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Request for Proposals Closed

TLI released a
Request for Proposals: Construction of A USDA-Inspected Slaughterhouse.
On Wednesday January 11, 2017.

Contents

Last updated on Jan. 11, 2017 4:30 p.m.

RFIs (Q&A) asked by Bidders (updated as of 11/1/2016)

Note: We updated all RFIs and responses as we get them. The full document can be downloaded here

If you have additional RFIs or any questions, please email Russ or Darrin: [email protected].

If you want to hand deliver your bid: Wednesday 11/2/2016 starting at 11:45 a.m., someone from TLI will to accept bids at the Dartmouth Grange, 1133 Fisher Rd, North Dartmouth, MA 02747.  TLI will open bids and read bidder and bid amount aloud starting at 1:00 p.m., at the Dartmouth Grange.

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Plans and Designs

We are excited that the project is moving forward.  Here are the designs and documents that TLI expects to use for the site development, and the construction of its facility and barn.  Note, the Town of Westport has issued a Special Permit (STOD), and Order of Conditions that must be included are part of all building bids.

Direct all comments and questions to the Building Team, Darrin Mendes and Russ Iuliano, [email protected] 

Bid Package

Download the:
1)Construction BID Package (The package includes instruction for bidding, contracts, and all required forms. Note: You will have to download the specifications, plans, and designs separately.)

2) Design Specifications

Processing Facility

Download Plans and Designs: 
1) Architectural and Structural
2) Plumbing
3) Mechanical, Electrical, & Fire Proct'n
4) Refrigeration Design
Download Plan Addendum(s) (11/1/16)
1) Plumbing #1 and Plumbing #2
2) Mechanical #1
3) Refrigeration #1
​4) Updated Equipment List-NEW



Value Engeering
​5) Proposed Value Engineering as a PDF; or as a  spread sheet

Site, Septic, Barn

Download: (11/1/2016)
1) Septic and Site Designs
2) STOD and Barn Designs
3) Geo-Tech Report 
4) Russell's Mills Excav. Scope of Work

5) Wildlife Restoration Plan -NEW 






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Other Forms
​1) USDA / RD Debarment;  and Anti-lobbying
2) AIA Document A310-2010 (Bid Bond)
3) TLI Bid Form (as spread sheet)
4) Bidder’s Firm Name, Description, Qualifications, and Signature Page

5) RFI for construction (1/11/2017)

IN PAST NEWS - TLI Opens Bidding for it Slaughter House Construction

October 1, 2016 -- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TLI is pleased to announce that it has released its Construction Bid Package to all instruction General Contractors.

Thank You for your interest in bidding on the construction of an 11,000+/- square foot building as described in this Bid
Package GC160930. This project is partially funded by the USDA/RD.  The Livestock Institute of Southern New England (TLI) is advertising for separate sealed BIDS for the construction of a USDA Slaughter House project. The Project involves the construction of a new 11,000 square foot single steel frame slaughter house, with an adjacent 2,400 square foot single story
prefabricated barn on a site located on State Road in Westport, MA. 

Your BID will take this cleared, but otherwise unimproved raw land through stumping, site work, a roadway, drainage, concrete slab, erection of a steel frame, insulated metal panels. Interior work will include HVAC, offices, and custom finish work to ensure the processing areas in the building allow for the movement of large animal carcasses, and easily sanitized after slaughter. You’ll bring utilities (electric, gas, water) to the Project from the street. Finally, you will oversee the creation of a wetlands replication area.
The Bid Package’s Contract Documents, Plans, and Designs may be:  downloaded and printed through TLI’s website, http://www.thelivestockinstitute.org/construction.html, Purchased from TLI for a payment of $800 (Unless prior arrangements are made,  NO REFUINDS will be given for printed plans purchased through TLI if the plans are not returned in usable condition), or Viewed in TLI’s offices at a mutually agreeable time.

                                    Bids are due Wednesday November 2, 2016 at 12:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time.

Bids may be sent in two ways:
  1. Delivered by hand to an authorized TLI representative at Wednesday 11/2/2016 starting at 11:45 a.m., someone from TLI will to accept bids at the Dartmouth Grange, 1133 Fisher Rd, North Dartmouth, MA 02747.  TLI will open bids and read bidder and bid amount aloud starting at 1:00 p.m., at the Dartmouth Grange., OR,
  2. Sent via US Postal Service Mail to TLI’s address, PO Box 879, Westport, MA 02790)
For more information, please visit TLI’s website: http://www.thelivestockinstitute.org/construction.html
Or email inquiries to: [email protected]
The files uploaded as of 10/29/16