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East Rockhill opens bids for municipal office addition; low combined bid $797,000, board to review scope
Summary
Fifteen bids were opened July 15 for the municipal office addition and renovation; the combined low bid totaled $797,000 and the board directed staff to review plans and consider scaling back renovation work with Keystone Architects.
East Rockhill Township received and opened 15 bids July 15 for a municipal office addition and renovation. Township documents list the low bidders as Gordon H. Baver Inc. for general work at $659,000; Hirschberg for mechanical at $45,000; Hunsberger for electrical at $69,500; and Chris Wolff for plumbing at $23,500, producing a combined low bid of $797,000.
The board reached consensus to have staff review the bid documents, take bidder questions into consideration and work with Keystone Architects’ Christopher Sipes to scale back the renovation portion of the project if necessary. The bid documents require separate prime contractors and prevailing wages.
Meeting materials state the project is designed so a generator would be purchased at a later date, that the bid documents specify a nine‑month construction period, and that no tax increase is anticipated to fund the project. Proposals from financial institutions for project financing were reviewed at the meeting but no financing action was taken.
During public comment, residents asked where meetings would be held during the renovation and whether landscaping plans existed; township staff said the existing meeting space is expected to be used and there are no landscaping details at this time. The board did not take a final contract award at the session and instructed staff to return with recommendations after reviewing bids and scope options.
