TOWN OF BENNINGTON BENNINGTON, VERMONT WATER RESOURCES DIVISION MONUMENT AVENUE EXTENSION DWSRF RF3-559

Constructing water main line along Meadowbrook Drive, Southshire Drive, North Terrace Drive, South Terrace Drive and Hickory Hill Road in the Town of Bennington, Vermont. Specifically, the work will include trenching, removal of the existing asphalt and subbase, installation of water main, directional drilling, thrust blocks, hydrants, curb stops, service lines, interior residential plumbing connections, well abandonment, installation of roadway base and pavement and associated site work in accordance with the contract plans and specifications. Bids are requested for the following Contract: General Construction FUNDING AND PROJECT PROCUREMENT This project is funded in part through the Vermont Drinking and/or Clean Water State Revolving Fund. Consequently, the following provisions apply to this WORK (more detail for each of these provisions can be found in Instruction to Bidders): 1. Bid security in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders 2. Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) requirements 3. Performance BOND and Payment BOND each in the amount of 100% of the contract price 4. ‘American Iron and Steel (AIS) provisions of P.L. 113-76, Consolidated Appropriations Act 5. Federal Wage Rates as determined under the Davis-Bacon Act 6. This agreement is for services related to a project that is subject to the Build America, Buy America Act (BABAA) requirements under Title IX of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (“IIJA”), Pub. L. 177-58. Absent an approved waiver, all iron, steel, manufactured products, and construction materials used in this project must be produced in the United States, as further outlined by the Office of Management and Budget’s Memorandum M-22-11, Initial Implementation Guidance on Application of Buy America Preference in Federal Financial Assistance Programs for Infrastructure, April 18,2022. 7. Prohibition on Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment. 8. Project Signage.