PROJECT MANUAL

FOR

GREENFIELD DRIVE & MEADOWVIEW

DRIVE SANITARY SEWER EXTENSION

FOR

SOUTH LEBANON TOWNSHIP

LEBANON COUNTY, PA

MARCH 26, 2026

SESI PROJECT No.: 005-24-003

PREPARED BY

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SOUTH LEBANON TOWNSHIP

GREENFIELD DR. & MEADOWVIEW DR.

SANITARY SEWER EXTENSION

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section

INVITATION TO BID 00050

INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS 00200

BID FORM 00410

BID BOND 00430

NON-COLLUSION AFFIDAVIT 00440

ACT 127 PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYMENT VERIFICATION FORM 00460

AFFIDAVIT - PROVISIONS OF WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION ACT 00470

BIDDER QUALIFICATION QUESTIONAIRE 00490

AGREEMENT 00520

PERFORMANCE BOND 00610

CONSTRUCTION PAYMENT BOND 00615

GENERAL CONDITIONS 00700

SUPPLEMENTARY CONDITIONS 00800

GRANT FUNDING REQUIREMENTS 00801

DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES AND LIMITATIONS OF

RESIDENT PROJECT REPRESENTATION 00820

PENNSYLVANIA PREVAILING WAGE RATES 00830

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

SECTION 01010 – SUMMARY OF WORK 01010

SECTION 01025 – MEASUREMENT AND PAYMENT 01025

SECTION 01300 – SUBMITTAL PROCEDURES 01300

SECTION 01400 – QUALITY CONTROL 01400

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SECTION 01500 – CONSTRUCTION FACILITIES AND 01500

TEMPORARYCONTROLS

SECTION 01570 – TRAFFIC CONTROL 01570

SECTION 01600 – DELIVERY, STORAGE AND HANDLING 01600

SECTION 01700 – CONTRACT CLOSEOUT 01700

DIVISION 2 – SITEWORK

SECTION 02213 – EXCAVATION, BACKFILL AND 02213

COMPACTION FOR STRUCTURES

SECTION 02225 – EXCAVATION, TRENCHING, BACKFILLING 02225

& COMPACTING

SECTION 02230 – SITE CLEARING 02230

SECTION 02270 – EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION CONTROL 02270

FACILITIES

SECTION 02500 – ASPHALT PAVEMENT 02500

SECTION 02601 – MANHOLES 02601

SECTION 02710 – PIPE AND FITTINGS FOR GRAVITY SEWERS 02710

SECTION 02936 – SEEDING 02936

DIVISION 3 – CONCRETE

SECTION 03600 – GROUT 03600

Invitation to Bid

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INVITATION TO BID

Sealed proposals will be received electronically via the PennBid Program by South Lebanon

Township, Lebanon County for the Greenfield Dr. & Meadowview Dr. Sanitary Sewer Extension

Project until 10:00 a.m. prevailing time on Friday, April 24, 2026, at which time the bids will be opened. The bid results will be posted on PennBid shortly thereafter.

All bidding documents and specifications are available at no cost on PennBid:

https://pennbid.bonfirehub.com

Each proposal must be accompanied by a bank cashier's check or bid bond (in the required form) for ten percent (10%) of the bid total.

The project includes, but is not limited to, installing approximately 3,300 l.f. of 8-inch gravity sanitary sewers including trench restoration, manholes, laterals, and other related appurtenances, and all other associated work as more fully described in the Construction Drawings.

This Project is funded in part by a grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Commonwealth

Financing Authority (CFA), under the H2O PA Water Supply, Sanitary Sewer and Storm Water

Projects Program. The Work is subject to all applicable federal and state requirements associated with this funding.

Prevailing wage rates and record-keeping procedures established by Pennsylvania Department of

Labor & Industry shall apply to the project.

A non-mandatory pre-bid conference will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 14, 2026, at the

South Lebanon Township Municipal Building.

South Lebanon Township hereby reserves the right, which is understood and agreed to by all bidders, to reject any and all bids and to waive any omissions, errors, mistakes, defects or irregularities in any bid at its sole discretion.

South Lebanon Township

Jamie Yiengst, Township Manager https://pennbid.bonfirehub.com/

Instructions to Bidders

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INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS

These Instructions to Bidders have been prepared following the guidelines proposed by EJCDC C-200

Suggested Instructions to Bidders for Construction Contracts Copyright © 2007 National Society of

Professional Engineers for EJCDC.

ARTICLE 1 – DEFINED TERMS

1.01 Terms used in these Instructions to Bidders have the meanings indicated in the General

Conditions and Supplementary Conditions. Additional terms used in these Instructions to

Bidders have the meanings indicated below:

A. Issuing Office – The office from which the Bidding Documents are to be issued and where the bidding procedures are to be administered. The Issuing Office for the Project shall be

Steckbeck Engineering & Surveying, Inc., 279 N. Zinns Mill Road, Suite A, Lebanon, PA

17042.

ARTICLE 2 – FUNDING REQUIREMENTS

2.01 The project is funded in part by a grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA), under the H2O PA Water Supply, Sanitary Sewer and Storm Water Projects Program.

2.02 Bidders are advised that the Work is subject to all applicable federal and state requirements associated with this funding. Such requirements are set forth in the Contract Documents, including the Supplementary Conditions.

2.03 Submission of a Bid shall constitute acknowledgment by the Bidder of such funding and associated requirements.

ARTICLE 3 – COPIES OF BIDDING DOCUMENTS

3.01 Complete sets of the Bidding Documents in the number and for the deposit sum, if any, stated in the advertisement or invitation to bid may be obtained from the Issuing Office.

