2026 Pavement Patching Services

The Brodhead Creek Regional Authority is seeking sealed bids for the 2026 Wastewater Treatment Plant Annual Sludge Removal contract, located at 6 South 4th Street, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. The procurement involves the removal, hauling, and proper disposal of approximately 2,500 tons of biosolids, press room sludge, and grit & screening materials from the facility's wastewater treatment operations. Bidders must be licensed to transport solid waste in Monroe County and possess all required local, state, and federal permits for sludge hauling and disposal. The contract will run for the entire 2026 calendar year, with pickup requests anticipated three to five times per week, and each container expected to contain approximately 15 tons of 15 percent dewatered municipal sludge. Bids must be submitted online via the PennBid Program by December 10, 2025, at 2:00 PM EST, with a mandatory bid security of 10 percent of the total bid amount in the form of money orders, bid bonds, certified checks, or cashier's checks. Qualified bidders must provide 25 or 30 cubic yard roll-off containers with polyethylene liners and demonstrate the ability to deliver materials to Authority-approved landfills, with current designated disposal facilities including Alliance Landfill, Grand Central Sanitation, and Keystone Sanitary Landfill.

The bid opportunity does not specify any set-aside designations or restrictions on bidding organizations. The 2025 bid tabulation reveals six vendors submitted bids, with unit prices ranging from $117.25 to $175.00 per ton, suggesting a potential contract value between $293,125 and $437,500 based on the estimated 2,500 tons of sludge. The lowest bidder in the previous year was Gary W. Gray Trucking Inc. at $117.25 per ton, followed by Environmental Protection & Improvement Company LLC/Synagro at $139.87 per ton, and J.P. Mascaro & Sons at $157.50 per ton. Existing infrastructure includes 15 percent dewatered municipal sludge and the requirement for containers not exceeding 75 inches in height and approximately 24 feet in length. Successful bidders must maintain specific insurance requirements, including Public Liability and Property Damage Insurance with minimum limits of $500,000 per person and $1,000,000 per accident, as well as Automobile and Workmen's Compensation Insurance. The Authority reserves the right to reject any and all bids and will pay invoices within 30 days of receipt based on actual tonnage removed and the bid price per ton.