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This is Addendum No. 1 to the bidding documents for the Orwigsburg Borough 2026 Road Program Project, issued by Benesch engineering firm on behalf of Orwigsburg Borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The project involves Cold-in-Place Recycled Base Course with Emulsified Asphalt and Wearing Course overlay, or an alternate bid for full-depth asphalt milling and overlay of South Liberty Street. Sealed bids will be received online via PennBid until 2:00 P.M. on July 7, 2026, with results announced at approximately 7:00 P.M. on July 8, 2026, during the Regular Borough Council Meeting. The addendum extends the substantial completion date from September 15, 2026, to October 15, 2026. Work must be performed between July 15, 2026, and the completion deadline, with mandatory half-width construction to maintain South Liberty Street access throughout the project duration. A pre-construction meeting is mandatory with contractor and subcontractor foremen required to attend at least five calendar days prior to work start. The contract will be awarded to one contractor responsible for all items of work.

Bidders must submit a 10% bid guarantee in the form of a certified check, bid bond, or U.S. Government bonds. The successful bidder must provide 100% Performance and Payment Bonds within 20 days of award. All bidders must be PennDOT prequalified, and proof of prequalification is required with bid submission. Liquidated damages will be assessed at $975.00 per calendar day for work not completed by October 15, 2026. The contractor is responsible for all traffic control and maintenance of traffic compliance with current MUTCD and PennDOT Publications 212 and 213, as well as all material certifications including CS-4171 Certificates of Compliance, delivery tickets, and certified truck weight slips for bituminous materials and aggregates. Pennsylvania wage rates apply to this public works contract, and all submitted bids must be accompanied by the Public Works Employment Verification Form. No fuel surcharge applies to the contract, and the contractor is responsible for defects occurring within one year of application.

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400 One Norwegian Plaza

Pottsville, PA 17901 www.benesch.com

P 570-622-4055

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ADDENDUM NO. 1

To: All Prospective Bidders

Date: June 29, 2026

From: Kevin R. Richards, P.E., Benesch

Subject: Orwigsburg Borough 2026 Road Program Project

Addendum No. 1 – Project No. 0326-609037.02

Bid Receipt: Bids will be accepted until 2:00 PM local time on July 7, 2026, via PennBid. See below for additional details.

This Addendum forms a part of the Contract Documents and modifies the Bidding Documents dated June 23, 2026.

1. The substantial completion date extended to October 15, 2026. The Proposal & Contract (MS-944) document and the Attachment 1-a document have been updated and are attached to this Addendum.

This Addendum is issued to all registered plan holders pursuant to the Instructions to Bidders and Conditions of the Contract. This Addendum serves to clarify, revise, and supersede information in the Project Manual, Drawings, and previously issued Addenda. Portions of the Addendum affecting the Contract Documents will be incorporated into the Contract by enumeration of the Addendum in the Owner/Contractor Agreement.

The Bidder shall acknowledge receipt of this Addendum in the appropriate space on PennBID.

End of Addendum No. 1

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MS-944 03-07

DISTRICT 5-0

PROPOSAL & CONTRACT (THIS PROPOSAL INCLUDES

(WHEN EXECUTED) INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS)

A. DEPOSIT OF PROPOSALS.

All Bid proposals shall be clearly marked Orwigsburg Borough “2026 Road Program Proposal Bid Proposal Municipality Name and Type

Due By July 7, 2026.” 570-366-3103 Date Telephone No.

William Reppy Borough Manager

Sealed Proposals will be received on or before 2:00 p.m., on Tuesday, July 7, 2026. 333 South Liberty Street Time and Date Address

Bids will be announced at approximately Orwigsburg, PA 17961 7:00 p.m., on Wednesday, July 8, 2026. Proposals must be submitted online at:

Time and Date http://PennBid.bonfirehub.com

1. The contractor proposes to furnish and deliver all materials (including Form CS-4171, Certificate of Compliance and/or TR-465 Daily Bituminous Mixture Certification) and to do and perform all work on the following project as more specifically set forth in the Schedule of Prices (Attachment), in accordance with drawings and specifications on file at http://PennBid.bonfirehub.com. This form (MS-944) will serve as the proposal and contract form for the awarded contractor.

2. Requirements for bidders include the supplements and special requirements contained herein and/or attached hereto and current PennDOT specifications (Publication 408). Bidders MUST be prequalified by PennDOT.

3. If designated as the successful bidder, the contractor will begin work on the date specified in the notice to proceed.

Or as otherwise provided in the special requirements and will complete all work on or before September 15, 2026

October 15, 2026. If all work is not completed on time, liquidated damages will be assessed at the rate of $975.00 per additional calendar day.

4. Accompanying this proposal is a certified check or bid Bond in the amount of 10% made payable to the municipality as a proposal guarantee which, it is understood, will be forfeited in case the contractor fails to comply with the requirement of the proposal.

