Project Information

Bid Title

Bensalem Ceiling and Lighting

Issuing Agency

Bucks County Free Library

Location

Pennsylvania

Published Date

Feb 25, 2026

Closing Date

Mar 31, 2026

Government Level

State & Local

Status

Closed

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Project Description

Bensalem Ceiling and Lighting

Bensalem Ceiling and Lighting - Request for Bid (Posted 02.25.2026)
Bensalem Ceiling and Lighting - Drawings (Posted 02.25.2026)

Bucks County Free Library will receive bid responses until 2:00 PM on March 31, 2026. Bids are to be mailed or hand delivered to: Bucks County Free Library Attn: John J. Doran III, Chief Financial Officer 150 South Pine Street Doylestown, PA 18901

A Mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting will be held at 9:00 AM on March 11, 2026 at the Bensalem Library, 3700 Hulmeville Road, Bensalem, PA 19020.

All questions must be emailed to Mike Henretty at mhenretty@rhjassoc.com and Leigh Sheldron at sheldronl@buckslib.org by 12pm on March 18, 2026.

The questions will be answered, via email, by 5pm on March 23, 2026.

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CONTRACT DOCUMENTS

FOR

BUCKS COUNTY FREE LIBRARY BENSALEM

CEILING AND LIGHTING

BENSALEM BRANCH LIBRARY

3700 HULMEVILLE ROAD

BENSALEM, PA 19020

#2026BN-01

Prevailing Wage

#26-00758

February 17th, 2026

PREPARED FOR:

Bucks County Free Library

150 S Pine Street

Doylestown, PA 18901

PREPARED BY:

RHJ Associates, P.C.

10 Leopard Road

Paoli, PA 19301

Copyright © 2026 RHJ Associates. All rights reserved.

Bucks County Free Library Bensalem

Ceiling and Lighting

CONTRACT DOCUMENTS

FOR

BUCKS COUNTY FREE LIBRARY CEILING AND LIGHTING

BENSALEM BRANCH LIBRARY

BENSALEM BRANCH LIBRARY

3700 HULMEVILLE ROAD

BENSALEM, PA 19020

SECTION 000110

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Bidding Requirements and Instructions

01 Legal Notice

02 Instructions to Bidders

03 Bid Bond

04 Non-Collusion Affidavit

05 Agreement

Contract Forms

06 Payment Bond

07 Performance Bond

08 Maintenance Bond

09 Contractor’s Affidavit of Payment of Debts and Claims

10 Consent of Surety Company to Final Payment

11 Contractor’s Affidavit of Release of Liens

12 Contractor’s Release of Liens

13 Contractor’s Qualification Statement

14 Public Works Employment Verification Form

15 Certificate of Insurance (Sample)

16 Weekly Payroll Certification for Public Works Projects (Sample)

Conditions of Contract

17 General Conditions

18 Rules and Regulations for Outside Contractors

19 Prevailing Wage Determination – Bensalem Branch

Technical Specifications

DIV 00

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000110 Table of Contents

000115 List of Drawings

004130 Bid Form

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Ceiling and Lighting

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Summary

Alternates

Substitution Procedures

Contract Modification Procedures

Payment Procedures

Project Management and Coordination

Construction Progress Documentation

Submittal Procedures

Quality Requirements

Temporary Facilities and Controls

Product Requirements

Execution

Construction Waste Management and Disposal

Closeout Procedures

Operation and Maintenance data

Project Record Documents

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Supplemental Requirements for Electrical

Facility Performance Requirements for Electrical

Basic Electrical Requirements

Special Electrical Requirements

General Requirements for Electrical Systems

Basic Electrical Materials and Methods

Temporary Power and Communication Systems

Electrical Demolition

Low-Voltage Electrical Power and Conductors and Cables

Control-Voltage Electrical Power Cables

Hangers and Supports for Electrical Systems

Raceway and Boxes for Electrical Systems

Identification for Electrical Systems

Commissioning for Electrical

Testing for Electrical Systems

Relay-Based Lighting Controls

Interior Lighting

END OF DOCUMENT 000110

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Bucks County Free Library Bensalem Branch

Ceiling and Lighting

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LEGAL NOTICE

Bucks County Free Library will receive bid responses until 2:00 PM on March 31,

2026. Bids are to be mailed or hand delivered to:

Bucks County Free Library

Attn: John J. Doran III, Chief Financial Officer

150 South Pine Street

Doylestown, PA 18901

BUCKS COUNTY FREE LIBRARY

BENSALEM CEILING AND LIGHTING

A Mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting will be held at 9:00 AM on March 11, 2026 at the

Bensalem Library, 3700 Hulmeville Road, Bensalem, PA 19020.

