Category: Expired RFP

SEDA-Council of Governments (SEDA-COG) is requesting proposals for broadband deployment from Internet Service Providers (ISP) and Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISP), to expand broadband service in and around the Snowshoe area within Centre County. The purpose of this RFP is to provide a minimum of 100/100mb service to businesses and residents within the project areas. The selected proposal will be eligible to apply for up to $210,000 in reimbursable grants funded in part by the Appalachian Region Commission (ARC) and the Keystone Communities Program.

Complete proposal details, including the required proposal format, may be obtained from the downloads below or by contacting:

Scott Kramer, Principal IT Specialist
SEDA Council of Governments
201 Furnace Road
Lewisburg, PA 17837
skramer@seda-cog.org

Proposals will be accepted until 2:00pm prevailing time, Thursday, December 30st, 2021, at which time they will be publicly opened at the offices of SEDA-COG. Proposals shall be on the forms required, sealed, and clearly marked on the outside, “CENTRE COUNTY RURAL BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT PROPOSAL,” and submitted to:

Scott Kramer, Principal IT Specialist
SEDA Council of Governments
201 Furnace Road
Lewisburg, PA 17837

Proposals that are faxed or e-mailed to SEDA-COG cannot be accepted.

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Downloads

RFP – Centre County Rural Broadband Deployment (final)
RFP – Centre County Rural Broadband Deployment – Attachment A
KMZ – Centre County Rural Broadband Deployment (Snowshoe Township Area)

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Question and Answer

Q: Is a one time fee charged by a third party to provide fiber to a given location an eligible cost, or is that considered construction?
A: It would depend of the situation. If you are purchasing fiber from a third party that is already established, then no, it would not be consider construction. However, if you are contracting with the third party to install fiber, then it would be construction, and not eligible for reimbursement through the grant funds.

Q: What is included in construction costs? Can you give more details on this?
A: Any action that would consist of moving or disturbing soil. For example, burring conduit for fiber would be considered construction. Hanging fiber on poles or running fiber within existing conduit would not be considered construction.

Q: Are one time colocation fees an eligible expense?
A: Yes. As long as the colocation fees do not include any type of construction.

Q: Can you provide additional information on the target area, and what internet options are available in this area already?
A: Existing provider information can be found on the FCC Form 477 interactive map.

Q: Based on our review of the project area, there appears to be 216 addresses in the highlighted area. Are there other homes that we should be reaching, or should we only follow the area outlined on the map?
A: The 350-360 households were estimates. Follow the area outlined within the map and KMZ file as the project area.

Q: Can you share information on the 7 businesses that were identified in this project?
A: We visited a number of businesses within and outside the project area. The RFP reads that a minimum of 100/100mb service must be made available to 100% percent of 7 businesses within the project area. We do not specify which businesses; this is to enable the providers to have flexibility in developing their proposals by not specifying particular businesses, only that 7 must have service available to them.

 

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REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS

The Town of Bloomsburg is requesting quotations for the purchase of Professional Engineering/Architectural services. These services include all necessary design and specifications for the bidding of and contracting for the Honeysuckle Lane Stormwater Mitigation project. Complete proposal details, including the required proposal format, may be obtained by contacting:

Geralee Zeigler, Program Analyst
SEDA-COG
201 Furnace Road
Lewisburg, PA 17837

Proposals will be accepted until 11 a.m. prevailing time, December 14, 2021, at which time they will be publicly opened at SEDA-Council of Governments, 201 Furnace Road, Lewisburg, PA 17837. Proposals shall be on the forms required, sealed and clearly marked on the outside, “Honeysuckle Lane Stormwater Mitigation – Engineering Services Proposal,” and submitted to:

Geralee Zeigler, Program Analyst
SEDA-COG
201 Furnace Road
Lewisburg, PA 17837

Proposals that are faxed or e-mailed to SEDA-COG cannot be accepted.

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Final RFQ Engineering or Architectural Services

The City of Shamokin is seeking a qualified environmental consultant with the capacity to conduct and prepare Phase I and Phase II Assessments, Remedial Action Plans, Quality Assurance Project Plans, and Sampling and Analysis Plans to provide environmental professional services to implement the City of Shamokin U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) Community-Wide Brownfields Assessment Grants Project. In 2021, the U.S. EPA awarded the city a $300,000 Community-Wide Brownfield Assessment Grant for hazardous substances.

Download the SEDA-COG RFP for Shamokin QEP with Attachment for more details.

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Question and Answers

1. 1. Under #4 would a list of current U.S. EPA contracts be acceptable to fulfill this item? For a team, to list all contracts could be an exceptional large list, much of which would not be relevant to this type of work. Also, the RFP asks for contacts for every contract and separately requests references under #7. Would it be acceptable to only list the client name under #4 and provide specific references with full contact information under #7? The only difference is in #4 we are asking for references of clients that you are currently working with, and #7 would be previous professional engagements. I certainly don’t need your entire list, of course. If you provide a few for each, and then state that a full list would be available upon request, that is adequate.
   
2. 2. Under #5 Example Remediation Documents – Can you please provide more clarification of what you require? Remedial documents are typically hundreds, if not thousands of pages per report. Could we provide example documents via a single USB drive to eliminate a lot of printing and shipping expenses? If you provide executive summaries and merely state that full reports available upon request, that would certainly be acceptable for me!
   
3. 3. Upon our review of the RFQ, I was wondering if you could please provide us with some guidance on what types of remediation documents that the City of Shamokin is interested at reviewing as part of our response to the RFQ? I know that the city is going to face remediation needs such a lead paint, asbestos, waste management – amongst others. If you could just provide a few executive summaries of remediation plans with the wording that full reports are available upon request, that would be sufficient for our needs.
   
4. I was trying to locate a copy of the June 26, 2020 Shamokin Brownfields inventory grant final end of project report prepared by AECOM – is this available? Please see this document attached.

Dates of Publication: November 15th and 18th, 2021
Contact: Angie Kemberling, (570) 524-4491

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

Snyder County is requesting proposals for the purchase of Professional Engineering Services.
These services include all necessary design and specifications for the bidding of and contracting
for the Snyder County Courthouse HVAC Retrofitting Project. Complete proposal details, including
the required proposal format, may be obtained by contacting:

Angie Kemberling, Program Assistant
SEDA-COG
201 Furnace Road
Lewisburg, PA 17837

Proposals will be accepted until 2:00 pm prevailing time, December 13, 2021, at which time they will be publicly opened at SEDA-Council of Governments, 201 Furnace Road Lewisburg, PA 17837.  Proposals shall be on the forms required, sealed, and clearly marked on the outside, “HVAC Retrofitting Engineering Services Proposal“, and submitted to:

Angie Kemberling, Program Assistant
SEDA-COG
201 Furnace Road
Lewisburg, PA 17837

Due to the nature of this project, Snyder County will hold a pre-bid meeting at 11:00 am on November 16th, 2021, for engineering firms interested in submitting a project proposal to the Commissioners. Any questions that arise after the pre-bid meeting can be addressed to Angie Kemberling; akemberling@seda-cog.org. Engineers will have this time to tour the project site and get a better understanding of the project. This meeting is not mandatory.

Proposals that are faxed or e-mailed to SEDA-COG cannot be accepted.