ROUTE 19 SOUTH SERVICE AREA PROJECT

Project Description: Western Butler County Authority (Owner) is requesting Bids for the construction of the following Project:
ROUTE 19 SOUTH SERVICE AREA PROJECT
Contract 2024-06: Pump Station and Linework – General Construction Contract 2024-07: Pump Station – Electrical Construction
Bids for the construction of the Project will be received by Western Butler County Authority online, through PennBID, until November 7, 2024 at 3:00 PM local time. At that time the Bids received will be publicly opened and posted on PennBID.
The Project includes the following Work:
The project involves converting a wastewater treatment plant into a pump station, which includes constructing a pre-engineered metal building over existing tankage that will be repurposed into a wet well and valve vault. The scope includes installing a 6-inch force main approximately 3,650 feet long to discharge into an existing manhole. Additionally, the project entails replacing approximately 225 feet of existing 8-inch gravity sewer and installing 1,960 feet of new 8-inch gravity sewer.
Separate Bids will be received for the following Contracts:
Contract No. Description of Contract
2024-06 Pump Station and Linework – General Construction 2024-07 Pump Station – Electrical Construction
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 pre-bid conference for the Project will NOT be held
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.
This Project was financed in part by a grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, COVID-19 ARPA H2O PA. 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).
Western Butler County Authority 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 Western Butler County Authority, and to reject any or all proposals.