Delaware County Courthouse Façade Stabilization – Phase 1 (eDPW-120926)

The County of Delaware, Pennsylvania, through its Department of Central Purchasing, is soliciting sealed bids for structural stabilization and restoration of exterior marble at the Delaware County Courthouse under Delaware County Courthouse Façade Stabilization – Phase 1 (eDPW-120926), with responses due December 9, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. via PennBid. The project carries good faith participation requirements under Resolution 2022-3: contractors must make good faith efforts to achieve 10 percent local worker participation, 10 percent minority and female craftspeople participation, and utilization of veteran-owned, minority-owned, women-owned, and small business enterprises. The project is also subject to Delaware County Chapter 29 requirements and Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act requirements.

The scope covers raking and repointing open joints around lower dentils and the lower cornice, t-cap installation in sky-facing cornice joints, fiberglass pinning and adhesive at unstable dentils, cornice sections, finials, headers, and column scrolls, dutchman repairs with blind pins, marble patch and crack repairs, consolidation treatment, and marble replacement for dentils and lower cornice, as defined on the drawings. Bidders submit unit price proposals for 13 base bid items plus 8 additional unit price line items, all requiring completion. Contractors must certify participation in Class A Apprenticeship Training Programs. The work must be completed within 180 consecutive calendar days from the Official Notice-to-Proceed, at 201 West Front Street, Media, Pennsylvania 19063.

Bid security is a certified check or bid bond of not less than 10 percent of the total bid. The successful bidder must furnish performance, labor and materials, and maintenance bonds, each at 100 percent of the total bid amount, within ten days of award. Insurance requirements include comprehensive general liability with a combined single limit of $3,000,000 per occurrence (deductible no more than $1,000), business automobile coverage of $1,000,000, catastrophe umbrella liability of $1,000,000, and employer's liability of $500,000, with the County named as additional insured and a 60-day cancellation notice clause. Contractors compensated $50,000 or more must file the Appendix O political contribution disclosure, and non-submission or material inaccuracy may result in debarment for up to three years.

The mandatory pre-bid conference was held October 27, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. on site. Bids may not be modified, withdrawn, or canceled for sixty days after the bid opening.