26-31_Exhibit_2_Specifications_Package.pdf

January 27, 2026 PREPARED BY: Gortemoller Engineering, Inc.

as follows:

EXHIBIT 2

SPECIFICATIONS PACKAGE

The 2026 edition of the Florida Department of Transportation Standard Specifications is revised

I hereby certify that this specifications package has been properly prepared by me, or under my responsible charge, in accordance with procedures adopted by the Florida Department of Transportation.

The official record of this package is the electronic file signed and sealed under Rule 61G 15-23.004, F.A.C.

Signature and Seal:

Date: January 27 , 2026 Engineer of Record: Blake R. Furbee, P.E.

Fla. License No.: 88505 Firm: Gortemoller Engineering, Inc.

708 Thomas Drive Panama City Beach, Florida 32408

Registry Number: 09505 Page(s): 1 – 10

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

SPECIAL PROVISIONS

BAY COUNTY SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR THE ADAPTATION AND USE OF THE

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS FOR

ROAD AND BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION

FDOT SPECIFICATIONS DIVISION I – GENERAL REQUIREMENTS & COVENANTS

DEFINITIONS

LEGAL REQUIREMENTS AND RESPONSIBILITY TO THE PUBLIC – E-VERIFY

FDOT SPECIFICATIONS DIVISION II –

CONSTRUCTION DETAILS

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SPECIAL PROVISIONS

BAY COUNTY SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR THE ADAPTATION AND USE OF THE

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS

FOR ROAD AND BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION

The County uses the “Florida Department of Transportation Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction” as the governing specification for County roads and stormwater projects.

This special provision contains specific clauses adopted by the Bay County Board of County Commissioners that add to or revise the Florida Department of Transportation Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction or supplement specifications, setting forth conditions varying from or additional to the Standard Specifications and are applicable to Bay County Public Works road and storm water construction projects.

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction, 2024 Edition, Division II shall be the governing specifications for all contract pay items unless the pay items are modified by pay item notes or special provisions. Division I of the FDOT specifications shall be used for prosecution and progress of the contract except where modified by the County’s general conditions or special provisions. Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 8-1, 9-2.1.1 and 9-2.1.2 of the FDOT specifications are specifically excluded from this project. For purposes of liquidated damages, the contract time shall be calculated in accordance with Section 8-7 of the FDOT specifications with the exception that no work shall be allowed on Saturdays or Sundays.

1. The governing order of project documents is:

a. General Terms and Conditions

b. Bay County Special Provision for the Adaptation and Use of the FDOT

Specifications

c. Bid Form Pay Item Notes

d. Plans

e. FDOT Standard Plans

f. Project Specific Specifications

g. FDOT Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction

h. When discrepancies exist between any of the above the Bay County Public Works

Director or his designated representative shall determine the proper course of action for the Contractor.

2. The hours of work shall be 7:00 A.M. until 30 minutes prior to sundown Monday through

Friday. Night work shall not be allowed without prior authorization from the County.

Nighttime requests shall be submitted 10 days in advance. No work is to be performed during the period from December 24th through the following January 1st. These days off will be added to the contract time, but no additional compensation for delays will be allowed. No work shall be done on the Friday immediately preceding Memorial Day.

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Contract time will be charged during holiday and weekend periods regardless of whether or not the Contractor’s operations have been suspended. The Contractor is not entitled to any additional compensation for suspension of operations during such holiday periods or weekend periods.

3. Contract Time - The number of calendar days allowed by the County for the substantial completion of the Contract. The contract substantial completion date is computed by adding the number of days authorized by the Form of Agreement to the Notice to Proceed date.

4. Notice to Proceed – Written communication issued by the County to the Contractor authorizing them to proceed with the work and establishing the date for commencement of the work. For purposes of calculating liquidated damages, the Notice to Proceed date will be considered day zero.

5. Substantial Completion - For a unit price contract, a project is substantially complete when all the work, as specified in the plans and list of pay items, has been completely installed. For a lump sum contract, a project is substantially complete when all the work specified by the plans and specifications are complete and the County can enjoy beneficial use or occupancy and may use, operate and maintain the project in all respects and for its intended purpose as determined by the County’s Designated Representative. The Contractor will not be charged liquidated damages for any days on or after the substantial completion date, but retainage will be withheld until all punch list items are completed.

6. Whenever unanticipated work not covered by the drawing or specifications is found and is considered essential to satisfactorily completion of the work within intended scope, the Contractor shall notify the County’s Designated Representative immediately.

7. The County may at any time, as the need arises, order changes within the scope of the work without invalidating the agreement. If such changes increase or decrease the amount due under the Contract Documents, or the time required for performance of the work, an equitable adjustment shall be authorized by Change Order. Rights are reserved to purchase additional quantities at bid price.

