SPECIFICATIONS AND CONTRACT DOCUMENTS
FOR
PORTABLE TOILETS FOR USE IN BEAVER COUNTY PARKS, BEAVER COUNTY
COURTHOUSE PARKING LOT AND THE BEAVER COUNTY SENIOR GARDEN
BEAVER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
BEAVER COUNTY COURTHOUSE
810 THIRD STREET
BEAVER, PA 15009
INDEX
SUBJECT
Index
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1.0 Request for Bids
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2.0 General Specifications
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2.1 Scope of Work
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2.2 Bid Forms
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2.3 Affidavit Forms
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2.4 Taxes
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2.5 Discrepancies / Interpretations / Corrections
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2.6 Delivery / Installation / Exceptions Addendum
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2.7 Method of Award
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2.8 Bonds
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2.81 Bid Bond
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2.82 Maintenance Bond
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2.83 Performance Bond (A.K.A. Contract Bond)
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2.84 Labor and Materialman’s Bond (A.K.A. Payment Bond) 6
2.9 Statutes
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2.91 Trade Practices Act
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2.92 Pennsylvania Worker’s Compensation Act
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2.10 Bidder’s Responsibility
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2.11 Alternate Bids and Addenda
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2.12 Contract Agreement / No Lien Agreement
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3.0 Documents Supplied by Contractor / Vendor
3.1 Bid Proposal Form
3.2 Exceptions Addendum
3.3 Affidavit of Non-Collusion
3.4 Beaver County Affidavit
3.5 Worker’s Compensation Affidavit
3.6 Insurance
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4.0 Project Specifications
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4.1 Scope of Work
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4.2 Location
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4.3 Contract Term
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4.4 Payment
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4.5 Schedule
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4.6 Damage Waiver
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5.0 Detailed Specifications
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REQUEST FOR BIDS
The Board of Commissioners of the County of Beaver, Pennsylvania, is requesting
sealed bids for Portable Toilets for use in Beaver County Parks, Beaver County Courthouse
Parking Lot and the Beaver County Senior Garden Center, in accordance with the terms and
specifications hereinafter specified.
Bid forms and specifications may be obtained from Wayne Souffrant, Director of Central
Services for the County of Beaver, Beaver County Courthouse, 810 Third Street, Beaver,
Pennsylvania 15009, or found on the Beaver County website, at www.beavercountypa.gov,
under Bids and Proposals.
All bids must be submitted on Bid Forms provided by the County of Beaver.
Each bid submitted must be accompanied by a bid security in the form of a Certified
Check, Cashier’s Check or Bid Bond, in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the bid submitted,
the same payable to the “County of Beaver, Pennsylvania”. No bid will be considered unless it
is so guaranteed. The Bond face and the accompanying power of attorney must be signed and
sealed in the original. Copies or facsimiles will not be accepted.
No bid or any portion thereof may be withdrawn after the bid opening date herein
specified during the ensuing forty-five (45) days thereafter.
Sealed bids will be received until 4:30pm, on MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2024, at the
office of Maria Longo, Controller for the County of Beaver, in the Controller’s Office, First Floor,
Beaver County Courthouse, 810 Third Street, Beaver, PA 15009, and all bids so received shall
be opened and read aloud at or about 9:00am, prevailing time, on TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27,
2024, at a duly convened meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the County of Beaver, in
the Commissioners Public Meeting Room, the aforementioned, Beaver County Courthouse.
Award of bid will be determined and proclaimed in accordance with Section 1802 of “The
County Code” of Pennsylvania, as amended, 16 P.S. Section 1802.
The Board of Commissioners of the County of Beaver reserve the right to reject any and
all bids and to waive any informality(s) in the bids submitted, as public interest may require.
COUNTY OF BEAVER
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
DANIEL C. CAMP III, CHAIRMAN
JACK MANNING, COMMISSIONER
TONY AMADIO, COMMISSIONER
Insert Dates: January 30 and February 2, 2024
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2.0 GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS
COUNTY OF BEAVER
BEAVER COUNTY COURTHOUSE
BEAVER, PENNSYLVANIA 15009
SPECIFICATIONS AND CONTRACT DOCUMENTS FOR PORTABLE TOILETS FOR USE IN
BEAVER COUNTY PARKS, BEAVER COUNTY COURTHOUSE PARKING LOT AND THE
BEAVER COUNTY SENIOR CENTER
2.1 SCOPE OF WORK
The Board of Commissioners of the County of Beaver, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
is requesting sealed bids for Portable Toilets for use in Beaver County Parks, Beaver
County Courthouse and the Beaver County Senior Garden, in accordance with the terms
and specifications hereinafter specified.