3.02 Complete sets of Bidding Documents shall be used in preparing Bids; neither Owner nor

Engineer assumes any responsibility for errors or misinterpretations resulting from the use of incomplete sets of Bidding Documents.

3.03 Owner and Engineer, in making copies of Bidding Documents available on the above terms, do so only for the purpose of obtaining Bids for the Work and do not authorize or confer a license for any other use.

3.04 All Bidders must obtain Bidding Documents from the Issuing Office.

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ARTICLE 4 – QUALIFICATIONS OF BIDDERS

4.01 To demonstrate Bidder’s qualifications to perform the Work, Bidder shall submit the following information with the Bid.

A. Non-Collusion Affidavit

B. Bidder’s Qualification Statement

C. Certified Check or Bid Bond in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the maximum amount of the

Bid.

4.02 Bidder is advised to carefully review those portions of the Bid Form requiring Bidder’s representations and certifications.

ARTICLE 5 – EXAMINATION OF BIDDING DOCUMENTS, OTHER RELATED DATA, AND

SITE

5.01 Subsurface and Physical Conditions

A. The Supplementary Conditions identify:

1. Those reports known to Owner of explorations and tests of subsurface conditions at or contiguous to the Site.

2. Those drawings known to Owner of physical conditions relating to existing surface or subsurface structures at the Site (except Underground Facilities).

B. Copies of reports and drawings referenced in Paragraph 4.01.A will be made available by

Owner to any Bidder on request. Those reports and drawings are not part of the Contract

Documents, but the “technical data” contained therein upon which Bidder is entitled to rely as provided in Paragraph 4.02 of the General Conditions has been identified and established in

Paragraph 4.02 of the Supplementary Conditions. Bidder is responsible for any interpretation or conclusion Bidder draws from any “technical data” or any other data, interpretations, opinions, or information contained in such reports or shown or indicated in such drawings.

5.02 Underground Facilities

A. Information and data shown or indicated in the Bidding Documents with respect to existing

Underground Facilities at or contiguous to the Site is based upon information and data furnished to Owner and Engineer by owners of such Underground Facilities, including Owner, or others.

5.03 Hazardous Environmental Condition

A. The Supplementary Conditions identify any reports and drawings known to Owner relating to a

Hazardous Environmental Condition identified at the Site.

B. Copies of reports and drawings referenced in Paragraph 4.03.A will be made available by

Owner to any Bidder on request. Those reports and drawings are not part of the Contract

Documents, but the “technical data” contained therein upon which Bidder is entitled to rely as

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Paragraph 4.06 of the Supplementary Conditions. Bidder is responsible for any interpretation or conclusion Bidder draws from any “technical data” or any other data, interpretations, opinions, or information contained in such reports or shown or indicated in such drawings.

5.04 Provisions concerning responsibilities for the adequacy of data furnished to prospective Bidders with respect to subsurface conditions, other physical conditions, and Underground Facilities, and possible changes in the Bidding Documents due to differing or unanticipated subsurface or physical conditions appear in Paragraphs 4.02, 4.03, and 4.04 of the General Conditions.

Provisions concerning responsibilities for the adequacy of data furnished to prospective Bidders with respect to a Hazardous Environmental Condition at the Site, if any, and possible changes in the Contract Documents due to any Hazardous Environmental Condition uncovered or revealed at the Site which was not shown or indicated in the Drawings or Specifications or identified in the Contract Documents to be within the scope of the Work, appear in Paragraph 4.06 of the

General Conditions.

5.05 On request, Owner will provide Bidder access to the Site to conduct such examinations, investigations, explorations, tests, and studies as Bidder deems necessary for submission of a Bid.

Bidder shall fill all holes and clean up and restore the Site to its former condition upon completion of such explorations, investigations, tests, and studies. Bidder shall comply with all applicable Laws and Regulations relative to excavation and utility locates. Bidder shall contact

South Lebanon Township at (717) 274-0481 prior to conducting any examinations, investigations, explorations, tests, and studies within the Township road right of ways.

5.06 A. Reference is made to Article 7 of the Supplementary Conditions for the identification of the general nature of other work that is to be performed at the Site by Owner or others (such as utilities and other prime contractors) that relates to the Work contemplated by these Bidding

Documents. On request, Owner will provide to each Bidder for examination access to or copies of contract documents (other than portions thereof related to price) for such other work.

B. Paragraph 6.13.C of the General Conditions indicates that if an Owner safety program exists, it will be noted in the Supplementary Conditions.

5.07 It is the responsibility of each Bidder before submitting a Bid to:

A. examine and carefully study the Bidding Documents, and the other related data identified in the

Bidding Documents;

B. visit the Site and become familiar with and satisfy Bidder as to the general, local, and Site conditions that may affect cost, progress, and performance of the Work;

C. become familiar with and satisfy Bidder as to all federal, state, and local Laws and Regulations that may affect cost, progress, and performance of the Work;

D. carefully study all: (1) reports of explorations and tests of subsurface conditions at or contiguous to the Site and all drawings of physical conditions relating to existing surface or subsurface structures at the Site (except Underground Facilities) that have been identified in

Paragraph 4.02 of the Supplementary Conditions as containing reliable "technical data," and (2) reports and drawings of Hazardous Environmental Conditions, if any, at the Site that have been

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"technical data";

E. consider the information known to Bidder; information commonly known to contractors doing business in the locality of the Site; information and observations obtained from visits to the

Site; the Bidding Documents; and the Site-related reports and drawings identified in the

