City Pools - Opening, Closing, and Winterization - REBID
Closed State & local contract opportunity
- Solicitation number
- 2026-ITB-137
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Responses due
Opportunity facts
- Jurisdiction
- NIGP code
- Point of contact
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- Caleb Bakalyar cbakalyar@scrantonpa.gov (570) 348-4118
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About this opportunity
The City of Scranton Department of Business Administration is requesting sealed bids for pool opening, closing, and winterization services under ITB #2026-ITB-137, with bids due September 30, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. via the City's e-Procurement Portal.
The scope covers base-bid services at Weston Field Pool and Nay Aug Pool, with Weston Park Pool and Connell Park Pool available as add/alternates. Each pool requires winterization (completion no later than November 1) consisting of line blowdown, antifreeze and chemical application, fixture removal, and pool covering; and opening services (completion no later than May 10) consisting of uncovering, line clearing, and reinstallation of railings, ladders, and splash elements. Bidders must demonstrate a minimum of five years of experience under their current business name.
The contract term is one year. Award will be made to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder. Bidders must submit a bid bond equal to ten percent of the contract amount, with performance and payment bonds of 100% each due at contract award. Required insurance includes workers' compensation (statutory), employer's liability ($500,000 minimum), professional liability ($1,000,000 per occurrence / $1,000,000 aggregate), comprehensive general liability ($1,000,000 per person / $1,000,000 per occurrence / $2,000,000 aggregate for bodily injury), and comprehensive automobile liability ($300,000 per person / $500,000 per occurrence for bodily injury).
All bid submissions must include affirmative action certification, non-segregated facilities certificate, non-collusion affidavit, disclosure forms, and Federal Certification Regarding Lobbying. A non-mandatory pre-proposal meeting is scheduled for September 24, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. at Weston Field (982 Providence Rd, Scranton, PA 18508). Questions via the e-Procurement Portal are due September 28, 2026 at 11:59 a.m., with responses due September 30 at 10:00 a.m. Bidders must register on the City's e-Procurement Portal and follow the project to receive addenda notifications.
Opportunity text
CITY OF SCRANTON
INVITATION TO BID
City Pools - Opening, Closing, and Winterization - REBID
The City of Scranton Department of Business Administration is seeking separate sealed bids for City Pools - Opening, Closing, and Winterization - REBID. Bids will be received online by the City Controller via the City's e-Procurement Portal until 10:00 am, Wednesday, September 30, 2026, at which time such bids will be opened in City Council Chambers on the 2nd Floor of City Hall. A video of the bid opening will be available for public viewing at www.youtube.com/user/electriccitytv570 after the live opening.
Bids shall be made upon the specifications included in the official Invitation to Bid (ITB) which may be obtained by visiting the City of Scranton's e-Procurement Portal, https://secure.procurenow.com/portal/scrantonpa. If you intend to submit a bid, you must register on the City's e-Procurement Portal. Once registered, you may view and click "Follow" to be a prospective bidder for this ITB. You will then appear on the followers list. If you do not follow this project you will not receive automatic addenda notifications, nor will you be able to draft a response in the City's e-Procurement Portal, and therefore you will be unable to participate in or be considered for this ITB.
All bid documents and supplementary documents must be uploaded and submitted using the City's e-Procurement Portal prior to 10:00 am on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, as instructed in this ITB. Once file(s) have been uploaded and the submission status shows as "Submitted," the submission is complete. At that point, bidder's representative who is registered with the City will receive an email confirmation from the City's e-Procurement Portal.
All communications regarding technical, scope, and/or project related questions and requests for clarifications, changes, exceptions, and deviations to the terms and conditions set forth in this ITB shall be submitted via "Q & A" through the City's e-Procurement Portal, before the deadline of 11:59 am on Monday, September 28, 2026 and according to these specifications herein.
If you encounter any technical difficulties utilizing the City's e-Procurement Portal, you may contact OpenGov, the Software Administrator, using the real-time chat function on the website (located in lower right-hand corner of the screen), or via email at support@procurenow.com. It is still your responsibility to ensure that your bid is submitted before the deadline.
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