Contractors are invited to bid on the Little River State Park Entrance Road Drainage Improvements Project for
Buildings and General Services on behalf of the Agency of Natural Resources – Forests, Parks and Recreation
at 3444 Little River Road in Waterbury, Vermont.
This project consists of, but is not limited to:
Storm water drainage improvements along and adjacent to 680' of Park Roadway, with additional swale
drainage improvements bordering an adjacent parking area. The construction shall include excavating and
grading two drainage basins, culvert removal or in-place abandonment, reorientation of a short section of
culvert set under a pathway, and installation of a new 40' long x 18" diameter CPEP culvert passing
beneath the roadway to include watertight seals at inverts and associated stone or berm stabilization at
influent end and out of the new culvert.
Sealed Bids accompanied by proper Bid Security shall be received by email to
contact@example.gov, until January 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM.
Documents may be obtained from Blueprints Etc, 20 Farrell Street, South Burlington VT 05403, by phone
at
+1 (555) 000-0000, by fax at
+1 (555) 000-0000 or email to:
contact@example.gov. Project Manuals and Plans
are available for preview at: http://www.blueprintsetc.com in the Public Plan Room. Any and all
notifications, releases and addendums associated with this project will be posted at
http://www.blueprintsetc.com. There is a non-refundable fee for each set of documents purchased.
Fee to Include one (1) Hard Copy & one (1) Digital CD-ROM Copy: $TBD
1. Please be advised that all notifications, releases, and addendums associated with this RFP
will be posted on-line in the plan room where the original solicitation resides unless
otherwise determined that a hard copy is necessary. The state will make no attempt to
contact contractors with updated information. It is the responsibility of each contractor to
periodically check the posting site for any and all notifications, releases and addendums
associated with the RFP.
2. NOTE: On occasion hard copy addendums may be required due to size or type of
media/requirements. If applicable and as determined by the Department of Buildings and
General Services, addendums that require hard copy distribution, a copy of such addenda will be
mailed or delivered for each set of plans and specifications issued to the bidders, prior to the bid
date. However, it is the responsibility of the bidder to be sure they have received all addenda and
must so state the number of addenda they have received on the proposal.
3. If Bidders choose to pull information from other third-party sites, Bidders’ do so at their own
risk as there is one official source of information for documents as indicated above.
There will be a non-mandatory pre-bid meeting at the site on December 11, 2024 at 11:00 AM. Meeting at
topside of project at Cul-de-sac Parking Area.
QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD: Any vendor requiring clarification of any section of this RFP
or wishing to comment or take exception to any requirements of the RFP must submit specific questions
in writing to
contact@example.gov no later than 4:30 PM on December 18, 2024. All questions should include the Little River State Park Entrance Road Drainage Improvements Project in
the subject line. Any comments, questions, or exceptions not raised in writing on or before the last day of
the question period are waived. At the close of the question period a copy of all questions or comments
and the State's responses will be posted at http://www.blueprintsetc.com. Every effort will be made to
post this information as soon as possible after the question period ends, contingent on the number and
complexity of the questions.
Bidder’s attention is directed to:
1. General Conditions for Construction Contracts. It is the Bidder’s responsibility to thoroughly
read and comply with all requirements. Please pay close attention due to changes that have been
made.
2. Funding Source:
This project is being funded, in whole or in part, through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)
funds and/or Vermont Capital Construction Act funds.
3. NOTICE TO BIDDERS – PROHIBITION OF RUSSIAN GOODS: The Contractor is hereby
notified that, pursuant to Vermont Executive Order No. 02-22, dated March 3, 2022, the purchase
of Russian-sourced goods and goods produced by Russian entities (defined as institutions or
companies that are headquartered in Russia or have their principal place of business in Russia) is
prohibited. The awarded Contractor must fill out and sign the Executive Order 02-22 Vendor
Certification as part of the Contract awarding process. This certification is required for all
subcontracts for work performed solely for the State of Vermont and subcontracts for work
performed in the State of Vermont.
4. BID SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:
a. CLOSING DATE: Bids must be received by the State by the due date specified on the front
page of this RFP. Late bids will not be considered.
i. The State may, for cause, issue an addendum to change the date and/or time when bids
are due. If a change is made, the State will inform all bidders by posting at the webpage
indicated on the front page of this RFP.
ii. There will not be a public bid opening. However, the State will record the name, city
and state for any and all bids received by the due date.
b. BID DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS:
i. ELECTRONIC: Electronic bids will be accepted.
ii. E-MAIL BIDS. Emailed bids will be accepted. Bids will be accepted via email
submission to
contact@example.gov . Bids must consist of a single email with
a single, digitally searchable PDF attachment containing all components of the bid.
Multiple emails and/or multiple attachments will not be accepted. There is an
attachment size limit of 40 MB. It is the Bidder’s responsibility to compress the PDF
file containing its bid, if necessary, in order to meet this size limitation. It is also the
Bidder's responsibility to ensure that their own email system can send and receive
messages up to this size.
iii. FAX BIDS: Faxed bids will not be accepted.
iv. PAPER BIDS: Paper format bids will not be accepted.
5. Full Bonding is required for this job.
6. CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR EVALUATION FORM: The Department of Buildings and
General Services (BGS) may require contractor evaluations on construction projects over $100,000 or
at the discretion of the BGS Director. Evaluations will be used to compile the contractor’s performance
on BGS projects to provide a history and assessment of the contractor’s performance.
7. It is the Bidder’s responsibility to thoroughly read and comply with all instructions and
requirements of this bid solicitation.
