Headworks Improvements Project 000599.0494

Project Description: General Notice
Borough of Littlestown (Owner) is requesting Bids for the construction of the following Project:
Headworks Improvements Project 000599.0494
Bids for the construction of the Project will be received at the Borough of Littlestown online, until Wednesday February 19, 2025 at 10:00AM local time. At that time the Bids received will be publicly opened and read.
The Project includes the following Work:
The Project generally consists of the following: • Demolition of existing influent screening system and associated components. • Installation of new owner procured influent screening system, including modifications of influent channel as needed. • Installation of new owner procured Dual Augar System. • Installation of influent flow gate. • Installation of new electrical controls panels, conduit, wiring, and associated components as part of the influent screening system installation. • Any other work as detailed in the Contract Documents.
Separate Bids will be received for the following Contracts:
Contract No. Description of Contract 25-01 General Construction 25-02 Electrical Construction
Obtaining the Bidding Documents
Information and Bidding Documents for the Project can be found at the following designated website:
https://pennbid.bonfirehub.com/
Bidding Documents may be downloaded from the designated website. Prospective Bidders are urged to register with the designated website as a plan holder, even if Bidding Documents are obtained from a plan room or source other than the designated website in either electronic or paper format. The designated website will be updated periodically with addenda, lists of registered plan holders, reports, and other information relevant to submitting a Bid for the Project. All official notifications, addenda, and other Bidding Documents will be offered only through the designated website. Neither Owner nor Engineer will be responsible for Bidding Documents, including addenda, if any, obtained from sources other than the designated website.
Pre-bid Conference
A non-mandatory pre-bid conference for the Project will be held on Wednesday January 29, 2025 at 10:00AM at the Littlestown WWTP, 2136 White Hall Rd, Littlestown, PA 17340. Attendance at the pre-bid conference is encouraged but not required.
Instructions to Bidders.
Bid security in the form a Certified Check or Bid Bond shall be furnished with the bid in an amount not less than 10%. All questions about the meaning or intent of the Bidding Documents are to be submitted via PennBID in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders. Telephone inquiries are unacceptable.
For all further requirements regarding bid submittal, qualifications, procedures, and contract award, refer to the Instructions to Bidders that are included in the Bidding Documents.
Statutory Requirements.
Bidders must comply with all State antibid-rigging regulations pertaining to work associated with this project and will be required to submit an executed non-collusion affidavit with the bid.
Bidders should refer to provisions of federal and state statutes, rules and regulations dealing with the prevention of environmental pollution and preservation of public natural resources that affect the project, pursuant to Act No. 247 of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, approved October 26, 1972.
This Project falls under The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania enacted Act 127 of 2012, known as the Public Works Employment Verification Act (‘the Act’) which requires all public work contractors and subcontractors to utilize the Federal Government’s E-Verify system to ensure that all employees performing work on public work projects are authorized to work in the United States. All Bidders are required to submit a Public Works Employment Verification Form as a precondition for the Contract Award.
The estimated cost for each Contract is greater than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) and the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act shall apply.
All bids shall be irrevocable for 60 days after the bid opening date as provided by the Act of November 26, 1978 (P.L. 1309, No. 317), as amended by the Act of December 12, 1994 (P.L. 1042, No. 142).
The Borough of Littlestown reserves the right to waive any defects, errors, omissions, mistakes, informalities, to accept any bid or combination of bids that are deemed to be in the best interest of the Borough of Littlestown and to reject any or all proposals.