1-E05267 E06593 Description - 2026-2027 Sign Wall MPT.docx

REQUEST FOR SIGN STRUCTURE INSPECTION MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC SERVICES BIDS

MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC FOR NBIS INSPECTION OF VARIOUS SIGN & WALL STRUCTURES LOCATED PENNDOT DISTRICT 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 6-0, & 8-0, IN VARIOUS COUNTIES, IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

PennDOT Agreements E05267 & E06593

BID PACKAGE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SCOPE OF SERVICES

INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

WSP USA, Inc. PennDOT Agreement E05267 & E06593 2026-2027

9/19/2025

SCOPE OF SERVICES

WSP USA, Inc. has been contracted by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to perform sign structure and wall structure inspection of several sign and or wall structures located in PennDOT District 2-0, Centre County, District 3-0, District 4-0, Lackawanna, Luzerne, District 5-0, Berks, Carbon, Northampton, District 6-0, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, & District 8-0, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Franklin Counties in Pennsylvania. The inspections are scheduled to be performed from October 2026 to January 2027. WSP USA, Inc. will require services of a contractor to provide the Maintenance of Traffic services:

1. Truck Mounted Attenuators (TMA) with arrow boards

2. Mobile Traffic Control will follow PATA Figures 603-A, 603-B, & 603-C per PennDOT Publication 213.

3. The contractor must be able to provide any of the short-term traffic control patterns as shown in the Work Zone Traffic Control Guidelines (Publication 213) with current revisions.

4. The contractor should have “Specialty Equipment Operator Certificate & DOT Federal Certificate”.

5. Contractor will be able to schedule around weather issues. All care will be taken to inform the contractor when a day’s scheduled work will be canceled due to weather or other unforeseen traffic issues.

These inspections will be performed during the work week and avoiding working on Fridays on certain high volume roadways. Work time restrictions may vary depending on the approval of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS

If your firm is interested in providing the sign structure or wall inspection traffic control services for this contract, please review the information provided in this document. The bidder must submit a cost per day price for each bid item. The responsible bidder submitting the lowest bid with proper certifications will be engaged for these services. Bids must include the cost of mobilization, demobilization and all applicable taxes for services rendered. The Contractor must note that the price per day must include all costs that are expected to be incurred by the contractor, and in turn, submitted to WSP USA, Inc. for payment.

WSP USA, Inc. will receive sealed bids online via PennBid for from qualified Contractors until 12:00 noon, Friday, October 2, 2026, at which time they shall be opened online and publicly posted via PennBid. All documents and solicitation details are available at no cost on PennBid – www.PennBid.net.

Questions may be addressed online using PennBid’s “Clarifications” feature until 12:00 noon, September 25, 2026.

Bids will be reviewed 12:00 noon, Friday, October 2, 2026. WSP USA, Inc. will award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder. WSP USA, Inc. reserves the right to reject any or all bids deemed not in conformance with the bid requirements or exceeds the budgeted project cost for MPT.

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

1. WSP USA, Inc. reserves the right to add or subtract the number of inspection days or subtract sign inspection days. We will be using the one to three TMAs for mobile traffic control for the estimated days in each district. Most work will involve the three (3) TMAs for mobile traffic control. The actual days will vary and one day used to get a price for each District. There may be other MPT required for walls that PennDOT County maintenance cannot perform. The awarding of this work will be based on the mobile MPT for Sign Structure Inspections.

2. The Contractor will be reimbursed within 30 days of invoice receipt by WSP USA, Inc and payment from PennDOT.

3. The Contractor will be given an approximate schedule of required equipment, etc., starting date for the sign structures due to be inspected. The sign structures are anticipated to be inspected between October 2026 and January 2027 as indicated. If the contractor is not able to provide services in accordance with the contract terms, the contract will be terminated.

4. The Contractor will be paid for ½ day if the daily inspection is canceled due to weather for any reason prior to 12:00 noon on the day of inspection. If the daily inspection is canceled after 12:00 noon, the Contractor will be paid for a full day.

5. The Contractor must provide equipment in good working order along with properly trained, competent, and certified equipment operators.

6. Prompt erection of traffic control devices is of the utmost importance. The following requirements must be adhered to.

a) All crew members must be on the job eight hours per day plus lunch, unless directed otherwise by WSP representatives. Cooperation between WSP and the Contractor is essential to successful completion of the project.

b) Traffic control (MPT) for sign structures must be in place within 1/4 hour of the starting time of the WSP inspection. Starting times will be provided by WSP.

7. The Contractor is required to provide all Traffic Mounted Attenuators required for each days scheduled work.

8. All traffic control must be provided in strict accordance with PENNDOT Publication 213. Failure to conduct traffic control in strict accordance with Publication 213 will result in immediate termination of the Contract. Failure to completely comply with the general requirements also may result in termination of the contract.

9. Contractors can submit alternate methods of traffic control. All alternate methods must be approved by WSP USA, Inc.

10. The contract will be awarded in its entirety to one contractor.

11. Indemnification and Insurance

a) Contractor agrees to indemnify and hold harmless WSP, its employees, officers, agents, successors and assigns from all claims, losses, expenses, fees including attorney fees, costs, and judgments that may be asserted against Contractor that result from the acts or omissions of Contractor and/or Contractor employees, agents, or representatives.

b) Contractor shall, during performance of services, maintain the following insurance in types and amounts, and with insurers satisfactory to WSP.

Employer’s Liability: $1,000,000 Bodily Injury by Accident (Each occurrence) $1,000,000 Bodily Injury by Disease (Policy Limit) $1,000,000 Bodily Injury by Disease (Each Person) Comprehensive General Liability:

$1,000,000 per occurrence; $1,000,000/general aggregate Automobile: $1,000,000 Combined Single Limit per accident

c) Prior to commencing performance of services under this Agreement, Contractor shall furnish WSP with a Certificate of Insurance as evidence of the required insurance and such Certificate shall provide for thirty (30) days written notice to WSP prior to cancellation thereof.

d) WSP and Client shall be named as an additional insured on coverages furnished under the Comprehensive General Liability and Automobile policies hereunder and Contractor and its insurers shall waive any and all rights of subrogation against WSP and Client which may arise under any policies of insurance provided hereunder.

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