Market Street Retiming and Signal Updgrade

Lewisburg Borough is soliciting bids on the Market Street Retiming and Signal Upgrade project, a traffic signal equipment upgrade with emergency preemption and coordination across multiple intersections in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, with bids due September 2, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. and questions due August 26, 2026 at 10:00 a.m.

The scope spans traffic signal equipment upgrades, emergency preemption system installation, and signal coordination at Second, Third, Fourth, and Seventh Street intersections on Market Street (SR 45). Deliverables include mobilization, maintenance and protection of traffic, cement concrete sidewalk installation (58 square yards), aluminum signs (73 square feet), cellular communication systems (2 units), NEMA TS-2 controller assemblies (2 units), conduit installations (2-inch and 3-inch), trench and backfill (697 linear feet), signal cable (7,949 linear feet across multiple conductor configurations), junction boxes (6 units), electrical service disconnects (2 units), uninterruptible power supplies (4 units), vehicular signal heads (24 units), APS pushbuttons (32 units), optical preemption systems (4 units), and pole-mounted auxiliary controller cabinets (4 units). Work must comply with Pennsylvania Department of Transportation standards and specifications, including PennDOT traffic signal standards (TC-8800 series) and Act 181 utility damage prevention requirements. Signal phasing is 70-second cycle length with coordinated timing; programming operates 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. weekdays with free coordination during off-peak hours.

Substantial completion is required by April 16, 2027; final completion by April 30, 2027. Award goes to the responsible bidder submitting the lowest responsive bid on a unit price basis. Bid security of ten percent of maximum bid price via bid bond is required. Liquidated damages are $1,000 per day for missing completion milestones. Performance and payment bonds equal to contract amount are required. Progress payments are monthly at 90 percent of completed work with 10 percent retainage; retainage ceases after 50 percent completion; upon substantial completion, payment increases to 100 percent minus two times the engineer's estimate of remaining work. The engineer is LIVIC Civil, LLC. Bids are submitted electronically via the PennBID Program. The contract is governed by EJCDC C-700 Standard General Conditions for Construction Contracts (2018). No pre-bid conference was conducted.