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62 PA Cons Stat § 3941 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 62 - PROCUREMENT|Chapter 39 - Contracts for Public Works|Section 3941 - Substantial/final payment under contract

§ 3941. Substantial/final payment under contract.   (a) Contract containing provision for retainage.--A contract containing a provision for retainage as provided in section 3921 (relating to retainage) shall contain a provision requiring the architect or engineer to make final inspection within 30 days of receipt of the request of the contractor for final inspection and application for final payment. If the work is substantially completed, the architect or engineer shall issue a certificate of completion and a final certificate for payment, and the government agency shall make payment in full within 45 days except as provided in section 3921, less only one and one-half times the amount required to complete any then-remaining uncompleted minor items, which amount shall be certified by the architect or engineer and, upon receipt by the government agency of any guarantee bonds which may be required, in accordance with the contract, to insure proper workmanship for a designated period of time. The certificate given by the architect or engineer shall list in detail each uncompleted item and a reasonable cost of completion. Final payment of any amount withheld for the completion of the minor items shall be paid upon completion of the items in the certificate of the engineer or architect.  (b) Interest.--The final payment due the contractor from the government agency after substantial completion of the contract shall bear interest at a rate of 6% per annum for all contracts without provisions for retainage and at a rate of 10% per annum for all contracts with provisions for retainage, the interest to begin after the date that such payment becomes due and payable to the contractor. However, where the government agency has issued bonds to finance the project, interest shall be payable to the contractor at the rate of interest of the bond issue or at the rate of 10% per annum, whichever is less, but in no event shall the interest payable to the contractor be at a rate of interest less than the legal rate of interest.
62 PA Cons Stat § 3942 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 62 - PROCUREMENT|Chapter 39 - Contracts for Public Works|Section 3942 - Arbitration

§ 3942. Arbitration.  If a dispute should arise between the contractor and the government agency over the payment of retainages and final payment, then the dispute shall be arbitrated under the applicable terms of the contract. If the contract contains no provision for arbitration, then both parties may mutually agree to arbitrate the dispute under the rules of the American Arbitration Association or in accordance with 42 Pa.C.S. Ch. 73 (relating to arbitration). In any event, either party shall have the right of appeal from any decision and award as provided by law.
62 PA Cons Stat § 4101 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 62 - PROCUREMENT|Chapter 41 - Purchase of Surplus Federal Property|Section 4101 - Contracts with United States

§ 4101. Contracts with United States.  Any government agency may enter into a contract with the Federal Government for the purchase, lease or other acquisition, including the warehousing and distribution, of any surplus real or personal Federal property without complying with any requirement of law as to specifications, advertising, award of contract or approval by another government agency. However, an executive or independent agency may only enter into a contract authorized by this section through the Department of General Services.    Cross References. Section 4101 is referred to in section 4102 of this title.
62 PA Cons Stat § 4102 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 62 - PROCUREMENT|Chapter 41 - Purchase of Surplus Federal Property|Section 4102 - Bids and down payments

§ 4102. Bids and down payments.  Any government agency authorized to enter into a contract under section 4101 (relating to contracts with United States) may designate by appropriate order an officeholder or employee of its own to enter a bid in its behalf at any sale of any surplus real or personal Federal property and may authorize the designee to make any down payment or payment in full required in connection with the bidding.
62 PA Cons Stat § 4301 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 62 - PROCUREMENT|Chapter 43 - Public Facilities Concessions|Section 4301 - Short title of chapter and general provisions