Bidding Documents, with respect to the effect of such information, observations, and documents on (1) the cost, progress, and performance of the Work; (2) the means, methods, techniques, sequences, and procedures of construction to be employed by Bidder, including applying any specific means, methods, techniques, sequences, and procedures of construction expressly required by the Bidding Documents; and (3) Bidder’s safety precautions and programs;

F. agree at the time of submitting its Bid that no further examinations, investigations, explorations, tests, studies, or data are necessary for the determination of its Bid for performance of the Work at the price(s) bid and within the times required, and in accordance with the other terms and conditions of the Bidding Documents;

G. become aware of the general nature of the work to be performed by Owner and others at the

Site that relates to the Work as indicated in the Bidding Documents;

H. promptly give Engineer written notice of all conflicts, errors, ambiguities, or discrepancies that

Bidder discovers in the Bidding Documents and confirm that the written resolution thereof by

Engineer is acceptable to Bidder; and

I. determine that the Bidding Documents are generally sufficient to indicate and convey understanding of all terms and conditions for the performance of the Work.

5.08 The submission of a Bid will constitute an incontrovertible representation by Bidder that Bidder has complied with every requirement of this Article 4, that without exception the Bid is premised upon performing and furnishing the Work required by the Bidding Documents and applying any specific means, methods, techniques, sequences, and procedures of construction that may be shown or indicated or expressly required by the Bidding Documents, that Bidder has given Engineer written notice of all conflicts, errors, ambiguities, and discrepancies that Bidder has discovered in the Bidding Documents and the written resolutions thereof by Engineer are acceptable to Bidder, and that the Bidding Documents are generally sufficient to indicate and convey understanding of all terms and conditions for performing and furnishing the Work.

ARTICLE 6 – PRE-BID CONFERENCE

6.01 A pre-Bid conference is scheduled for the Project. See Section 00050 - Invitation to Bid for time and location details.

ARTICLE 7 – SITE AND OTHER AREAS

7.01 The Site is identified in the Bidding Documents. Easements for permanent structures or permanent changes in existing facilities are to be obtained and paid for by Owner unless otherwise provided in the Bidding Documents. All additional lands and access thereto required for temporary construction facilities, construction equipment, or storage of materials and equipment to be incorporated in the Work are to be obtained and paid for by Contractor.

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ARTICLE 8 – INTERPRETATIONS AND ADDENDA

8.01 All questions about the meaning or intent of the Bidding Documents are to be submitted to

Engineer in writing. Interpretations or clarifications considered necessary by Engineer in response to such questions will be issued by Addenda mailed or delivered to all parties recorded by Engineer as having received the Bidding Documents. Questions received less than ten days prior to the date for opening of Bids may not be answered. Only questions answered by Addenda will be binding. Oral and other interpretations or clarifications will be without legal effect.

8.02 Addenda may be issued to clarify, correct, or change the Bidding Documents as deemed advisable by Owner or Engineer.

ARTICLE 9 – BID SECURITY

9.01 A Bid must be accompanied by Bid security made payable to Owner in an amount of ten percent

(10%) of Bidder’s maximum Bid price and in the form of a certified check, bank money order, or a Bid bond (on the form attached) issued by a surety meeting the requirements of Paragraphs

5.01 and 5.02 of the General Conditions.

9.02 The Bid security of the Successful Bidder will be retained until such Bidder has executed the

Contract Documents, furnished the required contract security and met the other conditions of the

Notice of Award, whereupon the Bid security will be returned. If the Successful Bidder fails to execute and deliver the Contract Documents and furnish the required contract security within 15 days after the Notice of Award, Owner may consider Bidder to be in default, annul the Notice of

Award, and the Bid security of that Bidder will be forfeited. Such forfeiture shall be Owner’s exclusive remedy if Bidder defaults. The Bid security of other Bidders whom Owner believes to have a reasonable chance of receiving the award may be retained by Owner until the earlier of seven days after the Effective Date of the Agreement or 61 days after the Bid opening, whereupon Bid security furnished by such Bidders will be returned.

9.03 Bid security of other Bidders whom Owner believes do not have a reasonable chance of receiving the award will be returned within seven days after the Bid opening.

ARTICLE 10 – CONTRACT TIMES

10.01 The number of days within which, or the dates by which, Milestones are to be achieved and the

Work is to be substantially completed and ready for final payment are set forth in the

Agreement.

ARTICLE 11 – LIQUIDATED DAMAGES

11.01 Provisions for liquidated damages, if any, are set forth in the Agreement.

ARTICLE 12 – SUBSTITUTE AND “OR-EQUAL” ITEMS

12.01 The Contract, if awarded, will be on the basis of materials and equipment specified or described in the Bidding Documents without consideration of possible substitute or “or-equal” items.

Whenever it is specified or described in the Bidding Documents that a substitute or “or-equal” item of material or equipment may be furnished or used by Contractor if acceptable to Engineer, application for such acceptance will not be considered by Engineer until after the Effective Date of the Agreement.

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ARTICLE 13 – SUBCONTRACTORS, SUPPLIERS AND OTHERS

13.01 If the Supplementary Conditions require the identity of certain Subcontractors, Suppliers, individuals, or entities to be submitted to Owner in advance of a specified date prior to the

Effective Date of the Agreement, the apparent Successful Bidder, and any other Bidder so requested, shall within five days after Bid opening, submit to Owner a list of all such

Subcontractors, Suppliers, individuals, or entities proposed for those portions of the Work for which such identification is required. Such list shall be accompanied by an experience statement with pertinent information regarding similar projects and other evidence of qualification for each such Subcontractor, Supplier, individual, or entity if requested by Owner. If Owner or Engineer, after due investigation, has reasonable objection to any proposed Subcontractor, Supplier, individual, or entity, Owner may, before the Notice of Award is given, request apparent

Successful Bidder to submit a substitute, without an increase in the Bid.

