Caveat bidder.
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
MORRISVILLE BOROUGH
SCHOOL DISTRICT
The Morrisville Board of School Directors are requesting sealed bids for electrical work to be performed at the Morrisville High School. Specifications are available at an approximate cost of $20.00. If interested, please respond by September 22, 2008 (215-736-5933). A mandatory walk-thru will be September 30, 10:00 a.m. in Conference Room F-10 of the High School. Sealed bids must be received no later than Tuesday, October 14, 2008, 10:00 a.m. at which time they will be opened publicly in Conference Room F-10 of the Morrisville High School.
Description of Work:
* Rebuild and recalibrate existing 5000 volt main service circuit breaker.
* Disconnect and replace existing 1600A secondary service board with new 3000A service board at the same location.Provide temporary 1600A panel board to temporarily feed existing building loads during replacement of existing service board.
* Provided new branch panel boards, branch circuits and wiring devices in
selected existing classrooms.
* All work shall be performed after normal working hours (3:00 pm - 11 pm with the exception of the switchboard. All power shutdowns at the switchboard shall be performed in weekend hours.
The contractors shall be responsible for securing and furnishing all necessary permits,labor, materials and supervision as well as adherence to building requirements and timely completion of all work.
Marlys Mihok
Secretary
Saturday, September 6, 2008
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4 comments:
I'm not suggesting this work is not necessary -- it is -- but who did the specifications of this work? I don't remember an engineering study of the power being done.
Good question.
Also, is it customary to charge bidders 20 bucks for the specs? I know money's tight in the district, but that seems cheezy.
Maybe it's to discourage bidders up front so Hellmann doesn't have to unilaterally reject so many again, like he did for the boiler work in June, when he personally threw out 9 of the 12 bids?
I probably already know the answer to this, but is this another case where, by not following PlanCon protocol, we're set-up to get no reimbursement from the Pa. Dept. of Ed.?
"I probably already know the answer to this, but is this another case where, by not following PlanCon protocol, we're set-up to get no reimbursement from the Pa. Dept. of Ed.?"
Yes. But you knew that.
And yes, it does seem cheezy to charge for the specs, especially since (I'd hope) they are already written and the only extra work would be for someone to click "send."
I don't know about anyone else here, but I am willing to help fund STS to the tune of $20 to have those specs posted on the blog here. And by way of doing that we create a more open and transparent government and might engender additional bidding.
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