SLED Opportunity · CONNECTICUT · TOWN OF MANCHESTER
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The Town of Manchester seeks proposals for design, supply, fabrication, and installation of Davit Crane Fall Protection Systems at the HRWPCF wastewater treatment plant to enhance worker safety. The project requires compliance with OSHA and industry standards and includes installation at 25 critical locations. Proposals are due June 23, 2026.
The Town of Manchester, Connecticut, through its Water and Sewer Department, is soliciting proposals from qualified contractors for the design, supply, fabrication, and installation of Davit Crane Fall Protection Systems at the Hockanum River Water Pollution Control Facility (HRWPCF).
HRWPCF is a wastewater treatment plant located at 120 Thrall Road, Manchester, CT, designed to treat up to 8.25 million gallons per day. This project is critical to enhancing worker safety during confined-space entry, rescue operations, and maintenance activities at multiple tanks and structures throughout the facility.
The successful proposer will provide a complete turnkey solution meeting or exceeding all applicable OSHA, ANSI, and EM-385 standards, while ensuring minimal disruption to facility operations.
The Hockanum River Water Pollution Control Facility (HRWPCF) is a key component of the Town of Manchester’s wastewater infrastructure. The facility includes multiple process areas with tanks and structures such as storage tanks, gravity thickeners, aeration basins, Actiflo units, and septage receiving facilities. Many of these structures require regular confined-space entry and maintenance activities where workers are exposed to fall hazards.
To comply with current OSHA and industry safety standards and to protect personnel working at elevated openings and within tanks, the Town has determined that installation of dedicated davit crane fall protection systems is necessary. These systems will provide reliable anchorage points for fall arrest, retrieval, and material handling equipment at approximately twenty-five (25) critical locations throughout the plant.
This project builds upon the Town’s ongoing commitment to safety upgrades at the facility, similar to previous fall arrest and guardrail improvement projects.
Technical Compliance and Quality of Solution of the Davit Crane Fall Protection System
Cost Effectiveness
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Contractor/ Vendor shall agree to maintain in force at all times during the contract the following minimum coverages and shall name the Town of Manchester as Additional Insured on a primary and non-contributory basis to all policies except Workers Compensation.
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Each bid shall be accompanied by a certified cashier’s check, or bid bond, in the amount of not less than 5%of the total bid price, payable toTown of Manchester, as a guarantee that the bidder, if its bid is accepted, will promptly execute the Agreement. The bidder shall guarantee the total bid price for a period of 60 days from the date of the bid opening.
Please scan and upload a copy of your bid bond/cashier's check. Bidder must also MAIL bid guarantee with a postmarked date no later thanTuesday, June 23, 2026 addressed to:
Town of Manchester
Cora Narracci
125 Spring St
Manchester,CT06040
Please have the Bidder Name, Contract Title ("DAVIT CRANE FALL PROTECTION SYSTEM AT HRWPCF"), and Contract Number ("25/26-68") listed clearly on the outside of the envelope.
The contract shall be executed by the successful bidder and shall be returned, together with the Payment Bond, Performance Bond and Certificate(s) of Insurance to Town of Manchester so that it is received within 14 working daysafter the bidder has received the contract for execution. Failure to do so shall be just cause for forfeiture of the proposal guaranty.
This bid and any addenda will be issued on the Town of Manchester website bidding portal. It shall be the responsibility of the bidder to download this information. THE TOWN OF MANCHESTER WILL NOT MAIL A SEPARATE HARD COPY OF ADDENDUM TO BIDDERS. Failure of any bidder to receive any such addendum or interpretation shall not relieve such bidder from any obligation under his bid as submitted. All addenda so issued shall become part of the Contract Documents.
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Vendors who provide software and/or software support to the Town of Manchester must agree to the following requirements.
Access to any Town of Manchester or related network is for the purposes of supporting this agreement. Any unauthorized use of that access will prompt immediate revocation of access rights and necessitate the use of other means for fulfillment of services in this agreement.
Unauthorized access to Town of Manchester systems or data is prohibited.
Data accessible due to access given for purposes of fulfillment of this agreement shall not be removed from devices controlled by the Town of Manchester. This includes data stored on premises in Town of Manchester data centers as well as data stored in cloud instances controlled by the Town of Manchester.
Vendor will hold confidential information in strict confidence and will access information only for the explicit business purposes outlined this Agreement.
Disclosure of account information, including usernames, passwords, email addresses, domain names, or mechanisms used for authentication is prohibited.
Directly or indirectly causing the inclusion of any false, inaccurate, or misleading entries into any records or reports is prohibited.
Vendor will return or securely destroy all confidential information upon expiration or termination of this Agreement.
Vendor will notify the Town of Manchester immediately upon the termination of any individual involved in providing Services so that account access, passwords, remote diagnostic access, or other forms of access can be revoked.
At the request of the Town of Manchester, Vendor agrees to provide the Town of Manchester with a written summary of the procedures Vendor uses to safeguard and maintain the confidentiality of Town of Manchester Records.
Vendor will notify the primary contact on this agreement directly within one (1) business day upon the discovery of a security incident impacting, or potentially impacting, the data or services provided to the Town of Manchester by Vendor.
Vendor will provide contact information for a primary information security contact within their organization that the Town of Manchester may contact regarding security concerns or issue
Vendor must comply with information security compliance regulations that would apply to a) the types of data that the Town of Manchester would reasonably store in the systems provided in this Agreement and b) the types of services they would be responsible for under this Agreement
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Legal status in the State of Connecticut
2. Out of State corporations, sole proprietorships and partnerships MUST have a fully staffed operation office located in the State of Connecticut and shall include their current “Certificate of Legal Existence in the State of Connecticut”, as well as a “Certificate of Good Standing” from their home state.
4. Minimum of 3 years experience
etc.
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1. Monitor and report status of budget, schedule and logs. Report to the Town at least monthly. Attend site and Project meetings, and regular and special meetings of the Building Committee, as requested.
2. Maintain full-time supervision on site.
3. Coordinate all activities on site.
4. Review shop drawings and submittals prior to architectural review.
5. Initiate all contracts, change orders and purchase orders.
6. Monitor all job-site safety and report deficiencies to trade contractors and Building Committee.
7. Coordinate all closeouts and commissioning activities.
8. Comply with applicable CHRO requirements.
9. Monitor and comply with applicable prevailing wage requirements.
Will the total contract value be $25,000 or more in one fiscal year?
Will the total contract value be $100,000 or more in one fiscal year regardless of funding?
Required for recipients of ARPA funds
Will this solicitation require a bid bond?
Will there be an evaluation committee to review the proposals and score them based on weights and multiple criteria?
Required for State Funded Projects over $150,000
Required for recipients of ARPA funds
SLED stands for State, Local, and Education. These are solicitations issued by state governments, counties, cities, school districts, utilities, and higher education institutions — as opposed to federal agencies.
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