13.02 If apparent Successful Bidder declines to make any such substitution, Owner may award the

Contract to the next lowest Bidder that proposes to use acceptable Subcontractors, Suppliers, individuals, or entities. Declining to make requested substitutions will not constitute grounds for forfeiture of the Bid security of any Bidder. Any Subcontractor, Supplier, individual, or entity so listed and against which Owner or Engineer makes no written objection prior to the giving of the

Notice of Award will be deemed acceptable to Owner and Engineer subject to revocation of such acceptance after the Effective Date of the Agreement as provided in Paragraph 6.06 of the

General Conditions.

13.03 Contractor shall not be required to employ any Subcontractor, Supplier, individual, or entity against whom Contractor has reasonable objection.

ARTICLE 14 – PREPARATION OF BID

14.01 The Bid Form is included with the Bidding Documents. Additional copies may be obtained from the Engineer.

14.02 All blanks on the Bid Form shall be completed in ink and the Bid Form signed in ink. Erasures or alterations shall be initialed in ink by the person signing the Bid Form. A Bid price shall be indicated for each Bid item listed therein. In the case of optional alternatives the words “No

Bid,” “No Change,” or “Not Applicable” may be entered.

14.03 A Bid by a corporation shall be executed in the corporate name by the president or a vice-president or other corporate officer accompanied by evidence of authority to sign. The corporate seal shall be affixed and attested by the secretary or an assistant secretary. The corporate address and state of incorporation shall be shown.

14.04 A Bid by a partnership shall be executed in the partnership name and signed by a partner (whose title must appear under the signature), accompanied by evidence of authority to sign. The official address of the partnership shall be shown.

14.05 A Bid by a limited liability company shall be executed in the name of the firm by a member and accompanied by evidence of authority to sign. The state of formation of the firm and the official address of the firm shall be shown.

14.06 A Bid by an individual shall show the Bidder’s name and official address.

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14.07 A Bid by a joint venture shall be executed by each joint venturer in the manner indicated on the

Bid Form. The official address of the joint venture shall be shown.

14.08 All names shall be printed in ink below the signatures.

14.09 The Bid shall contain an acknowledgment of receipt of all Addenda, the numbers of which shall be filled in on the Bid Form.

14.10 Postal and e-mail addresses and telephone number for communications regarding the Bid shall be shown.

14.11 The Bid shall contain evidence of Bidder’s authority and qualification to do business in the state where the Project is located, or Bidder shall covenant in writing to obtain such authority and qualification prior to award of the Contract and attach such covenant to the Bid. Bidder’s state contractor license number, if any, shall also be shown on the Bid Form.

ARTICLE 15 – BASIS OF BID; COMPARISON OF BIDS

15.01 Unit Price

A. Bidders shall submit a Bid on a unit price basis for each item in the Bid schedule.

B. The total of all estimated prices will be the sum of the products of the estimated quantity of each item and the corresponding unit price. The final quantities and Contract Price will be determined in accordance with Paragraph 11.03 of the General Conditions.

C. Discrepancies between the multiplication of units of Work and unit prices will be resolved in favor of unit prices. Discrepancies between the indicated sum of any column of figures and the correct sum thereof will be resolved in favor of the correct sum.

15.02 Allowances

A. For cash allowances, the Bid price shall include such amounts as the Bidder deems proper for Contractor’s overhead, costs, profit, and other expenses on account of cash allowances, if any, named in the Contract Documents, in accordance with Paragraph

11.02.B of the General Conditions.

ARTICLE 16 – SUBMITTAL OF BID

16.01 With each copy of the Bidding Documents, a Bidder is furnished one separate unbound copy of the Bid Form, and, if required, the Bid Bond Form. The unbound copy of the Bid Form is to be completed and submitted with the Bid security and the following documents:

A. Non-Collusion Affidavit

B. Bidder’s Qualifications Statement

16.02 A Bid shall be submitted no later than the date and time prescribed and at the place indicated in the advertisement or invitation to bid and shall be enclosed in a plainly marked package with the

Project title (and, if applicable, the designated portion of the Project for which the Bid is submitted), the name and address of Bidder, and shall be accompanied by the Bid security and

00200-8 other required documents. If a Bid is sent by mail or other delivery system, the sealed envelope containing the Bid shall be enclosed in a separate package plainly marked on the outside with the notation “BID ENCLOSED.” A mailed Bid shall be addressed to South Lebanon Township, 1800 South 5th Avenue, Lebanon, PA 17042.

ARTICLE 17 – MODIFICATION AND WITHDRAWAL OF BID

17.01 A Bid may be modified or withdrawn by an appropriate document duly executed in the same manner that a Bid must be executed and delivered to the place where Bids are to be submitted prior to the date and time for the opening of Bids.

17.02 If within 24 hours after Bids are opened any Bidder files a duly signed written notice with

Owner and promptly thereafter demonstrates to the reasonable satisfaction of Owner that there was a material and substantial mistake in the preparation of its Bid, that Bidder may withdraw its

Bid, and the Bid security will be returned. Thereafter, if the Work is rebid, that Bidder will be disqualified from further bidding on the Work.

ARTICLE 18 – OPENING OF BIDS

18.01 Bids will be opened at the time and place indicated in the Advertisement or Invitation to Bid and, unless obviously non-responsive, read aloud publicly. An abstract of the amounts of the base Bids and major alternates, if any, will be made available to Bidders after the opening of

Bids.

ARTICLE 19 – BIDS TO REMAIN SUBJECT TO ACCEPTANCE

19.01 All Bids will remain subject to acceptance for the period of time stated in the Bid Form, but

Owner may, in its sole discretion, release any Bid and return the Bid security prior to the end of this period.