2.2 BID FORMS
All bids must be submitted on the Bid Forms attached. All bids shall be submitted in a
sealed envelope prominently marked “Bid Proposal – Portable Toilets for Beaver
County”. All bids must be received and in the hands of Maria Longo, Controller for the
County of Beaver, in the Controller’s Office, First Floor, Beaver County Courthouse, 810
Third Street, Beaver, Pennsylvania 15009, by 4:30pm, on MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26,
2024. All bids so returned shall be opened in public and read aloud at or about 9:00am,
prevailing time, on TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2024, at a duly convened meeting of the
Board of Commissioners of the County of Beaver, to be held in the Commissioners
Public Meeting Room, First Floor, the aforementioned, Beaver County Courthouse.
Award of any bid will be determined and proclaimed following the opening of bids or at a
subsequent public meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the County of Beaver, to
be held within forty-five (45) days after the bid opening and for a period of forty-five (45)
days thereafter. The time and place of any subsequent public meeting to determine and
proclaim award of bid shall be publicly announced by the Board of Commissioners of the
County of Beaver prior to adjournment of its meeting at which the bid opening shall have
taken place.
2.3 AFFIDAVIT FORMS
All bids must be signed by the bidder or an authorized representative. When requested,
satisfactory evidence of the authority of any officer or attorney-in-fact signing in behalf of
a corporation or association shall be furnished. Each bid must be accompanied by the
annexed “Affidavit of Non-Collusion”, the “Beaver County Affidavit”, and the “Affidavit of
the Worker’s Compensation Act”, properly executed by the aforesaid bidder or an
authorized representative. Any bid not so accompanied by the aforementioned affidavits
shall not be considered.
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2.4 TAXES
Bid prices quoted must include design, furnishing of materials, delivery and labor to
install the items herein requested. All bid prices quoted for the finished project/product
shall not include Federal and/or State taxes. The County of Beaver, being a
governmental body, is by law, exempt from paying any taxes of purchases made for
equipment and materials required to complete the finished project/product. Therefore,
when formulating a bid, the bidder should consider any taxes that may occur when
purchasing equipment and/or materials for the project.
2.5 DISCREPANCIES / INTERPRETATIONS / CORRECTIONS
Should any bidder find discrepancies or omissions in the General Specifications, or
should any bidder be confronted with doubt as to the meaning of said General
Specifications, said bidder shall notify in writing Wayne Souffrant, Director of Central
Services for the County of Beaver, Beaver County Courthouse, 810 Third Street,
Beaver, PA 15009, or by telephoning (724) 770-4461. Questions regarding the sites
contained in the Detailed Specifications shall be answered by contacting the
Director of the Department of Public Works for the County of Beaver, by
telephoning (724) 770-2070. Notifications shall be made no less than seven (7)
days prior to the date set for receipt of bids.
Interpretations and/or corrections will be made to all bidders of record in the form of an
addendum to the Specifications. All addenda will be emailed to each bidder and also
will be placed on the Beaver County website, at www.beavercountypa.gov, under Bids
and Proposals. It shall be the bidder’s responsibility to make inquiry as to the addenda
issued. All such addenda shall become part of each contract and all bidders shall be
bound by such addenda, whether or not received by the bidder.
2.6 DELIVERY / INSTALLATION / EXCEPTIONS ADDENDUM
Design, delivery, furnishing of materials and installation of the items covered by the
Specifications shall be made in the manner provided for in the Detailed Specifications
hereinafter set forth. In every case where the bidder cannot comply with the
Specifications hereinabove contained and those hereinafter given in the Detailed
Specifications and Agreement which follow, the bidder shall list all exceptions thereto in
the Exceptions Addendum attached to the Bid Form. Unless exception is made and so
taken, the bid will be received in every remaining respect as in full conformity with the
Specifications hereof.
2.7 METHOD OF AWARD
The County of Beaver reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids, and award a
contract which is deemed to be in its best interest, to the lowest qualified bidder in
accordance with available funds.
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