TEMPLE UNIVERSITY – TAMAQUA DENTAL CLINIC

Project Description: The Tamaqua Area Community Partnership will receive sealed bids for the construction of a new Dental Clinic for Temple University. Bids will be received through Penn Bid.
Bidders are hereby notified that this project is subject to the PA Prevailing Wage Rate regulations and Contractors will be required to pay no less than the prevailing wage as indicated within the schedules and submit certified payrolls on a weekly basis. The project is being partially funded by the PA Department of Community & Economic Development (DCED), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and other funding sources, and will be subject to Build America, Buy America Act (BABAA), the Steel Products Procurement Act and City Revitalization Improvement Zone (CRIZ) requirements.
The work consists of a single prime contract. Such construction project can generally be described as:
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY – TAMAQUA DENTAL CLINIC
(Single Prime Contract)
The work generally includes: This project will include the furnishing and installation of all required labor and materials to construct a new Dental Clinic / Teaching Facility and other ancillary related items, complete and ready for use by the Owner and in compliance with the latest codes and regulations.
Bids will be received until 3:00 p.m. (local prevailing time) on February 20, 2026, through PENN BID.
Digital bidding documents may be examined and secured through PENN BID. Addenda, if any, will be issued through PENN BID.
All Bids shall be irrevocable for a period of 90 days after the bid opening date, for the purposes of reviewing the bids and investigating the qualifications of Bidders, prior to awarding the contract.
All bids shall be accompanied by a ten (10%) percent bid guaranty, payable to the Tamaqua Area Community Partnership. Bid security shall be in one of the following forms only: Certified check (drawn on a bank authorized to conduct business in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania) or bid bond. Lack of bid guarantee may be cause for rejection of submitted bid. The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a Performance Bond and a Labor & Materials Payment Bond, each in the amount of 100% of the Contract price. A one-year Maintenance Bond, in the amount of ten (10%) percent of the final contract price, shall also be required and submitted as part of the contract close-out documents. Cost of bonds to be included in the Contractor's base bid.
The Tamaqua Area Community Partnership is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Each Bidder shall also comply with the following Equal Opportunity requirements:
Notice to Requirements for Affirmative Action - Contractors are urged to include disadvantage, minority, women and veteran businesses in their contracts and sub-contracts wherever possible.
Standard Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Construction Contract Specifications (Executive Order 11246 41 CFT 60-4.3).
Equal Opportunity Clauses (41 CFT 60.1.4(a) and (b)).
The Tamaqua Area Community Partnership reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to waive any technicalities and informalities in the bid for the best interest of the Tamaqua Area Community Partnership Tamaqua Area Community Partnership, and to consider the competency and responsibility of the Bidders in awarding the contract.