ARTICLE 20 – EVALUATION OF BIDS AND AWARD OF CONTRACT

20.01 Owner reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, including without limitation, nonconforming, nonresponsive, unbalanced, or conditional Bids. Owner further reserves the right to reject the

Bid of any Bidder whom it finds, after reasonable inquiry and evaluation, to not be responsible.

Owner may also reject the Bid of any Bidder if Owner believes that it would not be in the best interest of the Project to make an award to that Bidder. Owner also reserves the right to waive all informalities not involving price, time, or changes in the Work and to negotiate contract terms with the Successful Bidder.

20.02 More than one Bid for the same Work from an individual or entity under the same or different names will not be considered. Reasonable grounds for believing that any Bidder has an interest in more than one Bid for the Work may be cause for disqualification of that Bidder and the rejection of all Bids in which that Bidder has an interest.

20.03 In evaluating Bids, Owner will consider whether or not the Bids comply with the prescribed requirements, and such alternates, unit prices and other data, as may be requested in the Bid

Form or prior to the Notice of Award.

20.04 In evaluating Bidders, Owner will consider the qualifications of Bidders and may consider the qualifications and experience of Subcontractors, Suppliers, and other individuals or entities

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20.05 Owner may conduct such investigations as Owner deems necessary to establish the responsibility, qualifications, and financial ability of Bidders, proposed Subcontractors, Suppliers, individuals, or entities proposed for those portions of the Work in accordance with the

Contract Documents.

20.06 If the Contract is to be awarded, Owner will award the Contract to the Bidder whose Bid is in the best interests of the Project.

ARTICLE 21 – CONTRACT SECURITY AND INSURANCE

21.01 Article 5 of the General Conditions, as may be modified by the Supplementary Conditions, sets forth Owner’s requirements as to performance and payment bonds and insurance. When the

Successful Bidder delivers the executed Agreement to Owner, it shall be accompanied by such bonds.

ARTICLE 22 – SIGNING OF AGREEMENT

22.01 When Owner issues a Notice of Award to the Successful Bidder, it shall be accompanied by the required number of unsigned counterparts of the Agreement along with the other Contract

Documents which are identified in the Agreement as attached thereto. Within 15 days thereafter, Successful Bidder shall sign and deliver the required number of counterparts of the Agreement and attached documents to Owner. Within ten days thereafter, Owner shall deliver one fully signed counterpart to Successful Bidder with a complete set of the Drawings with appropriate identification.

ARTICLE 23 – SALES AND USE TAXES

23.01 Bidder’s shall refer to Article SC-6.10 of Supplementary Conditions (Section 00800) regarding exemptions from Pennsylvania state sales for purchases of materials and equipment to be incorporated in the Work.

ARTICLE 24 – PREVAILING WAGE RATES

24.01 This project is subject to the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act.

24.02 Bidders shall comply with all applicable prevailing wage requirements and shall base their Bids upon the wage rates included in the Contract Documents.

24.03 Applicable prevailing wage rates are included in the Project Manual.

ARTICLE 25 – PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYMENT VERIFICATION ACT

25.01 This project is subject to the Pennsylvania Public Work Employment Verification (Act 127 of

2012).

25.02 The apparent successful bidder shall submit a completed Public Works Employment Verification

Form to the Owner prior to Contract Award. Submission of the form is a condition of Contract

Award.

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25.03 A copy of the required form is included in the Project Manual.

ARTICLE 26 - RETAINAGE

24.01 Provisions concerning Contractor’s rights to deposit securities in lieu of retainage are set forth in the Agreement.

ARTICLE 27 - CONTRACTS TO BE ASSIGNED

Not Used

ARTICLE 28 - PARTNERING

Not Used

END OF INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS

EJCDC C-410 Suggested Bid Form for Construction Contracts

Copyright © 2007 National Society of Professional Engineers for EJCDC. All rights reserved.

SECTION 00410 - BID FORM

ARTICLE 1 – BID RECIPIENT

1.01 This Bid is submitted to:

South Lebanon Township

1800 South 5th Avenue

Lebanon, PA 17042

1.02 The undersigned Bidder proposes and agrees, if this Bid is accepted, to enter into an Agreement with Owner in the form included in the Bidding Documents to perform all Work as specified or indicated in the Bidding Documents for the prices and within the times indicated in this Bid and in accordance with the other terms and conditions of the Bidding Documents.

ARTICLE 2 – BIDDER’S ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

2.01 Bidder accepts all of the terms and conditions of the Instructions to Bidders, including without limitation those dealing with the disposition of Bid security. This Bid will remain subject to acceptance for 60 days after the Bid opening, or for such longer period of time that Bidder may agree to in writing upon request of Owner.

ARTICLE 3 – BIDDER’S REPRESENTATIONS

3.01 In submitting this Bid, Bidder represents that:

A. Bidder has examined and carefully studied the Bidding Documents, other related data identified in the Bidding Documents, and the following Addenda, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged:

Addendum No. Addendum Date

B. Bidder has visited the Site and become familiar with and is satisfied as to the general, local, and Site conditions that may affect cost, progress, and performance of the Work.

C. Bidder is familiar with and is satisfied as to all Laws and Regulations that may affect cost, progress, and performance of the Work.

D. Bidder has carefully studied all: (1) reports of explorations and tests of subsurface conditions at or contiguous to the Site and all drawings of physical conditions relating to existing surface or subsurface structures at the Site (except Underground Facilities) that have been identified in

SC-4.02 as containing reliable "technical data," and (2) reports and drawings of Hazardous

Environmental Conditions, if any, at the Site that have been identified in SC-4.06 as containing reliable "technical data."

