STEVENS AG BMP PROJECT (Ph. 2)

STATUS: ACCEPTING BIDS UNTIL MARCH 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM (new date)

Eligible contractors list (attended mandatory site showing on 2/10/25)

Please read all of the information below!

The Luzerne Conservation District is accepting bids for the implementation of agricultural best management practices on a farm in Huntington Township, Luzerne County. The full project information package can be downloaded by clicking on the document titles below:

Bidding Instructions

Bid Form & Schedule

Design Plans 1

Design Plans 2

Design Plans 3

Design Standards & Specs

Prevailing Wage Rates*

*Prevailing Wage Rate Info. – Prevailing Wage applies to these projects. Wage Determinations are provided by the PA Department of Labor & Industry. Bidders should use the appropriate wage categories for personnel working on the project (i.e. Operators, Truck drivers, Carpenters, Laborers, etc.) when developing their bids.

Contract Appendices: SCC Contract Attachments & DEP Contract Attachments– This project is funded by the PA State Conservation Commission’s (SCC) Agricultural Conservation Assistance Program (ACAP) and PA DEP’s Growing Greener Program. Therefore, the selected contractor will be subject to the provisions of this Appendix which apply to sub-contractors to the overall grant contract between the landowner, the Luzerne Conservation District, the PA SCC, and the PA DEP.

Addenda/Clarifications (must be read and accounted for in bids):

Posted 2/11/25:

Contractors interested in bidding on the Building component and/or the Concrete component should provide a bid for both components, with the Concrete & Building sections of the Bid Schedule completed fully. Bids for these two components will be combined.
The district will be evaluating bids for the three main components of the project: 1.) Excavation, 2.) Well, and 3.) Concrete & Building. If a contractor chooses to bid on all project components, it should be understood that each of the 3 main components of the bid will be evaluated individually and they may only be chosen for 1 or 2 components.
Areas with Schedule 40 PVC, SDR-35 may be used instead EXCEPT where Schedule 40 is called for as conduit for the electric.
The Access Road will be resurfaced with 4” of 2A Modified as called for in design. The 8” of AASHTO #1 should not be included in the bid since the base material currently in place is sufficient.
Excavation Contractors should not bid to strip frost.
Polyethylene pipe 1.5” should be used for the waterline.
The floor will be grooved.
The water well must provide a minimum of 5 gallons/minute.
The roofing material will be steel or aluminum (color: dark gray).
The Building Contractor will be responsible for installing electricity from the utility pole to the pump room in accordance with the following specs provided by UGI for non-residential, underground service:
- all conduit and wire are to be installed at least 36” deep and with 36” radial sweeps on either end.
- Schedule 40 3” PVC must be used for the conduit.
- Leave 36” tails out of the weather head on pole.
- The UGI work request number for this project is #074194.
- The service will need to pass Fire Underwriter Inspection by a certified Electrical Inspector before UGI will connect power.
- Also, click here for the Electrical Specs provided by UGI.
The Building Contractor will purchase and install all gates, slant bars on feed table, and interior pens as identified in the design. The building on the design drawings is the same, just turned 180 degrees. The Building Contractor will be responsible for providing SturdyBuilt (or similar quality, approved by the district) enclosures. Posts for interior pens will be set in the concrete. The Building Contractor will also be responsible for safety fencing and exterior fencing (around the structure).
Any contractors interested in viewing the CAD file can request to do so. Upon request, Jennifer will email the request form to be completed by the contractor and returned to Larson Design.

Posted 2/14/25:

