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Lead Safe Demolitions CD The Department of Permits, Licenses and Inspections mission is to provide a better quality of living to the residents of the City of Pittsburgh by increasing safety in the built environment. The Operations Unit is responsible for all property maintenance of existing buildings. Staff duties include responding to constituent requests related to property maintenance and structural deficiencies, land movement and landslide incidents, condemnations, City-funded demolitions, and license-related inspections. The City of Pittsburgh recently passed an ordinance "amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh City Code of Ordinances in multiple locations with provisions related to lead safety and mitigation in order to reduce, and thereby mitigate the health risks of, exposure of City residents, and particularly young children, to lead (Pb) hazards. The Purchasing Officer may require, after consultation with supervisory personnel, that bids be accompanied by a cashier's check or money order, in an amount not exceeding five (5) percent of the bid, by a bond with corporate surety in an amount not exceeding five (5) percent of the amount bid, or by an irrevocable letter of credit in such form as previously approved by the County issued by a bank or other financial institution duly recognized and authorized to do business in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The successful bidder may be required to furnish a performance and/or payment bond with suitable reasonable requirements guaranteeing performance of the contract, with sufficient surety in the amount of one hundred (100) percent of the amount of the contract, within thirty (30) days after the contract has been awarded, unless the Purchasing Officer shall prescribe a shorter period. Upon failure to furnish any required bond within such time, the previous award shall be void and the contract may be awarded to the next lowest responsible bidder meeting the specifications. 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.