E. Bidder has considered the information known to Bidder; information commonly known to contractors doing business in the locality of the Site; information and observations obtained from visits to the Site; the Bidding Documents; and the Site-related reports and drawings identified in the Bidding Documents, with respect to the effect of such information, observations, and documents on (1) the cost, progress, and performance of the Work; (2) the means, methods, techniques, sequences, and procedures of construction to be employed by

Bidder, including applying the specific means, methods, techniques, sequences, and procedures of construction expressly required by the Bidding Documents; and (3) Bidder’s safety precautions and programs.

F. Based on the information and observations referred to in Paragraph 3.01.E above, Bidder does not consider that further examinations, investigations, explorations, tests, studies, or data are necessary for the determination of this Bid for performance of the Work at the price(s) bid and within the times required, and in accordance with the other terms and conditions of the Bidding

Documents.

G. Bidder is aware of the general nature of work to be performed by Owner and others at the Site that relates to the Work as indicated in the Bidding Documents.

H. Bidder has given Engineer written notice of all conflicts, errors, ambiguities, or discrepancies that Bidder has discovered in the Bidding Documents, and the written resolution thereof by

Engineer is acceptable to Bidder.

1. The Bidding Documents are generally sufficient to indicate and convey understanding of all terms and conditions for the performance of the Work for which this Bid is submitted.

ARTICLE 4 – BIDDER’S CERTIFICATION

4.01 Bidder certifies that:

A. This Bid is genuine and not made in the interest of or on behalf of any undisclosed individual or entity and is not submitted in conformity with any collusive agreement or rules of any group, association, organization, or corporation;

B. Bidder has not directly or indirectly induced or solicited any other Bidder to submit a false or sham Bid;

C. Bidder has not solicited or induced any individual or entity to refrain from bidding; and

D. Bidder has not engaged in corrupt, fraudulent, collusive, or coercive practices in competing for the Contract. For the purposes of this Paragraph 4.01.D:

1. “corrupt practice” means the offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting of any thing of value likely to influence the action of a public official in the bidding process;

2. “fraudulent practice” means an intentional misrepresentation of facts made (a) to influence the bidding process to the detriment of Owner, (b) to establish bid prices at artificial non-competitive levels, or (c) to deprive Owner of the benefits of free and open competition;

3. “collusive practice” means a scheme or arrangement between two or more Bidders, with or without the knowledge of Owner, a purpose of which is to establish bid prices at artificial, non-competitive levels; and

4. “coercive practice” means harming or threatening to harm, directly or indirectly, persons or their property to influence their participation in the bidding process or affect the execution of the Contract.

ARTICLE 5 – BASIS OF BID

55..0011 Base Bid: Bidder will complete the Base Bid Work listed below in accordance with the Contract

Documents for the following price(s):

Item

Description

Estimated

Quantity

Unit

Unit

Price

Extension

Mobilization & Closeout l.s.

2 8” Gravity Sewers w/Aggregate Backfill & Paving Restoration

2A

0’ – 6’, Deep l.f.

2b

>6’ – 8’, Deep

2C

>8’ – 10’, Deep

2D

>10’ – 12’, Deep

2E

>12’– 14’, Deep

3 8” Gravity Sewers w/Excavated Material Backfill & Lawn/Field Restoration

3A

0’ – 6’, Deep

3B

>6’ – 8’, Deep l.f

3C

>8’ – 10’, Deep

3D

>10’ – 12’, Deep

3E

>12’– 14’, Deep

4 Precast Manholes

4A

4’ Dia. Standard Manhole to 8’ depth ea.

4B

4’ Dia. Standard Manhole, >8’ depth v.f.

4C

Doghouse MMH 04 Including

Drop Construction

4D

Doghouse LMH 04

4E

Drop MH Construction (Interior or

Exterior)

Standard MH Frame & Cover

Watertight MH Frame & Cover

7 Laterals Including Final Restoration

7A

Long Side/Originating in Twp.

Streets

7B

Short Side/Originating in Twp.

7C

Origination Outside of Twp.

Clay Dikes (Trench Plugs)

Connection to Existing Manhole

GMH-01

Concrete Encasement c.y.

Allowance for Compaction

Testing

$ 5,000.00

TOTAL OF ALL ITEMS IN FIGURES:

TOTAL OF ALL ITEMS IN WORDS:

5.02 Basis of Award shall be on the Base Bid.

5.03 Unit Prices have been computed in accordance with Paragraph 11.03.B of the General Conditions.

5.04 Bidder acknowledges that estimated quantities are not guaranteed, and are solely for the purpose of comparison of Bids, and final payment for all unit price Bid items will be based on actual quantities, determined as provided in the Contract Documents.

ARTICLE 6 – TIME OF COMPLETION

6.01 Bidder agrees that the Work will be substantially complete and will be completed and ready for final payment in accordance with Paragraph 14.07 of the General Conditions on or before the dates or within the number of calendar days indicated in the Agreement.

6.02 Bidder accepts the provisions of the Agreement as to liquidated damages.

ARTICLE 7 – ATTACHMENTS TO THIS BID

7.01 The following documents are submitted with and made a condition of this Bid:

A. Required 10% Bid security in the form of a certified check, bank money order, or bid bond;

B. Bidder Qualifications Questionnaire

C. Non-Collusion Affidavit

ARTICLE 8 – DEFINED TERMS

8.01 The terms used in this Bid with initial capital letters have the meanings stated in the Instructions to

Bidders, the General Conditions, and the Supplementary Conditions.

