Landis Drive Project

Clarification deadline 6/9/2022 4:00 PM A final Addendum (If needed) will be issued by 5:00 PM on June 13, 2022 The work is generally described as improvements in the public right-of-way on Landis Drive to reduce flooding impacting adjacent properties. Improvements include but are not limited to; green infrastructure with affiliated conveyance, full depth paving, mill and overlay, and minor grading with vegetative restoration. A Project map and general location is set forth in the introduction and project description. The terms of the introduction and project description are incorporated herein. All bids shall be effective for sixty (60) calendar days from the date of the bid opening unless an award of the Contract is delayed by the required approval of another governmental agency, the sale of bonds or the award of a grant, in which case all bids will remain effective for one hundred twenty (120) calendar days from the date of the bid opening. The successful bidder will be required to provide performance and payment bonds equal to one hundred (100%) percent of the Contract price with suitable, reasonable requirements guaranteeing the performance of the Contract. This Project and Contract are subject to certain special requirements. For example, as more specifically detailed in the Contract Documents, the successful bidder shall be required to assure protection against discrimination for employees, applicants for employment, and subcontractors on the grounds of actual or perceived race, color, sex, religion, ancestry, genetic information, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, familial status, marital status, age, mental or physical disability, use of guide or support animals and/or mechanical aids. The Project is being funded, in part, by grant and/or loan funds from the federal government. The attention of all bidders is called to the fact that the construction contracts are subject to the prevailing minimum wage rates as per the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, Bureau of Labor Compliance and the Davis-Bacon Act of March 3, 1931 as amended (wages must be paid in accordance with the U.S. Labor Department's Wage Decision and Federal Executive Orders 11-625, 12-138 and 12-432). The successful contractor, and all of his/her/its subcontractors will be required to pay laborers and mechanics employed on this Project not less than the minimum wages and fringe benefits stipulated in the Contract Documents and as required by the applicable laws referenced in this paragraph. The higher of the rates required by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or the Davis-Bacon Act must be utilized. Further, as a result of this project being funded, in part, with federal funds, contractors are required to demonstrate good faith efforts to identify and solicit DBE firms for procurement of project construction, equipment, services and supplies. Contractors are required to comply with Federal Regulations located at 40 Cfr. Part 33 regarding the same. The City will determine who is the lowest responsible bidder upon the basis of the bids submitted. The lowest responsible bidder need not be the bidder submitting the lowest dollar amount. The City may consider the quality of services supplied, responsiveness of the bidder, past performance of the bidder, compatibility of the bidder's processes with other City services, and the bidder's ability to handle the volume of work proposed. The City reserves the right to reject any or all bids and re-advertise if the best interest of the City will thereby be promoted. The City also reserves the right to waive technical defects if, in its judgment, the interest of the City shall so require. The City further reserves the right to waive any informalities in the bids received and reject any or all bids for any reason whatsoever. Included in its right to reject bids, is the right for the City, in its sole discretion, to reject proposals which are deemed by the City to be incomplete, conditional, or obscure, or which contain additions, erasures, alterations, omissions or irregularities of any kind. In reviewing the bids, the City will review the bidder's experience, necessary facilities, and financial resources to furnish the items of this Contract, and the City reserves the right to reject the proposal of any bidder not possessing satisfactory qualifications. The City's Contract Representative is Kevin Flanagan, Public Works Engineer, Department of Public Works, City Hall, 120 N. Duke St., PO Box 1599, Lancaster, PA 17608.

Division 01 -	General Requirements, Vehicular Access and Parking, Traffic Control, Temporary Barriers and Enclosures.
Division 32 -	Exterior Improvements, Operation and Maintenance of Exterior Improvements, Flexible Paving, Asphalt Paving, Rigid Paving, Concrete Paving, Paving Specialties, Pavement Markings.
Division 33 -	Utilities, Storm Drainage Utilities, Storm Drainage Structures.
Division 34 -	Transportation, Operation and Maintenance of Transportation.