*Per Owner, bid opening postponed until further notice. The work for this project consists of replacing ties and switch timber, constructing and rehabilitating track and a turnout, and constructing grade crossings at the South Avis Realty facility in Jersey Shore, PA. The Contract will be awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder who has based his bid in accordance with the Contract Documents. Award of the Contract is subject to the approval of the Pa DOT Bureau of Rail Freight, Ports and Waterways who is providing a portion of the funds to complete the project. A Bid Bond in an amount equal to 10% of the total of the bid shall be submitted with each bid. The Contractor, in accordance with Executive Orders 11625 and 12138, must utilize to the greatest extent feasible, minority and / or women owned business concerns which are located within the municipality, county or the general trade area. Attention is called to the fact that not less than the minimum salaries and wages as set forth in the Contract Documents must be paid on this project; that the contractor must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of their race, age, color, religion, sex, national origin, or handicap; that a mandatory ratio of apprentices and trainees to journeymen is required in each craft and the contractor (and any subcontractors) is obliged to make a "diligent effort" to achieve these ratios; and that to the greatest extent feasible, opportunities for training and employment be given lower income persons of the project area and must to the greatest extent feasible utilize project area businesses located in or owned in substantial part by project area residents. The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, and to waive any informalities, bidding irregularities or technicalities in the bidding process. Bids may be held by the Owner for a period not to exceed 60 days from the date of opening bids for the purpose of reviewing the bids and investigating the qualifications of bidders, prior to awarding the contract. Scope of work is based on available funding and whatever is in the best interest of the Owner. It is understood that the scope of work may be diminished or adjusted in some or all items if funding for the full scope of work is limited. Overview The work in this project is shared between two State RFAP Agreements combined under one project contract. Work on the Hole and Pit Tracks is covered under Penn DOT State Agreement 632012 and the work covered for the Hill Tracks, the East Hill Track Lead grade crossing, S16 Turnout and 4A grade crossing are covered under Penn DOT State Agreement C920001626. Work under this contract shall be shared and performed under one mobilization and demobilization however the Bid Schedule splits the mobilization item between the two separate sets of Bid Items, one for the Hole and Pit Tracks and one for the Hill Track work, S16 Turnout and 4A grade crossing. Work required to unload material shipments shall be included in the mobilization items. A time extension has been approved by the Bureau of Rail Freight. It is the intention of the Owner that work is completed by the spring of 2024 or earlier. The trackwork in this contract consists of rebuilding and constructing track and one turnout splitting the "Hole" and "Pit Tracks", replacing ties, significantly raising, lining and surfacing the Hill Tracks on the west side of the facility, replacing switch timber on the S16 turnout and rebuilding the East Hill Track Lead and 4A grade crossings with FlangeMaster, or approved equal with asphalt pavement. Work also consists of installing drainage facilities with cast-in-place concrete floor pads adjacent to the rebuilt Hole Track within the building, foundation block-outs and furnishing and installing a steel sleeve for drainage continuation at the foundation wall. The track contractor shall have one qualified superintendent / project manager and one designated back up replacement which will be overseeing / supervising the work in progress throughout the duration of the project. The manager and back-up must be submitted to the Owner a minimum of 14 days prior to the commencement of on-site work. Substitutions in supervisory personnel must be requested by the contractor a minimum of two weeks in advance of the substitution and must be pre-approved by the Owner prior to taking on the responsibility. It is the expressed requirement of the Owner that the Contractor maintain at least one or two consistent supervisor/s on site and dedicated to and during the course of the project.