the actual subsurface or other conditions, natural
phenomena, existing pipes or other structures actually encountered during the construction work.
The Contractor shall dig test pits, contact appropriate parties, or do any other necessary work, and at their
own expense, to locate subsurface and other structures both shown and not shown on the drawings, in advance to
performing work near the structure.
1.8 BLANK FORM FOR BID.
All bids must be upon the blank form for "Bid Sheet", which is given in Section 2, and must state the
proposed price of each item of the work, both in words and in figures, and be signed by the bidder with their
business address and place of residence.
1.9 TIME LIMITS AND TIME CHARGE.
The Contractors shall commence with the work within ten (10) days after receipt of 'Notice to Proceed'
from the Town.
Time is of the essence of this contract and as prosecution of the work will inconvenience property
owners, vehicular traffic, and pedestrians and adversely affect business in the area, it is essential that the work be
pressed vigorously to completion. Also, the cost to the Town of administration of the contract, including
engineering, inspection and supervision of construction, will be increased or decreased as the time occupied in
the work is lengthened or shortened and the deprivation to the residents of the Town of the needed improvement
herein contracted for will cause damages to the Town, the exact amount of which will be difficult to ascertain.
Therefore, in order to avoid the uncertainties and time consuming effort involved, it is hereby estimated that the
reasonably probable, foreseeable damages which will arise in the event of the Contractor's delay are hereby
expressed in terms of a time charge which will be made against the Contractor, and dates for completion,
suspension and/or commencement of work will be established in accordance with the following provisions.
A time charge of One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) per day will be made against the
Contractor for each and every day (Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays excluded) that the work is in progress
beyond one hundred and twenty (120) calendar days (no days excluded) after the Contractor has been notified to
commence with the work. The amount of time charge will be deducted from the monthly and final payments
due the Contractor as these are made. This time charge will continue, except as provided below, until the work is
completed and accepted, but not including retainer, maintenance or repair period, if any. The Engineer's decision
concerning whether the work has been completed shall be final, as provided in Article 4.4 of this contract.
Each bidder should include in their estimate of the cost of the work, a sum equal to the amount derived
by multiplying said time charge by the number of days which they estimate the time charge will apply. This sum
shall not appear as a separate item of the bid, but shall be distributed among the various items on which prices
are asked on the bid sheet. The time charge will be suspended during the period of any delay that may be caused
by the Town, either through change of plan or through ordering suspension of the work for any reason other than
failure on the part of the Contractor to comply with the specifications, said suspension must be certified by
engineer.
If any delay is caused to the Contractor by specific orders of the Engineer to stop the work (for reasons
other than failure on the part of the Contractor to comply with the requirements of the contract documents), such
delay will entitle the Contractor to an equivalent extension of time, and the suspension of the time charge only
during such an extension of time. When extra or additional work is ordered by the Engineer, the Contractor will
be allowed a suspension of the time charge expressed in days and derived by dividing the cost of such additional
work by the time charge factor.
The time charge factor is that number derived by dividing the total amount of the contract on which the

award is made by the number of days between date work is started and date of completion and acceptance of the
repair and alteration, etc., deducting Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays.
1.10 WITHDRAWAL OF BID.
Except as hereinafter in this article otherwise expressly provided, once their bid is submitted and received
by the Town for consideration and comparison with other bids similarly submitted, the Bidder agrees that they
may not and will not withdraw it within one hundred and twenty (120) consecutive calendar days after the actual
date of opening of Bids.
Upon proper written request and identification, Bids may be withdrawn only as follows:
1. At any time prior to the designated time for the opening of bids
2. Provided the bid has not theretofore been accepted by the Town, at any time subsequent to the
expiration if the period during which the bidder has agreed not to withdraw their bid.
Unless a bid is withdrawn as provided above, the Bidder agrees that it shall be deemed open for
acceptance until the 'agreement' has been executed by both parties thereto or until Town notifies a Bidder in
writing that their bid is rejected or that the Town does not intend to accept it, or returns their bid deposit. Notice
of acceptance of a bid shall not constitute rejection of any other bid.
1.11 CONTRACT BONDS.
The Bidder whose bid is accepted agrees to furnish the 'contract bonds' in the forms which follow in
Section 5, entitled 'Contract Bonds', each in the sum of the full amount of the bid, including allowance for
contingencies and extra work, and/or contract price as determined by the Engineer, and duly executed and
acknowledged by the said Bidder as principle and by a surety company qualified to do business under the laws of
the State of Connecticut and satisfactory to the Town, as surety, for the faithful performance of the contract and
payment for labor and materials. The premiums for such bonds shall be paid by the Contractor. The 'Contract
Bond' is only required for contracts exceeding $100,000.
For contracts that require a Performance, Maintenance and Payment Bond, the contractor shall maintain
all of the specified required insurance coverage and continue to document the specified required insurance
coverage for one (1) year after completion of the work of the contract (or other such time as the contractor or
other agreement requires).