ARTICLE 9 – BID SUBMITTAL

9.01 This Bid is submitted by:

If Bidder is:

An Individual

Name (typed or printed):

By:

(Individual’s signature)

Doing business as:

A Partnership

Partnership Name:

(Signature of general partner -- attach evidence of authority to sign)

A Corporation

Corporation Name: (SEAL)

State of Incorporation:

Type (General Business, Professional, Service, Limited Liability):_______

(Signature -- attach evidence of authority to sign)

Title:

(CORPORATE SEAL)

Attest

Date of Qualification to do business in [State where Project is located] is

A Joint Venture

Name of Joint Venture:

First Joint Venturer Name: (SEAL)

(Signature of first joint venture partner -- attach evidence of authority to sign)

Second Joint Venturer Name: (SEAL)

(Signature of second joint venture partner -- attach evidence of authority to sign)

(Each joint venturer must sign. The manner of signing for each individual, partnership, and corporation that is a party to the joint venture should be in the manner indicated above.)

Bidder's Business Address

Phone No. _____________________________________ Fax No.

E-mail ______________________________ _______

SUBMITTED on , 2026.

State Contractor License No. . [If applicable]

PENAL SUM FORM

Bid Bond (Penal Sum Form)

00430- 1

BID BOND

Any singular reference to Bidder, Surety, Owner or other party shall be considered plural where applicable.

BIDDER (Name and Address):

SURETY (Name and Address of Principal Place of Business):

OWNER (Name and Address):

1800 South 5th Avenue

Lebanon, PA 17042

BID

Bid Due Date: April 24, 2026

Description: Greenfield Dr. & Meadowview Dr. Sanitary Sewer Extension

BOND

Bond Number:

Date:

Penal sum $

(Words) (Figures)

Surety and Bidder, intending to be legally bound hereby, subject to the terms set forth below, do each cause this

Bid Bond to be duly executed by an authorized officer, agent, or representative.

BIDDER SURETY

(Seal) (Seal)

Bidder’s Name and Corporate Seal Surety’s Name and Corporate Seal

By: By:

Signature Signature (Attach Power of Attorney)

Print Name Print Name

Title Title

Attest: Attest:

Signature Signature

Note: Above addresses are to be used for giving any required notice. Provide execution by any additional parties, such as joint venturers, if necessary.

PENAL SUM FORM

Bid Bond (Penal Sum Form)

00430- 2

1. Bidder and Surety, jointly and severally, bind themselves, their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns to pay to Owner upon default of Bidder the penal sum set forth on the face of this Bond. Payment of the penal sum is the extent of Bidder’s and Surety’s liability. Recovery of such penal sum under the terms of this Bond shall be Owner’s sole and exclusive remedy upon default of Bidder.

2. Default of Bidder shall occur upon the failure of Bidder to deliver within the time required by the Bidding

Documents (or any extension thereof agreed to in writing by Owner) the executed Agreement required by the

Bidding Documents and any performance and payment bonds required by the Bidding Documents.

3. This obligation shall be null and void if:

3.1 Owner accepts Bidder’s Bid and Bidder delivers within the time required by the Bidding Documents (or any extension thereof agreed to in writing by Owner) the executed Agreement required by the Bidding

Documents and any performance and payment bonds required by the Bidding Documents, or

3.2 All Bids are rejected by Owner, or

3.3 Owner fails to issue a Notice of Award to Bidder within the time specified in the Bidding Documents (or any extension thereof agreed to in writing by Bidder and, if applicable, consented to by Surety when required by Paragraph 5 hereof).

4. Payment under this Bond will be due and payable upon default of Bidder and within 30 calendar days after receipt by Bidder and Surety of written notice of default from Owner, which notice will be given with reasonable promptness, identifying this Bond and the Project and including a statement of the amount due.

5. Surety waives notice of any and all defenses based on or arising out of any time extension to issue Notice of

Award agreed to in writing by Owner and Bidder, provided that the total time for issuing Notice of Award including extensions shall not in the aggregate exceed 120 days from Bid due date without Surety’s written consent.

6. No suit or action shall be commenced under this Bond prior to 30 calendar days after the notice of default required in Paragraph 4 above is received by Bidder and Surety and in no case later than one year after Bid due date.

7. Any suit or action under this Bond shall be commenced only in a court of competent jurisdiction located in the state in which the Project is located.

8. Notices required hereunder shall be in writing and sent to Bidder and Surety at their respective addresses shown on the face of this Bond. Such notices may be sent by personal delivery, commercial courier, or by United States

Registered or Certified Mail, return receipt requested, postage pre-paid, and shall be deemed to be effective upon receipt by the party concerned.

9. Surety shall cause to be attached to this Bond a current and effective Power of Attorney evidencing the authority of the officer, agent, or representative who executed this Bond on behalf of Surety to execute, seal, and deliver such

Bond and bind the Surety thereby.

10. This Bond is intended to conform to all applicable statutory requirements. Any applicable requirement of any applicable statute that has been omitted from this Bond shall be deemed to be included herein as if set forth at length. If any provision of this Bond conflicts with any applicable statute, then the provision of said statute shall govern and the remainder of this Bond that is not in conflict therewith shall continue in full force and effect.

11. The term “Bid” as used herein includes a Bid, offer, or proposal as applicable.

Non-Collusion Affidavit

00440-1

NON-COLLUSION AFFIDAVIT

STATE OF

COUNTY OF CONTRACT NO. _______________________

I state that I am of

[Title] [Name of Firm] and that I am authorized to make this affidavit on behalf of my firm, and its owners, directors, and officers. I am the person responsible in my firm for the price(s) and the amount of this bid.

