Section 00 1113 Invitation for Bids
The McKeesport Housing Authority will receive sealed Bids for Concrete Egress Balcony Repairs at Isbir Manor located at Building 17, Harrison Village, McKeesport, PA 15132, and Steelview Manor located at 501 Pirl Street, McKeesport, PA 15132, until August 12, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. Bids may be delivered/mailed to:
McKeesport Housing Authority
2901 Brownlee Street, 2nd Floor
McKeesport, PA 15132
Bids received after this time shall not be accepted. Bids shall be opened and read aloud thereafter.
Bid Documents are being distributed, with twenty-four hour prior notice, by Ditto, 1020 Ridge Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15233, phone 412-231- 7700. All prime bidders are required to buy the full set of plans and specifications. No documents will be distributed until payment in full plus tax and shipping (non-refundable) payable to and received by Ditto. Free examination of said documents is available at the office of Canzian/Johnston & Associates LLC and Pennsylvania Builders Exchange.
A Pre-Bid Conference will be held at 9:00 a.m. on July 30, 2025 beginning at Isbir Manor.
Proposals must be upon the forms furnished by the Authority and must be accompanied by a certified check or bank draft, payable to the McKeesport Housing Authority, 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:
Concrete Egress Balcony Repairs
Isbir Manor and Steelview Manor
ATTENTION: Stephen Bucklew, Executive Director
General Contract
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 Authority or Canzian/Johnston & Associates, LLC to obtain a list of all potential bidders 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 Authority 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 Authority.
Stephen Bucklew, Executive Director
McKeesport Housing Authority
End of bid solicitation.