Durant Avenue and Wooster Street Sidewalk Improvements

The Town of Bethel seeks a contractor to install new sidewalks along segments of Durant Avenue and Wooster Street. This contract is subject to state set-aside and contract compliance requirements. State law requires a minimum of twenty-five (25%) percent of the state-funded portion of the contract for award to subcontractors holding current certification from the Connecticut Department of Administrative Services ("DAS") under the provisions of CONN. GEN. STAT. 4a-60g. (25% of the work with DAS certified Small and Minority owned businesses and 25% of that work with DAS certified Minority, Women and/or Disabled owned businesses.) That is, 18.75% for Small/ Minority Business Enterprises (SBE/MBE) and 6.25% for Minority/ Women/ Disabled Business Enterprises (MBE/WBE/DBE) which totals to 25% of the state-funded portion of the project. The contractor must demonstrate good faith effort to meet the 25% set-aside goals. Each bid must be accompanied by Bid Security in the form of a certified, treasurer's or cashier's check or bid bond in the sum of five percent (5%) of the bid price. The Board of Selectman, upon recommendation of the Procurement Committee, reserves the right to accept and/or reject any portion of said bid(s), to waive any technicality in any bid or part thereof, and to accept or reject any bid as provided in Section 8-13c of the Charter of the Town of Bethel. Question Submission Deadline: January 11, 2024 Questions or requests for clarification regarding this RFQ/RFP can be directed to Purchasing Agent Sam Flynn at (203) 794-8512 or can be sent via email to FlynnS@bethel-ct.gov

Division 31 -	Earthwork, Earthwork Methods.
Division 32 -	Exterior Improvements, Bases, Ballasts, and Paving, Flexible Paving, Asphalt Paving, Rigid Paving, Concrete Paving, Curbs, Gutters, Sidewalks, and Driveways.