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Home My WebLink About1961 - Fullen Bridge PAINTING COUNTY BRIDGES Y-5 & Ym2 YELLOW BREECHES CREEK LOWER ALLEN TOWNSHIP CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA. CUMBERLAND COUNTY CO1~iMISSIO~TERS Oliver Jo Dickey Earl L. Brenneman Ge®rcJe Co Belt~~a®~ve~ Chief Clerk Har®ld I. Tr~st~,e J. B. LONG, Registered Ea~gineer Blue Bell, Pao NOTICE TO CONTRACTOfi~S Sealed proposals will be received by the Commissioners of Cumberland County at their office in the Court House, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, until .1x30 P.M., EoDoSoTo, and publicly opened and read at 2e30 P.Mo, EoDoSoTo, on Thursday, August 17, 19Fi1, for furn~.shing tools, equipment, labor and materials necess~.ry and proper for thoroughly cleaning all structural steel and applying two coats of paint to the following bridgese Cumberland County Er~,dc~e No ~ Y°5 , kno®an as Fullin, over Yellow Ereeches Creek in Lower Allen Townshipo Cumberland County Er.idge Noo Y°2, known as Etters, over Yellow Ereeches Creek in Lower A]~len Townshipo Copies of the specifications may be obtained from the Chief Clerk to the Coanmi.ssioners e A certified check in the sum of $250000, to the order of the Commissioners of Cumberland County, shall accompany the bid on each bridge as a guarantee of good faith, and to protect the County from any loss by failure to comply with the terms of the proposalo A bond in the sum of the contract price will be required for the faithful performance of the contract; and an additional bond in the sum of the contract price will be required to guarantee the payment of all labor and materials entering this Tn~ork, or incidental theretoa The right is reserved ~o reject any or all p~°oposals and to award the contracts in such manner as may appear to be to the best interest of the County of Cumberlando OLIVER Jo DrCgCEY GEORGE C, BELTZHOOVER EARL L~ BRE;NNEMAN HAROLD Io TROSTLE Chief Clerk Commissioners ® 1 WORK PROPOSEDs 1. The intent of these specifications is to thoroughly scrape and clean the structural steel, and apply two coats of paint to Cumberland County Bridges Y-5 and Y-2, bath over Yellow Breeches Creek in Lower Allen Townshipo 20 The work to be performed will consist of furnishing tools, equipment, labor and materials necessary and proper to obtain the results described hereino COUNTY BRIDGE y-Ss 3, County Bridge Y-5 consists of 7 panels C 16'-0" or 112'-0" between End Pins, 14'-9" center to center of Trusses, 18'-0" between centers of top and bottom chords and floor of 5" Open Steel Beanie COUNTY BRIDGE Y-2: 4e County Bridge Y-2 consists of 8 panels @ 16'-4~", or 131'-0" between End Pins, 17'-0" center to center of Trusses, 18'-0" between centers of top and bottom chords and floor of 5" Open Steel Beanie PROPOSALS: 5. All proposals must be for the Work complete in full accordance with these specifications, and shall be made on the form attached to and forming a part o£ these specificationso 6, In case of discrepancy between the writing and figures in the proposal, the amount in writing shall governo - 2 - OERTIFIED CHECK a 7a Each bid must be accompanied by a certified checks drawn on a National dank or Trust Companys payable to the Co~unissioners of Cumberland Countys Pennsylvanian in the amount or amounts set in the advertisements said check or checks to be returned to the bidder unless forfeited under the conditions herein stipulated All such deposits except that made by the successful bidder, will be returned by mail to the name and address given in the proposals within three days after the contract has been awardedo FORFEITURE OR CERTIFIED CHECKo 8o In the event the F~arty or parties to whom the contract is awarded shall fail or neglect to execute the contract and furnish satisfactory bonds in the time spec.ifieds the Owner may determine that the bidder has abandoned the contract and thereupon the proposal and acceptance shall be null and voids and the certified check accompanying the proposal shall be forfeited as liquidated damages for such failure or neglects and to indemnify the Owner for any lose which may be sustained by failure of the bidder to execute the contract and furnish the bondso After the execution of the contract and the acceptance of the bonds by the Owners the check of the successful bidder will be returnedo BONDSo 9~ The Contractor will be required to furnish a bond with a surety Company within ten days after notice of award of contracts in an amount not less than the Lump sums for the faithful performance