§ 4301. Short title of chapter and general provisions.   (a) Short title.--This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Public Facilities Concession Regulation Act.  (b) Legislative findings.--It is hereby determined by the General Assembly to reaffirm the legislative findings contained in the act of November 26, 1978 (P.L.1303, No.315), known as the Public Facilities Concession Regulation Act, and codified in this chapter: (1) It is and has been the policy of this Commonwealth to require and encourage public agencies to own and operate a variety of public facilities for the conduct of public business and for the health, education, protection, transportation, recreation, entertainment and cultural advancement of the people of this Commonwealth. (2) It is and has been the policy of this Commonwealth to promote the public welfare by permitting the operation, within these public facilities, of various concessions to provide goods and services to the public. (3) Due to the nature, configuration and location of many public facilities, members of the public utilizing the facilities must either patronize the concessionaires operating therein or undergo great expense, inconvenience and hardship. (4) The general welfare of the people of this Commonwealth requires that concessionaires operating in public facilities offer to the public goods and services of good quality at reasonable prices. The General Assembly therefore declares it to be the policy of this Commonwealth that all public officers and agencies should, at all times, make efforts to see that concessionaires in public facilities provide goods and services of high quality at reasonable prices in order to protect the public and encourage use of public facilities.  (c) Police power.--This chapter shall be deemed to be an exercise of the police powers of this Commonwealth for the protection of the health, safety and general welfare of the people of this Commonwealth.  (d) Purpose of chapter.--This chapter is intended as remedial legislation designed to promote the general welfare, protect the public and encourage full and proper use of public facilities. Each provision of this chapter is intended to receive a liberal construction as will best effectuate those purposes, and no provision is intended to receive a strict or limited construction.  (e) Certain rights preserved.--This chapter is not intended to limit or deny any other rights previously enjoyed by any government agency.    References in Text. The act of November 26, 1978 (P.L.1303, No.315), known as the Public Facilities Concession Regulation Act, referred to in subsec. (b), was repealed by the act of May 15, 1998 (P.L.358, No.57). The subject matter is now contained in Chapter 43 of this title.
62 PA Cons Stat § 4302 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 62 - PROCUREMENT|Chapter 43 - Public Facilities Concessions|Section 4302 - Definitions

§ 4302. Definitions.  The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:  "Public facility." Any building, airport, school, park, hospital or other structure, grounds or place owned or operated by a government agency, whether for governmental or proprietary use.
62 PA Cons Stat § 4303 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 62 - PROCUREMENT|Chapter 43 - Public Facilities Concessions|Section 4303 - Terms of contracts

§ 4303. Terms of contracts.   (a) General rule.--Each government agency shall require that every contract granting any concession, license, permit or right to sell, lease, contract for or otherwise make available for consideration goods or services to the public in any public facility contains provisions giving the government agency the right to regulate the kinds, quality and prices of the goods and services upon terms and conditions as may be appropriate.  (b) Exceptions.--This section is not intended to apply in any of the following cases: (1) Where the right to regulate price or quality is vested exclusively in or has been preempted by the United States or any of its agencies or another government agency. (2) Where the head of the government agency determines in writing that the retention of the right to regulate is not necessary to protect the general welfare.
62 PA Cons Stat § 4501 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 62 - PROCUREMENT|Chapter 45 - Antibid-Rigging|Section 4501 - Short title of chapter

§ 4501. Short title of chapter. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Antibid-Rigging Act.
62 PA Cons Stat § 4502 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 62 - PROCUREMENT|Chapter 45 - Antibid-Rigging|Section 4502 - Definitions

§ 4502. Definitions.  The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:  "Bid-rigging." The concerted activity of two or more persons to determine in advance the winning bidder of a contract let or to be let for competitive bidding by a government agency. The term includes, but is not limited to, any one or more of the following: (1) Agreeing to sell items or services at the same price. (2) Agreeing to submit identical bids. (3) Agreeing to rotate bids. (4) Agreeing to share profits with a contractor who does not submit the low bid. (5) Submitting prearranged bids, agreed-upon higher or lower bids or other complementary bids. (6) Agreeing to set up territories to restrict competition. (7) Agreeing not to submit bids.  "Government agency." The Commonwealth and any of its departments, boards, agencies, authorities and commissions, any political subdivision, municipal or other local authority or any officer or agency of any political subdivision or local authority.  "Person." An individual, corporation or partnership or any other entity capable of submitting a bid to the Commonwealth.
62 PA Cons Stat § 4503 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 62 - PROCUREMENT|Chapter 45 - Antibid-Rigging|Section 4503 - Prohibited activities

