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Advertisement For Bids -- Contract No. PATCO -81-2022: PATCO Radiant Heated Walkway Installation
DATE ADVERTISED: August 22, 2022
DUE DATE: September 27, 2022 at 2PM
I. PURPOSE AND INTENT
The Delaware River Port Authority (“Authority”) hereby invites interested qualified Contractors to submit a Bid for Contract No. PATCO -81-2022: PATCO RADIANT HEATED WALKWAY INSTALLATION. One (1) electronic copy of the Bid, along with other technical and commercial documents shall be submitted, via SAP Ariba, no later than 2:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday, September 27, 2022. Bids will be publicly opened and read, via Zoom.
The Work to be completed under this Contract involves furnishing and installing a low voltage, concrete embedded de-icing system in an active rail maintenance yard. The work shall include the removal, protection and reinstallation of existing concrete walkway panels. The contractor will provide walkway panels, insulation, control devices, electrical equipment, and all related accessories in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations as shown on the drawings and as indicated in the specifications.
The scope of work shall include the selective demolition around the existing concrete walkway panels and the concrete restoration of all areas impacted by the work.
The Contractor shall perform the demolition/new work and fully coordinate their construction activities with PATCO to minimize disruptions to the normal operations of PATCO High speed line. PATCO operates 24 hours per day, 7 days a week. Utility system shutdowns and tie-ins shall be coordinated one (1) week in advance with the DRPA and PATCO. This project has a 30-day duration.
II. ARIBA REQUIREMENT AND ACCESS TO ITB DOCUMENTS
All contract specific documents relevant to the ITB can be found on the Authority’s SAP Ariba Network site. In order to participate in this ITB and receive an invitation to the solicitation event, please send a request, via e-mail, to the following Contracting Officer: Siata Freeman Sheriff - sfsheriff@drpa.org. If a response is not sent to you within one (1) business day, please resend the request.
In order to access the ITB documents, you must be registered on the Ariba Network and have completed the Authority's supplier registration questionnaire. If you have not already done so, you can register on the Ariba Network at any time. Registration is free, quick, and easy. Please go to the DRPA Procurement website: http://www.drpa.org/procurement for registration instructions and additional information. For questions about the Ariba registration process or registration technical issues, please send an e-mail to vendors@drpa.org.
The Authority will post a list of interested/invited Contractors on the drpa.org website seven (7) days prior to submission due date.
The Authority will consider only those Bids received from parties who have obtained the ITB and contract documents directly from the Authority. Contract documents are not transferable to other parties for proposal purposes. Bids received from firms whose names are not recorded by the Authority as having secured documents for this Project will be rejected.
III. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
The Delaware River Port Authority is firmly committed to providing full and equal business opportunities to all persons regardless of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, or non-job-related disability. In that regard, the Delaware River Port Authority will affirmatively assure that minority and female-owned business enterprises are afforded equal opportunities to submit bids and/or proposals for consideration for all purchases and contracts issued in connection with this Project. Prospective bidders should understand that the participation of certified MBEs and WBEs is a matter of great interest in the evaluation of all bids. To that end, the DRPA has established MBE and WBE goals for this project. MBE and WBE team members must be named, and commitment levels must be noted at the time the bid is submitted.
IV. BID SUBMISSION AND DUE DATE
Responses to this ITB must be submitted electronically via the Ariba Network, no later than 2:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday, September 27, 2022 (“Bid Due Date”).
LATE, FAXED, E-MAILED, AND/OR HARDCOPIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. The Bid Due Date and Ariba submission requirements are mandatory and non-waivable.
Contractors should ensure that they can access and upload files in Ariba prior to the submission deadline. It is the Bidder’s responsibility to ensure delivery of its Bid to the proper place at the proper time. Absent an emergency or unanticipated event that interrupts normal Authority processes so that Bids cannot be received via Ariba by the exact time specified in the ITB, the Authority will not extend the submission deadline for an interested firm due to technical difficulties.
V. PRE-BID CONFERENCE AND SITE VISIT - WAIVED
No site visit is scheduled for this project.
VI. SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT
The DRPA has established a Single Point of Contact for this ITB. From the issue date of this advertisement and until full execution of the Contract Agreement, the Single Point of Contact shall be the Contracting Officer whose name and contact information appears below. Please refer all inquiries related to the Project, including Ariba technical issues to the Contracting Officer.
Any violation of this condition (excluding any Ariba supplier registration questions and issues, which should be addressed by e-mailing vendors@drpa.org) may be cause for the DRPA to reject the offending Bid or rescind the Contract Award. Bidders agree not to distribute any part of their Bids beyond the Authority’s Contract Administration Department. A Bidder that shares information contained in its Bid with other DRPA personnel and/or with a competing Bidder may be disqualified and its Bid may be rejected.
The Single Point of Contact for this Project is: Siata Freeman Sheriff, Contract Administration/Contracting Officer: sfsheriff@drpa.org / 856-968-2086.
VII. QUESTIONS
Any and all questions or requests for clarification relating to this procurement including, but not limited to, questions concerning Bid submission requirements, technical requirements, scope of work, and specifications, should be addressed to the Single Point of Contact no later than 5:00 p.m. EST on Thursday, September 8, 2022.
NOTE: NO questions will be accepted after this date.
Responses to questions will be provided, via e-mail, by the Single Point of Contact to those firms who have registered and requested participation in the ITB.
Only information supplied by the Single Point of Contact, including responses to questions regarding the ITB, should be used in preparing Bids.
DELAWARE RIVER PORT AUTHORITY
By: Richard J. Mosback, Jr. Esq.
Director, Procurement
Phone: 856-968-2412
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