2025 Trash & Recycling Collection Contract

Project Description: Lower Gwynedd Township at their offices, at 1130 N. Bethlehem Pike, P.O. Box 625, Spring House PA 19477, will receive sealed bids online until 10:00 A.M., prevailing time on June 17, 2025, for the COLLECTION, RECYCLING AND DISPOSAL OF MUNICIPAL WASTE, BULK ITEMS, WHITE GOODS, LEAF WASTE, GRASS CLIPPINGS AND RECYCLABLE MATERIALS FOR THE MUNICIPALITY.
All bids received before the aforementioned date and time will be publicly opened and read on June 17, 2025, at 10:00 A.M., prevailing time at 1130 North Bethlehem Pike. All bids and bid sureties submitted shall remain valid for a period of sixty (60) days from the time bids to be opened.
There will be a pre-bid meeting held virtually via Zoom, on June 10, 2025, at 10:00 A.M. to discuss the specifications and answer questions. Attendance is optional. Meeting login information will be sent to any bidders who have requested specifications prior to the meeting.
Proposal Documents can be obtained at no cost on PennBid at https://pennbid.bonfirehub.com/. Proposals must be submitted electronically via PennBid by the date and time indicated.
All questions regarding this proposal shall be submitted electronically via the “Ask a Question” feature in PennBid no later than the date and time indicated. Responses to questions which require changes to the Bidding Documents will be posted within PennBid’s Public Notices and “Supporting Documentation”. Bidders who have registered with and downloaded documents from PennBid will be notified by email when a change has been posted.
The question deadline is Friday, June 13, 2025 at 4:00 pm.
The submittal deadline is Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at 4:00 pm.
Bid surety in the form of a certified check or bid bond in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the total bid is required, submitted as an unconditional guarantee that in the event the bid of the bidder is accepted and the service contract awarded to him or her, such bidder will duly execute the same. The performance of the service contract shall likewise be duly secured by the required performance bond.
Bidders must submit bids on the forms provided with the specifications. All bids must be submitted electronically through PennBid in accordance with PennBid’s electronic submission guidelines. All documents, bid surety, affidavits and other information accompanying the bid shall be submitted with the bid. The right is reserved by the Municipality, in the exercise of its sole discretion, to reject any and all bids when such action is deemed to be in the best interest of the Municipality. The Municipality reserves the right to waive any non-conformity with respect to any bid or any error with respect to the same which does not constitute a substantial departure from the general and detailed specifications herein set forth. The determination of whether an error or departure is one of substance rests within the sole discretion of the Municipality.