Knox & Kane Trail Development Phase II

Bids are requested for the following Contract: Knox & Kane Trail Development Phase II.
The Pennsylvania Environmental Council will receive sealed bids online for the construction of sections of the Knox & Kane Trail in McKean County. Bids can be submitted and will be received online using the PennBid online platform until Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:00 AM (EST) at which time they will be opened electronically and publicly posted on PennBid’s website.
The Project includes the following Work:
The Work is generally described as follows: rails-to-trails conversion of old railroad bed to shared use trail; the project generally consists of construction of approximately 18,500 LF of new 10’ wide stone dust trail, clearing and grubbing of 20’ wide trail construction/pedestrian unloading area, 4,600 LF of drainage channel construction, over 250’ of culvert pipe installation with delineation stakes, 8 driveway crossings, and associated site improvements.
Information and Bidding Documents for the Project can be found at the following designated website:
https://pennbid.bonfirehub.com
Contract documents and specifications may be downloaded from the designated website, listed above. The successful bidder, who is awarded the contract, will be required to pay PennBid Program fee of 1/3% of the contract award value. Bidders must confirm the fees associated with bidding through PennBid and the successful bidder is responsible for the fees associated with awarded bid. All official notifications, addenda, and other Bidding Documents will be offered only through the designated website.
Instructions to Bidders.
Bid security in the form of a Certified Check or Bid Bond shall be furnished with the bid in an amount not less than 10%, made out to the Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC), as a guarantee that the bidder will furnish proper bonds satisfactory to the PEC, and enter into a contract to do the said work.
All questions about the meaning or intent of the Bidding Documents are to be submitted via PennBID in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders.
Before the Notice to Proceed is issued there will be a mandatory preconstruction meeting attended by the OWNER, ENGINEER, DESIGNER, and CONTRACTOR.
For all further requirements regarding bid submittal, qualifications, procedures, and contract award, refer to the Instructions to Bidders that are included in the Bidding Documents.
Statutory Requirements
Bidders must comply with all State antibid-rigging regulations pertaining to work associated with this project, and will be required to submit an executed non-collusion affidavit with the bid.
Bidders should refer to provisions of federal and state statutes, rules and regulations dealing with the prevention of environmental pollution and preservation of public natural resources that affect the project, pursuant to Act No. 247 of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, approved October 26, 1972.
This Project falls under The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania enacted Act 141 of 2022 , known as the Public Works Employment Verification Act (‘the Act’) which requires all public work contractors and subcontractors to utilize the Federal Government’s E-Verify system to ensure that all employees performing work on public work projects are authorized to work in the United States. All Bidders are required to submit a Public Works Employment Verification Form as a precondition for the Contract Award.
The estimated cost of this Project is greater than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000) and the federal Davis-Bacon Act shall apply.
All bids shall be irrevocable for 60 days after the bid opening date unless award is delayed by a required approval of another government agency, the sale of bonds, or the award of a grant or grants, in which case this Bid shall remain subject to acceptance for 120 days after the bid opening date as provided by the Act of November 26, 1978 (P.L. 1309, No. 317), as amended by the Act of December 12, 1994 (P.L. 1042, No. 142).
The Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC) reserves the right to waive any defects, errors, omissions, mistakes, informalities, to accept any bid or combination of bids that are deemed to be in the best interest of the PEC, and to reject any or all proposals.
This Project was financed in part by a grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED).