2025 Sanitary Sewer Improvements Project 000598.0463

Project Description: General Notice
Borough of Elizabethtown (Owner) is requesting Bids for the construction of the following Project:
2025 Sanitary Sewer Improvements Project
000598.0463
Sealed bids for the 2025 Sanitary Sewer Improvements Project will be received and opened publicly at PennBid on Monday, September 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM local time.
The Project includes the following Work:
The Work generally includes, but is not limited to, approximately 409 L.F. of 8-inch sanitary sewer main, one (1) sanitary sewer spot repair, approximately 152 L.F. of 4-inch and/or 6-inch sanitary sewer laterals, Alternate No. 1 which includes approximately one (1) 4-foot diameter sanitary sewer manhole replacement and associated work, and Alternate No. 2 which includes approximately 110 L.F. of 8-inch sanitary sewer main, approximately 24 L.F. of 6-inch sanitary sewer laterals and associated work, and all associated materials, equipment, labor, and necessary apparatuses as contemplated by the Contract Documents. The Project Site is located in the Borough of Elizabethtown.
Bids are requested for the following Contract: Contract No. 2025 – 01.
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. 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 pre-bid conference for the Project will be held on Wednesday, September 3, 2025 at 10:00AM at Elizabethtown Borough Building, 600 South Hanover Street, Elizabethtown, PA 17022. 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 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 141 of 2022, 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 this project 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 unless award is delayed by a required approval of another government agency, the sale of bonds, or the award of a grant or grants, in which case this Bid shall remain subject to acceptance for 120 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).
All bidders are hereby notified that in regard to any contract pursuant to this advertisement, businesses will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this notice and will not be subjected to discrimination on the basis of gender, race, color, creed, sex, age, physical disability or national origin in consideration for an award. Similarly the successful bidder shall in no manner discriminate against or intimidate any employee involved in the manufacture of supplies, the performance of work, or any other activity required under the contract on account of gender, race, creed or color.
The Borough of Elizabethtown 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 Elizabethtown, and to reject any or all proposals.