- 2025 Riverdale St, West Springfield, MA 01089
- Mon-Fri 7am-3pm
- Serving Western Mass
Public bidding, prevailing wage compliance, certified payrolls, bonding, inspections, and close-out documentation. Biermann performs plumbing and HVAC work on public projects across Hampden, Hampshire, and Berkshire counties. Schools, public safety buildings, treatment facilities, public works garages, and municipal offices. One licensed team for service contracts and capital projects.
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Biermann Plumbing and Heating has been a working plumbing and HVAC contractor in Western Massachusetts since 1983. That includes a steady, ongoing book of public work: service contracts and capital projects for local municipalities, school districts, public safety departments, water and wastewater treatment plants, and public works operations across Hampden, Hampshire, and Berkshire counties. Public work is not a sideline. It is part of the normal week at the shop.
Public projects carry a paperwork load that a service-first commercial contractor has to actually know how to handle. Bid documentation. Certified payrolls filed week after week. Prevailing wage rate tables matched to the current state schedule. Bonding for qualifying contracts. Inspection coordination with the local building department and the owner project manager. Close-out packages assembled and delivered on time. Our office runs that process as standard procedure so the crew in the field can focus on the actual plumbing and HVAC work.
We bid as a prime contractor on plumbing and HVAC packages, bid as a sub on larger general contracts where the GC needs a reliable mechanical partner, and respond to smaller service contracts and emergency repair calls for towns we already work with. Scope ranges from a single water heater swap at a fire station up through full mechanical packages on ground-up municipal construction. Licensed, insured, bondable, and on time.
The full public-work compliance package, handled in-house. No subcontracted paperwork. No missed filings.
We prepare and submit complete public bid packages for municipal plumbing and HVAC procurement in Western Massachusetts. That covers Chapter 149 and Chapter 30 construction bidding, DCAMM-certified categories, filed sub-bids where applicable, and informal procurement for smaller service contracts under the public threshold. Our office assembles the bid forms, non-collusion affidavits, prevailing wage acknowledgement, certificates of insurance, references, and DCAMM documentation as part of the standard submission package.
Pre-bid walkthroughs, RFI submissions, and bid clarification calls are part of the process. We show up prepared so the procurement officer and the owner project manager know they are getting a qualified bidder.
Every public project is matched against the current prevailing wage schedule issued by the Massachusetts Department of Labor Standards for that awarding authority and job location. We maintain internal wage rate records by classification. Plumber, HVAC mechanic, pipefitter, sheet metal worker (coordinated through our sheet metal partners), apprentices at the correct step, and any other trade on the scope. Rates, supplemental benefits, and apprenticeship ratios are tracked per classification.
Annual wage schedule revisions and mid-project rate adjustments are applied on the effective date. Our payroll reconciliation catches rate drift before a certified payroll is filed with an error that would have to be corrected later.
For every week our crews are on a prevailing wage project, we file a certified payroll with a signed statement of compliance. Each payroll lists every worker on that project, their job classification, daily hours, gross wages, deductions, net pay, and benefit contributions. The forms follow the standard state format and get submitted to the awarding authority on the required filing cadence.
Copies are retained in the project file for the full state retention period and are available to the awarding authority on request throughout and after the job. Second-tier payroll review for subcontracted crews on larger projects is coordinated through the office as well.
We carry active bonding capacity through an established surety relationship for qualifying public projects. Bid bonds at the procurement phase and 100 percent payment and performance bonds at contract execution. Current bonding capacity, surety contact, and financial statements are available for bid qualification packages on request.
General liability, auto, and workers\’ compensation policies are sized for public and commercial contracting. Certificates of insurance go directly to the awarding authority or GC named as certificate holder, with the required additional insured endorsements. MA Master Plumber license #16160, MA Corporate License #8250, and CT Master Plumber license #PLM.0288365-P1 are all active and current.
Scope varies by facility type. A public school project has to happen in the summer with a hard August deadline. A water treatment plant boiler swap has to fit inside a scheduled plant outage. A fire station repair has to accommodate a building that never goes offline. We plan the job around the facility, not the other way around.
Plumbing, gas, and mechanical inspections on public projects require coordination with the local building department, the awarding authority\’s owner project manager, and the state where the work falls under state oversight. We schedule rough-in and final inspections at the earliest reasonable point in the build so inspection backlogs do not delay the project schedule.
Close-out on public work is a real deliverable. The package we turn over includes: as-built drawings marked with actual field routing, equipment submittals and cut sheets for every installed component, operation and maintenance manuals, warranty documentation, the full certified payroll file, and a one-year labor warranty commitment on the installed scope. Punch-list items are addressed promptly so substantial completion, final acceptance, and final payment are not held up waiting on open work.
For ongoing service contracts, we keep documentation on file for every visit: work orders, technician notes, replacement parts, and any required compliance paperwork such as backflow test reports and boiler inspection certificates. Municipal records stay clean.
