Northern Cambria Building PROJECT

Visit this site for updates to the new building project and to post any questions you want answered about the project. All Workshop meetings are live streamed and occur on the last Wednesday of every month starting at 6PM. A playlist of the live stream recordings may be found here.

Rendition of consolidation project — Renovation Rendering

Groundbreaking Event November 2023

GESA

NOTICE OF

APPROVAL AND AWARD OF GUARANTEED ENERGY SERVICES AGREEMENT

BY NORTHERN CAMBRIA SCHOOL DISTRICT

Notice is hereby given pursuant to provisions of the Pennsylvania Public School Code of 1949, as amended, Pennsylvania Sunshine Act of 1986, July 3, P.L. 388 No. 84, as amended, and Guaranteed Energy Savings Projects, Act 57 of 1998, Act 77 of 2004, Act 39 of and Act 163 of 2016 in Title 62, Chapter 37, Subchapter E, that the Board of School Directors of the Northern Cambria School District will, at a Voting Meeting of the Board of School Directors to be held on October 17, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. in the Auditorium of the Northern Cambria Middle School at 601 Joseph Street, Northern Cambria, PA 15714 to take action to approve and accept a Guaranteed Energy Services Agreement from SitelogIQ Energy Services, Inc. (“ESCO”). Scopes of Work in this portion of the Guaranteed Energy Savings Project to include mechanical work related to the Northern Cambria consolidation project. The Proposal to be accepted by the Board and the Initial Agreement between the ESCO and the Board provides that the lump sum cost of the work shall not exceed $4,350,000. Members of the public are invited to attend and participate in the Board Voting Meeting as permitted by law.

Dated: October 6, 2023

Mrs. Karen Sedlock, Board Secretary

Board of School Directors of Northern Cambria School District

Building Project UPDATE September 2023

UPDATE on the Consolidation Project for September 2023:

Bids from contractors for the Consolidation Project will be opened at 2PM on October 12, 2023, in the Boardroom. This bid opening will also be livestreamed on our website. BIDS should be awarded to contractors later in October 2023.

In addition, there were concerns expressed by a few community members and board members that NCSD violated school codes. This is incorrect according to our legal team.

Both our school solicitor and bond counselor have stated that NCSD is FOLLOWING ALL LAWS and applicable SCHOOL CODES when we secured our first bond (loan) and the upcoming second bond (loan) for the consolidation building project including having a majority vote NOT supermajority (two-thirds of the board) vote to pass those motions.

Review the links to the right for NCSD Voting Requirements for Motions and an explanation about our Borrowing Capacity.

Building Project UPDATE June 2023

UPDATE on the Consolidation Project for June 2023:

The Northern Cambria School District is moving forward with the next stage in its building consolidation project: Construction documents have been authorized to be put out to bid

The project would center on consolidating the district’s high school into the elementary/middle school campus. This would include renovations to the current elementary/middle school to provide ample space and resources for high school students.
Much of the work in the construction documents is listed as “add-alternates.” Taking this approach gives the Board of Education flexibility to choose which items to include and which to leave out, thereby maintaining close control over the project budget.
Among the items listed as add-alternates are an expansion of the gymnasium at the elementary/middle school and renovations that would create a multipurpose room.
Even with this consolidation project, the district would continue to maintain and operate the current high school track and football stadium.

The Northern Cambria School Board HIRED sitelogiq as the Construction Manager for the consolidation Project

Next Steps:
Bids will be reviewed by our Construction Manager and then out to contractors for sealed bids by September or sooner.

Part of the consolidation project will be BID for energy savings - the REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR A GUARANTEED ENERGY SAVINGS PERFORMANCE CONTRACT is below.

ESCO RFQ - NCSD

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