The Bidder must provide a letter from the bonding company stating that their company is able to receive
performance bonding within one weeks' time after receipt of award on the Town of Greenwich Performance,
Maintenance and Payment Bond Form (enclosed herein) for this project in the total amount of the bid. The letter
must be on the bonding company's letterhead with their name address and telephone number and must be
submitted with the bid.
1.12 ABILITY AND EXPERIENCE OF BIDDER.
No award will be made to any Bidder who cannot satisfy the Town that they have sufficient ability and
experience in this class of work and sufficient capital and plant to enable them to prosecute and complete the
work successfully within the time named, or, where such time is not named, within reasonable period of time as
is determined by the Engineer. The Town's decision or judgment on these matters shall be final, conclusive and
binding.
The Town may make such investigations as it deems necessary, and the Bidder shall furnish to the Town,
under oath if so required, all such information and data for this purpose as the Town may request.
The ability of any Bidder to obtain a performance bond will not be regarded as the sole test of such
Bidder's competency or responsibility.

1.13 BIDS.
The Town may reject bids which in its sole judgment are either incomplete, conditional, obscure or not
responsive or which contain additions not called for, erasures not properly initialed, alterations or similar
irregularities, or the Town may waive such omissions, conditions or irregularities.
1.14 RIGHT TO REJECT OR ACCEPT BIDS.
The Town reserves the right to reject any or all bids with or without reason, or to accept any bid even if it
is not the low bid, should the Town deem it to be in the public interest or the interest of the Town to do so. The
Town's decision on the qualifications of any bid and/or its decision to accept any bid, or reject any or all bids
shall be final, conclusive and binding on all Bidders.
1.15 RIGHT TO ALTER FORM, QUANTITY, OF WORK.
The Town further reserves the right to make alterations in the lines, grade, plan, form and quantity of the
work herein contemplated, either before award of contract to the successful Bidder and/or before or after the
commencement of the work because of priority restrictions, insufficient funds in appropriations, or other cause.
If such alterations diminish the quantity of the work to be done, they shall not constitute a claim for damage or
for anticipated profits on the work dispensed with, or affect the prices bid for the various classes of work
remaining. If they increase the amount of work, such increase shall be paid for according to the quantity actually
done and at the price or prices bid for the various classes of work, or if not susceptible of classification, the price
or prices shall be agreed upon in writing in advance, and in case of failure to so agree, the Contractor shall do the
work as aforesaid as extra work.
1.16 EXECUTION OF AGREEMENT.
The Bidder whose bid is accepted will be required and agrees to duly execute the 'agreement' and furnish
the required contract bonds and insurance certificates within ten (10) days after award of the contract.
1.17 INSURANCE CERTIFICATES.
The Bidder is required to submit with their bid a signed 'Insurance Procedure Form', enclosed herein.
By signing this form, the Bidder acknowledges that they will provide the insurance coverage required for the
contemplated work at no additional charge to the Town of Greenwich.
The Contractor will not be permitted to start any construction work until they have submitted certificates
covering all insurance and in such form called for under that article of the 'agreement', titled 'Insurance', and has
obtained approval in writing of such certificates from the Town.
1.18 COMPARISON OF BIDS.
Bids will be compared on the basis of the sum of the quantities multiplied by respective unit prices,
added to lump-sum prices, all as stated in the 'Bid Sheet'.
In the event that there is a discrepancy in the Bid Sheet between the Lump-Sum or unit prices written in
words and figures, the prices written in words shall govern.
The Town agrees to examine and consider each bid submitted in consideration of the Bidder's
agreements, as hereinabove set forth in the Bid Sheet.
1.19 BID SECURITY.
Each bid must be accompanied by a bid bond prepared on the form of bid bond attached hereto duly
executed and acknowledged by the Bidders, as principal, and by a surety company qualified to do business in the
State of Connecticut and satisfactory to the Town, as surety.

The bid bond shall be in the sum of Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) and shall be enclosed in the
sealed envelope containing the Bid. Each bid bond may be held by the Town as security for the fulfillment of
the Bidder's 'agreement' as hereinabove set forth and as set forth in the Bid Sheet. Should the Bidder fail to fulfill
such agreements, the Bid Bond shall become payable to the Town, as liquidated damages, otherwise, the Bid
Bond shall become null and void.
1.20 ITEMS.
The work to be done under this contract has been divided into parts or items to enable each Bidder to bid
on the different portions of the work in accordance with their estimate of their cost and so that the actual quantity
of work executed under each item may be paid for at the price bid for that particular item.
1.21 MINIMUM PREVAILING WAGES.
The minimum prevailing wages paid on this project, when applicable, shall be as shown on the State of
Connecticut Labor Department, Wage and Workplace Standards Division, 'Schedule of Prevailing Rates' a copy
of which is attached to these specifications or, if not attached, shall be issued by addendum. See Section 4.48 of
these specifications.
