The City of Pittsburgh Office of Management and Budget, on behalf of the department of Public Works, is soliciting bids for Mechanical/HVAC Construction Services for Homewood Park. The awarded Contractor will be responsible for the following items, at a minimum: Project coordination, permits, bonds, and improvements associated with the Field House and Pool House Building Mechanical construction as identified on Drawings H001, H300, and H400. A Bid bond will be required for this project. Bonds should be five percent (5%) of the total proposed bid. Performance and Payment bonds will both be required from the awarded vendor. Payment and Performance bonds will both be one hundred percent (100%) of the contracted cost. By the time of award for this solicitation, the City will have entered into agreements with, or at least identified, vendors for General Construction, Plumbing, and Electrical work. This solicitation is solely intended to gather HVAC/Mechanical trade bids. Question Submission Deadline: September 6, 2023, 5:00pm Question Submission Method: All questions shall be submitted Electronically The City reserves the right to request clarification of any bid before bid award. The City reserves the right to reject, for any reason, any or all bids if it is in the best interest(s) of the City to do so. Substantial project completion shall occur by spring of 2025 ( a specific date to be agreed upon by all parties). All prospective bidders acknowledge and agree to be bound by these conditions. The City of Pittsburgh is committed to the ideal of providing all citizens an equal opportunity to participate in City and its Authorities' contracting opportunities. It is therefore the City's goal to encourage increased participation of women and minority groups in all City contracts. The City requires that all respondents demonstrate good faith efforts to obtain the participation of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises (MBE's) and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (WBE's) in work to be performed under City contracts. The levels of MBE and WBE participation will be monitored by the City of Pittsburghs Equal Opportunity Review Commission (EORC). In order to ensure that there are opportunities for historically disadvantaged minority groups and women to participate on Covered Contracts, and consistent with the City's current equal employment opportunity practice and goals, the EORC will review contracts to include an evaluation of a developer/contractors employment of minority groups and women, encourage goals of eighteen (18) percent and seven (7) percent respectively. It is also the City's goal to encourage participation by veteran-owned small businesses in all contracts. The City of Pittsburgh shall have an annual goal of not less than five (5) percent participation by veteran-owned small businesses in all contracts. The participation goal shall apply to the overall dollar amount expended with respect to the contracts. The City requires that all respondents demonstrate good faith efforts to obtain the participation of veteran-owned small business in work to be performed under City contracts. The levels of veteran-owned participation will be monitored by the City of Pittsburghs EORC.