I state that:

(1) The price(s) and amount of this Bid have been arrived at independently and without consultation, communication or agreement with any other Contractor, Bidder or potential Bidder.

(2) Neither the price(s) nor the amount of this Bid, and neither the approximate price(s) nor approximate amount of this Bid, have been disclosed to any other firm or person who is a Bidder or potential Bidder, and they will not be disclosed before bid opening.

(3) No attempt has been made or will be made to induce any firm or person to refrain from bidding on this contract, or to submit a bid higher than this bid, or to submit any intentionally high or noncompetitive bid or other form of complementary bid.

(4) The Bid of my firm is made in good faith and not pursuant to any agreement or discussion with, or inducement from, any firm or person to submit a complementary or other noncompetitive Bid.

(5) _____________________________________________, its affiliates, subsidiaries, officers, directors

[Name of my Firm] and employees and have not in the last four (4) years been convicted or found liable for any act prohibited by State or Federal law in any jurisdiction, involving conspiracy or collusion with respect to bidding on any public contract, except as follows:

I state that understands and acknowledges that the above

[Name of my Firm] representations are material and important, and will be relied on by South Lebanon Township in awarding the Contract(s) for which this Bid is submitted. I understand and my firm understands that any misstatement in this affidavit is and shall be treated as fraudulent concealment from South Lebanon Township of the true facts relating to the submission of Bids for this Contract.

[Name and Company Position]

[Signature] [Date]

SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED BEFORE ME

THIS DAY OF , 2026

Notary Public

(SEAL)

My Commission Expires:

Act 127 Verification Form 00460-1

SECTION 00460 – ACT 127 VERIFICATION FORM

The Contractor is hereby notified of the following state law requirement applicable to all public works contracts entered into by South Lebanon Township:

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has enacted Act 127 of 2012, known as the Public Works

Employment Verification Act (“the Act”) which requires all public work contractors and subcontractors to utilize the Federal Government’s E-Verify system to ensure that all employees performing work on public work projects are authorized to work in the United States. The effective date of the Act was

January 1, 2013.

The Department defines a “Public Work” to be construction, reconstruction, demolition, alteration and/or repair work other than maintenance work, done under contract and paid for in whole or in part out of the funds of a public body where the estimated cost of the total project is in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) but shall not include work performed under a rehabilitation or manpower training program. South Lebanon Township is a “public body” pursuant to the Act.

In accordance with section 4 (A) of the Act, as precondition of being awarded a contract for a Public

Work, prior to the execution of the contract, the Contractor is required to provide South Lebanon

Township with the required Verification Form. In addition, the Act requires that, prior to any work being performed by a subcontractor on a Public Works contract, the subcontractor must provide the Contractor with the Verification Form, which must be submitted to South Lebanon Township by the Contractor prior to any work being performed, and that any contract between the Contractor and its subcontractor(s) shall contain information about the requirements of the Act.

The Verification Form is included in the bid documents but may be downloaded at the following web address and by clicking on the Public Works Employment Verification Form link at the bottom of the page:

https://www.dgs.pa.gov/Design-and-

Construction/Bidding/Documents/Public%20Works%20Employment%20Verification%20Form.pdf

The Contractor may access the Federal Government’s E-Verify system at the following web:

https://www.e-verify.gov/ https://www.dgs.pa.gov/Design-and-Construction/Bidding/Documents/Public%20Works%20Employment%20Verification%20Form.pdf https://www.dgs.pa.gov/Design-and-Construction/Bidding/Documents/Public%20Works%20Employment%20Verification%20Form.pdf https://www.e-verify.gov/

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Public Works Employment Verification Form

Public Works Employment Verification Office Department of General Services Bureau of Procurement 6th floor, Forum Place 555 Walnut Street

Harrisburg, PA 17101-1914

717-346-8115 ra-gsgseverify.pa.gov

Instructions: Complete and return the form to the contracting Public Body prior to the award of the contract.

Business or Organization Name (Employer)

Address

City State Zip Code

Check One:

Contractor

Subcontractor

Contracting Public Body

Contract/Project No.

Project Description

Project Location

Date enrolled in E-Verify

As a contractor/subcontractor for the above referenced public works contract, I hereby affirm that as of the above date, our company is in compliance with the Public Works Employment Verification Act (‘the

Act’) through utilization of the federal E-Verify Program (EVP) operated by the United States

Department of Homeland Security. To the best of my/our knowledge, all employees hired post January

1, 2013 are authorized to work in the United States.

It is also agreed to that all public works contractors/subcontractors will utilize the federal EVP to verify the employment eligibility of each new hire within five (5) business days of the employee start date throughout the duration of the public works contract. Documentation confirming the use of the federal

EVP upon each new hire shall be maintained in the event of an investigation or audit.

I, , authorized representative of the company above, attest that the information contained in this verification form is true and correct and understand that the submission of false or misleading information in connection with the above verification shall be subject to sanctions provided by law.

Authorized Representative Signature Date of Signature

Division 00 – Procurement and Contracting Requirements Section 004700 – Affidavit RE

Affidavit RE (Workmen’s Compensation Act)

00470-1

SECTION 004700 – AFFIDAVIT RE

ACCEPTING PROVISIONS OF THE WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION ACT

State of )

)SS:

County of ) he has

Being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that they have

It has accepted the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act of 1915 of the Commonwealth of

Pennsylvania, with its supplements and amendments, and have insured their liability hereunder in it accordance with the terms of said Act with _________________________________________________

(SURETY COMPANY)

(TYPE OR PRINT) CONTRACTOR

BY: ______________________________________

SIGNATURE

Sworn to and subscribed before me this ______ day of __________________A.D. 20 ___.

SIGNAT…