8th Street Sidewalk & ADA Ramps Project - 6th Avenue to Crawford Avenue

Project Description: Sealed proposals will be received electronically via the PennBid Program by the City of Altoona, Department of Public Works, for the following project:
8TH STREET SIDEWALK & ADA RAMPS PROJECT
6TH AVENUE TO CRAWFORD AVENUE
Bids will be received until 10:00 A.M., Tuesday, March 3, 2026, local prevailing time, at which time they will be publicly opened with results made available on PennBid.
Work performed on this project to be as per current Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Publication 408, as amended and revised.
Bidding documents are available at no cost on PennBid (https://pennbid.bonfirehub.com).
Either an original Certified Check, Official Check, Cashier’s Check, or Bid Bond drawn to the order of the "City of Altoona" equal to ten (10%) percent of the amount of the bid must be submitted with the proposal. Note that the Bid Bond must be in effect for a period of sixty (60) days from the bid opening date.
Mayor and City Council reserve the right to reject any or all bids and waive any informality not material to the bid and to award the contract as may be deemed to the best interest of the City of Altoona.
No bidder may withdraw his bid within sixty (60) days after the actual date of the opening thereof.
A pre-bidder’s conference will be held in the Bernard J. Joyce Engineering Conference Room, City Hall, 1301 – 12th Street, Suite 304, Altoona, PA on Tuesday, February 10, 2026, beginning at 9:30 A.M., local prevailing time.
The City of Altoona, in accordance with the Davis Bacon Act and other Federal Labor Standards Provisions; Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. 2000d to 2000d-4 and Title 49, Office of the Secretary, Part 21, and Part 26, Non-discrimination in Federally-assisted programs of the City of Altoona issued pursuant to such Act; Executive Order 11246; Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968; Section 109 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974; and Executive Order 11625 (Utilization of Minority Business Enterprises), hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color or national origin in consideration for an award. It is a condition of the bidding process/contract that all responsive bidders/contractors shall follow the disadvantaged business enterprise procedures set forth in the bid packet/contract documents.