Connell Park Rehabilitation Project - Sitework ITB
Closed State & local contract opportunity
- Solicitation number
- 2026-ITB-128
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Responses due
Opportunity facts
- Jurisdiction
- Point of contact
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- Tara Stark tstark@scrantonpa.gov (570) 348-4151
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About this opportunity
The City of Scranton Department of Business Administration is soliciting sealed bids for the Connell Park Rehabilitation Project - Sitework ITB on a lump-sum basis, with bids due July 14, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. through the City's e-Procurement Portal and a non-mandatory pre-proposal meeting scheduled for July 2, 2026. This project is federally funded through Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) assistance, triggering Davis-Bacon prevailing wage compliance requirements and HUD environmental review procedures.
The scope encompasses site preparation, demolition of existing pavement and equipment, installation of playground structures (Mega Tower, swing set, and dog park equipment), construction of ADA-compliant asphalt paved walkways and parking areas, installation of a rain garden with native plantings and stormwater management features, and landscape restoration on a 20.78-acre parcel at 800 Gibbons Street. An add-alternate covers pervious pavement installation. Substantial completion is required by November 1, 2026, and final completion by December 1, 2026, with liquidated damages assessed at $500 per day for delay. All work must comply with Pennsylvania Department of Transportation standards and utility coordination requirements.
Bidders must hold a valid contractor's license in the City of Scranton and demonstrate a minimum of five years of experience under their current business name. Required bonds include a bid bond at 10 percent of the contract amount and performance and payment bonds at 100 percent of contract amount. Insurance requirements include workers' compensation (statutory), employer's liability ($500,000 minimum), professional liability ($1,000,000 per occurrence), general liability ($1,000,000 each person / $2,000,000 aggregate), and automobile liability ($300,000 per person / $500,000 per occurrence). The contract term is fixed through December 31, 2026. Written questions are due July 9, 2026 at 4:30 p.m. Award is made to the lowest responsible bidder.
Opportunity text
CITY OF SCRANTON
INVITATION TO BID
Connell Park Rehabilitation Project - Sitework ITB
The City of Scranton Department of Business Administration is seeking separate sealed bids for Connell Park Rehabilitation Project - Sitework ITB. Bids will be received online by the City Controller via the City's e-Procurement Portal until 10:00 am, Tuesday, July 14, 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 Tuesday, July 14, 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 4:30 pm on Thursday, July 9, 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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