§ 4503. Prohibited activities.   (a) Bid-rigging unlawful.--It is unlawful for any person to conspire, collude or combine with another in order to commit or attempt to commit bid-rigging involving: (1) A contract for the purchase of equipment, goods, services or materials or for construction or repair let or to be let by a government agency. (2) A subcontract for the purchase of equipment, goods, services or materials or for construction or repair with a prime contractor or proposed prime contractor for a government agency.  (b) Simultaneous bids.--Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, it is not unlawful for the same person to simultaneously submit bids for the same work, or a portion thereof, as a proposed prime contractor and subcontractor.  (c) Fines and imprisonment.--Any person who violates this section commits a felony of the third degree and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000,000 if an entity other than an individual or a fine of not more than $50,000 if an individual or to serve a term of imprisonment for not more than three years, or both.  (d) Alternative civil penalty.--In lieu of criminal prosecution for violation of this section, the Attorney General may bring an action for a civil penalty. In this action, a person found by a court to have violated this section shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than $100,000.  (e) Disposition of fines and penalties.--Criminal fines and civil penalties collected under subsections (c) and (d) shall be paid into the State Treasury and deposited in the appropriate fund.  (f) Factors to be considered in determining fines, imprisonment or civil penalties.--In determining the appropriate sanctions to be imposed for a violation of this section, the court shall consider at least the following three factors: (1) The prior record and the number of previous violations. (2) The net worth of the person. (3) The size and amount of the contract involved.  (g) Civil action not barred.--A conviction or civil penalty imposed under this section shall not bar a government agency from pursuing additional civil action and administrative sanctions.  (h) Limitation on prosecution.--No criminal prosecution under this section shall be brought against a person who has been previously charged by information or indictment with a criminal violation of the Federal antitrust laws, based upon the same allegedly unlawful conduct upon which a criminal prosecution under this chapter could be based, where jeopardy has attached under the Federal prosecution.    Cross References. Section 4503 is referred to in sections 4504, 4505, 4508, 4509 of this title.
62 PA Cons Stat § 4504 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 62 - PROCUREMENT|Chapter 45 - Antibid-Rigging|Section 4504 - Civil action and damages

§ 4504. Civil action and damages.   (a) Government agency to have right of action.--Any government agency entering into a contract which is or has been the subject of activities prohibited by section 4503 (relating to prohibited activities) shall have a right of action against the participants in the prohibited activities to recover damages.  (b) Options.--The government agency shall have the option to proceed jointly and severally in a civil action against any one or more of the participants for recovery of the full amount of the damages. There shall be no right to contribution among participants not named defendants by the government agency.  (c) Measure of damages.--The measure of damages recoverable under this section shall be the actual damages, which damages shall be trebled plus the cost of suit, including reasonable attorney fees.  (d) When cause of action arises.--The cause of action shall arise at the time the government agency which entered into the contract discovered or should have discovered the conduct amounting to the unlawful offense. The action shall be brought within four years of the date that the cause of action arose. No civil action shall be maintained after the expiration of ten years from the date the contract was signed by the parties.  (e) Conviction to be dispositive of liability.--Any conviction under section 4503 shall be dispositive of the liability of the participants with the only issues for trial being the fact and amount of damages.    Cross References. Section 4504 is referred to in section 4508 of this title.
62 PA Cons Stat § 4505 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 62 - PROCUREMENT|Chapter 45 - Antibid-Rigging|Section 4505 - Suspension or debarment

§ 4505. Suspension or debarment.   (a) Maximum suspension or debarment.--A government agency proceeding under its rules and regulations to exclude or render ineligible a person from participation in contracts or subcontracts based upon conduct prohibited by section 4503 (relating to prohibited activities) shall limit the exclusion or ineligibility to a period not to exceed the following: (1) Three years in the case of a person found for the first time to have engaged in this conduct. (2) Five years in the case of a person found to have engaged in this conduct for a second or subsequent time.  (b) Lists of persons excluded.--A government agency that lets a contract by competitive bidding shall maintain a current list of persons excluded or ineligible by reason of suspension or debarment for participation in contracts or subcontracts with that agency and shall furnish a copy of the list upon request to a person considering the submission of a bid as a prime contractor or as a subcontractor.
62 PA Cons Stat § 4506 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 62 - PROCUREMENT|Chapter 45 - Antibid-Rigging|Section 4506 - Liability for increased costs

