4-Bid Form Certification PennBID.pdf

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RETTEW Project No.:0573903809

BID FORM CERTIFICATION

Project Identification: Eby & Stumptown Road Bridges Repairs Project Upper Leacock Township, Lancaster County, PA RETTEW Project No.: 0573903809

Name of Bidder:

This Bid is submitted to: Upper Leacock Township

1. The undersigned Bidder proposes and agrees, if this Bid is accepted, to enter into an

Agreement with OWNER in the form included in the Contract Documents to perform and furnish all Work as specified or indicated in the Contract Documents for the Bid price and within the Bid Times indicated in this Bid and in accordance with the other terms and conditions of the Contract Documents.

2. Bidder accepts all of the terms and conditions of the Invitation to Bid and 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 day of Bid opening. Bidder will sign and deliver the required number of counterparts of the Agreement with the Bonds and other documents required by the Bidding Requirements within 15 days after the date of OWNER'S Notice of Award.

3. In submitting this Bid, Bidder represents, as more fully set forth in the Agreement, that:

a. Bidder has examined and carefully studied the Bidding Documents and the following Addenda receipt of all which is hereby acknowledged:

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, performance and furnishing of the Work.

c. Bidder is familiar with and is satisfied as to all federal, state and local laws and regulations that may affect cost, progress, performance and furnishing of the Work.

d. If applicable, Bidder has carefully studied all reports of explorations and tests of subsurface conditions at or contiguous to the site and all drawings of physical conditions in or relating to existing surface or subsurface structures at or contiguous to the site (except underground facilities) that have been identified in the Supplementary Conditions as referenced in Article 5 of the General Conditions.

Bidder acknowledges that such reports and drawings are not Contract Documents and may not be complete for Bidder's purposes. Bidder acknowledges that OWNER and ENGINEER do not assume responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of information and data shown or indicated in the Bidding Documents with respect to underground facilities at or contiguous to the site. Bidder has obtained and carefully

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studied (or assumes responsibility for having done so) all such additional or supplementary examinations, investigations, explorations, tests, studies and data concerning conditions (surface, subsurface and underground facilities) at or contiguous to the site or otherwise that may affect cost, progress, performance or furnishing of the Work or that may relate to any aspect of the means, methods, techniques, sequences and procedures of construction to be employed by Bidder and safety precautions and programs incident thereto. Bidder does not consider that any additional examinations, investigations, explorations, tests, studies or data are necessary for the determination of this Bid for performance and furnishing of the Work in accordance with the times, price and other terms and conditions of the Contract Documents.

e. Bidder is aware of the general nature of the Work to be performed by OWNER and others at the site that relates to work for which this Bid is submitted as indicated in the Contract Documents.

f. Bidder has correlated the information known to Bidder, information and observations obtained from visits to the site, reports and drawings identified in the Contract Documents and all additional examinations, investigations, explorations, tests, studies and data with the Contract Documents.

g. Bidder has given ENGINEER written notice of all conflicts, errors, ambiguities or discrepancies that Bidder has discovered in the Contract Documents and the written resolution thereof by ENGINEER is acceptable to Bidder, and the Contract Documents are generally sufficient to indicate and convey understanding of all terms and conditions for performing and furnishing the Work for which this Bid is submitted.

h. This Bid is genuine and not made in the interest of or on the behalf of any undisclosed person, firm or corporation and is not submitted in conformity with any agreement or rules of any group, association, organization or corporation; Bidder has not directly or indirectly induced or solicited any other Bidder to submit a false or sham Bid; Bidder has not solicited or induced any person, firm or corporation to refrain from bidding; and Bidder has not sought by collusion to obtain for itself any advantage over any other Bidder or over OWNER.

4. Bidder will complete the Work in accordance with the Contract Documents for the price entered into the electronic Bid Form on the PennBID website, which is located under the “Bid” tab. The electronic Bid Form may be downloaded and printed for the Bidder’s use.

5. By entering unit prices into the electronic bid form, the Bidder is acknowledging that unit prices have been computed in accordance with Article 13 of the General Conditions.

Bidder acknowledges that quantities are not guaranteed and final payment for unit price work will be based on actual quantities.

6. It will be the OWNER’S discretion to accept the base bid or to include the alternate bids as a basis for determining the lowest bidder.

7. Use of the words “complete in-place” in the Schedule of Prices shall be understood to mean “complete in-place including all labor, materials, tools, equipment, excavation, restoration, and testing.” All items required for completion of the project but are not identified in the Bid Form shall be considered as incidental to the Work. No additional payment will be made for an incidental item or work.

8. The Bidder is hereby notified that where rock is encountered during excavation required to construct the proposed facilities shown on the drawings or as described in the specifications, the cost for removal of same shall be included in the bid price and CONTRACTOR shall be entitled to no extra compensation therefore.

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9. The unqualified right is reserved by the OWNER to select the manufacturers of the equipment if the Bidder fails to indicate the names of the manufacturers he proposes to furnish or indicates more than one manufacturer for a piece of equipment.

10. Where the BIDDER indicates more than one manufacturer, he shall also indicate and add or deduct amount, if any, from his Base Bid if the OWNER selects that manufacturer's equipment.

11. Alternate or unapproved substitute equipment shall not be considered in determining the Base Bid. The CONTRACTOR, if proposing to utilize alternate or substitute equipment specified, shall indicate the manufacturer and a deduct amount from his base bid if the OWNER selects the alternate equipment, or the substitute is approved.

12. Bidder agrees that the Work will be substantially completed on or before October 15, 2026, and the project shall be fully completed and ready for final payment by October 30, 2026.

13. The following documents must be uploaded to the PennBID website and are made a condition of this Bid:

a. Bid Form Certification

b. Bid Bond

c. Non-Collusion affidavit

d. Worker’s Compensation Affidavit

e. Public Works Employment Verification Form

f. Non-discrimination Affidavit

14. Communications concerning this Bid shall be addressed to the address of Bidder indicated below or the following address:

15. The terms used in this Bid that are defined in the General Conditions or Instructions will have the meanings assigned to them in the General Conditions or Instructions.

SUBMITTED on .

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If Bidder is:

An Individual

By: (SEAL)

(INDIVIDUAL’S NAME)

doing business as Business Address:

Phone No.:

A Partnership

(FIRM’S NAME)

(GENERAL PARTNER)

A Corporation

(CORPORATION’S NAME)

(STATE OF INCORPORATION)

By: (SEAL)

(NAME OF PERSON AUTHORIZED TO SIGN)

(TITLE)

(Corporate Seal)

Attest:

(SECRETARY)

A Joint Venture

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(NAME)

(ADDRESS)

By: (SEAL)

(NAME)

(ADDRESS)

Phone Number and Address for Receipt of Official Communications.

(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.)