MBTA Contract No. C14CN01, IRON HORSE PARK OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTER, BILLERICA

MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
10 Park Plaza, Suite 5170
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02116
NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Electronic proposals for the following project will be received through the internet using Bid Express until the date and time stated below, and will be posted on www.bidx.com forthwith after the bid submission deadline. No paper copies of bids will be accepted. Bidders must have a valid digital ID issued by the Authority in order to bid on projects. Bidders need to apply for a digital ID with Bid Express at least 14 days prior to a scheduled bid opening date.

Electronic bids for MBTA Contract No. C14CN01, IRON HORSE PARK OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTER, BILLERICA, MASSACHUSETTS, CLASS 7 – BUILDINGS PROJECT VALUE $28,315,535 can be submitted at www.bidx.com until two o’clock (2:00 p.m.) on July 31, 2018 Immediately thereafter, in a designated room, the Bids will be opened and read publicly.

Work consists of site preparation, construction of the two-story Iron Horse Park Operations Control Center and adjacent parking lot, associated utility construction, and other items specified on the drawings or in the specifications.

Bidders’ attention is directed to Appendix 1, Notice of Requirement for Affirmative Action to Ensure Equal Employment Opportunity; and to Appendix 2, Supplemental Equal Employment Opportunity, Anti-Discrimination, and Affirmative Action Program in the specifications. In addition, pursuant to the requirements of Appendix 3, Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Participation Provision, Bidders must submit an assurance with their Bids that they will make sufficient and reasonable efforts to meet the stated DBE goal of 12 percent.

Bidders will affirmatively ensure that in regard to any contract entered into pursuant to this solicitation, minority and female construction contractors will be afforded full opportunity to submit Bids and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, age, or national origin in consideration for an award.

Additional information and instructions on how to submit a bid are available at http://www.mbta.com/business_center/bidding_solicitations/current_solicitations/

On behalf of the MBTA, thank you for your time and interest in responding to this Notice to Bidders
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

Luis Manuel Ramirez
General Manager of the MBTA
June 29, 2018