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Contract package totals $9 million during June meeting
More than $2.3 million was designated last week to replace a failing county-owned bridge in Upper Dublin Township.
The $2.36 million agreement with James D. Morrissey Incorporated of Philadelphia, covered the “full bridge replacement” of County Bridge No. 83A, located along Butler Pike over Prophecy Creek. Along with the bridge replacement, the agreement stipulates “roadway reconstruction of the approaching roadways.”
A request for proposals was initially advertised on the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s Construction Management System, according to the agreement. County and state transportation officials then assessed bid submissions.
A majority of project funding is expected to come from the state, with the remaining 20 percent derived from the county’s capital improvement program.
The seven-figure bridge replacement contract was among a 15-item package unanimously authorized during the June 27 Montgomery County Commissioners meeting that totaled more than $9 million.
Nearly $2 million covered an agreement for 19 commercial insurance coverages. The $1.93 million contract with KMRD Partners, Inc., of Warrington, Bucks County, extended commercial liability coverage as part of the county’s human resources division. It took effect on Monday and will continue through June 30, 2025.
Funding came from the county’s general-operational budget, with several liability coverage extending to law enforcement, public officials, health care professionals, lawyers, as well as adult probation officers, volunteers, and foster parents, according to the contract description. Additional points include fiduciary liability, crime, property, pollution, excess workers compensation, travel accident for the bomb squad, Hazmat and urban search and rescue, accidental death and dismemberment for economic and workforce development programs, and fine arts for the Peter Wentz Farmstead, Pennypacker Mills, Pottsgrove Manor, and Audubon Collection.
A $999,870 agreement with Scott Contractors Inc., of Norristown, covered site mitigation and repair services at the Montgomery County Weapons Training Facility on the public safety training campus in Conshohocken.
The scope of work involves excavating soil, grouting below the basement level slab, replacing damaged concrete, as well as replacing and repairing stormwater piping and infrastructure.
Funds were sourced through the county’s capital improvement program, according to the contract. A previously advertised request for proposal netted two submissions from firms. West Chester-based Road-Con Inc. had submitted a $1.6 million bid, but was not selected.
Additionally, $903,055 was allocated to procure psychiatric rehabilitation services for Montgomery County residents ages 18 years and older. Contract funding for the first year was awarded to the following agencies: $754,560 to Access Services Inc., of Fort Washington; $134,368 for St. Luke’s Penn Foundation, of Allentown and $14,127 for Salisbury Behavioral Health LLC., of Asheville, North Carolina.
The contract stipulates four optional annual renewal terms, and funding came from a Mental Health-Human Services Block Grant and the Pennsylvania Department of Health and Human Services’ HealthChoices.
Services span several areas, including strengths-based assessments, mutual aid, community connections, developing individualized psychiatric rehabilitation plans, cultivating strategies that teach skills that “improve capacity for successful community life,” the contract states.
Additionally, a $555,932 agreement with Interaction Insight Corporation, of Red Bank, New Jersey, covered a “full upgrade of the Eventide Logging Recorder System” in use at the Montgomery County Department of Public Safety’s 911 center.
“The recording system is part of the 911 system that is mandated by state law and is used by the department as part of quality assurance and quality improvement and provides for record retrieval of 911 records that are subpoenaed or requested in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act and Pennsylvania’s Right-to-Know Act,” the contract states.
The services were made available through the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s cooperative purchasing program, with funding coming from the county’s capital improvement program and a grant from the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency.
The next Montgomery County Board of Commissioners meeting is scheduled for 10 a.m. on July 18 on the eighth floor of One Montgomery Plaza, 425 Swede St., Norristown. Those interested in attending the meeting can also do so virtually. Visit montgomerycountypa.gov for more information.
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