Bid Opportunities

In order to comply with the change to the Build America, Buy America law the following note will be going into all our projects going forward and has been added to the Repair Spec Special Provision.

105.11 BUILD AMERICA BUY AMERICA REQUIREMENTS

In this section, Amend Number ‘2’, Second Paragraph so that the first sentence reads:
 

“All Manufactured Products used in the project must be manufactured in the United States (“final assembly requirement”) and have greater than 55 percent of the manufactured product's components, by cost, be mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States (“55 percent requirement”).”

In-person Bid Openings
 

You can join us for Bid Opening in the main conference room at the Augusta Headquarters Building at 16 Child Street (please read instructions posted on the main entrance) every Wednesday at 11am. The Department still encourages use of our online bidding system, Bid Express. If you have a paper bid that you are delivering to the MaineDOT office, you can drop it into the marked receptacle at any time of day on any day of the week at the main entrance of the Augusta Headquarters Building. You can also drop it off at the front desk during business hours. Call George Macdougall at 207-624-3353 or 207-624-3000 if you have any questions. All deliveries from the U.S. Post Office, FedEx, etc. will be received as usual. For more information on Bid Express contact Guy Berthiaume at 207-624-3534 or Guy.Berthiaume@maine.gov. You can also contact Bid Express via their website or by calling (888)-352-2439. Not all projects accept Electronic Bids through Bid Express. Please review the Notice to Contractors and see if it specifically states that Electronic Bids will be accepted.