Mayfield Trailhead & Recreation Area Development Project

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed bids will be received electronically via the PennBid Program by the Lackawanna Heritage Valley Authority, Lackawanna County Pennsylvania until 3:00 pm on Thursday, May 30th, 2024. The sealed bids will be opened and read at the offices of Woodland Design Associates, Inc., 119 Lincoln Street, Honesdale, PA 18431, at approximately 3:30 pm on that same day, for the following Contract: Mayfield Trailhead & Recreation Area Development Project Mayfield Borough, Lackawanna County, PA a) Mobilization to the site and staging. b) Material purchase and installation of temporary erosion and sediment control measures per the PA DEP Chapter 105 permit and the approved Erosion and Sediment Control Plan. c) Demolition and site preparation for proposed project items, including excavation. This includes necessary off-haul. d) Removal of existing surface materials and material purchase and installation of topsoil cap. e) Material purchase and installation of the park entry drive per PennDOT minimum use driveway permit; including grading, adjacent grade returns, and paving, and gravel surface to parking lot. f) Material purchase and installation of the river access drive; including grading, adjacent grade returns, and paving. g) Material purchase and installation of the 8’ wide 2A modified gravel trail; including adjacent grade returns (Approximately 1200 linear feet). h) Material purchase and installation of the concrete lattice non-motorized boat launch ramp (Approximately 20’ long and 14’ wide) ; including grading and adjacent grade returns. i) Material purchase and installation of the gravel parking lot; including the asphalt paved ADA parking spaces (Approximately 500 SF), striping, symbols, signs, and surfacing to meet ADA standards (Approximately 9400 SF). j) Material purchase and installation of the Split Rail Fence, per the drawings (Approximately 310 linear feet). k) Material purchase and installation of the 6’ wide gravel trail segments; including grading and adjacent grade returns, per the drawings (Approximately 200 linear feet). l) Material purchase and installation of concrete pads for trash receptacles, bike rack, and benches along trails and parking lot. m) Material purchase and installation of all swales and the raingarden (Approximately 4200 SF); including the excavation, raingarden soil, raingarden seed, plugs, fertilizer, mulch, catch basin, pipe, and outlet apron. n) Material purchase and installation of 5’ wide discovery trail(s) (Approximately 1925 linear feet). o) Material purchase and installation of all trees (14 total); including other specified seeding, fertilizer, mulch, and vegetation. This does not include: the trees specified for the heritage monument area, plants in the raingarden, or the sixteen (16) trees that will be purchased by the owner and installed by volunteers. p) Material purchase and installation of the Japanese Knotweed Treatment Areas; including removal, herbicide spray treatment, seed, fertilizer, and mulch application. q) Material purchase and installation of the Riparian Buffer Offset Plan; including planting, seeding, mulch, fertilizer, and monitoring. r) Material purchase and installation of the Boot Cleaning Station; including the sign. s) Receiving, assembly, and installation of all owner-supplied site furnishings and amenities, including: all benches, trash receptacles, bike racks, and bollards. t) Material purchase and installation of Park Sign, Interpretive Sign, and River Access Sign. This does not include the ADA parking signs, Boot Cleaning Station Sign, or interpretive sign that is part of Bid Alt #1. u) Bid Alternate #1 – Material purchase and installation of the Heritage Monument as described on Sheet L-11 of the drawings, including: a 2A modified gravel trail segment, a flat bluestone pad picnic area, decorative curbing and curb surround, wood heritage monument (open roof pergola), soil and planting area, an interpretive sign; and receiving, assembling, and installing two (2) owner-supplied, ground mounted, picnic tables. *Please note: the contractor is responsible for verifying the project layout and all lengths, dimensions, and material amounts. Those provided are for estimate purposes only and do not include any contingencies. Costs and amounts should be provided by the contractor so the project may be built as shown in the drawings and specifications. The Drawings, Specifications, and other Contract Documents are available at no cost via the PennBid Program (www.pennbid.net). The bid must be submitted on forms furnished by the Landscape Architect and must be accompanied by a bid guarantee in an amount not less then ten percent (10%) of the amount of the base bid submitted. This sum will serve as a bid security and will be forfeited to The Lackawanna Heritage Valley Authority, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania as liquidated damages in the event that an award is made, and the Contract and Bonds are not promptly executed as required in the contract documents for required bonds and insurance coverage. A pre-bid conference will be held on Tuesday May 21, 2024, at 10 a.m. at the site (1300 State Route 1023, Mayfield Borough, PA 18433; east of the intersection of Plank Rd. (SR 1023) and Chestnut St. (SR 1008) across from the Calvary Cemetery.) No bid may be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days after the date specified for opening and reading of the bids, except as provided in accordance with the Pennsylvania Act No. 4 as approved on January 23, 1974. The Lackawanna Heritage Valley Authority reserves the right to reject any and all proposals and to waive any technical defects and irregularities. The Lackawanna Heritage Valley Authority reserves the right to remove any item from the project scope in the base bid form to ensure the project remains within the budget. Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Rates apply to this project.