Hanover Building Renovation Project

Invitiation to Bid

Project: Hanover Building Renovation Project for Montgomery County Community College, 95 S. Hanover Street, Pottstown, PA 19464

Owner: Montgomery County Community College

Prpject Number: 9FY2223

Bid Due Date: April 26, 2023

Submit Bids Online to: PennBid Project Bidding

Notice is hereby given that the Montgomery County Community College will accept sealed proposals online for the Hanover Building Renovation Project, Project No 9FY2223. A lump sum bid is requested for the General Contractor (which will include Carpentry, Electric & HVAC).

Project Description: MCCC plans to engage the community by providing a portion of their Hanover Street Building into a unique children’s STEM Learning Center operated and managed by Pottstown Children’s Discovery Center (PCDC) using RACP funding. Project includes a construction of fire barriers to separate the building occupancy use types from the basement to the underside of the roof as well as installing new 1 ½-hour fire resistant doors.

Bidding Documents shall be obtained only at the PennBid™ website beginning on March 30, 2023. Primary bidders shall secure a set of Bidding Documents for complete Architectural, HVAC, Electrical and specifications from PennBid™. Bids can only be submitted via the PennBid™ Bid Management Program online. Due to the possible inaccuracies in documents procured from other sources, and the potential for an incomplete understanding of the project scope of work, bids submitted by firms who procure these documents from any other source, but the authorized source will be considered non-responsive and will be rejected.

The General Contractor shall have on site superintendents / foreman, contractors, subcontractors & fabricators with a minimum (3) three completed projects of similar size, value & complexity of design as this project. All executing parties shall submit their qualifications and references for review with their Bid. Qualifications shall include, but not limited to, project name, project size, project description, project value, and year of completion. The Owner exercises their right for in person interviews of such said individuals upon review of resume’ and references prior to awarding Bids.

All Contracts for the Project will be subject to the Prevailing Minimum Wage Determination established by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry.

All Bidders must include the following completed forms with each bid in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders; the Non-Collusion Affidavit, Bid Security in the amount, of 10 percent of the bid, Submission of local, diverse and disadvantaged business participation Economic Opportunity Plan and Solicited Diverse Supplier Forms, Owner's Certification of Responsible Contractor Status Form as indicated in the Instructions to Bidders. All documents shall be uploaded to the PennBid website Performance, Labor and Materials Payment Bonds, Certificates of Insurance, complete list of Sub-contractors, are also required, but shall not be submitted with the Bid, as listed in paragraph #20 in the 00.2113 - Instruction to Bidders.

A mandatory bidder's Pre-bid Conference and tour of the work area (including major subcontractors) will be conducted on April 10th, 2023, beginning at 11:00am EST. Failure to attend walk-through may be reason for Owner to reject bid.

After the Bid openings, Bids may be withdrawn only by strictly complying with the “Modifications and Withdrawal” article of the Instructions to Bidders (Document 00.2113).

The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all proposals or any part thereof or items therein and to waive informalities and/or technicalities as it deems best to protect its interests.