Published October 08. 2022 12:54AM
After reworking the scope of work, bids were opened for the Mauch Chunk Opera House HVAC project were opened.
On Thursday, the Carbon County Commissioners, during their public meeting, officially opened the bids via PennBid. This is the second time the county put the project out for bid. At the request of the opera house, the previous bids, which totaled over $200,000 for HVAC and electrical projects, were rejected earlier this year.
There were three bidders, with Spotts Brothers Inc. of Schuylkill Haven submitting the low bid of $159,900.
Other bidders included Leibold Inc. of Pottsville and Myco Mechanical Inc. of Telford.
The county tabled the bids for three weeks so they could be reviewed.
Carbon County handled the bids because it applied for the Local Share Account grant that the opera house received for the project. The grant totals $169,069.
It must be used by June 30, 2023.
The Mauch Chunk Opera House is a nonprofit organization and music venue that seats approximately 380 people and brings approximately 25,000 people per year to downtown Jim Thorpe and Carbon County.
Carbon County has obtained a $169,000 grant for the HVAC system at the Mauch Chunk Opera House. TIMES NEWS FILE PHOTO
