Project Name: Kitchen/Bathroom Renovations: Mckean Way & Regency Buildings

Community: Housing Authority of Armstrong County

Due Date: December 10, 2009 , 11:00AM

Contact: Michael Malak

Deposit: $45.00

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Leader Times: November 13, 18, 24, 2009 consent of the HACA.

The HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY OF ARMSTRONG (HACA) will receive sealed bids for Contract Number CFP (ARRA) 2009-05,KITCHEN & BATHROOM RENOVATIONS PROJECT at SOUTH McKEAN WAY and THE REGENCY BUILDING, until 11:00 A.M. on December 10, 2009 at  350 S. Jefferson Street, Kittanning, PA 16201, when bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Bid documents may be obtained at Senate Engineering Company (412-826-5454), U-PARC, 420 William Pitt Way, Pittsburgh, PA 15238 upon a non-refundable payment of $45.00, payable to Senate Engineering Company. The Authority and the Design Consultant assume no responsibility for delay or loss due to mailing.

A Pre-Bid Conference will be held at South McKean Way, located at South McKean Way, 200 Block, Kittanning, PA  16201, at 10:00 a.m. on November 19, 2009.      

Proposals must be upon the forms furnished by the HACA and must be accompanied by a certified check or bank draft, payable to the HACA, negotiable U.S. Government Bonds (at par value), or a satisfactory bid bond executed by the Bidder and an acceptable surety, in a dollar amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the total bid. Submit all required documents in a sealed envelope clearly marked “Kitchen & Bathroom Renovations Project – South McKean Way and the Regency Building”.

Attention is called to all respondents that all applicable Equal Employment Opportunity requirements for federally assisted contracts must be complied with. This includes strict compliance with Executive Order 11246, as amended (establishing a goal of 6.9% for female employment and 5% minority employment); Nondiscrimination; Executive Order 11625, Minority Business Enterprises; Executive Order 12138, Women Business Enterprise; Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968; Civil Rights Act of 1964; and Minority Business Participation.

Notice is hereby given that, because this is a Section 3 project, the successful bidder must, to the greatest extent feasible, use project-area businesses located in or owned in substantial part by, local residents, and to direct newly created employment/subcontracting opportunities to Section 3 residents. Any qualified Section 3 business may make written request to the HACA or to the Design Professional to obtain a list of all potential bidders in order to facilitate their ability to make their services known to these potential bidders.

Bidders are hereby notified that this project is subject to federal prevailing wage rates; the minimum salaries and wages as set forth in the Contract Documents must be paid on this project.

The HACA reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive informalities in the bidding, and to consider the competency and responsibility of the Bidders in awarding the contract.

No bid shall be withdrawn for a period of 60 days subsequent to the opening of the bids without the written consent of the HACA. 

 By:  Karen Rega, Executive Director