The Town of Weymouth invites the submission of Sealed General Bids for Improvements to Columbian Square - Weymouth, MA. Improvements include roadway reconstruction, new sidewalks, new drainage structures and pipes, water main upgrades, lighting installation, new traffic signals, signing, striping, and landscaping. Bid security in the form of a bid bond or certified check in the amount of 5% of the bid payable to the Town of Weymouth is required. Bid security shall not be enclosed with the proposal but shall be delivered separately to the office of Procurement/ Asset Management, attached to the outside of the bid proposal. All bidding procedures shall be in accordance with General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Chapter 30B as amended to date. In addition, questions may be submitted electronically to Email by 4:00 PM, Wednesday, June 29, 2022. Responses will be provided at 12:00 Noon on Wednesday, July 6, 2022. The successful bidder will be required to furnish a performance bond and payment bond each in the amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price from a surety company satisfactory to the Town. Attention is called to the prevailing wage rate schedules included in the bid documents. The contractor will be required to pay prevailing wages in accordance with the classification schedule from the Massachusetts Commissioner of Labor & Industries. Prevailing wage rates have been fixed by the Massachusetts Department of Labor and Industries and shall be in conformance with Section 26 through Section 27H of Chapter 149 of the Massachusetts General Laws. The Town is an equal opportunity employer and will require compliance with its Affirmative Action program and with the Affirmative Actions stated in the Town of Weymouth Supplemental Equal Employment Opportunity and Anti-Discrimination and Affirmative Action Program. To comply with the requirements of this program, the Contractor must submit the appropriate MBE/WBE forms as described in the Special Conditions. Because Improvements to Columbian Square is a State funded project, bidders shall be approved by the MassDOT Highway Division's Prequalification process. All sealed proposals must be delivered to the Town of Weymouth prior to the BID OPENING, as stated above, at which time and place they will be opened and read aloud. The Bidder assumes the risk of any delay due to mail delivery. Proposals received after the official BID OPENING will be returned unopened. The Town of Weymouth reserves the right to waive any informalities in Bids, to reject any or all Bids, or to accept any proposal that in their judgment will be in the best interest of the Town.