Town Pier Repairs & Improvements

Town and County of Nantucket - Police Department has issued invitation for bids, solicitation 2026- Town Pier.

The Town of Nantucket, through its Town Administration invites qualified responders to submit bids for the repairs and improvements to the Nantucket Municipal Pier located at 34 Washington Street, Nantucket Massachusetts. This Invitation for Bids is made in accordance with Massachusetts General Laws, Ch. 30 §39M.

The project area located off of 34 Washington Street, Nantucket Massachusetts consists of an approximately 427 linear foot (lf) fixed pier which extends from Washington street east into Nantucket Harbor and provides access to an approximately 189 lf breakwater wave attenuator and fixed pier system located at the eastern end of the access pier; an approximately 844 sf dinghy dock and four fixed finger piers located on the north side of the access pier; and an approximately 4,982 sf floating dock system located on the south side of the access pier. The pier includes the Town Harbormaster's Office and dockage of their 4 vessels and slips for 102 recreational, commercial and transient vessels. The decking elevation of the fixed pier system is 5.4 ft NAVD88. The floating dock system suffered significant damage following historical storm events and was replaced with a concrete floating dock system in 2024. Storm events in October 2025 and February 2026 caused damage to the timber pier and floating dock system. The damage from these two most recent storm events is the subject of this project. According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) (Map No. 25019C0086G, effective June 16, 2014), the entire project area is located within a designated Velocity Zone (VE Zone) with a Base Flood Elevation (BFE) of El. 11 ft NAVD88

Responses are due October 29, 2026 at 12:00 PM EDT.

Questions must be submitted by October 23, 2026 at 5:00 PM EDT.

A non-mandatory pre-proposal conference is scheduled for October 1, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT at Project location at 34 Washington St., Nantucket, MA 02554.

Contact: Charles Gibson, Deputy Chief of Police (cgibson@police.nantucket-ma.gov, (508) 325-4124).

8 documents are attached to the notice: PROJECT MANUAL- Town Pier Repairs & Improvements; DRAWINGS - Town Pier Repairs & Improvements; Prevailing Wage Schedule - Town Pier Repairs & Improvements; Prevailing Wage - Weekly Form and Certification; Permits -Order of Conditions - DEP File No. SE48-3332 & SE48-2798; Permits - CH91 WW Licenses 117, 8795, 14033 & 15285; Permits - USACE Permit No. NAE-2015-386; Boring Data - 1977 Borings and Plan_ ACK Town Pier.

The full solicitation document, addenda and the question-and-answer thread are on the agency's OpenGov portal at https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/nantucket/projects/302964. Responses are submitted electronically there, and a free vendor account is required before you can upload one.