Wallace Barnes Accessible Nature Trail Project

The Environmental Learning Centers of Connecticut (“ELCCT”) is seeking bids for the construction of the Wallace Barnes Accessible Nature Trail at the Harry C. Barnes Memorial Nature Center on Shrub Road, Bristol.

Bids will be accepted until December 14, 2022 at 5:00 PM by the Environmental Learning Centers of Connecticut, 501 Wolcott Road, Bristol CT, or electronically to Scott Heth at sheth@elcct.org For security reasons, you must enable JavaScript to view this E-mail address. .

Bids received after 5:00 PM on 12/14/2022 will not be considered for award. ELCCT reserves the right to waive any informalities in the bid, to reject any or all bids, and to accept the bid that in its judgment is in its best interest.

Contractors are required to RSVP to and attend the mandatory pre-bid informational site visit at the Harry C. Barnes Memorial Nature Center (175 Shrub Road, Bristol) at 10:00 AM on November 30, 2022. Bids from firms not in attendance at this meeting will not be considered.

Each bid shall be accompanied by a Bid Security in the amount of 10% of the bidders base bid amount, in the form of a Bid Bond made payable to the Environmental Learning Centers of Connecticut.

The awarded contractor will be required to secure a Performance Bond and a Labor and Materials Bond, each in the amount of 100% of the contract award, provided by a surety licensed to do business in the State of Connecticut.

The successful bidder shall not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, gender, or national origin. The Contractor will take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment without regard to their race, color, religion, gender, or national origin.