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Invitation to Bid

Sealed bids for R.I. Federal Aid Project No. FBD-REGT (024), R.I. Contract No. 2023CM-047, Replacement  of the Loading Ramp at the Port of Galilee Project,  316  Great  Island  Road;  Village of Galilee, Town of Narragansett, RI will be received by Interstate  Navigation  Company office  at  316 Great  Neck Road; Narraganset, RI, 02882; until 2:30 PM prevailing time on November 1, 2023. 

Sealed bids will be publicly opened and read aloud immediately thereafter in the Interstate Navigation Company Office Conference Room.

One (1) Project site visit and Pre-Bid Conference for prospective bidders will be scheduled and administered by Interstate Navigation at 11:00 AM on October 11, 2023. Contractor to provide 72-hrs. notice if interpreter services are required.

Click here to view the bid for Project Manual for R.I. Federal Aid Project No. FBD-REGT (024) R.I. Contract No. 2023CM-047.

Click here to view the plans and specifications for the Replacement of the Loading Ramp.

NOTICE: Click here for updated addendums to the Replacement of Loading Ramp Project.

The Work under this Contract involves providing all equipment, tools, labor and materials to remove and replace the existing loading ramp at the existing ferry slips and repairs to existing damaged fixed dock as follows:

  • The new loading ramp shall be ½-inch diamond plate and hot-dipped galvanized in accordance with ASTM

All work must be performed in accordance with the Contract Documents consisting of the Drawings, Project Manual, and Bid Package prepared by St. Jean Engineering, LLC and James J. Geremia & Associates, Inc. The work of this contract shall be substantially complete within sixty (60) calendar days from the Notice to Proceed.

The bid will be awarded to the lowest responsive and eligible bidder. Interstate Navigation Company will be administering the bidding and construction processes.

NOTE: ALL BIDDERS TO REVIEW, SIGN AND SUBMIT ALL DOCUMENTS WITHIN THE APPENDIX OF THIS DOCUMENT WITH THEIR BID PROPOSAL. FAILURE TO DO SO WILL CAUSE THE BID TO BE REJECTED AS INELLIGIBLE.

The established goal is zero (0%) percent of the contract bid price to contractors, subcontractors, and/or suppliers that qualify as Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs). However, bidders are notified that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, DBEs will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and that they will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, national origin or sex, in consideration for an award.

A Surety Company Bond in the amount of 5% of the total amount bid must accompany all bids. A certified check will not be accepted.

Performance, Labor & Material Payment Bonds in the amount of 100% of the contract price will be required of the successful bidder.

The attention of prospective bidders is called to the fact that this project is to be bid upon and    the contract executed under the rules and regulations for carrying out the provision of the Federal-Aid Highway Act, subject to all appropriate Federal Laws, including Title VI of the   Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended and supplemented, and the Required Contract Provisions For Federal-Aid Construction Contracts, which are included in the Contract Documents.

Wages of labor on Federal-Aid Construction Contracts – prospective bidders are hereby informed that this Contract will be subject to the Federal Highway Act of 1968 and Davis-Bacon Act. All contractors and subcontractors will be subject to and monitored for conformance with the Federal Prevailing Wage Rates. Prevailing wage rates are included in the Contract Documents as well as available online at https://dlt.ri.gov/wrs/prevailingwage/.

Interstate Navigation Co. reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

Training hours are not required for this project.