8. When the Contractor deems that extra compensation is due for work not covered in the contract the Contractor shall immediately verbally notify the County’s Designated Representative and follow-up with a written claim within twenty (20) calendar days of the date of the event that gave rise to the claim. The County will not consider any claim when the notice given by the Contractor is over 20 calendar days past the date of the event giving rise to the claim and the Contractor shall waive the claim for compensation. The contractor shall not commence any work claim until they have received written approval from the County to do such work.

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9. The Contractor must submit in writing to the County Engineer any claims for compensations due to delays. The County will not compensate the Contractor for any delays for any reason unless five days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays) have elapsed from the start of work stoppage. The first day of any claims shall be on day six of the work stoppage. This shall apply to each work stoppage. In order to submit a valid claim for work stoppage, the Contractor must submit a schedule made using the critical path method which shows the early start, late start, early finish, late finish and the critical path.

The County expects the Contractor to use forces and equipment on any item of work that can be completed during the delay. The Contractor’s claim must show the delay is due to the controlling item of work as shown on the critical path method schedule. After five work days if the County deems the delay claim to be valid, the Contractor’s claim shall only be for labor, equipment and materials that are delayed due to the controlling work item. If the County Engineer determines the Contractor forces and equipment can be used on other work items during the delay, no compensation will be given for these forces and equipment.

10. The Contractor fully warrants all workmanship and material, in the performance of his obligation under this contract, for a period of one (1) year after completion of the work described in this Contract. The warranty period begins at the date of final payment for the project. The Contractor shall forthwith repair or remedy any defects in the construction done by him, discovered within one (1) year, without cost or change to the Owner. In the event the Contractor fails, within five days after notice, to begin correction of the defect, or fails within a reasonable time thereafter to complete the correction of the defect, then the Owner may have the work done at the Contractor’s expense or may proceed against the surety bond.

11. Unless otherwise stated in the contract documents, the term furnish shall be interpreted as meaning furnish and install, which shall include the full cost of materials, labor and equipment to furnish and install a complete item to include satisfactorily completion of all testing requirements.

12. The County will not make payment on any invoices until the schedule and if applicable, the schedule of values is received and approved by the County.

13. An invoice must be submitted even if no work was performed during that month.

14. All submittals shall be submitted to the County for staff review no later than 10 work days prior to the products use on the project.

15. The Contractor’s project manager shall provide written documentation on elevations of curbing, inlet box inverts and grate elevations, pipe inverts, final milling and base profiles and cross slopes and any other critical elevations and slopes as directed by the County, all prior to covering up the work and done as the work progresses.

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16. The contractor shall invoice the County monthly and the invoice shall be submitted by the

10th calendar day of the month.

17. All submittals shall be submitted to the County for staff review no later than 10 workdays prior to the products use on the project.

18. In order to be compensated for stored materials, a County representative must inventory and accept the material when it is delivered to the job storage site and the contractor shall give the County representative an invoice from the material supplier that shows the material cost per unit for each item stored. The County will not pay for stored materials deemed to be defective.

FDOT SPECIFICATIONS DIVISION I – GENERAL

REQUIREMENTS & COVENANTS

DEFINITIONS

ARTICLE 1-3 has the terms Department, Engineer and Holidays deleted and the following substituted:

Department.

Bay County.

Engineer.

The Professional Engineer, registered in the State of Florida, other than the Engineer of Record or his subcontracted consultant, acting as the project’s Construction Engineering Inspection Manager.

The Engineer may be County in-house staff or a consultant retained by the County.

Note: In order to avoid cumbersome and confusing repetition of expressions in these Specifications, it is provided that whenever anything is, or is to be done, if, as, or, when, or where “acceptable, accepted, approval, approved, authorized, condemned, considered necessary, contemplated, deemed necessary, designated, determined, directed, disapproved, established, given, indicated, insufficient, ordered, permitted, rejected, required, reserved, satisfactory, specified, sufficient, suitable, suspended, unacceptable, or unsatisfactory,” it shall be understood as if the expression were followed by the words “by the Engineer,” “to the Engineer,” or “of the Engineer.”

Holidays.

County Holidays – New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King’s Birthday, President’s Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day (4th of July), Labor Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, Friday after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day. Holidays that fall on a

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Saturday will normally be observed on the preceding Friday and holidays that fall on Sunday will normally be observed on the following Monday.

LEGAL REQUIREMENTS AND RESPONSIBILITY TO THE PUBLIC – E-VERIFY

7-29 E-Verify.

