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Department for this solicitation: Procurement
Date Prepared: 04/15/25 Types: IFB
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Sub Type: General
Solicitation/Project#: SU-2025/3 Solicitation/Project Title: Major Asphalt Renovations - JOC
Description: INVITATION TO BID – SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY

SU-2025/3:  Major Asphalt Renovations - JOC

Shippensburg University of the PA State System of Higher Education invites General Contractors to download bid documents for this project.  Work consists of major paving renovations including:  replacement of soft and yielding sub-grades, removal of existing bituminous pavement and stone base, replacement of existing bituminous curbs, milling existing bituminous surfaces, new excavation, new stone base course, transportation and installation of new bituminous concrete base course, transportation and installation of new bituminous concrete wearing course, new tack coat, new heavy duty membranes, new bituminous crack filling, new bituminous curb, new pedestrian paths, full depth asphalt repair, new topsoil, and incidental related construction herein specified to the satisfaction of, and subject to approval of Shippensburg University.  Work shall be accomplished by a single prime contractor, and shall include, but is not necessarily limited to, the furnishing of all labor, superintendence, materials (excluding the asphalt), tools and equipment and performing all work necessary to complete all construction identified on the Contract Documents to the satisfaction of, and subject to approval of the Professional and the Shippensburg University.  Asphalt materials will be purchased separately by the University and transported and installed under this contract.  The contract will be awarded as an open ended contract for a one year period, and contain options to renew for four additional one year periods. Work Orders will be issued against the open ended contract.

A Pre-bid conference is not required.

Electronic Bids are due no later than 1:00 PM, EDT on May 15, 2025, through PennBid located at https://pennbid.bonfirehub.com/

The Bid package is available at no cost via PennBid at https://pennbid.bonfirehub.com/.  In order to submit a proposal, interested bidders need to register with PennBid. Registration is a free process that takes only a few minutes. Once registered, bidders may obtain all solicitation documents, receive notification of solicitation updates, and submit and update their confidential bids online 

Questions regarding this project shall be submitted via the “Ask a Question” feature in PennBid. Responses to questions which require changes to the Bidding Documents will be posted on PennBid. Bidders who have registered with and downloaded documents for this project from PennBid will be notified by email when a change or addenda has been posted. 

PennBid provides bid privacy, security and supplier confidentiality, while streamlining the overall procurement process. Although all solicitations are available for public viewing, interested suppliers need to register to be able to submit a bid.

This is to notify you that the PA State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) is transitioning its construction bidding from Ariba Discovery to the PennBid website for its bidding platform for Construction projects effective immediately. We believe that PennBid will provide a more suitable bidding platform for public construction bidding. If you were registered with PennBid prior to its upgrade to Bonfire you will need to set up a new registration.

PennBid does not charge a fee to register, however it does charge a modest capped fee of 1/3% for fixed contracts or 1/6% of contract value (+ tax) for term contracts if you are awarded a contract through this platform. There is a minimum award fee of $100 and a maximum of $5,000.

To register go to the Vendors tab and at the bottom of the page click on Register today and join the growing list of Vendors/Bidders using PennBid. We have provided the link here: https://pennbid.bonfirehub.com/.

See Website:  http://www.ship.edu/Visit/Directions/ .
Department Information
Department/Agency: PA State Sys of Higher Ed Delivery Location: Shippensburg University Of Pa
County: Cumberland Duration: 5/30/2026
Contact Information
First Name: WESLEY Last Name: LIGHT
Phone Number:
(XXX-XXX-XXXX)
717-477-1121 Email: wlight@passhe.edu
Solicitation Information
Bids must be received by the purchasing agency on the Solicitation Due Date no later than the Solicitation Due Time as set forth in the solicitation. Any conflict between the dates and/or times contained in the solicitation itself or its attachments and this advertisement shall be resolved in favor of the solicitation.

Solicitation Start Date: 04/15/25
Solicitation Due Date: 05/15/25 Solicitation Due Time: 1:00 PM
Solicitation Opening Date: 05/15/25 Solicitation Opening Time: 1:00 PM
Opening Location: Via Pennbid At Https  Pennbid Bonfirehub Com
No. of Addendums: 0
Amended Date: 04/15/25
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