Request for Bids - Kent Hill Road French Mattress

Sealed bids for the work described below will be accepted by the Town of Calais at the town offices until 12:00 noon on Friday, May 30, 2025.

TYPE OF PROJECT: Town Highway Class 2 Grant project funded in part by a grant from the Vermont Agency of Transportation

LOCATION: On SA #1, Kent Hill Road approximately 1325 feet westerly of the intersection with TH #43, Old West Church Road

TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION: Install French Mattress. Install silt fence on both sides of right of way. Close the road to traffic. Excavate to desired depth and slope, allowing for minimum 12 inches of compacted cover over the mattress. Place geotextile fabric in the trench. Allow enough fabric on the ends to overlap the top piece of geotextile in the finished mattress. Place porous Type 1 stone on top of the fabric. Establish the desired road surface shape in the fill. Place enough fill to ensure a minimum of 16” of compacted cover once the fill and surface aggregate are installed.

BID OPENING: Sealed bids shall be marked “Bid for Kent Hill Road French Mattress” and will be publicly opened and read aloud beginning at 12:00 noon on Friday, May 30, 2025 at the Calais Town Clerk’s office.

Contract Documents, including the Plans and Bid Documents, will be available at that time.

See French Mattress Project Packet for full details.