The Contractor shall utilize the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s E-Verify system to verify the employment eligibility of all new employees hired by the Contractor during the term of the Contract and shall expressly require any subcontractors performing work or providing services pursuant to the Contract to likewise utilize the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s E-Verify system to verify the employment eligibility of all new employees hired by the subcontractor during the Contract term.

FDOT SPECIFICATIONS DIVISION II –

CONSTRUCTION DETAILS

Section 102 – Maintenance of Traffic

1. Contractor at Contractor’s expense shall give residents and businesses located on the project right-of-way 48 hours’ notice of start of construction and have maintenance of traffic signage in place prior to beginning any construction. The County will provide door hanger type notices to the Contractor. Contractor personnel shall distribute to each business and resident 24 hours prior to starting any operations that could prevent access to any residence or business. The Contractor should include the cost of these notifications in their maintenance of traffic (MOT) costs.

2. When traffic signs are located within the area of construction, the Contractor shall notify the County Inspector for approval to remove, re-set, or relocate any sign. The Contractor shall reinstall any disturbed mailboxes or signs to existing or acceptable condition.

3. If work is required after sunset, all elements of the night requirements for traffic control through work zones as specified in the FDOT Standard Plans shall be in place prior to beginning work.

4. Lane closure restrictions are:

All lanes must be reopened to normal traffic within 12 hours during and evacuation notice of a hurricane or other catastrophic event and shall remain open for the duration of the evacuation or event as directed by the County Engineer.

5. Any road closures will require a minimum of 10 working days notice and County manager approval prior to closure. The Contractor, at Contractor’s expense shall be responsible for designing and implementing a detour plan, to include signage. Two working days in

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6. Removal of existing and/or temporary pavement markings shall be accomplished by the following methods: Milling and/or asphalt overlay, sand or water blasting, or other means approved by the County Engineer. Grinding shall only be permitted in non-traffic areas as designated by the County Engineer. Use of black paint to cover existing and/or temporary pavement markings is prohibited.

7. In the event that law enforcement is required for maintenance of traffic, the Contractor shall pay all costs.

Section 104 – Prevention, Control, and Abatement of Erosion and Water Pollution

1. The erosion control shown in the drawing package denotes a minimum requirement for the project. It may not meet all the requirements of a stormwater pollution prevention plan required for the NPDES Generic Permit for Stormwater Discharge from Large and Small Construction Activities.

2. Unless otherwise directed by the County Engineer, all areas disturbed by construction shall be seeded and mulched or sodded within seven (7) days after construction in that area.

3. Contractor, at Contractor’s expense, shall maintain all sodded and seeded areas in accordance with the plans. Contractor shall guarantee sodding and seeding for a period of ninety (90) days after issuance of Certificate of Completion. During the guarantee period, the Contractor shall replace at no cost to the County, any sod or grass that dies or is not established 90 days after seeding or sod placement, if the causes for such defects are traced to negligence or poor workmanship by the Contractor. Any sod or grass missing or defective shall be replaced in a manner satisfactory to the County Engineer. In case of any doubt as to the condition and satisfactory establishment of the sod, the County Engineer may allow the sod or grass to remain through another 90-day establishment period. After which time the sod or grass in question, if found to be dead or in an unhealthy or badly impaired condition shall be replaced by the Contractor at no cost to the County. Contractor shall also be responsible for maintenance of grass including mowing to keep grass a maximum of 6 inches in height during the project and through the 90-day warranty period.

4. In general, seed with Pensacola Bahia grass, except in sandy areas, then use unhulled

Bermuda. Add temporary grass seeds as appropriate for the season. During the months of October through February over seed all sodded areas with temporary grass seed. Seeding rates are as follows:

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Type of Seed Coastal (Mar.-Nov.)

Coastal (Nov.-Mar.)

Inland (Mar.-Nov.)

Inland (Nov.-Mar.)

Seeding rate (lb/Ac)

Seeding rate (lb/Ac)

Seeding rate (lb/Ac)

Seeding rate (lb/Ac)

Unhulled Bermuda2 90 Hulled Bermuda2 60 15

Bahia (Argentine or Pensacola) 180 180

Notes:

1. Table from FDOT 2000 Standard Specification for Road and Bridge Construction.

2. Bermuda shall not be used in areas adjacent to existing or proposed landscaping.

5. When hydroseeding is used, Contractor shall submit hydro-seeding mix to the County

Engineer for approval. Mix shall include permanent and temporary seed, fertilizer, mulch, and soil seal. The mix shall give a seeding, mulching and fertilizing rate that is equal to or greater than the seeding rates specified in the table above and meeting standards for hydroseeding technology.

