8th Avenue and High Street Sanitary Line Upgrades

Project Description: Sealed proposals for the City of Carbondale Community Development 8th Avenue and High Street Sanitary Line Upgrades, Carbondale, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, will be received by PennBid until 2:00 p.m. on Monday, November 17, 2025. All properly submitted proposals will be publicly read at the scheduled Carbondale Council meeting at Carbondale City Hall, 1 North Main Street, Carbondale, PA at 6:00 p.m. on the same date.
Scope of Work:
The work on this project will include but is not limited to the replacement of 541 lf of sanitary sewer line and 5 manholes, also 3 inlets and mill and overlay of approximately 2,239 sy of 8th Avenue and High Street.
Project drawings and specifications may be obtained at PennBid. Request can be made at pennbid.net.
Construction Documents are available for examination at the following location:
KBA Engineering, p.c.
25 South Washington Avenue
Jermyn, PA. 18433
Phone: 570-876-5744
Fax: 570-876-4299
Bidders’ proposals must be accompanied by a certified check, certified bank treasurer’s check, bank cashier’s check or bid bond in the form provided in the Contract Documents. A satisfactory corporation surety shall provide security in an amount equal to 10% of the base bid. The surety shall name as payee or obligee the City of Carbondale.
A Non-Collusion Affidavit of Contractor will be required to be signed and notarized prior to the award of any contract.
A no-lien agreement will be required to be signed and filed by the contractor before any work begins on the project.
Notice is hereby given that the project for which construction proposals are being solicited hereby is a project constituting public works and is subject to applicable provisions of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act of October 27, 1955, P.L. 744, and Davis Bacon Wage Determination.
All proposals shall be irrevocable for sixty (60) days after bid opening date, unless delayed due to required approvals of another governmental agency, and shall be accompanied by 10% bid guaranty, payable to the Owner.
The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any or all irregularities, mistakes, omission informalities relative thereto.
Bidders must submit documentary evidence of Section 3 business concerns who have been contacted and to whom commitments have been made. Documentation of such solicitations and commitments shall be submitted concurrently with the bid.
A Pre-bid Conference will be held at Carbondale City Hall, 1 North Main Street, Carbondale, PA 18407 on Tuesday, November 11, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. for the purpose of reviewing the project. All contractor questions will be discussed at this time.