Upcoming Purchases & Bid Solicitations
Upcoming Purchases and Bid Solicitations
Advertisment for Bid -- Contract No. GN-24-18 – JOB ORDER CONTRACTING – NORTH REGION
I. PURPOSE AND INTENT
The Delaware River Port Authority (“Authority”) hereby invites interested qualified Contractors to submit a Bid for Contract No. GN-24-18 – JOB ORDER CONTRACTING – NORTH REGION. One (1) electronic copy of the Bid, along with other technical and commercial documents shall be submitted, via SAP Ariba, no later than 2:00 p.m. EST on April 8, 2025. Bids will be publicly opened and read, via Microsoft Teams.
The work to be completed under this contract consists of DRPA wishes to procure the services of construction contractors for Job Order Contract(s). A Job Order Contract is an indefinite quantity contract pursuant to which the Contractor may perform an ongoing series of individual Projects in the North Region containing the Betsy Ross Bridge and the Ben Franklin Bridge. However, the Authority reserves the right to have the Contractor work on any bridge under the jurisdiction of the Authority. Specific work tasks under this Job Order Contract will be set forth in the Detailed Scopes of Work referenced in the individual Job Orders. The Contractor will be required to complete each Detailed Scope of Work for the Job Order Price within the Job Order Completion Time. The Contract Documents include a Construction Task Catalog® containing construction tasks with preset Unit Prices. All Unit Prices are based on local labor, material and equipment prices and are for the direct cost of construction. The Contractor will propose two Adjustment Factors to be applied to the Unit Prices. One Adjustment Factor for performing work during Normal Working Hours and a second Adjustment Factor for performing work during Other Than Normal Working Hours. The same two Adjustment Factors shall apply to every Pre-priced Task in the Construction Task Catalog®. The award of the Job Order Contract(s), if awarded, will be to the lowest responsible and responsive Bidder. It is the intention of the Authority to award one Job Order Contract for each region.
II. ARIBA REQUIREMENT AND ACCESS TO ITB DOCUMENTS
All contract specific documents relevant to the ITB can be found on the Authority’s SAP Ariba Network site. In order to participate in this ITB and receive an invitation to the solicitation event, please send a request, via e-mail, to the following Contracting Officer: Amy L. Ash - alash@drpa.org. If a response is not sent to you within one (1) business day, please resend the request.
In order to access the ITB documents, you must be registered on the Ariba Network and have completed the Authority's supplier registration questionnaire. After you have verified that you DO NOT have an active account, you can register on the Ariba Network at any time. Registration is free, quick, and easy. To do so follow the below steps:
Submit a self-registration request at http://drpa.sourcing.ariba.com/ad/selfRegistration.
After the self-registration request that you submitted is approved, you’ll receive an email from Ariba.
After you create your username and password, please email (project owner) and they will send you an invite to the event.
If you need any assistance or have questions, please email vendors@drpa.org.
If your company is already registered in Ariba, please log in through invite with that information to sync our accounts.
The Authority will consider only those Bids received from parties who have obtained the ITB and contract documents directly from the Authority. Contract documents are not transferable to other parties for proposal purposes. Bids received from firms whose names are not recorded by the Authority as having secured documents for this Project will be rejected.
III. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
The Delaware River Port Authority is firmly committed to providing full and equal business opportunities to all persons regardless of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, or non-job-related disability. In that regard, the Delaware River Port Authority will affirmatively assure that minority and female-owned business enterprises are afforded equal opportunities to submit bids and/or proposals for consideration for all purchases and contracts issued in connection with this Project. Prospective bidders should understand that the participation of certified MBEs and WBEs is a matter of great interest in the evaluation of all bids. To that end, the DRPA has established MBE and WBE goals for this project. MBE and WBE team members must be named, and commitment levels must be noted at the time the bid is submitted.
IV. BID SUBMISSION, DUE DATE AND BID OPENING
Responses to this ITB must be submitted electronically via the Ariba Network, no later than 2:00 p.m. EST on April 8, 2025 (“Bid Due Date”).
Bid Opening is schedule for 2:00 p.m. EST on April 8, 2025 via Microsoft Teams. The meeting information is as follows:
Meeting ID: 289 516 337 675
Passcode: cM7qy3bm
+1 856-338-7063,,431120340#
LATE, FAXED, E-MAILED, AND/OR HARDCOPIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. The Bid Due Date and Ariba submission requirements are mandatory and non-waivable.
Contractors should ensure that they can access and upload files in Ariba prior to the submission deadline. It is the Bidder’s responsibility to ensure delivery of its Bid to the proper place at the proper time. Absent an emergency or unanticipated event that interrupts normal Authority processes so that Bids cannot be received via Ariba by the exact time specified in the ITB, the Authority will not extend the submission deadline for an interested firm due to technical difficulties.
V. PRE-BID CONFERENCE AND SITE VISIT
A non-mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be held on March 17, 2025 at 1:00 pm EST via Microsoft Teams. The Microsoft Teams information for this meeting is:
Meeting ID: 253 427 428 701
Passcode: Rj6jr3Xg
+1 856-338-7063,,593324630#
Attendance by Bidders, subcontractors, and suppliers is strongly encouraged. All Bidders shall be expected to completely and thoroughly examine all Contract Documents to become fully aware of the scope and requirements of the Project prior to submitting a Bid.
No site visit is scheduled for this project.
VI. SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT
The DRPA has established a Single Point of Contact for this ITB. From the issue date of this advertisement and until full execution of the Contract Agreement, the Single Point of Contact shall be the Contracting Officer whose name and contact information appears below. Please refer all inquiries related to the Project, including Ariba technical issues to the Contracting Officer.
Any violation of this condition (excluding any Ariba supplier registration questions and issues, which should be addressed by e-mailing vendors@drpa.org) may be cause for the DRPA to reject the offending Bid or rescind the Contract Award. Bidders agree not to distribute any part of their Bids beyond the Authority’s Contract Administration Department. A Bidder that shares information contained in its Bid with other DRPA personnel and/or with a competing Bidder may be disqualified and its Bid may be rejected.
The Single Point of Contact for this Project is:
Amy L. Ash, Manager/Contracting Officer
alash@drpa.org / 856-968-2084
VII. QUESTIONS
Any and all questions or requests for clarification relating to this procurement including, but not limited to, questions concerning Bid submission requirements, technical requirements, scope of work, and specifications, should be addressed to the Single Point of Contact no later than 5:00 p.m. EST on March 25, 2025.
NOTE: NO questions will be accepted after this date.
Responses to questions will be provided, via Ariba and e-mail, by the Single Point of Contact to those firms who have registered and requested participation in the ITB.
Only information supplied by the Single Point of Contact, including responses to questions regarding the ITB, should be used in preparing Bids.
DELAWARE RIVER PORT AUTHORITY
By: Amy L. Ash
Manager, Contract Administration
Phone: 856-968-2084