Solomon Creek Pump Station

Start / End Dates & Times: 
05/20/2019 - 2:30pm to 06/19/2019 - 1:30pm
Bid: Closed

INVITATION FOR BIDS
THE CITY OF WILKES-BARRE
WILKES-BARRE, PA
BROOK STREET STORMWATER PUMP STATION PROJECT

The City of Wilkes-Barre will receive sealed Bids via the PennBid Online Electronic Bid Procurement Program for the Brook Street Stormwater Pump Station Project thereto until 1:30 PM local time on the 19th day of June, 2019.  All timely bids will then be opened and read aloud at 2:00 PM local time in City Council Chamber, 4th Floor City Hall, 40 East Market Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711.  The Project generally consists of constructing a new 45,000 gallon per minute stormwater pump station located along Solomon Creek at the intersection of Brook & Vulcan Streets within the City of Wilkes-Barre.

Separate Bids will be received for two (2) Prime Contracts: Contract No. 1 General Construction and Contract No. 2 Electrical. Bids shall be on a lump sum price basis.

All bidding documents are available at no cost via the PennBid Program at www.ebidexchange.com/pennbid

The Issuing Office for the Bidding Documents is Borton Lawson, 613 Baltimore Drive, Suite 300, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702. Bidding Documents may be examined at the Issuing Office or at the Office of the City Clerk, 4th Floor, City Hall, 40 East Market Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711, on Mondays through Fridays between the hours of 8:30 AM & 4:00 PM.

A Pre-bid Conference will be held at Wilkes-Barre City Hall, 40 East Market Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA at 10:30 AM local time on the 30th day of May, 2019.  Attendance at the pre-bid conference is highly encouraged but not required.

Bid security shall be furnished in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders. Bidders attention is called to the fact that not less than the minimum wages and salaries in accordance with the provisions of the Davis-Bacon wage determination and contained in the Contract Documents, must be paid throughout the duration of this project. The successful Bidder will be required to furnish and pay for a satisfactory Performance Bond and Payment Bond.

The Contractor must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of their race, age, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicap or family status, and that to the greatest extent feasible utilize project area businesses located in or owned in substantial part by project residents.

In addition to Equal Employment requirements of Executive Order 11246, as amended, the Contractor must also establish a 6.9% goal for female participation and a 0.6% goal for minority participation in his aggregate on-site construction work force, for contracts in excess of $10,000.00 (ten thousand dollars) whether or not part of that work force is performing work on a federal or federally assisted construction contract or subcontract.

In accordance with Executive Order 11625 and 12138, the Contractor must utilize, to the greatest extent feasible, minority and women-owned business concerns which are located in the municipality, county, or the general trade area.

The City of Wilkes-Barre reserves the right to reject any or all Bids and to waive informalities in the Bidding.

The selection of the successful bidder shall be made in the best interest of the City of Wilkes-Barre, as solely determined by the city, and bidders acknowledge this by submitting a bid.

Bids may be held by the City of Wilkes-Barre for a period of not to exceed sixty (60) days from the date of the opening of Bids for the purpose of reviewing the Bids and investigating the qualifications of Bidders, prior to awarding the contract.

The City of Wilkes-Barre does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, family, and handicapped status in employment or the provision of services.

This project is financed in part by City’s 2017 borrowing and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Commonwealth Financing Authority and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program under the administration of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Community and Economic Development.

The City of Wilkes-Barre participates in a Project Labor Agreement with the Northeastern Pennsylvania Building and Construction Trades Council on projects equal or exceeding one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars, ($125,000).

The W-B OCD and Grant programs shall be in conformance with the grant funding agency requirements for this project.

Wilkes-Barre City Hall is a facility accessible to persons with disabilities.

City of Wilkes-Barre
Anthony George, Mayor
May 19, 2019
THE CITY OF WILKES-BARRE IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/ AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER

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