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This is Addendum No. 1 to the Contract Documents for the Fredericksburg Sewer & Water Authority Public Water System Upgrade Project in Pennsylvania. The addendum modifies and clarifies the original bidding documents across five prime contracts: Pipeline Construction, General Construction, Electrical Construction, Plumbing Construction, and HVAC Construction. Key modifications include the addition of mandatory compliance requirements for Build America, Buy America (BABA) and American Iron and Steel (AIS) Act compliance across all five contracts, revisions to bid form allowances for Contract 1 (Pipeline Construction) including a road cut permit from Bethel Township, corrections to allowance amounts in Contract 2 (General Construction) totaling $20,000, and revisions to Allowance B in Contract 3 (Electrical Construction). The pre-bid conference was revised to be mandatory for bidders of Contract No. 2 (General Construction) and Contract No. 3 (Electrical Construction). The questions due date was updated to October 5, 2026 at 4:00 PM, and the bid submission deadline was updated to October 14, 2026 at 2:00 PM. Substantial revisions to project drawings include updates to gas line and electrical layouts, addition of door schedules, inclusion of as-built plans, corrections to well site layouts with additional bollard placements, and additions of IT-related components and data ports throughout the office and filter buildings.
The addendum clarifies that the Owner is not aware of any asbestos cement pipes included in the project scope and adds a Geotechnical Engineering Report to the specifications. All bidders must acknowledge receipt of this addendum in their proposal submissions, as failure to do so may result in rejection. Bidders are required to submit all questions and requests for information through PennBid's "Public Q&A" feature. All bidding documents and specifications remain available at no cost on PennBid, and each proposal must be accompanied by a bid bond or bank cashier's check for ten percent of the bid total.
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Fredericksburg Sewer & Addendum No. 1 – 1 Public Water System
Water Authority Upgrade Project
Steckbeck Engineering & Surveying, Inc. September 18, 2026
279 North Zinns Mill Road, Suite A
Lebanon, PA 17042
ADDENDUM NO. 1
FREDERICKSBURG SEWER & WATER AUTHORITY
PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM UPGRADE PROJECT
This Addendum shall be attached to and become a part of the Contract Documents for the above-referenced project, and all bids shall include the changes made by this Addendum.
IN THE PROJECT MANUAL
Table of Contents – Added section to “Bid Manual Section 1 - Front End
Specifications” file.
Prime Contractor DBE Solicitation Effort Help Guide (Section 00070) – Added section to “Bid Manual Section 1 - Front End Specifications” file.
Act 127 Verification Form (Section 00460) – Added Public Works Employment
Verification Form to section.
Bid Form – Contract 1 - Pipeline Construction (Section 00511) – Added section 5.02 and an allowance for the required road cut permit from Bethel Township. This was also added to the pricing table on PennBid.
Bid Form – Contract 2 - General Construction (Section 00512) – Revised wording of
5.01.D. This was also revised in the pricing table on PennBid.
Bid Form – Contract 2 - General Construction (Section 00512) – Revised 5.01.I to correctly require an allowance of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000). This was also revised in the pricing table on PennBid.
Bid Form – Contract 2 - General Construction (Section 00512) – Revised allowance amount and work included in 5.01.J. This was also revised in the pricing table on
PennBid.
Bid Form – Contract 2 - General Construction (Section 00512) – Corrected page numbering for entire section.
Bid Form – Contract 3 - Electrical Construction (Section 00513) – Revised amount and description of Allowance B. This was also revised in the pricing table on PennBid.
Agreement Form – Contract 1 - Pipeline Construction (Section 00521) – Added
8.01.J regarding BABA and AIS compliance.
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Agreement Form – Contract 2 - General Construction (Section 00522) – Added
Agreement Form – Contract 3 - Electrical Construction (Section 00523) – Added
Agreement Form – Contract 4 - Plumbing Construction (Section 00524) – Added
Agreement Form – Contract 5 - HVAC Construction (Section 00525) – Added 8.01.J regarding BABA and AIS compliance.
Supplementary Conditions (Section 00800) – Revised SC-6.09.K to clarify that the
Owner is not aware of any asbestos cement pipes included in the scope of the project.
