Invitation to Bid Office Cleaning Contract for the Housing Authority of the City of Allentown, PA The Housing Authority of the City of Allentown, PA, by virtue of its contract with the United States of America, acting through the Department of Housing and Urban Development, pursuant to the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, is hereby requesting bids to provide office cleaning services at three (3) properties located within the City of Allentown, specified in Bid No. 2023-000-000-50-4430023. Attention is called to all respondents that all applicable Equal Employment Opportunity requirements for federally assisted contracts must be complied with. This includes strict compliance with Executive Order 11246, as amended (establishing a goal of 6.9% for female employment and 1.3% minority percentage by craft); Nondiscrimination; Executive Order 11625, Minority Business Enterprises; Executive Order 12138, Women Business Enterprise; Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development
Act of 1968; Civil Rights Act of 1964; and Minority Business Participation. Also, pursuant to 62 PA.C.S. Sec 4601-4604, the Authority is permitted to use a secure electronic bidding platform, such as The PennBid Program. Interested respondents may obtain contract specification documents containing detailed submission requirements by accessing The PennBid Program at
https://pennbid.procureware.com/. A pre-bid conference will be held on Wednesday, June 14, 2023, beginning at 9:00 AM, prevailing time, in the Administrative Offices at Gross Towers, 1339 W. Allen Street, Allentown PA 18102. All prospective bidders are encouraged to attend. Questions may be submitted via the “Clarifications” feature on
https://pennbid.procureware.com/ on or before Friday, June 23, 2023 at noon. Responses will be provided to all bidders no later than Wednesday, June 28, 2023 at 3:00 PM. Interested bidders are requested to respond by proposal submission (satisfying the requirements of this Invitation) on or before 10:00 AM, prevailing time, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. Documents arriving after this time will be not be considered. Complete bid documents shall be submitted electronically via
https://pennbid.procureware.com. The Allentown Housing Authority reserves the right to accept or reject any or all proposals or to waive any informalities in bidding, and to withhold award for a period of sixty (60) days. AllentownHousing AuthorityDonald Senderowitz, ChairmanJulio Guridy, Executive Director Number Housing Authority of the City of Allentown, PA, Lehigh County Title Office Cleaning Contract Available Date 5/31/2023 5:00 PM Clarification Deadline 6/23/2023 12:00 PM Due Date 7/12/2023 10:00 AM Contact Information Bid Type Term Contract