Sewer Connection

The contract involves furnishing and installing a sewer line connection to the Main Street sewer stub, replumbing the sewer system within the basement of a property located at West Britannia Street in Taunton, Massachusetts, and permanently abandoning the existing septic system, with an estimated project cost of $58,700. The work is subject to compliance with Massachusetts state laws including prevailing wage requirements under M.G.L. c. 149 §§26 to 27H, public bidding statutes under M.G.L. c. 149 §44A-J, and workforce diversity benchmarks mandating a minimum of 6.9% labor hours by women and 15.3% by minorities as required by M.G.L. c. 149 §44A(2)(G). Bids must be submitted electronically through the biddocs.com portal by the deadline of August 6, 2026 at 10:00 AM EDT, with a mandatory bid deposit of at least five percent of the highest possible bid amount, and no hard-copy submissions will be accepted. A pre-bid conference is scheduled for July 22, 2026, at 181 Main Street in Orleans, Massachusetts, to provide contextual information about the project site, though the official place of performance remains Taunton. The Orleans Housing Authority is the awarding agency, and while the contract does not specify detailed inspection criteria, quality standards, packaging requirements, invoicing procedures, or payment office details, all work must align with technical specifications prepared by BSC GROUP. The solicitation does not include federal acquisition regulation clauses, nor does it detail contract types, evaluation factors, award methodology, or line-item pricing structures, and no specific period of performance or delivery schedule has been established beyond the bid submission date.