Proposal Forms and Limitation of Proposals for Contractors

Plans and Specifications. The Notice to Contractors, Instructions to Bidders, or Advertisement for Bids shall specify the location where plans and specifications are available. (2) Limitation of Proposals. Except for projects for which Prequalification is not required, an Official Proposal Document for a project with a Project Value greater than or equal to $50,000 shall only be issued to Contractors that have been prequalified by the Prequalification Committee prior to the time of the bid opening, subject to the following: (a) Prequalification must be in the specified class of work for said proposal and any Single Contract Limit in that specified class of work must be in an amount greater than or equal to the Project Value of the proposal. (b) The Project Value for the proposal when added to the Contractor's incomplete work must not exceed the Aggregate Bonding Capacity established by the bidder's surety company and the Contractor must otherwise be in compliance with 700 CMR 14.00. (c) If a Contractor is prequalified in the class of work for which a project is being bid, but the Project Value is above a Contractor's Single Contract Limit in that class of work, the Contractor may request and the Prequalification Committee may grant in its sole discretion a waiver to bid on the project if the Contractor's Single Bonding Capacity is above the Project Value. (3) Official Proposal Documents. An Official Proposal Document with a Project Value amount less than $50,000 may be issued to non-prequalified Contractors in the sole discretion of the Prequalification Committee. Such Contractors must complete, prior to obtaining the Official Proposal Documents, an Update Statement establishing that any uncompleted work under contract with the Department, when added to the project value of the proposal, equals less than $50,000. (4) Unofficial Proposal Documents. Unofficial Proposal Documents for a project with a Project Value greater than or equal to $50,000 may be issued, upon request, to Contractors who have not been prequalified in accordance with 700 CMR 14.00.