The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) on behalf of the South Shore Regional Services Consortium (Consortium) representing the following municipalities: Braintree, Cohasset, Duxbury, Hanover, Hingham, Hull, Marshfield, Milton, Norwell, Pembroke, and Scituate invites bids for the following publics works services and materials to be provided to the Participating Member Municipalities through December 31, 2025, with the possibility of two 1-year extensions:

Item 16 Tree Services 1 YR: $479,210.00 – MassDOT prequalification is required.

MAPC is administering this procurement on behalf of the Consortium and the Participating Member Municipalities. MAPC will identify responsible and responsive low bidders and make recommendations of award. Individual contracts will be executed between the Participating Member Municipalities and the low bidders. The Participating Member Municipalities reserve the right to accept or reject such recommendations and to award contracts with the low bidders as deemed in their best interest. MAPC and the Consortium reserve the right to accept or reject any and all bids or portions thereof, to waive any informalities in bidding, and to recommend awards as appear in the best interest of the Consortium and its members.

Bid documents may be obtained by contacting Kelsi Champley by email at [email protected], beginning December 2, 2024. Massachusetts Prevailing Wage Laws apply. Bid Bonds, Performance Bonds, and Labor & Materials Payment Bonds are required. Sealed bids will be accepted until 4:00 PM, December 17, 2024 via CommBUYS, at which time they will be publicly opened via Zoom.

Please note that bids from Bidders not listed by MassDOT as prequalified in the specific class of work with a single contract limit at or above the dollar value of the projects or who are not listed on a waiver contractor bid list as of the day of the bid will be rejected. Vendors are advised that the initial contract term is for one year. Awarding Authority reserves the right to extend the contract for two additional 12-month options. Valuation for purposes of MassDOT Prequalification is based on first year times three (3) to arrive at an estimated total Prequal. Contract value. Contractors who are not prequalified to provide the services listed for the total Prequal. contract value, but meet the single year waiver threshold, without documented poor performance issues, and want to bid, should submit a waiver request at least 2 weeks prior to the bid opening to allow for time to appeal in the event that a waiver is not granted. The estimated value provided in this Invitation to Bid is for one year. Vendors are expected to be able to provide their services over three years at three times the initial estimated value.