Sealed proposals shall be addressed to the Municipal Council
or to such committee of the Municipal Council as may be designated
by it to act in the matter or to the City official designated or to
the board or commission having authority under the law to employ labor
or to purchase apparatus, equipment, supplies or other material in
such department and to the office or place designated in the advertisements
published in the newspaper inviting the proposals, such proposals
to be entitled or endorsed as follows:
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Proposals for etc.
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Each bid or proposal must be accompanied by a certified or cashiers
check in the amount of $____________ payable to the City of Taunton
and both proposal and check shall be delivered simultaneously to the
Treasurer/Collector of the City of Taunton, or, if the City Treasurer/Collector
is absent from the office in City Hall when delivery is attempted,
they may be delivered to any clerk therein and not later than the
time and the date stated in the published advertisements inviting
proposals for the opening thereof, said checks to be returned to those
bidders whose proposals are not accepted within 48 hours after the
award has been made.
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An agreement in the amount of $ ____________ as liquidating
damages will be required by the City of Taunton for the faithful performance
of the terms, provisions and conditions of the contract with a surety
or sureties who are residents of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
or qualified to do business therein and who shall be satisfactory
to the Municipal Council or to the committee designated by it to act
in the matter or to the official of the City government that may be
so designated or to the board or commission inviting the proposals
or a majority of the members thereof.
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The contract drawn and prepared in quadruplicate by the person,
persons or company to which the award has been made or his/her, their
or its attorney shall be submitted to the Municipal Council or committee
thereof properly designated or official, board or commission whose
name or names appear subscribed to the notices or advertisements published
in the newspaper or newspapers inviting the proposals within four
days after receiving written notification of the award and said contract
and in quadruplicate shall then be submitted to the City Solicitor
for approval, and, if so approved, and at such time as may be appointed,
of which due notice in writing will be given to the person, persons
or company to which the award has been made, said person, persons
or a representative or representatives of the company shall appear
in the Mayor's office in City Hall with the agreement and the sureties
offered by him/her, them or it in accordance with the requirements
of Paragraph 3, aforesaid, prepared to execute the contract, and in
case of neglect or failure to do so, he/she, they or it will be considered
as having abandoned it and the check accompanying the proposal shall
be forfeited to the City of Taunton.
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