§ 4506. Liability for increased costs.  A person who enters into a contract with a government agency, either directly as a contractor or indirectly as a subcontractor, during a period of suspension or debarment imposed upon that person by that agency under its rules and regulations shall be liable to the government agency and to an eligible contractor for increased costs incurred as a result of replacing the excluded or ineligible person.
62 PA Cons Stat § 4507 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 62 - PROCUREMENT|Chapter 45 - Antibid-Rigging|Section 4507 - Noncollusion affidavits

§ 4507. Noncollusion affidavits.  Noncollusion affidavits may be required by rule or regulation of any government agency for all persons. Any requirement for noncollusion affidavits shall be set forth in the invitation to bid. Failure of any person to provide a required affidavit to the government agency may be grounds for disqualification of his bid. Any required noncollusion affidavit shall state whether or not the person has been convicted or found liable for any act prohibited by Federal or State law in any jurisdiction involving conspiracy or collusion with respect to bidding on any public contract within the last three years. The form for any required noncollusion affidavit shall provide that the person's statement on the affidavit that he has been convicted or found liable for any act prohibited by Federal or State law in any jurisdiction involving conspiracy or collusion with respect to bidding on any public contract within the last three years does not prohibit a government agency from accepting a bid from or awarding a contract to that person, but it may be grounds for administrative suspension or debarment in the discretion of the government agency under the rules and regulations of that agency or, in the case of a government agency with no administrative suspension or debarment regulations or procedures, may be grounds for consideration on the question of whether the agency should decline to award a contract to that person on the basis of lack of responsibility. The provisions of this section are in addition to and not in derogation of any other powers and authority of any government agency.
62 PA Cons Stat § 4508 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 62 - PROCUREMENT|Chapter 45 - Antibid-Rigging|Section 4508 - Responsibility for enforcement

§ 4508. Responsibility for enforcement.   (a) Criminal prosecution.--The Office of Attorney General and the district attorneys of the several counties shall have concurrent jurisdiction for the investigation and prosecution of violations of section 4503 (relating to prohibited activities).  (b) Civil action.--The Office of Attorney General shall have the authority to bring civil action under section 4504 (relating to civil action and damages) on behalf of the Commonwealth and any of its departments, boards, agencies, authorities and commissions. Political subdivisions or municipal or other local authorities or any officer or agency of any such political subdivision or local authority shall have the right to bring a civil action under section 4504. Upon the filing of a complaint, a copy shall be served on the Attorney General. The plaintiff, at any time, may request the Attorney General to act on its behalf. The Attorney General, upon determining that it is in the best interest of the Commonwealth, shall have the authority to intervene on behalf of the Commonwealth in these actions.
62 PA Cons Stat § 4601 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 62 - PROCUREMENT|Chapter 46 - Electronic Bidding by Local Government Units.|Section 4601 - Short title of chapter

§ 4601. Short title of chapter.  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Local Government Unit Electronic Bidding Act.
62 PA Cons Stat § 4602 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 62 - PROCUREMENT|Chapter 46 - Electronic Bidding by Local Government Units.|Section 4602 - Definitions

§ 4602. Definitions.  The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:  "Local government unit." A county, city, borough, incorporated town, township, school district, vocational school district, county institution district, home rule municipality, local authority or any joint or cooperative body of local government units or any instrumentality, authority or corporation thereof which has authority to enter into a contract.
62 PA Cons Stat § 4603 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 62 - PROCUREMENT|Chapter 46 - Electronic Bidding by Local Government Units.|Section 4603 - Electronic bidding

§ 4603. Electronic bidding.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law concerning the requirements for competitive bidding for purchases and contracts by a local government unit, a local government unit may permit the electronic submission of bids and may receive bids electronically if the local government unit has the electronic capability to maintain the confidentiality of the bid until the bid opening time.