Woodhawk Pump Station Force Main Replacement

Project No:

41-84-09

Location:

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Owner:

Girty’s Run Joint Sewer Authority

Manager(s):

Emile S. Ketterer

*Corrected Figure

**Contract Awarded September 15, 2023

Contractor Contact Person Bid Amount
Girty’s Run Joint Sewer Authority
2236 Babcock Boulevard
Pittsburgh, PA  15237
Chris Kephart N/A
W.A. Petrakis Contracting, LLC
1501 Pontiac Court
Export, PA  15632
Joe Urban  $254,802.90**
Mortimer’s Excavating, Inc.
523 Lapin Lane
Pulaski, PA  16143
Cherie Schooley  $504,276.50
Jet Jack, Inc.
5020 Thoms Run Road
Oakdale, PA  15071
Blaine Popp N/A
W. M. Aiken & Son
P.O. Box 424
Mars, PA  16046
Dustin Aiken  *$315,506.00

Bid Advertisement

Sealed Bids are requested by the Girty’s Run Joint Sewer Authority at 2236 Babcock Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA 15237 until 11:00 A.M. prevailing time, Thursday, August 17, 2023 for the Woodhawk Pump Station Force Main Replacement. Bids will be opened publicly and read aloud immediately after the closing time for receipt of Bids. 

Interested parties may view the Profile and Bid Schedule for this Project on the internet at: www.niraengineers.com. 

Copies of the Bid Documents may be examined at the office of the Girty’s Run Joint Sewer Authority or at the office of NIRA Consulting Engineers, Inc., 950 Fifth Avenue, Coraopolis, Pennsylvania 15108. Copies thereof may be obtained from the office of NIRA Consulting Engineers, Inc., upon payment of a non-refundable sum of $75.00. An additional charge of $15.00 will be required for handling of Plans and Specifications when shipping is requested. Checks are to be made payable to NIRA Consulting Engineers, Inc. Bids must be submitted on the forms provided, and completed in strict accordance with the instructions provided. Each Bid must be accompanied by a Bid Bond, in the form of a Certified Check or Corporate Surety Bid Bond, in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the Bid Proposal made in the favor of the Girty’s Run Joint Sewer Authority. Only documents obtained directly from the Engineer will be valid at bid opening. 

A Performance Bond, Labor and Material Payment Bond, and Maintenance Bond in the amounts specified within the Contract Documents will be required of the successful Bidder. 

Bidders on this work will be required to comply with the Provisions of the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act 442. The Prevailing Wage Scale is included in these Specifications. 

Bidders on this work will be required to comply with the Provisions of the Public Works Employment Verification Act (PWEVA). 

Adherence to Instructions to Bidders is required. 

No Bid or any part thereof shall be withdrawn by Bidder for a period of sixty (60) days subsequent to the Bid Opening. 

The right is reserved by the Owner to reject any or all Bids or parts of bids and to waive technical defects in any Bid. 

Project Scope

The work generally includes the installation of 916 linear feet of 6 inch diameter force main piping, tracer wire system, camlock connections, sanitary manhole, surface restoration, and traffic control. 

Bid Schedule

Item No. Description Estimated
Quantity
Unit

1. 

Mobilization, Bonds, Insurances, Shop Drawings, Photo Documentation, Construction Layout and Surveying (Stake-Out and As-Builts). 

JOB 

LS 

2. 

Coordinate Work with Residents, Businesses, and the Authority. 

JOB 

LS 

3. 

Finish Grading, Topsoil, Soil Supplements, Seeding, Mulching, Fertilizer, and Erosion and Sedimentation Controls. 

JOB 

LS 

4. 

Test Hole Excavation (As Directed). 

5 

EA 

5. 

Test Hole Excavation at Dry Well. Includes Excavating to a Depth Up to 27 Feet Deep to Locate Existing Force Main Piping, Shoring and Bracing, and Support of Underground Utilities. 

JOB 

LS 

6. 

Miscellaneous Incidental Work. Includes Landscaping, Removal and Reinstall Fencing, Walls, Walkways and Planters, Clearing and Grubbing, and All Other Items Not Specified Herein. Includes All Materials, Labor and Equipment to Complete. 

JOB 

LS 

7. 

Bypass Pumping of Sewage Flows (As Required). 

JOB 

LS 

8. 

Maintenance and Protection of Traffic. 

JOB 

LS 

9. 

6 Inch DR-11 HDPE Force Main Pipe and Fittings. Continuous Roll, Butt-Fused, 200 psi Pipe (Complete In Place). 

920 

LF 

10. 

6 Inch Ductile Iron Force Main Pipe and Fittings. Class 52, Asphalt Coated, Double Cement Lined (Complete In Place). 

5 

LF 

11. 

4 Inch Ductile Iron Force Main Pipe and Fittings. Class 52, Asphalt Coated, Double Cement Lined (Complete In Place). 

13 

LF 

12. 

6 Inch Mechanical Joint Restraint (Includes Both Megalug to DIP and HDPE Pipe). 

4 

EA 

13. 

4 Inch Mechanical Joint Restraint (Includes Both Megalug to DIP and HDPE Pipe). 

3 

EA 

14. 

Polywrap Pipe Encasement (D.I. Fittings and DIP Only). 

22 

EA 

15. 

6 Inch Resilient Wedge Gate Valve, Box and Lid. 

1 

EA 

16. 

4 Inch Resilient Wedge Gate Valve with Hand Wheel. 

1 

EA 

17. 

Camlock Connection. Includes Flanged Fittings, Flange Adapters, Tapped Flange, SS Camlock Connector, SS Camlock Cap, SS Chain, Concrete Support, and All Other Items Required to Install Camlock Connection (As Detailed). 

JOB 

LS 

18. 

Connect to Existing DI Force Main. Includes Restrained Coupling and All Labor, Equipment and Materials to Complete Connection. 

1 

EA 

19. 

48 Inch Diameter Precast Concrete Sanitary Manhole, 0-8 Foot Depth. Includes Frame and Casting, Connections, and Appurtenances (Complete In Place). 

1 

EA 

20. 

Extra Depth of 48 Inch Diameter Manhole Over 8 Foot Depth. 

2.45 

VF 

21. 

Force Main Inside Drop Manhole Connection with Drop Bowl and Force Main Hood (As Detailed). 

4.63 

VF 

22. 

Fill Abandoned Force Main Piping with Flowable Backfill, Type C. 

7.00 

CY 

23. 

Tracer Wire. 

920 

LF 

24. 

Tracer Wire Test Station. 

2 

EA 

25. 

Tracer Wire Grounding Anode. 

3 

EA 

26. 

Security Fence. Includes Removal of Existing Fence and Footings, Installation of New Fence, Man Gate, Vehicular Gate, Footings, and All Other Appurtenances Necessary (As Detailed). 

120 

LF 

27. 

PennDOT No. 2A Coarse Aggregate Limestone Backfill (In Pipe Trench and As Ordered by the Engineer). 

250 

CY 

28. 

Temporary Asphalt Pavement (2 Inch Depth of 9.5mm Warm Mix). 

21 

TON 

29. 

Asphalt Trench Pavement Restoration (As Detailed). 

400 

SY 

30. 

Mill Asphalt Road to 1-1/2 Inch Depth. 

1,650 

SY 

31. 

Overlay Asphalt Road to 1-1/2 Inch Depth with 9.5mm Wearing Course. 

1,650 

SY 

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