Freemansburg municipal community & cultural center building

Freemansburg Borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania is soliciting design-build construction services for the Freemansburg Municipal Community & Cultural Center Building through online bidding via PennBid, with bids due by 11:00 AM on Tuesday, March 24, 2026. The procurement encompasses comprehensive design-build services, geotechnical investigation, and full construction of a single-story, single-span rigid-frame pre-engineered metal building measuring 125 feet by 90 feet with a steel-framed mezzanine not exceeding 3,300 square feet, featuring variable eave heights ranging from 20 to 26 feet 8 inches, standing seam metal roof panels, and R-30 wall insulation with R-38 roof insulation. Bidders must furnish all supervision, technical personnel, labor, materials, tools, equipment, and associated work as specified in the Project Manual and Contract Plans, excluding HVAC, electrical, and plumbing work, with all designs and calculations sealed by a Pennsylvania-registered professional engineer and conforming to the 2021 International Building Code and ACI 301 concrete standards. The contract includes bid alternates for concrete floor slab, retaining walls, and windows and doors, with a project completion timeline of 180 calendar days from the Notice-to-Proceed and liquidated damages of $200 per calendar day for delays. A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting is scheduled for 10:00 AM on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, at the Freemansburg Borough Building, and each bid submission must be accompanied by either a certified check or bid bond equal to 5 percent of the total bid price. Successful bidders must be PennDOT prequalified as prime contractors and prequalified in specific work class codes constituting at least 50 percent of the project value, and must provide Performance and Payment Bonds at 100 percent of the contract price and a Maintenance Bond at 10 percent of the contract price covering one year of maintenance.

This project is designated as Public Works by a Public Body under the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act, requiring all workers to be paid prevailing minimum wage rates as promulgated by the Pennsylvania Secretary of Labor, and contractors must comply with the Public Works Employment Verification Act by utilizing the federal E-Verify Program to verify employment eligibility for all employees hired after January 1, 2013, within five business days of hire. All bidders must submit a Contractor's Qualification Statement documenting their organization's structure, major engineered construction projects completed within the past five years, current projects, surety company information, bonding capacity ranging from $500,000 to $10,000,000 or more, banking references, and any history of contract non-completion or delays. Bidders must also execute a Non-Collusion Affidavit certifying that pricing was determined independently without collusion and that no attempts have been made to induce complementary or non-competitive bids, with failure to file a compliant affidavit resulting in bid disqualification. No specific incumbent vendors or technology integration requirements are identified in the procurement documents. Award will be made to the responsible bidder submitting the lowest responsive bid; no specific budget range is disclosed in the available documents. Freemansburg Borough reserves the right to reject all bids and waive any bidding informalities, and no bid may be withdrawn within 60 days of the opening date.