B. PROPOSAL OF: _____________________________________________________________________________ Name of Contractor

Address

CONTRACTOR’S CERTIFICATION

It is hereby certified as follows:

1. The only person(s) interested in this proposal as principal(s) is (are): ________________________________

2. None of the above persons are employees of the municipality.

3. This proposal is made without collusion with any other person, firm, or corporation.

4. All plans and specifications referred to above and the site of the work have been examined by the contractor. The contractor understands that the quantities indicated herein are approximate and are subject to change as may be

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5. The contractor will comply with all requirements of the laws and implementing regulations of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the United States relating to human relations, equal opportunity and non-discrimination in employment, and will pay to workmen employed in the performance of the contract the wages to which they may be entitled.

6. The contractor will provide the municipality with a performance bond, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the contractor in accordance with the plans, specifications and conditions thereof, and a payment bond conditioned on the prompt payment of all material furnished and labor supplied or performed in the prosecution of the work, in accordance with the Public Work’s Contractors’ Bond Law of 1967; and an affidavit accepting the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act of 1915, as amended.

7. “The parties agree that the relationship between the Contractor and the Municipality is one of independent contractor and not the employer/employee and that the individual employees of the Contractor who will be performing the work pursuant to this contract are not employees of the Municipality. Contractor hereby certifies, represents and warrants to the Municipality that all persons performing any aspect of the work pursuant to this Contract who are required to have commercial driver’s license are subject to a program for drug and alcohol testing in accordance with the Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act of 1991 and the federal regulations adopted pursuant thereto.”

Contractor

WITNESSED OR ATTESTED BY:

BY:______________________________________

Title (Seal)

Title

SEAL

TO BE EXECUTED ONLY IN THE EVENT THE ABOVE PROPOSAL IS ACCEPTED

ACCEPTED ON:_______________________________________

Date

Municipality

ATTESTED BY:

________________________________________ BY:_______________________________________ Title Title

SEAL

County: Schuylkill Municipality: Orwigsburg Borough PennDOT No. 26-53419-001 Benesch No. 0326-609037.02

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Attachment 1-A

SPECIFICATIONS AND SPECIAL PROVISIONS TO CONTRACT MS-944

CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THE CONTRACTOR

The Prime Contractor and Subcontractors must comply with all of the following provisions:

TRAFFIC CONTROL

- Maintenance and Protection of Traffic is the responsibility of the contractor. Contractor to coordinate with Orwigsburg Borough and Engineer (Maintenance and Protection of Traffic to comply with current MUTCD, PennDOT Publication

212 and PennDOT Publication 213.)

- The Contractor to complete half-width construction ensuring that S. Liberty Street remains open at all times during the full duration of construction.

- The Contractor may request the Borough temporarily close S. Liberty Street. Road closures must be pre-approved by the Engineer and the Borough.

- Maintenance and protection of traffic is incidental to all items of construction.

GENERAL

- For further information regarding the project, please submit questions through PennBid by 12:00 P.M. on July 1, 2026.

- A pre-construction meeting will be mandatory and the Contractor’s and any Sub-Contractor’s onsite foreman must attend. The Contractor will schedule this meeting with the Municipality at least 5 calendar days prior to the start of the project.

- Half-width paving and coordination associated with traffic control is required unless otherwise agreed to by the

Borough or its Representative. A full detour of South Liberty Street is not permitted.

- Delivery tickets for all materials is required.

- CS-4171 Certificate of Compliance is required for all materials.

- The Bidder must supply certified truck weight slips for bituminous material and aggregate used on the job.

- No payments will be made until the bidder has supplied all required designs, delivery slips and certifications.

- The Contractor shall notify the Municipality five (5) calendar days prior to the start of the project.

- Work schedule must be coordinated with the Municipality and must be completed prior to construction.

- Work to be completed between July 15, 2026, and September 15, 2026 October 15, 2026. After September 15, 2026

October 15, 2026, liquidated damages apply at the rate of $975.00 per calendar day.

- Excess construction materials are to be removed by the Contractor.

- Municipality will inspect the project.

- No proposed work is permitted within the PennDOT right-of-way within the lanes/shoulders of W. Market Street

(SR 443)

- Need Bill of Lading for each shipment of bituminous material per Section 702.1(c) of PENNDOT Specifications Form 408.

- Completion of NON-COLLUSION AFFIDAVIT required.

- Incidental preparation and clean up required. (Project Construction Materials)

- Contractor must complete and submit the CS-1PA, Price Adjustment of Bituminous Material, if applicable.

- Contractor is responsible for defects that occur within one year of applications.

- Final Completion Certificate, JMS-NCP Notice of Completion” is required at the completion of the project.

- Future award of Contracts will be based on quality of work as determined by the Municipality.

- Bidders MUST be PENNDOT prequalified. Proof of prequalification is required.

- Contractor to supply proof of CDL Drug and Alcohol Compliance upon award of the bid.

- The successful bidder must provide a 100% Performance Bond and a 100% Payment Bond within 20 days of the award of the contract.

- The Municipal intends to award the contract to one bidder; bidders need to bid on all items.

- The Municipality reserves the right to accept or reject any and or all proposals or portions thereof, and to delete projects and/or portions of the project depending on budgetary constraints.

- A Fuel surcharge will not apply to this contract.

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