Whitney Road Improvements

INVITATION TO BID
WHITNEY ROAD IMPROVEMENTS

The Town of Columbia Connecticut is soliciting sealed bids for drainage and roadway improvements located along the east side of Whitney Road from its intersection with Willimantic
Road (Route 6) south for approximately 1700 linear feet of roadway.

This project consists of all necessary work to complete improvements as described on the Contract Plans and Specifications for the lump sum base bid. Improvements include saw-cutting existing bituminous concrete pavement, installation of catch basins onto existing RCP culverts, roadway restoration, bituminous concrete lip curbing, and associated regrading and turf restoration and other miscellaneous work as shown on the plans or directed by the Owner.

A mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held at the site at 10:00 a.m. prevailing time on Thursday, September 8, 2022.

Sealed bids will be received by the Office of the Town Administrator at the Columbia Town Hall, 323 Route 87, Columbia, CT 06237, until 2:00 PM prevailing time on Wednesday, September 21, 2022, when they will be opened publicly and read aloud. No Bidder may withdraw his bid for a period of sixty (60) days after the date of bid opening.

A satisfactory Bid Bond or Certified Check, in an amount equal to five (5%) of the base Bid, shall be submitted with each bid. The Bid Bond shall be made payable to the Town of Columbia and shall be properly executed by the Bidder and acceptable sureties. All bonds must be from sureties registered in the State of Connecticut.

The Town of Columbia reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids or options, to waive any technicality in any bid or part thereof, and to accept any bid deemed to be in the best interest of the Town of Columbia.