Procurement / Bids

Each year the Watertown Housing Authority competitively bids and purchases thousands of items including, maintenance materials, modernization and new construction materials, contracting services, office supplies, equipment, and vehicles. All items and services will be the best long-life we can buy at a competitive cost, while in compliance with the applicable procurement laws

If you have any questions, are looking to be included in upcoming vendor solicitations, or wish to speak with a member of our procurement team, please contact us at:

Phone: (617) 923-3950
Fax: (617) 923-2466

Current Bid Opportunities:

The Watertown Housing Authority, the Awarding Authority, invites written quotes from Contractors for the Elderly 667-2, Development at 55 Waverley Ave., in Watertown Massachusetts, in accordance with the documents prepared by Local Housing Authority. The Project consists of: Renovate 3 one-bedroom units in an elderly housing building. Each unit is 418 sq. ft.

To learn more, click here: wha_unit_renovations_bid_Ad_feb_22_2023.pdf

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The Watertown Housing Authority, the Awarding Authority, invites sealed bids from Contractors for the 667-1 Accessibility Upgrades, #321082 in Watertown, Massachusetts, in accordance with the documents prepared by Abacus Architects + Planners.

The Project consists of: Site improvements including underground utilities, grading, paving, landscaping, ramps, site lighting. Building improvements including additions and renovations, asbestos abatement, kitchen and flooring replacement, fire suppression sprinklers.

The work is estimated to cost $3,164,210.

Bids are subject to M.G.L. c.149 §44A-J & to minimum wage rates as required by
M.G.L. c.l49 §§26 to 27H inclusive.

THIS PROJECT IS BEING ELECTRONICALLY BID AND HARD COPY BIDS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Please review the instructions in the bid documents on how to register as an electronic bidder. The bids are to be prepared and submitted at www.biddocsonline.com . Tutorials and instructions on how to complete the electronic bid documents are available online (click on the “Tutorial” tab at the bottom footer).

General bidders must be certified by the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM) in the following category of work, General Building Construction, and must submit a current DCAMM Certificate of Eligibility and signed DCAMM Prime/General Contractor Update Statement.

General Bids will be received until 2:00 PM on Monday, 20 March 2023 and publicly opened online, forthwith.

To learn all about it, click here: 667-1 Accessibility Upgrades, #321082 in Watertown, Massachusetts, in accordance with the documents prepared by Abacus Architects + Planners. (PDF)

Sealed Proposals for IFB 2023-1 ON-CALL PLUMBING SERVICES VARIOUS DEVELOPMENTS, subject to applicable bidding laws including but not limited to M.G.L. c149 §44A-H, M.G.L. c30 and applicable federal procurement laws and Prevailing Wage according to Ch.149. Sections 26 to 27H. To the extent there are inconsistencies between state and federal procurement laws, the more stringent standard will be followed for purposes of this IFB. On-Call Services for Public Housing Developments as follows: 589 units of subsidized housing including McSherry Gardens (667-1), Woodland Towers (667-2), 100 Warren Street (667-3 & WHDC), Lexington Gardens Bricks (200-1), Lexington Gardens Woods (200-3), Willow Park (200-2), 107/109 Union Street (689-1), 15/17/19/21 Green Street (689-2), 9/11/11A Dana Terrace, 8/6/6A Keith Street, 115/113/ Poplar Street, 8/10 Hersom Street – (705-1), and 10A & B Locust Lane (Sienna Village) – (705-2) for the Watertown Housing Authority will be received at the Main Office of the Watertown Housing Authority at 55 Waverley Avenue, Watertown, MA until 11 A.M., Thursday, March 9th, 2023 at which time proposals will be publicly opened and read.

To learn more, click here: IFB 2023-1 Advertisement On-Call-Plumbing-Services