Wastewater Treatment Plant Sludge Hauling Contract - 4644094

This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

The project includes the following: 1. Hauling and disposal of aerobically digested dewatered Class B sludge during any one calendar year to be disposed of by land application or landfill. Type of disposal is at the discretion of the Upper Montgomery Joint Authority. The digested sludge will be hauled from Upper Montgomery Joint Authority Wastewater Treatment Plant located at 1100 Mensch Dam Road, Pennsburg, PA 18073. Sludge is dewatered by centrifuge and collected in 20 yd. dumpsters to be supplied by the hauling contractor. Eligible firms are invited to bid on sludge hauling and disposal of dewatered sludge, as described above. Bids shall include all labor, materials, supplies, equipment, permits, facilities and appurtenances necessary to appropriately, under federal and state regulations, haul, use, process and/or dispose of sludge. The Upper Montgomery Treatment Plant is estimated to generate approximately 1,000 - 1,200 wet tons per year of dewatered sludge having a concentration of approximately 20% solids. The base contract length is two (2) years with an option to extend for an additional year on mutually acceptable terms. Bids must be made on the forms furnished with the Contract Documents and must be accompanied by a certified check, bank draft or bid bond issued by a surety company licensed to conduct business in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in the amount of at least ten percent (10%) of the total price bid made payable to the Authority. The successful bidder will be required to furnish a Performance Bond with corporate surety issued by a company authorized to do business in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on the prescribed form dated the date of the Contract equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract amount, to secure the faithful performance of the Contract. Award of Contract, if a contract is awarded, will be to the lowest responsible bidder, but the Authority reserves the unqualified right to reject any or all bids and to waive any informalities. Prior to awarding any Contract, bids may be held by the Authority for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days from the date of the bid opening for the purpose of reviewing the bids and investigating the qualifications of bidders. During this period, no bid may be withdrawn.