The Town of Chelsea invites the submission of project bids to repair storm damage to
Town Highway #20 South Washington Road and TH#8 Edwards Road
Project Scope:
The contractor will be responsible for five sites: Three on South Washington Road and two on Edwards Road
South Washington Road:
Site 1: First Site north of Intersection with Upper Village road – 120 ft of road 12 ft wide. Replace culvert and repair Roadway slope. Town of Chelsea to provide culvert. Excavation of approximately 213 CY of material to be replaced with similar amount of Stone Fill Type IV.
Site 2: Second site north of Upper Village Road – 60 ft of road 10 ft wide. Repair slope at brook. Steep embankment will require stone toe wall. Excavate approximately 89 CY of material and replace with similar amount of Stone Fill type IV
Site 3: “Farthest East to Taylor Farm.” Replace culvert add stone at inlet and outlet. Town to Supply Culvert. With require approx. 30CY Stone Fill Type IV
Edwards Road:
Site 1: Repair 25ft of slope on lower end of Edwards Road, west of Gilman’s Hill. Excavate approx. 9 CY of material and replace with similar amount of Stone Fill, Type II
Site 2: Also West of Gilman’s Hill 60 ft of slope 20 ft wide. Excavate approx. 89 CY of material and replace with similar amount of Stone Fill, Type IV
The project completion date is October 15, 2023, unless any unforeseen problem warrants a time extension.
This project may be subject to provisions of VT Stream Alterations General Permits; and is subject to the “Low Risk Site Handbook for Erosion Prevention and Sediment Control”, and the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. The contractor is responsible for understanding and complying with all of these permits and documents.
The municipality must ensure all participating contractors have the prerequisite experience, therefore contractors wishing to bid must submit at least one construction reference from a successful project similar in scale to this one for review. This reference must be included with the project bid packet.
Bidders should note that a preconstruction meeting with the Stream Alterations Engineer may be required prior to the start of work. The Stream Alterations Engineer for this project is Jaron Borg. Jaron may be reached at (802) 371-8342, or Jaron.Borg@vermont.gov.
Bids will be received at the Chelsea Town Office or by email (grants@chelseavt.org) until 12 noon on Thursday, 24 August. The town plans to issue a Notice of Award and Notice to proceed as soon as possible, once the bids have been properly evaluated during a Special Selectboard Meeting to be held at 6:30 on Thursday, 24 August 2023.
The Town of Chelsea Selectboard reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to accept any bid deemed to be in the best interests of the Town of Chelsea. Incomplete bid packages will not be considered. Please be sure to use the form provided on the Town of Chelsea website. Further information, including fact sheets and technical drawings can be found on the Town of Chelsea website. If you have any further questions regarding this project, please email Kasey Peterson at Grants@chelseavt.org. Questions will be received until 12 Noon on Wednesday, 23 August so that needed clarifications can be transmitted to all bidders in a timely manner prior to the bid deadline.