NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Town of Brunswick
MARC Phase 1A
Sealed bids will be received by the Town of Brunswick Town Hall at 85 Union St., Brunswick, ME 04011 until
2:00 p.m. (local time), Thursday, April 27, 2023, at which time they will be publicly opened and read.
The work site is located at 220 Neptune Drive, Brunswick, ME.
The work includes providing all labor, materials, machinery, tools, equipment and other means of construction
necessary and incidental to the completion the work shown on the Drawings and described in these Specifications
including, but not necessarily limited to, the following: Earthwork, layout, grading, and drainage for eight (8) asphalt
pickleball courts, a perimeter stone dust walking trail, asphalt parking lot renovations and internal concrete sidewalks.
It should be assumed for bidding purposes that construction can start as early as May 15, 2023, but the start date is
flexible, and will be substantially complete (including the skate park pad and asphalt paved pickleball courts if
weather permits) by December 15, 2023 and final completion (pickleball court surfacing and balance of project) by
June 15, 2024.
Complete sets of the Drawings, Specifications, and Bid Forms may be obtained from Jason Pollard with CHA
Consulting at or (518) 453-4529, in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders.
Contract Documents will be provided electronically in PDF format and may be obtained at no cost. Contractors that
obtain Contract Documents from a source other than the Issuing Office must notify the Issuing Office in order to be
placed on the official Plan Holders List, receive Addenda, and other Bid correspondence. Bids received from
Contractors other than those on the official Plan Holders list will not be accepted.
Bidders are strongly encouraged to visit the site to familiarize themselves with the existing conditions. ENGINEER
will transmit to all prospective bidders of record such addenda as Engineer considers necessary in response to
questions arising during the bidding process. All questions shall be submitted to Jason Pollard with CHA Consulting
at by 12pm on Thursday, April 20, 2023. A final addendum will be issued by Friday,
April 21, 2023.
No bidder may withdraw his/her bid within forty-five calendar days after the actual date of the opening thereof. Each
bid must be accompanied by a bid security in the amount of five percent of the base bid in accordance with the
Instructions to Bidders.
All bids must be made on the official Bid Form or an exact copy by reproduction thereof and enclosed in a sealed
envelope. This is a unit price bid as described in the Instructions to Bidders. No Bidder may withdraw his bid within
forty-five calendar days after the actual date of the opening thereof. Each bid must be accompanied by a bid security
in the amount of five percent of the base bid in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders.
The successful Bidder will be required to furnish construction performance and payment bonds in the full amount of
the contract price.
The successful bidder will be required to comply with all provisions of the Federal Government Equal Employment
Opportunity clauses issued by the Secretary of Labor on May 21, 1968 and published in the Federal Register (41CFR Part 60-1, 33 F.2 7804).
Owner reserves the right to reject any and all Bids, to waive any and all informalities and the right to disregard all
nonconforming, non-responsive or Conditional Bids.