Spyglass Hill Road Stormwater Basins 1 & 2 Retrofit and Broad Street Rain Garden, Contract No. 26-01

The Bath Borough Stormwater Authority is soliciting bids for the construction of the Spyglass Hill Road Stormwater Basins 1 & 2 Retrofit and Broad Street Rain Garden, under Contract No. 26-01, with sealed bids due by 12:00 Noon on Friday, May 22, 2026. The project involves retrofitting two existing detention basins in the Holiday Hills Subdivision into modern infiltration basins, including modifications to outlet structures and replacement of perimeter fencing and gates, as well as constructing a rain garden within a stormwater easement on Northampton Area School District property at the southern end of Broad Street. All bids must include a bid security of at least ten percent of the maximum bid price in the form of a certified check. A mandatory pre-bid meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 12, 2026, at the Bath Borough Municipal Building, and all questions regarding the bidding documents must be submitted through the PennBid portal. The professional engineer overseeing the project is Colliers Engineering & Design, with Ronald B. Madison, P.E. designated as the point of contact for inquiries. The contract operates under a fixed-price structure and follows a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable methodology, where award is made to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder whose proposal meets the minimum technical requirements and is in the best interest of the project. Bidders must demonstrate compliance with bid requirements, qualifications, financial responsibility, experience, and prior work history, with ties broken by evaluating qualifications or random selection. The scope includes full implementation of a Quality Control program aligned with Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Publication 408 and ASTM standards for materials such as concrete and steel. All inspections and tests are the contractor’s responsibility, though final acceptance rests with the Engineer at the project site. Subcontractors and suppliers must carry specialized insurance, including commercial general liability coverage with minimum limits of $2 million general aggregate and $1 million products-completed operations aggregate, and the policies must exclude certain exclusions related to water damage, subsidence, and vicarious liability. The contract requires adherence to site condition certifications, anti-collusion attestations, and compliance with applicable laws, but does not require UEI/CAGE codes, socioeconomic certifications, or size status declarations. Deliveries and performance occur at the project site with no specified FOB terms, and the contract does not include formal accounting identifiers, payment office details, or invoicing system requirements. Electronic submission via the PennBid platform is mandatory, with no page