Municipal budgets, bond schedules, and school calendars are not negotiable. A school HVAC replacement has to be online before students return. A library restroom renovation has to close a month, not a summer. A treatment plant boiler outage has to end on the day it was scheduled to end. Our approach on every public project is to confirm schedule commitments in writing at contract execution, resource the project with crew capacity that matches the timeline, and communicate weekly with the owner project manager on progress against the baseline schedule.
When a schedule risk emerges, whether that is a long-lead equipment delivery, an unforeseen field condition, or a permitting delay, we flag it to the awarding authority early so options can be evaluated. Our preference is to find a way to hold the date. If that is not possible, the schedule impact and recovery plan are documented rather than left as a surprise at the end of the job. Meeting the contract schedule is part of delivering the contract, not separate from it.
Yes. Biermann regularly bids and performs work for local municipalities across Western Massachusetts under formal public procurement. We are familiar with Chapter 149 and Chapter 30 construction procurement in Massachusetts, DCAMM certification requirements for qualifying projects, and the standard public bid documentation package: bid forms, certified payroll schedules, sub-bid filings where applicable, non-collusion affidavits, and prevailing wage rate acknowledgements. Our team prepares complete bid packages, participates in pre-bid walkthroughs, and submits on time with all required forms and attachments. We work directly with municipal procurement officers, owner project managers, and their designers on both small service contracts and larger capital projects.
Certified payroll is a week-by-week requirement on any prevailing wage project and we treat it as a non-negotiable part of the job. For every week our crews are on a public project we submit statement-of-compliance certified payrolls on the standard state forms, listing each worker, their job classification, hours worked, gross wages, deductions, and benefit contributions. We maintain internal wage rate tables that track the applicable prevailing wage schedule for each job classification and project location, and we reconcile actual paid wages against those schedules before filing. Payrolls go to the awarding authority on the required schedule, with copies kept in the project file for the full retention period.
Prevailing wage compliance starts with pulling the exact wage schedule issued by the Massachusetts Department of Labor Standards for that specific project and awarding authority. We match every worker assigned to the project against the correct job classification on that schedule. Rates, supplemental benefits, and apprenticeship requirements are all tracked per classification. We update our internal records when the state publishes annual increases or revised schedules mid-project. Before every certified payroll submission, a second set of eyes confirms the rates paid match the rates on file for that project.
Yes. We carry payment and performance bonds for qualifying public projects through an established surety relationship. For larger capital contracts, we work with the awarding authority’s requirements for 100 percent payment and performance bonds, plus bid bonds at the procurement phase. We can provide current bonding capacity documentation, financial statements, and references on request as part of a bid qualification package. On smaller service contracts that do not require bonding, we are equally responsive to the paperwork and insurance requirements the municipality does specify.
We handle plumbing and HVAC work for local municipalities, public safety buildings (police and fire), public schools, water and wastewater treatment facilities, public works garages and maintenance buildings, and municipal offices. Scope ranges from emergency service calls and repair work through fixture replacements, boiler and water heater swaps, tenant fit-outs of renovated public space, and full plumbing or HVAC packages on ground-up municipal construction. For every public facility we work in, we plan around the occupancy pattern of the building, whether that is continuously staffed public safety operations, scheduled school hours, or treatment facilities that never go offline.
Plumbing, gas, and mechanical inspections on public work are coordinated with the local building department, the awarding authority’s owner project manager, and the state where applicable. We schedule rough-in and final inspections early so the project schedule is not held up by inspection backlogs. At close-out we deliver the standard document package: as-built drawings, equipment submittals and cut sheets, O&M manuals, warranty documents, certified payroll file, and a one-year warranty commitment on labor. Punch-list work is completed promptly so substantial completion and final payment are not delayed by open items.
Public projects run on tight, documented schedules because municipal budgets and school calendars do not flex. A school HVAC project has to finish before students return in August. A treatment facility boiler swap has to happen during a scheduled plant outage. A public safety building repair has to be completed in a window that does not compromise operations. Our approach is to confirm schedule commitments in writing, resource the project with a crew size that matches the timeline, and flag any risk to the awarding authority early rather than at the last minute. Meeting the date is part of the contract.
Yes. We hold Massachusetts Master Plumber license #16160, Massachusetts Corporate License #8250, and Connecticut Master Plumber license #PLM.0288365-P1. Fully insured with general liability, auto, and workers’ compensation policies sized for public and commercial contracting. Certificates of insurance are issued directly to awarding authorities and general contractors as required at the bid or contract phase. For DCAMM-certified project categories, we maintain current certification filings and can provide documentation with a bid package.
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Had a great experience calling Biermann as a first time customer dealing with an ill-timed heating issue in below-zero temperatures. Bill was thorough, quick, respectful and helpful in explaining possible issues. Highly recommend.
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