As of August 9, 2023 project still not awarded. Bidding procedures and award of the Contract shall be in accordance with the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 149 Sections 44A-44J. General Bidders must be certified by the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM) in the category of Elevators. Every Bid shall be accompanied by a bid deposit in the form of a) cash, b) a certified check on, or a treasurer's or cashier's check issued by, a responsible bank or trust company payable to Town of Arlington, or c) a bid bond in a form satisfactory to the Awarding Authority, with a surety company qualified to do business in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and satisfactory to the Awarding Authority and conditioned upon faithful performance by the principal of the agreements contained in the Bid. The amount of the bid deposit shall be five per cent (5%) of the value of the bid. Return of bid deposits will be in accordance with Massachusetts General Laws. The Awarding Authority will reject Bids when required to do so by Massachusetts General Laws. In addition, the Awarding Authority reserves the right to waive any informalities in, or to reject any and all Bids if it deems it to be in the public interest so to do. The Awarding Authority also reserves the right to reject any bid if it determines that such bid does not represent the bid of a person or firm competent to perform the work as specified, or if fewer than three bids are received, or if bid prices are not acceptable without further competition. The successful Bidder shall submit to the Awarding Authority, within 10 days of notification of contract award, a performance bond and also a labor and materials or payment bond each equal to 100% of the Contract Price and of a surety company licensed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Division of Insurance and satisfactory to the Awarding Authority. Minimum Wage Rates, as determined by the Director of the Department of Labor Standards of the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development under the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 149, Sections 26 and 27d, shall prevail in the execution of the work of this project. The schedule of wage rates applicable to this contract is included in the bid documents. All employees of the successful Bidder who are assigned to the project must pass CORI and SORI background checks. Massachusetts General Laws are incorporated herein by reference. Any inconsistency between the Invitation to Bid, Instructions to Bidders, Bid Forms, Conditions of the Contract, and any other Contract Documents and these statutes, or any other applicable statutes, bylaws, or regulations existing on the date on which the bids are to be received, shall not be grounds for invalidating the bidding procedures, but, where required by law, such statute, bylaw, or regulation shall be deemed to govern. Questions regarding this Invitation to Bid should be directed to the Town's Purchasing Department at mdenatale@town.arlington.ma.us.