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

Wilkes-Barre Housing Authority ("Authority") has issued this solicitation with the intent to establish a contract with an ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING FIRM FOR PROFESSIONAL SER- VICES in conjunction with modernization activities under HUDs Capital Fund Program (CFP). Attention is called to the provisions for Equal Employment Opportunity. This Contract is subject to the requirements of Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended, which provides that training, employment, and other economic opportunities generated by HUD assistance or HUD-assisted projects covered by Section 3, shall, to the greatest extent feasible, be directed to low- and very low-income persons, particularly persons who are recipients of HUD assistance for housing. All Proposers are to review the Instructions to Proposers section. Within ten (10) days after the Notice of Award, the successful Proposer shall execute the Contract between the Authority and the Proposer. The successful Proposer shall deliver a Certificate of Insurance in amounts specified at the time of the execution of the Contract. If any person contemplating submitting a Proposal for the performance of the work is in doubt as to the true meaning of any part of the Contract Documents, he/she may submit to the Authority a written request for interpretation thereof no later than five (5) days before proposals will be opened. The person submitting the request shall be responsible for its prompt delivery. Interpretations or corrections of proposed Contract Documents will be made only by addendum and will be mailed or delivered to each Proposer of record. The Authority will be responsible for any other explanations or interpretations of the proposed Contract Documents. The Authority reserves the right to reject any or all Proposals and to waive any informalities in the Proposal. No Proposal shall be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days subsequent to the opening of Proposals without the consent of the Authority. Wilkes-Barre Housing Authority is an Equal Opportunity Employer The Proposal shall be submitted in a sealed envelope containing the Proposal Form and shall be addressed to Wilkes- Barre Housing Authority, Attn: Judith Kosloski, Executive Director, and shall be plainly marked with the words "AR- CHITECTURAL AND ENGI- NEERING SERVICES." No Proposal will be considered which fails in any respect to comply with the terms of the Solicitation and Scope of Work. The method of Contractor Selection has not been Determined at this time.