All questions must be emailed to Mike Henretty at mhenretty@rhjassoc.com and Leigh

Sheldron at sheldronl@buckslib.org by 12pm on March 18, 2026. The questions will be

answered, via email, by 5pm on March 23, 2026.

A security deposit in the form of a properly executed Bid Bond for 5% of the bid amount

is required. Performance and Payment Bonds are required in the amount of 100% of the

contract amount. A Maintenance Bond is required in the amount of 10% of the contract.

Bidders are advised Prevailing Minimum Wage Rates, determined by the Secretary of

Labor and Industry, must be paid to all workers employed on this project.

A link to the solicitation may be found on the Bid page of the library website at

www.buckslib.org/bids

Bids are opened publicly in the second-floor conference room of the Doylestown Library

150 S Pine St, Doylestown PA, 18901 at 2:00pm the day they are due, March 31, 2026.

LEGAL NOTICE

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Bucks County Free Library Bensalem

Ceiling and Lighting

INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS

1. RECEIPT AND OPENING OF BIDS

a. All sections of the Bid, including downloads and Requests for Information (RFI’s) shall be

submitted with the bid and acknowledges the Bidder affirms, understands, and will abide by

the requirements of the Bid. Failure to do so may cause the Bid to be rejected as non-respon-

sive.

b. The submission of a bid will be considered as conclusive evidence of complete examination

of specifications and samples.

c. The Bucks County Free Library (BCFL) reserves the right to accept and award an Agree-

ment to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder. BCFL reserves the right to reject any or

all bids or any part thereof. BCFL reserves the right to award an Agreement based on evalu-

ation of specific criteria found in these specifications.

d. No verbal instructions or information to bidders will be binding. The specifications will be

considered clear and complete unless written attention is called to any apparent discrepan-

cies or incompleteness thereof before the opening of bids. Should any written inquiries be

received by the BCFL, these inquiries will be answered in the form of addenda and issued to

all providers. These addenda shall then be considered a part of these specifications.

e. Each bid must be submitted by 2:00 P.M. on the day of the bid opening.

f. The bids will be opened and read publicly on the second-floor conference room of the

Doylestown Library located at 150 S Pine St, Doylestown PA, by the BCFL Chief Financial

Officer or their Representative at 2:00 P.M. on the day the bid is due.

g. BCFL reserves the right to reject any or all bids or parts thereof, as deemed to be in the best

interest of BCFL.

h. If information is not included with your bid, and you receive a request from BCFL to pro-

vide it, you MUST deliver the information to the person making the request within 48 hours

(excluding weekends). Any information not received within 48 hours may result in your bid

being excluded from the evaluation and award process.

i. BCFL is the sole authority to provide this bid package to interested companies or individu-

als. Bidders who are working from a bid package obtained from any other source may be

working from an incomplete set of documents. BCFL assumes no responsibility for a bid’s

errors, omissions, or misinterpretations resulting from a Bidder’s use of an incomplete bid

package.

j. Bidders who have received the bid package from a source other than BCFL are not an offi-

cial vendor of record for the bid.

2. MODIFICATION AND WITHDRAWAL OF BIDS

A Bid may be modified or withdrawn via e-mail at any time up to the bid due date and time.

3. PREPARATION OF BIDS

Bidders will have been assumed to have carefully examined the Contract Documents for the

work, all attached hereto, and to have carefully investigated physical conditions at the site

and character of the work to be done, and to have inquired fully into the difficulties of con-

struction of the work before preparing their bid. BCFL will not be responsible for the failure

of the successful bidder to properly estimate such difficulties and costs, or for overlooking

any of the requirements of the Contract Documents.

INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS

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Bucks County Free Library Bensalem

Ceiling and Lighting

Commodity Codes

• NAICS 238210Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors

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