Summary

This is a permit application specification document from Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc. for the Borough of Elizabethtown in Pennsylvania, applicable to the 2025 Sanitary Sewer Improvements Project (Contract No. 2025-01) and the Contract 2026-01: Sewer Maintenance & Emergency Contract. The document establishes the framework for permit acquisition during construction work, specifying that the contractor is responsible for obtaining and paying for all construction permits and licenses not identified as being obtained and paid for by the Owner in the issued Work Order. A mandatory pre-bid conference for the 2025 project is scheduled for Wednesday, September 3, 2025, at 10:00 AM at the Elizabethtown Borough Building, with sealed bids due on Monday, September 15, 2025, at 10:00 AM. For the 2026 contract, which covers emergency and maintenance work for sanitary and storm sewer systems, sealed bids are due Tuesday, June 16, 2026, at 10:00 AM, with no pre-bid conference scheduled. Both contracts require bidders to obtain documentation exclusively through PennBid at https://pennbid.bonfirehub.com/.

The Owner will reimburse the contractor for permit fees associated with permits obtained and paid for by the contractor during work completion. The permit application section and its attachments are provided for bidders' convenience to supplement their own investigations but are not part of the formal Contract Documents. Bidders must register as plan holders on the designated PennBid website to receive all official notifications and addenda. For the 2026 Sewer Maintenance & Emergency Contract, bid security in the form of a Certified Check or Bid Bond is required at not less than 10% of the bid amount. No specific set-aside designations for disadvantaged enterprises were mentioned, and funding sources were not explicitly detailed in the available documentation.