Project Name: Various AVCOG Projects:

Brackenridge Borough, Sanitary Sewer Rehab - Phase II \

Blawnox Borough, Sanitary Sewer Repair Phase IV/Manhole Rehabilitation Phase II

Due Date: Friday December 18, 2009 , 10:00AM

Contact: Rich Knapek

Deposit: $40.00

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Separate and sealed proposals will be received by Senate Engineering Company, U-PARC, 420 William Pitt Way, Bldg. A-6, Room 138, Pittsburgh, PA, on behalf of the Allegheny Valley North Council of Governments, until TEN (10:00) AM prevailing time on Friday, December 18, 2009, and publicly opened and read immediately thereafter for the following project(s)

CD 34-3.17.1

CD 34-3.17.2 Rehabilitation Phase 2, Blawnox Borough

Copies of drawings, specifications and other contract documents may be examined or obtained for bidding purposes from Senate Engineering Company, U-PARC, 420 William Pitt Way, Bldg. A-6, Room 138, Pittsburgh, PA, telephone number: 412-826-5454.  Fees for each document are forty ($40.00) dollars (non-refundable) payable to Senate Engineering Company.

Each bid must be accompanied by a Bid Bond or Certified Check payable to the Allegheny Valley North Council of Governments in an amount of not less than ten percent (10%) of the Base Bid.

NO BID DOCUMENTS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AFTER FIVE (5:00) PM ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2009.

ALL BIDDERS WILL BE OBLIGATED TO ATTEND A MANDATORY PRE-BID CONFERENCE TO BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2009 AT 10:00 AM IN THE OFFICES OF SENATE ENGINEERING COMPANY, U-PARC, 420 WILLIAM PITT WAY, BLDG. A-6, ROOM 138, PITTSBURGH, PA.  BIDDERS NOT IN ATTENDANCE SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED TO SUBMIT A BID.

BIDDERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO INCLUDE A CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION (CCR) NUMBER AND A DUN & BRADSTREET DATA UNIVERSAL NUMBER SYSTEM (DUNS) NUMBER WITH THEIR BID.

"Compliance is required with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) and the regulation to the Buy American Act which requires all products to be American made. Any recipients of funds must have a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number and a Central Contractor Registration (CCR). Strict adherence will be required in submitting detailed status reports. Compliance is also required with the Davis-Bacon Act and other Federal Labor Standard Provisions; Title VI and other applicable provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; the Department of Labor Equal Opportunity Clause (41 CFR 60 -1.4); Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968; Section 109 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974; Executive Order 11625 (Utilization of Minority Business Enterprise); Executive Order 12138 (Utilization of Female Business Enterprise); in compliance with Section 504 of Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; and the Allegheny County MWDBE Program enacted July, 1981, which sets forth goals of 13 percent Minority and 2 percent Female Business Enterprise." Further, notice is hereby given that this is a Section 3 project under the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, (as amended) and must, to the greatest extent feasible, utilize lower income residents for employment and training opportunities and Section 3 Business concerns and all contracts and subcontracts for this project shall contain the "Section 3 Clause‖ as set forth in 24 CFR, Part 135.38. Moreover, compliance is required by the prime contractor and all subcontractors with the document entitled Federal General Conditions that are included with the bid materials furnished. These Federal General Conditions are to be incorporated by reference into all construction contracts between operating agency and contractor, contractor and subcontractor(s) and lower tiered subcontractor(s).

No bidder may withdraw his bid within ninety (90) days after the actual bid opening thereof.  The AVNCOG reserves the right to waive any informalities or to reject any or all proposals, alternates or parts of proposals for any reason whatsoever.

Thomas J. Benecki, Executive Director

Allegheny Valley North Council of Governments