NOTICE TO BIDDERS
CITY OF BUTLER
BUTLER COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA
Sealed Proposals will be received by the Redevelopment
Authority of the City of Butler, Butler County, Pennsylvania for the 2018 Curb
Ramp Replacement and Paving Project within the City of Butler,
Pennsylvania. The project will include:
Contract #1 - Curb Ramp Replacement - Furnishing all equipment, materials, and labor
necessary to remove the existing sidewalk and curbs and construct 19 new curb
ramps meeting the most current ADA guidelines.
Contract #2- Paving - Approximately 14,920 s.y. of milling at 2” depth +/-, approximately 900
tons of superpave binder course at 1” depth, and approximately 900 tons of
superpave wearing course at 1” depth.
All proposals must be submitted to the Redevelopment
Authority of the City of Butler office located at 129 West Cunningham Street,
Butler, PA 16001 before 2:00 P.M., prevailing time, April
23, 2018 and the same will be publicly opened at 2:05 p.m.
Proposals shall be delivered in a sealed envelope and
clearly marked on the outside with the words "2018 Curb Ramp Replacement and Paving Project”
Copies of Specifications, Instructions to Bidders, General
Conditions, Forms of Proposals and Agreement are on file and open to public
inspection at the office of The Gateway Engineers, Inc., 201 South Main Street,
Suite 200, Butler, PA 16001 where sets of said documents may be obtained upon
payment of $50.00 per set payable to “The
Gateway Engineers, Inc.”. A $10.00 fee
is applied if specifications are to be mailed. No refunds for purchased
documents.
- This will be a Unit Price contract.
- Liquidated damages apply to project.
- Proposals must be submitted upon the forms
within the specifications.
Performance and Labor and Material Payment Bonds or
certified check in the amount of 100% of the contract, along with Public
Liability and Property Damage Certificates of Insurance in the amounts
specified, as well as Certificates of Workman's Compensation must be filed with
the executed Agreement.
Standard
contract provisions of the PA Department of Community and Economic Development
for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) programs will apply to this
federally assisted project; provisions of this bid notice are not all
inclusive.
Attention is called to the fact that DAVIS-BACON Wage rates apply to this
project; that the Contractor must ensure the employees and applicants for
employment are not discriminated against because of race, age, color, religion,
sex, national origin, or handicap; that to the greatest extent feasible
opportunities for training and employment be given to low income persons in the
project area and project area businesses located in or owned in substantial
part by project area residents be utilized.
In accordance with Executive Orders 11625 and 12139,
Contractor must utilize to the greatest extent feasible, opportunities and/or
women-owned business concerns which are located within the municipality,
county, or the general trade area, Contractor must establish a goal of 5% for
minority business enterprises and a 3% goal for female participation. The
bidders must submit documentary evidence of minority and women business
enterprises who have been contacted and to whom commitments have been made. Documentation
of such solicitations and commitments shall be submitted concurrently with the
bid.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THIS IS A SECTION 3
PROJECT OF THE HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1966 AND MUST TO THE GREATEST
EXTENT FEASIBLE, UTILIZE PROJECT AREA BUSINESSES LOCATED IN OR OWNED IN SUBSTANTIAL
PART BY PROJECT RESIDENTS. IF YOU ARE A
QUALIFIED SECTION 3 BUSINESS YOU WILL UPON WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE REDEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF BUTLER, BE SUPPLIED A LIST OF ALL POTENTIAL BIDDERS
WHO MEET THE AUTHORITY’S PRE-BID QUALIFICATION TEST, IN ORDER TO FACILITATE
YOUR ABILITY TO MAKE YOUR SERVICES KNOWN TO THE POTENTIAL BIDDERS.
Proposals to receive consideration must be accompanied by a
Certified Check or Bidder's Bond from a Surety Company authorized to do
business in Pennsylvania, made to the order of the Redevelopment Authority
of the City of Butler in an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the total
amount of the Proposal as a guarantee that, if the Proposal is accepted, the
successful Bidder will enter into an Agreement within 15 days after Notice of
the Award of the Contract.
The Proposals shall remain firm for a period of sixty (60)
days. No Bidder may withdraw his
Proposal during the sixty (60) day period without forfeiting his Bid guarantee.
The Redevelopment Authority of the City of Butler reserves
the right to reject any or all Proposals, or any part thereof, for any reason,
and also reserves the right to waive any informality therein.
