Mahoning Township: Street Improvements – West Side Road (Reconstruct/Pave) (Maple to Woodlawn) FY2023, FY2024, FY2025

The County of Carbon will receive bids until 10:30 A.M., prevailing local time, Thursday, October 15, 2026, via the PennBid Program. No hardcopy or hand delivered submissions will be accepted. The bid results will be displayed publicly on Penn Bid and read aloud at the regular meeting of the Carbon County Commissioners at 10:30 A.M., prevailing local time, Thursday, October 15, 2026, at the Commissioners' Conference Room, Third Floor, Carbon County Administration Building, Jim Thorpe, PA, 18229. Bids are invited for the following: Mahoning Township: Street Improvements - West Side Road (Maple to Woodlawn) FY2023, FY2024, FY2025 Contract documents, including Drawings and Technical Specifications, may be obtained at no cost via the PennBid Program: www.pennbid.net. Addenda, if any, will be issued via a Public Notice and posted on PennBid. A TDD number is available for any person with hearing impairments (570-732-0084). A certified check or bank draft, payable to the Order of the County of Carbon, or a satisfactory Bid Bond executed by the Bidder and an acceptable surety, in an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the total of the Bid shall be submitted with each bid. The Bidder shall include the fully completed Non-collusion Affidavit with the bid. In addition to the Equal Employment requirements of Executive Order 11246 regarding discrimination, the CONTRACTOR must establish a 6.9% goal for female participation and a 1% goal for minority participation in his/her aggregate on-site construction workforce for contracts in excess of $10,000. The Carbon County Office of Planning and Development is utilizing federal funds for these projects, and has adopted a Minority and Women Business Enterprise (MBE/WBE) in accordance with Executive Orders 11625, 12138, and 12432 and a Section 3 Action Plan in accordance with Title 24 Part 135 Code of Federal Regulations. As such, the bidders must submit documentary evidence of minority and women business enterprises and Section 3 business concerns that have been contacted and to whom commitments have been made. Documentation of such must be submitted with the bid. Moreover, the CONTRACTOR shall strive to meet the MBE goal of 5% and the WBE goal of 3% for contracts of $25,000 or more. The Section 3 Action Plan applies to contracts of $100,000 or greater and requires the CONTRACTOR to strive to meet the minimum participation level of 10% of the contract amount to be awarded to Section 3 business concerns, and 30% of all new hires shall be Section 3 residents. MBE/WBE and Section 3 business concerns shall be afforded full opportunity to bid without discrimination. Contractor is obligated to make a "diligent effort" to achieve all goals. Davis-Bacon and Related Acts apply to this Project. Bids may be held by the COUNTY for up to 90 days from the date of opening for the purposes of reviewing the bids and investigating the qualifications of bidders prior to awarding the contract. The COUNTY reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive any irregularities, or to negotiate contract amounts.