Senior Center Construction Project

The Town of Halifax invites sealed Filed Sub-Bids and General Bids for the construction of the Halifax Senior Center, a new single-story, approximately 3,450 sq foot wood-framed facility located at 267 Monponsett Street, Halifax, Massachusetts, in accordance with the Contract Documents dated October 23, 2026.

New construction of a $3.074million 3,450GSF Senior Center. The Senior Center includes a large community room, multispacer area, bathrooms, offices, storage and utility spaces and an unfinished kitchen. Sitework includes septic, parking lot, and light hardscape and landscaping. Nearby is a 55+ community development, and active pickleball courts adjacent to the project site.

The Work consists of the new construction of a single-level facility serving the aging community of Halifax at 267 Monponsett Street, Halifax, Massachusetts. Spaces include a community room, a multipurpose room, offices and a reception area, two multi-user restrooms, one single-user restroom, and one unfinished and unoccupied space for future conversion to a kitchen, which is included as an Add Alternate. The structure is slab-on-grade foundation construction with wood-framed exterior walls, insulated sheathing, vinyl siding and prefabricated wood roof trusses, with a work area of approximately 3,450 square feet. The Work includes site work, new mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems, and other work indicated in the Contract Documents.

The Contractor shall furnish all labor, services, materials, equipment, plant, machinery, apparatus, appliances, tools, supplies and all other things necessary to do all work required for the completion of each item of the Work and as herein specified.

Filed Sub-Bid categories

• Acoustical Tile
• Electrical
• Glass & Glazing
• HVAC
• Plumbing
• Resilient Floors
• Roofing & Flashing

**Submission:** All bids shall be submitted in physical sealed envelopes to the Town Clerk to be time-stamped at 499 Plymouth Street, Halifax, MA 02338 – 1st floor. Filed-subcontractor bids are due **November 16, 2026, at 3:00PM**. General Contractor bids are due **November 23, 2026, at 3:00PM**.

Each Filed Sub-Bid and General Bid must be accompanied by a bid security in the form of a bid bond, cash, or certified check issued by a responsible bank or trust company, payable to the Town of Halifax, in the amount of **five percent (5%)** of the bid price.

A performance bond in an amount equal to 100 percent of the contract price, and a labor and materials payment bond in an amount equal to 100 percent of the contract price, each with a surety company qualified to do business in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, will be required of the General Contractor.

General bids shall be submitted with a Certificate of Eligibility issued by the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM) and a DCAMM Contractor Update Statement Form. Any bid or sub-bid submitted without an appropriate certificate of eligibility or update statement shall be invalid.

The contract will be awarded to the lowest responsible and eligible bidder. The low Bidder will be determined based on the sum of the base bid and the accepted alternates.

Bids shall remain valid for a period of 30 days, Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays excluded, after the opening of bids.

All Requests for Information (RFIs) are due by November 6, 2026, at 3:00 p.m.