of the contracts and to indemnify and save harmless the Owner from all suits or actions of any kind or description brought against same for or on account of any injury received or sustained by any party or parties by or from the said Contractors his agents or servants in the construction of his work; or by or on account of any act or omission of the Con tractor or his agents; and to save harmless indemnify and defend the Owner from any or all claims for infringement of patents or royalty claimso The contractor shall a~.so furnish an additional bond with a surety Company in an amount not less than the Lump sum, which shall guarantee the payment of all labor and materials entering into this Worko These bonds are subject to the approval of the Ownero m 3 EXEC~JTION OF CONTR~CTo 10~ The party or parties to whom the contract is awarded w2.11 be rewired to execute the contract and furnish the bonds duly executed by the Surety Company within ten dayso not including Sundays or legal holidays, from the date of mailing of the notice from the Owner that contract is ready for signatureo DEFINXT10NSo 110 Whenever the wards "®wner" u "~~llgn~y" ®~' "~°ammiS~ianer3" are used in these specificationso tine same are undera~tood to mean the County of Cumberlandd Bennsylvan~,ao 12o Whenever the word "'Engineer°' is used in these specificat® ~onso the same shall be understood to mean James Bo Lange Registered Engineero acting directly or through his properly authorized agentso lim~~ed t® the particular duties entrusted to themo 13o Whenever the word "Contractor°' is used in these specificat° ionso the same shall be understood to mean the party or parties, partnerships or corporai~iono to whom this coaxtract has been awardede loo Whenever the word "Work" is used ~,n these specificat~.onso the same shall be understood to mean all plant, l~ibor, materials and other facilitiesa necessary or proper for or inc~.dental to the construction called for by this c®ntracto 15e W~aea~ever the words "Lump Sum: are used in these specifim cations, the same shall be unde~°stood to mean ~e prlbcs named by the Contractor a,n his proposal for all work and materials required by the contract drawings in their present farmo both indicated and i~~npliedo giT1~LTE'ICATION OE° BILDERS o 16o Bids are ~.nv~,ted anly from Contractors regularly engaged in the line of work under considerationo X11 bidders must be prepared to present suitable evidence of their f~naracial standing, render statements as to plant tA~eg~ have mailable for this particular pro~eci~, and to furnish a list of similar contracts that they have constructede e ~ m ' PAINTo 24o All paint used shall conform to the res~uirements of latest revision of Bulletin 26 of the Department of Highwayso All containers of paint delivered to the bridges shall bear the Department's stampo The paint for all spot painting and the first coat shall be red leado The second coat on the floor shall be gray on the floor and elsewhere shall be aluminuma PAINTINGo 25o The steel floor shall be spray panted, but all other steel shall preferably be brush painted.o Paint shall be applied only when the temperature is at or above 4~ degrees Fo It shall not be applied on damp surfacers or upon metal containing frost, nor shall it be applied when mist is in the air, or conditions otherwise unsatisfactoryo Paint shall be thoroughly stirred before removal from the containers and shall be stirred as it is being applied to keep the pigments in suspensions 26o At all points where the metal is showingo same shall be spot painted and given time to set before the first coat of paint is appliede ti 6 0 F R O P O~ A, b, Cumberland County Commissioners Court House Carlisle, Pennsylvania Gentlemen: The undersigned,as bidder, certifies that Ikea has Personally examined the work to be done and these specifications; and he proposes and agrees if this bid for the cleaning and painting of the bridges listed below, is accepted, he w~.ll contract with the County of Cumberland, Pao9 to supply all necessary tools and equipment and to d® the w®rk and furnisYn the materials specified and to complete the inlork. in the manner specified within the time set forth herein; and that Yee wi~Ll take payment as followso For cleaning and painting Cumberland County Bridge Ym~, known as Fullin Bridge over Yellow Breeches Creek in Lo~rer Pollen the Lump Sum of Dollars ($ For cleaning and painting Cumberland County Bridge ~~~, as Etters Bridge over Yellow Breeches Creek in Lower Alen the Lump Sum of - Dollars Q$ ~ Respectfully su2~mittedo