INVITATION TO BID
HOMER MUNICIPAL BUILDING — EXTERIOR RESTORATION
The Town of Belmont, the Awarding Authority, requests bids for the exterior restoration of the Homer Municipal Building (Town Hall Annex) located at 19 Moore Street, Belmont, MA, which is listed in the State Register of Historic Places and part of the Pleasant Street Local Historic District. The project is being partially funded with a grant from the Belmont Community Preservation Committee. All work must be performed in accordance with the documents prepared by the architect Spencer Preservation Group, 41 Valley Road, Suite 211, Nahant, Massachusetts 01908 (617-227-2675) and meet the Secretary of the Interior’s “Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties”. State law prohibits discrimination. Awarding of this contract is subject to Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity guidelines. No less than the minimum prevailing wage rates as set forth in the schedule contained in the Contract Documents must be paid on this project. All bids for this project are subject to the stricter applicable public bidding laws of Massachusetts, including G.L. c.149, §44A through 44J, as amended. General bidders must be DCAMM certified in the category “Historical Roofing”. Filed sub-bidders must be DCAMM certified in their respective trades. All bids must include a current DCAMM Certificate of Eligibility and a signed DCAMM Update Statement. General Bidders and Filed Sub-bidders shall have completed similar work on at least 3 buildings listed in the State Register of Historic Places within the past 5 years. Bids shall be evaluated on the basis of price, previous experience with similar types of construction projects, ability to perform the work in a timely manner, and references. Filed sub-bids will be received until 4:00 PM, Thursday, March 12, 2026, and opened on-line, forthwith. General Bids will be received until 4:00PM, Thursday, March 26, 2026, and publicly opened, forthwith online. This project is being bid electronically; hard copy bids will not be accepted. Bid documents are to be obtained and bid through www.biddocsonline.com. The Town of Belmont reserves the right to reject any and all bids if it is in the public interest to do so. A Pre-Bid Conference will be held at the project site, 19 Moore Street, Belmont, MA, on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, at 10:00 AM. While attendance is not mandatory, it is strongly encouraged, as additional site visits cannot be guaranteed.
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The Belmont Voice 03/06/26