R005022.0427 - Meredith Herr Farm Conservation Project

General Notice
Meredith Herr (Owner) is requesting Bids for the construction of the following Project:
Meredith Herr Farm Conservation Project 005022.0427
Bids for the construction of the Project will be received online until Tuesday, June 24, 2025, at 11:00am local time. At that time the Bids received will be publicly opened via PennBID and read at a virtual Teams meeting which can be accessed with the following information: Meeting ID: 219 679 247 874 7 Passcode: tZ2328ZP
The Project includes the following Work:
Work generally includes the construction of a 40’ x 104’ roofed animal heavy use area and waste storage facility, a 40’x56’ roofed manure storage facility, access roads, livestock water system, fence, animal walkways, stormwater controls, vegetated channel, and associated site development work. Bids are requested for the following Contract: Meredith Herr Farm Conservation Project .
Obtaining the Bidding Documents
Information and Bidding Documents for the Project can be found at the following designated website:
https://pennbid.bonfirehub.com/
Bidding Documents may be downloaded from the designated website. Prospective Bidders are urged to register with the designated website as a plan holder, even if Bidding Documents are obtained from a plan room or source other than the designated website in either electronic or paper format. The designated website will be updated periodically with addenda, lists of registered plan holders, reports, and other information relevant to submitting a Bid for the Project. All official notifications, addenda, and other Bidding Documents will be offered only through the designated website. Neither Owner nor Engineer will be responsible for Bidding Documents, including addenda, if any, obtained from sources other than the designated website.
Pre-bid Conference
A mandatory pre-bid conference for the Project will be held on Monday, June 16, 2025 at 10:00 am at the Meredith Herr Farm (820 Pine Grove Road, Hanover, Pennsylvania 17331). Bids will not be accepted from Bidders that do not attend the mandatory pre-bid conference.
Instructions to Bidders.
All questions about the meaning or intent of the Bidding Documents are to be submitted via PennBID in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders. Telephone inquiries are unacceptable.
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 127 of 2012, 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 for this project is greater than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) and the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage 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).
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Meredith Herr 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 Meredith Herr, and to reject any or all proposals.