[1]
Editor's Note: See Home Rule Charter, § 12.03.
The Board shall, by ordinance, establish a system
for the competitive bidding of contracts and purchases, including
such definitions, publication requirements, deposit and bond requirements,
conditions, terms, rules, regulations, waivers and exceptions as it
shall from time to time deem advisable.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Home Rule Charter, § 12.03.
All specifications shall be written so as to
be applicable to more than one supplier. The principal dimensions,
features and performance characteristics which are desired by the
Township shall be identified and specified so that suppliers may ascertain
whether or not their product or service will comply with the objective
specifications.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Home Rule Charter, § 12.02.
The term of contracts for the purchase of supplies
shall not exceed one year.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Home Rule Charter, § 12.05.
See also 53 P.S. § 56892(b) and § 1802(b) of the
First Class Township Code.
Every contract for the construction, reconstruction,
repair, improvement or maintenance of public works shall contain a
provision that any steel products used or supplied in the performance
of the contract or any subcontracts thereunder shall be from steel
made in the United States, in accordance with the Pennsylvania "Steel
Products Procurement Act" (73 P.S. § 1881 et seq.), as amended
from time to time.
In the preparation of specifications for the
erection or alteration of any public building, the Township may, but
shall not be required to, prepare separate specifications for the
plumbing, heating, ventilating and electrical work. The Township may,
but shall not be required to, receive separate bids upon each of such
branches of work, and award the contract for the same to the lowest
responsible bidder.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Section 1805 of the First Class
Township Code, 53 P.S. § 56805.
[Amended 6-8-2009 by Ord. No. 2776, approved 11-3-2009]
The Mayor may request that a certified check
or bid bond with approved surety, in any amount not to exceed 10%
of the total bid, accompany every bid.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Home Rule Charter, § 12.03.
All Township contracts with funds from the Pennsylvania
Liquid Fuels Tax Municipal Allocation Law (72 P.S. § 102
et seq. and § 2615.1 et seq. and 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 9511 — Oil
Company Franchise Tax) shall comply with the requirements and regulations
made with those funds, as found at 67 Pa. Code § 449.1 et
seq., each as amended from time to time.
All Township contracts which are subject to
the Federal "Davis-Bacon Act" wage rate and record keeping procedures,
or the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act for Township contracts in
excess of $25,000 (43 P.S. § 165 et seq., 53 P.S. § 56808),
shall comply with the requirements of each respective Act, as amended
from time to time.
All Township contracts for the purchase or lease
of motor vehicles shall comply with the requirements of the Pennsylvania
Motor Vehicle Procurements Act (73 P.S. § 1895), as amended
from time to time, which requires that a majority of the parts be
manufactured in North America and that the vehicle be assembled in
North America.
All Township contracts which provide for retainage
of a portion of the contract amount to insure proper performance of
the contract, release of the retainage, final payment and interest,
etc. shall comply with the requirements of § 1625 et seq.
of Title 73, of P.S., as amended from time to time.
