Gravel Ridge Road Sewer Extension Project

Middle Smithfield Township, Pennsylvania, is soliciting sealed unit-price bids for the Gravel Ridge Road Sewer Extension Project, with bids due November 5, 2026 at 2:00 P.M. through PennBid and contract award slated for the Township's regular meeting that day. Work is partly financed by a Commonwealth of Pennsylvania grant through the Commonwealth Financing Authority, and estimated quantities may be reduced subject to available grant funding.

Eligibility filters center on compliance paperwork and bonding. Bidders must submit a completed Bidder Qualification Statement, a non-collusion affidavit, and a Public Works Employment Verification Form. Bid security equals ten percent of the estimated total contract price, provided as a certified check, bank money order, or bid bond. The successful bidder must furnish Performance and Payment Bonds at 100% of the contract price and a Maintenance Bond at 15% of the contract price for eighteen months after final completion. The project is subject to Act 422 (Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act), the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, and Act 127 of 2012, which requires verifying that all employees hired after January 1, 2013, are legally eligible to work in the United States.

The scope covers approximately 960 linear feet of low-pressure force main sewer extension, with 893 linear feet installed by horizontal directional drilling and 70 linear feet by trenching. The nine bid items include mobilization, pipe installation, curb stops, cleanouts, manhole connections, air release structures, signage, and pavement restoration with seeding. Work must be substantially complete within 90 calendar days and fully complete within 150 calendar days of commencement, with liquidated damages of $500 per day for delays beyond the completion deadline. Progress payments are made monthly at 90% of work completed, rising to 95% after 50% completion, with retainage. The Owner is exempt from Pennsylvania sales and use taxes on materials and equipment incorporated into the work.