We are requesting sealed quotes for an electrician to install all electric. Do not bid installation of electric.
The pump room will be built by the building contractor, the concrete floor for the pump room will be placed by the concrete contractor, an electrician chosen by the Luzerne Conservation District through a sealed quotes process will install the electric from the pole to the building and to the waterers on the pad. The building contractor will include in their bid the two waterers on the pad. The excavation contractor will include in their bid the frost proof hydrant located outside of the building.
No third party concrete testing is required on this project.
The roof material should be painted steel, dark gray.
Well bids can be submitted on a per foot price.
Contractors should not bid bird netting on the ceiling. There will be no bird netting on the ceiling.
Questions asked/answered:
- Sheet # CS102 Building Layout Plan, which is the link of Design Plan 3 on your website shows a proposed building plan opposite of sheet # CS101 Building Site Plan, which is the link Design Plan 1. It appears as though the front of the building is flip flopped. Scrape ally and feed trough are reverse. Can you tell me officially which direction the building will face?
  - CS101 in Design Plan 1 is the correct orientation. At the site showing I showed CS 102/ Design Plan 3 and said that was just to show the gate layout. The building originally faced the other direction. The correct orientation of the building has the feed table on the same side as the access road.
- At the bid meeting Eric called out he wanted ALL headlock gates. Can I assume this was directed towards feeding areas ONLY and not pen separations nor Manure storage enclosure?
  - Contractors should bid for slant bars on the feed table and slant bar gates on the feed table side of the building entrances. Eric will be upgrading the slant bars on the feed table to head locks. He will pay the difference. Do not bid for headlocks, slant bars only. Slant bars are ONLY in feed areas, not pen separations. Eric would like to keep the animals fenced off from the manure storage. I notice the design does show the slant bars in what seem to be random areas. Again, slant bars should only be on the feed table and slant bar gates on the feed table side.
- Sheet #C510, top left corner of the sheet. As written sheet calls for 12″ curb. As drawn sheet calls for 15″ curb. Can you clarify what the curb height is ?
  - 15″ curb height is to be used. Please disregard the 1′ reference in the text.
- Can it be assumed the curtain system is to be manual? Automatic? or non removeable?
  - The curtain system is to be manual, crank or pulley operated type, roll up or down, something transparent or that offers visibility inside the structure.
- The building plan calls out Galvanized roofing, at the bid meeting it was specified to be painted (dark grey). Is this an up-charge, should galvanized be quoted or painted steel?
  - Bid the roof material as painted steel, dark gray.
- What is the heat source required in the pump room? It is specified as being insulated with no heat source. Can you clarify what the heat source is and if it is the heating is a responsibility of one of the contractors?
  - There will be no additional heat source in the pump room. Bids should include insulation of the pump room, only.
- Is there a wall detail spec available that outlines the required footer depth, and wall section drawing for the specified 4′ and 6′ wall. Specifically outlining the 4′ and 6′ dimensions above the slab or above the footer? This drastically lengthens or shortens the overall wall dimensions.
  - The details provided show the thickness and width of the footers. The top of the footer is to be level with the floor slab with the 4′ and 6′ walls at full height above the concrete slab/footer elevation. The footers and slab are to be one monolithic pour of concrete. The buried 4′ wall along the feed table will have footers poured at the thickness provided on C-510 and the top of the footer will be 33″ below the finished floor elevation. If contractors still want a detail to show any of this, I can see what our designers have to offer.
- On page CS102 of Design Plan, number 9 of the plan keynotes call for “6” Steel posts to be provided at a later date at the discretion of the landowner”.
  - To clarify, the building contractor will bid these posts. After verifying with our consultant, 4” post will be sufficient.
    Please bid, 4” galvanized sch 40 posts, wet set, left open not filled with cement.
- The drawings indicate 15”/4’/6′ walls drawing C 506 shows the footers buried and not poured monolithic like NRCS sometimes does can you confirm that is correct. There is a 4′ wall design which I assume is for the 15” curb. There is a 6′ wall design which I assume is for the 4′ wall that is partially buried. What design – detail are we to use for the 6′ wall in the manure
  stacking area ?
  - In looking at the details, we have three wall details that are to be used for the different walls (C-510-512). Specifics on where these are to be used is below.
    C-510: This 4′ T-wall is to be installed along the feed table side. This is a buried footer and partially buried wall that will have exposed 15″ of the wall to create a curb along the feed table.
    C-511: This 4′ wall will be installed along the Heavy Use Area section of the building (north and western sides). The footer for this wall is to be poured as part of the floor slab as a monolithic pour. The size of the footer is to be the same, there will just be an overlap of the slab reinforcement steel which is pictured in callout A on the detail.
    C-512: This 6′ T-wall is to be installed around the manure stacking area. This wall will also have a footer that will be part of a monolithic pour with the floor slab. Again, the footer size in this detail will remain the same with some overlap in reinforcement steel as called out in callout A.

Important Site Meeting:

IMPORTANT! Contractors interested in providing a bid on the project must visit the project site for a required pre-bid examination of the areas to become fully informed as to all existing conditions and limitations including access and availability of materials.

The mandatory site showing will be at the Stevens Farm at 10:00 AM on Monday, February 10, 2025.

Address: Stevens Farm – 685 Waterton Road, Shickshinny, PA 18655

Hard copies of full quote package and supporting information can be purchased from the District for $25.00. If you would like to order a hard copy, please call Jennifer Merryman at 570-674-7991 ext. 7.

Bids must be received at the office of the Luzerne Conservation District by 3:00 PM, Friday March 14, 2025 (new date).