Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
Two of the contractors that bid on the Falls Township Municipal Complex renovation project were disqualified, and the two next lowest bidders were handed notices of intent to award by the Falls Township Board of Supervisors.
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At the supervisors’ Monday evening meeting, the supervisors determined that two of the contractors didn’t meet the requirements of the township’s responsible contractor ordinance.
The supervisors voted that they plan to award the $19.2 million general construction contract to Rycon Construction, and award the $2.3 million plumbing construction contract to Myco Mechanical.
The governing body voted 5-0 to disqualify the mechanical and electrical contracts, which were tentatively approved at the June meeting pending the outcome of the Responsible Contractor Ordinance review.
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The supervisors additionally voted to issue notices of intent to award the mechanical construction contract to Allstates Mechanical Ltd. in the amount of $4,227,215; and the electrical construction contract to QPI Electrical in the amount of $4,290,000. QPI Electrical has also been awarded the fire alarm alternate of $209,000.
The Allstates Mechanical and QPI Electrical awards will be officially approved at the supervisor’s August meeting if they meet the requirements of the township’s Responsible Contractor Ordinance, officials said.
In May, the supervisors approved $20,055,000 in bonds to cover the municipal complex project costs.
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The township had expected the bids to cost $22 million, but a good bond rating cut costs.
Christopher Gibbons, the founder and principal of Concord Public Financial Advisors Inc., told the supervisors in spring that he expected the annual debt service cost to be $2.5 million over its 10-year term.
The township will contribute $15 million from their general fund for the project.
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The total cost of the project, which will take more than a year to complete, will be $35 million.
The overhaul of the existing complex along Lincoln Highway comes after years of discussion and a plan for a new building that fell through. The project, which is getting underway, will revamp the finance, parks and recreation, the police department, clerks, the tax collector, and public works spaces. There will also be a change from a public meeting room to a community room, which could be used by residents and neighborhood organizations. The municipal building will be upgraded to include extra support and amenity spaces, shared, flexible meeting rooms, incubator space for start-up firms, and more.
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