East Mountain Retaining Wall Repair
Closed State & local contract opportunity
- Solicitation number
- 2026-ITB-135
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Responses due
Opportunity facts
- Jurisdiction
- NIGP code
- UNSPSC codes
- Point of contact
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- Caleb Bakalyar cbakalyar@scrantonpa.gov (570) 348-4118
Opportunity details come from procurement.opengov.com. Updated .
About this opportunity
The City of Scranton Department of Business Administration is requesting sealed bids for East Mountain Retaining Wall Repair at 235 East Mountain Road, with bids due online by 10:00 a.m. on September 23, 2026 (today), through the City's e-Procurement Portal. Questions were due by 11:59 p.m. on September 18, 2026; no pre-bid meeting will be held. The contract will remain in effect until satisfactory completion of the project.
The scope covers repair of approximately 90 linear feet of modular block retaining wall, including replacement of the top 1–2 courses of damaged blocks and capstones with Versa-Lok or approved equal blocks; installation of approximately 90 linear feet of powder-coated black schedule 40 steel pipe handrailing with top rail, two intermediate rails, and vertical posts; replacement of one set of stone steps; and repair of one set of concrete steps. All work must match existing conditions. The contractor must furnish all labor, materials, equipment, traffic control, dust control, and debris removal. Substantial completion is required within 40 days and final completion within 48 days after Notice to Proceed.
Bidders must demonstrate a minimum of five years of experience under their current business name and possess a valid contractor's license in Scranton for this work type. A bid bond equal to 10 percent of the total bid price is required with the bid; performance and payment bonds (each 100 percent) are required at award. Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Rates apply. Insurance coverage must include Workers' Compensation (statutory), Employer's Liability ($500,000 minimum), Professional Liability ($1,000,000 per occurrence and aggregate), Comprehensive General Liability ($1,000,000 each person and occurrence, $2,000,000 aggregate), and Comprehensive Automobile Liability ($300,000 per person, $500,000 per occurrence). Liquidated damages are $500 per day for failure to achieve Substantial Completion and $500 per day thereafter. Monthly payment is made at 90 percent of work completed with 10 percent retainage, reducible to 5 percent after 50 percent completion if progress is satisfactory. The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids and will award to the lowest responsible, responsive bidder. Addendum #1 (Revision) was posted September 22, 2026. Federal lobbying certification under 31 CFR Part 21 and DBE solicitation compliance are required.
Opportunity text
CITY OF SCRANTON
INVITATION TO BID
East Mountain Retaining Wall Repair
The City of Scranton Department of Business Administration is seeking separate sealed bids for East Mountain Retaining Wall Repair. Bids will be received online by the City Controller via the City's e-Procurement Portal until 10:00 am, Wednesday, September 23, 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 23, 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 pm on Friday, September 18, 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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