Crafton Borough Sewer Televising and Cleaning Contract

Project Description: Proposals will be received by Crafton Borough via PennBid until 10:30 a..m. prevailing time on March 18, 2025, for the following project:
CRAFTON BOROUGH SEWER TELEVISING AND CLEANING CONTRACT
This project includes storm, sanitary, and/or combined sewer televising investigations of various size pipe, including the cleaning (light and heavy), plugging/bypass pumping and manhole inspections throughout the Borough. All traffic control and resident notification in work locations are also included in this project. The Borough may add or subtract various sanitary sewers throughout the Contract. The Borough reserves the right to renew this Contract for the 2026, 2027, and 2028 calendar years.
Copies of Drawings, Specifications, Instructions to Bidders, General Conditions, Forms of Proposals and Agreement, and all information related to this Solicitation are available at no cost on the PennBid site (www.PennBid.net).
All proposals must be submitted electronically via PennBid (www.PennBid.net), before 10:30 A.M., prevailing time on March 18, 2025. At that time, Bids will be opened with results displayed publicly on PennBid. No hard copy bids will be accepted.
There will be a Mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting on March 4, 2025, at 10:30 a.m. prevailing time at 100 Stotz Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15205. Contractors who intend to bid must attend for their bids to be considered as responsive. “Attendance” for the purposes of this Paragraph shall mean being in attendance prior to 10:30 a.m. and being present for the entirety of the Meeting. Signing the Register at the beginning of the Meeting and leaving immediately thereafter will not constitute attendance.
Proposals must be accompanied by a Certified Check or Bidder's Bond from a Surety Company authorized to do business in Pennsylvania, made to the order of Crafton Borough in an amount equal to ten (10%) percent of the total amount of the Proposal as a guarantee that, if the Proposal is accepted, the successful Bidder will enter into an Agreement within fifteen (15) days after Notice of the Award of the Contract.
Proposals shall be made to Crafton Borough, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and shall remain firm for a period of sixty (60) days. No Bidder may withdraw his Proposal during the sixty (60) day period without forfeiting his Bid guarantee.
The Borough retains the right to award Contracts to the lowest responsive, qualified, and responsible Bidder based on consideration of quality of previous work; record of completing projects on time; history of payments to subcontractors and suppliers; maintenance of a permanent place of business; adequacy of equipment and plant to do the work; technical experience; a solid financial base to guarantee contract completion and all other factors deemed relative by the Borough. However, Bidders are advised that the Borough expressly reserves the right to reject all bids, and specifically reserves the right to award to the lowest responsible, responsive and qualified Bidder a contract for all or any portions of the work listed in the Proposal, and in awarding a contract for less than the total work listed, or less than all portions of the work listed, the contract price will be determined from the total quantities for each item listed and the unit price bid for each item listed.
Performance, Maintenance, and Labor and Material Payment Bonds, along with Public Liability and Property Damage Certificates of Insurance in the amounts specified, as well as Certificates of Workman's Compensation must be filed with the executed Agreement upon acceptance of the Proposal from the successful Bidder.
Crafton Borough also reserves the right to reject any or all Proposals, or any part thereof, for any reason, and reserves the right to waive any informality therein.