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	TOWN OF WATERTOWN WATERTOWN, CONNECTICUT

NOTICE OF BID
Steele Brook Greenway Improvements  Phase #3 Unico Field to Route 73 Bid 
Watertown Public Works Department

Sealed bids are invited and will be received by the Purchasing Agent of the Town of Watertown at the office of the Purchasing Agent, Town Hall, 61 Echo Lake Road, Watertown, Connecticut, until Tuesday, June 9, 2026 at 11:00 a.m., at which time and place they will be publicly opened and read aloud for providing a Cost Estimate for the installation of Steele Brook Greenway Improvements to the Town of Watertown.

The Information for Bidders, Form of Bid, Specifications, and other contract documents may be obtained or examined at the office of the Purchasing Agent, Watertown Town Hall, 61 Echo Lake Road, Watertown, Connecticut 06795, or by accessing the Town of Watertown's website at  HYPERLINK "http://www.watertownct.org/" \t "_new" http://www.watertownct.org. Proposals must be submitted on the forms provided and in a sealed envelope plainly marked " Steele Brook Greenway Improvements  Phase #3 Unico Field to Route 73.

To receive consideration, bids must be in the hands of the Purchasing Agent or his authorized representative no later than the day and hour mentioned above.

The Purchasing Agent reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids, to waive any informality, or to accept any bid deemed in the best interests of the Town of Watertown.

This contract is subject to state set-aside and contract compliance requirements.

The Town of Watertown reserves the right to take into account the residency of bidders within the Town of Watertown and/or the location of the bidder's business within the Town of Watertown in evaluating and awarding this bid.

All bids will be considered valid for a period of sixty (60) days from the bid opening date.

Donna L. Ford
Purchasing Agent 
Town of Watertown
INFORMATION FOR BIDDERS

TOWN OF WATERTOWN WATERTOWN, CONNECTICUT 06795

Steele Brook Greenway Improvements  Phase #3 Unico Field to Route 73 Bid 
Watertown Public Works Department


BID OPENING: Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at 11:00 a.m.

PROPOSALS RECEIVED
All bids must be in a sealed envelope and received prior to 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, June 9, 2026,
at the office of the Purchasing Agent, 61 Echo Lake Road, Watertown, Connecticut 06795.

PREPARATION OF PROPOSALS
Proposals must be made upon forms contained herein. The blank spaces in the Proposal must be filled in correctly where indicated. The Bidder must state the prices for which he proposes to do each item of the work contemplated. In case of discrepancy where both words and the numerals are requested, the words shall govern. Ditto marks are not considered writing or printing and shall not be used. The Bidder shall sign his Proposal correctly. If the Proposal is made by an individual, his name, post office address and telephone number must be shown. If made by a firm, partnership, or corporation, the Proposal must be signed by an official of the firm, partnership, or corporation authorized to sign contracts, and must show the post office address and telephone number of the firm, partnership, or corporation. Failure to do so may disqualify the bid.

Each bid must be submitted in a sealed envelope bearing on the outside the name of the Bidder, post office address, and name of the project for which the bid is submitted. If forwarded by mail, the sealed envelope containing the bid must be enclosed in another envelope addressed to: The Purchasing Agent, Watertown Town Hall, 61 Echo Lake Road, Watertown, CT 06795.

All information shall be entered in ink or by typewriter. Mistakes may be crossed out and corrections inserted before submission of your bid. The person signing the bid shall initial corrections in ink.

Corrections and/or modifications received after the closing time specified will not be accepted.

SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS
All proposals and literature shall be submitted IN DUPLICATE on the proposal form, which is a part of these specifications.

Descriptive literature containing complete specifications must accompany each bid. If a bidder wishes to furnish additional information, more sheets may be added.
Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view electronic documents on-line. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, you may down load it for free from Adobe at  HYPERLINK "http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html" \h http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html.

Response summaries will be available online at  HYPERLINK "http://www.watertownct.org/" \h http://www.watertownct.org.  on the day of the bid opening.

Responses delivered via fax are received subject to the following qualifications and limitations:
The Town is not responsible for the confidentiality of the information transmitted.
The Town cannot guarantee that its fax equipment will be operational and able to receive transmittals by a particular time and date. It is the Bidder's responsibility to ensure that quotations are received in their entirety and on time at the required location. It is recommended that vendors be advised to call immediately after transmitting a document electronically to confirm complete and accurate receipt by the Town. The Town assumes no liability in the event that a bidders electronic transmission is not received by the Town in a timely fashion, or is not received either in its entirety or error-free.
Bids transmitted electronically which have a bond requirement are subject to the same submittal requirements as those responses delivered via traditional means, such as mail or hand delivery, or as otherwise stipulated by appropriate authority.

INCURRING COSTS
The Town of Watertown is not liable for any cost incurred for the preparation of proposals or submission of samples by the firms submitting proposals for the work requested in this bid document or request for proposals.

FAMILIARITY WITH THE WORK
Each bidder is considered to have examined the work to fully acquaint himself with the exact existing conditions relating to the work and has fully informed himself as to the work involved and the difficulties and restrictions attending the performance of this bid. Failure to do so will not relieve a bidder of his obligation to furnish all centerline striping and related pavement markings as specified for the consideration set forth in this bid. The submission of a bid will be considered as conclusive evidence that the bidder has made such examination.

CONSIDERATION OF PRIOR SERVICE
Previous performance, quality of service and merchandise will be considered.

ADDENDA AND INTERPRETATIONS & ALTERNATE PROPOSALS
Addenda information will be available online at  HYPERLINK "http://www.watertownct.org/" \h http://www.watertownct.org. Adobe Acrobat Reader may be required to view this document. It is strongly suggested that Bidders check for any addenda a minimum of forty-eight hours in advance of the bid deadline.

At the time of the opening of bids each Bidder will be presumed to have inspected the work and to have read and to be thoroughly familiar with all of the Contract Documents (including all addenda). The failure or omission of any Bidder to receive or examine any form, instruction or document shall in no way relieve any bidder from any obligation in respect to his bid.
If any person contemplating submitting a proposal is in doubt as to the true meaning of any part of these specifications, he may submit a written request for an interpretation to the Purchasing Agent. No interpretations as to the meaning of the plans, specifications or other Contract Documents will be made to any Bidder orally.

Every request for such interpretation should be in writing addressed (duplicate copy) to the Town of Watertown, Purchasing Agent, 61 Echo Lake Road, Watertown, Connecticut 06795, and to b