Davis-Bacon Act Wage Determination (Section 00830) – Added section to “Bid
Manual Section 4 - General Specifications” file.
Geotechnical Engineering Report (Section 00850) – Added section to “Bid Manual
Section 4 - General Specifications” file.
PADOT Requirements (Section 01061) – Removed section from “Bid Manual Section
4 - General Specifications” file.
Build America, Buy America Requirements (Section 01310) – Added section to “Bid
American Iron and Steel Act Requirements (Section 01320) – Added section to “Bid
Pipe Identification (Section 10427) – Added 2.04 and removed 3.01.A.
IN THE PROJECT DRAWINGS
Sheet 217 – Revised the Gasline layout as well and the Underground Electrical layout between he filter building and the existing office building. A callout for the bollards located around the perimeter of the buildings was also added to this sheet.
Sheet 218 – Revised the sheet layout to include a Door Schedule. This Door Schedule is applicable to the Office First Floor, Office Basement, and the Filter Building.
Sheet 219 – Revised the door callout note to mention that the Door Schedule can be found on Sheet 218.
Sheet 221 – Revised the door callout note to mention that the Door Schedule can be found on Sheet 218.
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Series 251 Drawings – Added general construction as-built plans for the project site for reference.
Series 252 Drawings – Added electrical construction as-built plans for the project site for reference.
Sheet 310 – Revised the sheet to no longer display a pipe that was to called out to be demolished on earlier sheets.
Sheet 318 – Revised the sheet to no longer display an unintended blue water line.
Sheet 404 – Revised the Typical Well Layout Detail to be renamed to “Well 6 Site
Layout”. The detail has been revised to include more bollards around the well vault, as well as better reflect the actual Well 6 site layout.
Sheet 504 – Revised the sheet to include bollards surrounding the Water Meter Pit and the Electric Service Panel at well locations 7 & 8. A callout note was also added to this sheet to better identify the bollards on plan view.
Sheet 505 – Revised the Typical Well Layout Detail to be renamed to “Typical Well Site
Layout Wells 7 & 8”. The detail has been revised to include more bollards around the well vault, as well as better reflect the actual Wells 7 & 8 site layouts.
Sheet 701 – Revised the sheet index to include the updated names for several different sheets.
Sheet 706 – Revised the sheet to now include the installation of several different IT-
Related components including access points, a proposed IT rack, a wall mounted TV, etc.
The sheet title has also been updated to reflect these additional data inclusions.
Sheet 708 – Revised the sheet to now include the installation of combination phone and ethernet data ports around the first floor of the office building. The sheet title has also been updated to reflect these additional data inclusions.
Sheet 715 – Revised the sheet to now include the installation of an access point within the filter building.
Sheet 902 – Revised the gas pipe found at the northwest corner of the existing office building to the propane tank to be called out as “3/4” Yellow PE Gas Pipe”.
Sheet 904 – Revised the gas pipe found at the southeast corner of the proposed filter building to the propane tank to be called out as “1-1/4” Yellow PE Gas Pipe”.
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ON PENNBID
Questions Due Date (date) – The deadline to submit questions was updated to October 5, 2026 at 4:00 PM.
Close Date (date) – The deadline for submission was updated to October 14, 2026 at 2:00
PM.
Pre-Bid Conference (event) – The pre-bid conference description was updated to reflect that it is mandatory for bidders of both "Contract No. 2 – General Construction" and "Contract
No. 3 – Electrical Construction". A public notice was issued when this change was made.
Bidder Acknowledgements Questionnaire (1.3.10) – Added representation regarding
BABA and AIS compliance.
CLARIFICATIONS
Questions have been answered through the “Public Q&A” feature on PennBid. All future questions and clarifications must be submitted through PennBid in this manner.
REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION / QUESTIONS
Pre-Bid Meeting Agenda – Revised section 18.d of the pre-bid conference agenda to refer to the correct contract numbers.
BIDDERS MUST ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF THIS ADDENDUM IN THE SPECIFIED
PLACE ON THE BIDDER'S PROPOSAL. THE ABSENCE OF THIS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
MAY BE CAUSE FOR REJECTION OF THE CONTRACTOR'S PROPOSAL.
END OF ADDENDUM NO. 1
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