1.22 CONSTRUCTION SAFETY AND HEALTH COURSE.
Pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes Section 31-53b the Bidder awarded a Contract for new
construction of $1,000,000 or more or rehabilitation, repair or the like of $100,000 or more must furnish proof with
the weekly certified payroll for the first week each employee begins work that any person performing the work of a
mechanic, laborer or worker has completed a course of at least ten (10) hours in duration in construction safety and
health approved by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration in accordance with regulations
adopted by the State of Connecticut Labor Commissioner. See Section 4.48 of these specifications.
1.23 NON-CONNECTICUT CONTRACTORS.
Pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes 12-430(7), as amended by Connecticut Public Act #11-61,
Sec.66, a nonresident contractor shall comply with the State of Connecticut's bonding requirements.
1.24 SUPPLIERS AND SUBCONTRACTORS.
The Town would appreciate it if all bidders would include Greenwich suppliers and subcontractors in
solicitation of prices for the proposed work.
1.25 PROHIBITION OF WASTES GENERATED FROM OIL AND GAS DRILLING AND
EXTRACTION ACTIVITIES.
Pursuant to Town of Greenwich, Chapter 15: Utilities, Town Code, Ordinance Prohibiting Waste
Associated with Natural Gas and Oil Extraction, the Town prohibits, the application of natural gas waste or oil
waste, whether or not such waste has received Beneficial Use Determination or other approval for use from DEEP
(Department of Energy & Environmental Protection) or any other regulatory body, on any road or real property
located within the Town for any purpose; the introduction of natural gas waste or oil waste into any wastewater
treatment facility within or operated by the Town; the introduction of natural gas waste or oil waste into any solid
waste management facility within or operated by the Town; the storage, disposal, sale, acquisition, transfer,
handling, treatment and/or processing of waste from natural gas or oil extraction.

SECTION 2
BID
To the Town of Greenwich, Connecticut, herein called the Town, acting by and through its Department of
Public Works Shore Road Sidewalk Project; Town Project No. 21-27, Greenwich, Connecticut.
The undersigned, as Bidder, herein referred to as singular and masculine, declares as follows
(1) The only parties interested in this bid as principals are named herein
(2) This bid is made without collusion with any other person, firm or corporation
(3) No officer, agent or employee of the owner is directly or indirectly interested in this bid
(4) They have carefully examined the site of the proposed work and fully informed and satisfied
themselves as to the conditions there existing, the character and requirements of the proposed work, the difficulties
attendant upon its execution and the accuracy of all estimated quantities stated in this bid, and they have carefully
read and examined the drawings, the annexed proposed 'agreement' and the specifications and other contract
documents therein referred to and knows and understands the terms and provisions thereof
(5) And they understand that the quantities of work tabulated in this bid or indicated on the drawings or
in the specifications or other contract documents are only approximate and are subject to increase or decrease as
deemed necessary by the Engineer
And they agree that, if this bid is accepted they will contract with the Town, as provided in the copy of the
contract documents deposited in the office of the Engineering Division of the Department of Public Works, this bid
form being part of said contract documents and that they will perform all the work and furnish all the materials and
equipment, and provide all labor, services, plant, machinery, apparatus, tools, appliances, supplies and all within the
time therein prescribed and according to the requirements of the contract documents and of the Engineer as therein
set forth, and that they will take in full payment therefore the Lump-Sum or unit price applicable to each item of the
work as stated in the following Bid Sheets.
Bidders must bid on each item. All entries in the entire bid must be made clearly and in ink. Prices bid
must be written in both words and figures. Bidders should insert extended item prices obtained from quantities and
unit prices and insert the total price and applicable addenda numbers where indicated.
Materials and supplies purchased for this Contract which are to be physically incorporated in and become a
permanent installation in the work will be exempt from the Connecticut Sales and Use Tax under the Connecticut
Education, Welfare and Public Health Tax Act. Each bidder shall take this exemption into account in calculating
their Bid for the Work.
The undersigned understands that information relative to subsurface and other conditions, natural phenomena,
existing pipes and other structures (surface and/or subsurface) has been furnished only for their information and
convenience without any warranty or guarantee, express or implied, that the subsurface and/or other conditions,
natural phenomena, existing pipes and other structures (surface and/or subsurface) actually encountered will be the
same as those shown on the drawings or in any of the other contract documents and they agree that they shall not
use or be entitled to use any such information made available to them through the contract documents or otherwise
or obtained by them in their own examination of the site, as a basis of or ground for any claim against the Town,
arising from or by reason of any variance which may exist between the aforesaid information made available to or
acquired by them and the subsurface and/or other conditions, natural phenomena, existing pipes and other
structures (surface and/or subsurface) actually encountered during the construction work, and they have made due
allowance therefore in this bid.
The undersigned agrees that for extra work, if any, performed in accordance with the terms and provisions of the
annexed form of Agreement, they will accept compensation as stipulated therein in full payment for such Extra
Work.