6. Seeding may only be used on slopes less than 4:1 horizontal to vertical (H:V). Sod all slopes between 4:1 and 2:1 H:V slopes. Use lapped and pinned sodding for all slopes between 2:1 and 1:1 H:V. Use retaining walls or sand cement riprap for slopes greater than 1:1 (H:V).

7. All stockpiled materials shall employ pollution prevention measures to contain sediment from leaving the stockpile area.

8. When working in the waters of the state under a state or federal regulatory permit, the

Contractor shall take water samples as directed by the conditions of the permit.

Section 105 – Contractor Quality Control General Requirements

1. The Contractor shall have the following Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) plant and laboratory approvals:

a. An FDOT approved asphaltic concrete production plant.

b. An FDOT approved asphaltic concrete laboratory at the asphalt production plant.

2. The contractor shall provide at or prior to the pre-award meeting personnel certifications meeting the requirements of FDOT Specification Section 105-8.

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3. The contractor shall provide a Florida Department of Environmental Protection qualified Stormwater Management Inspector who shall inspect the construction site in accordance with the Pollution Control Inspection Plan and the Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan for the NPDES Construction Permit.

4. The Contractor or Subcontractor that installs any of the painted or thermoplastic traffic markings and retro-reflective pavement markers (RPMs) for the final pavement surface shall possess a current FDOT certificate of Qualification in Pavement Markings.

Section 110 – Clearing and Grubbing

1. The Contractor shall protect from disturbance or damage all land monuments and property markers. All disturbed land monuments and property markers shall be properly restored to original condition at Contractor’s expense.

Section 120 – Earth Work and Related Operations

1. The County does not have a resolution testing lab. If deemed necessary, the Contractor must be willing to use an FDOT certified laboratory that is mutually acceptable to the County and the Contractor for any resolution testing. The Contractor will retain and store any resolution test samples.

2. The County shall not compensate the Contractor for overhaul of excavated materials. The Contractor shall include the cost of such overhaul in the unit price for excavation or embankment, as applicable.

3. The Contractor shall stockpile, if necessary, and use all suitable excavated materials on the jobsite and haul off any excess upon completion of the job. Topsoil shall be stored in a separate stockpile in the County right of way or as directed by the County Engineer.

4. The Contractor shall comply with all federal and state laws, rules and regulations concerning trench excavation safety. The Contractor is solely responsible for any and all claims arising out of the Contractor’s earthwork operations, to include, but not limited to, excavation, trenching, embankment, stockpiling, compaction, vibration, erosion, runoff, etc. Contractor shall use shoring as necessary to prevent embankment collapse, and any structural undermining to include pavements, driveways, foundations, etc.

Section 160 – Stabilizing

1. In order to be paid for Stabilization under Pay Item 160-4 the contractor shall add stabilizing material as needed and mix the stabilizing material full depth as described in Section 160. In areas where the contractor’s test samples show the existing subgrade meets the bearing value requirements, the contractor shall still mix and recompact the subgrade

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Section 334 – Superpave Asphalt Concrete

1. The contractor shall only use a current approved FDOT Superpave mix design.

2. Unless otherwise approved by the project Engineer of Record all Quality Assurance, Verification and Resolution testing shall be done in accordance with the FDOT Specifications. All testing would be accomplished using the testing methods and frequency that conform to the requirements of the FDOT Standard Specifications. The County does not have a resolution testing lab. If deemed necessary, the Contractor must be willing to use an FDOT certified laboratory that is mutually acceptable to the County and the Contractor for any resolution testing. For plant and roadway asphaltic concrete acceptance, Contractor is to utilize all methods of construction quality control testing and frequency of testing in accordance with FDOT 2024 Standard Specifications.

3. For all paving contracts, the asphaltic concrete supplier shall allow County personnel or their designated representatives to inspect the asphalt production plant and laboratory, and to monitor the on-site laboratory testing of asphaltic concrete during production runs for County projects. If County personnel or their designated representatives need to take asphaltic concrete samples from the trucks at the asphalt plant or at the job site, the Contractor shall be responsible for taking the samples and providing to the County in appropriate containers.

4. The Contractor shall stop production of asphaltic concrete in time for the mix to be placed and finished 30 minutes prior to sundown. If the contractor predicts such operations cannot be completed prior to sundown, approval must be obtained from the County.

5. The County will not allow asphaltic concrete to be produced or placed until the County

Inspector and Contractor have received satisfactory test results and certified the base to be suitable for paving.

6. Segregated aggregate, surface bumps and depressions, bleeding asphaltic concrete, clay balls, poor aggregate gradation, asphalt content out-of-tolerance from the job mix formula, poor joint construction, and noncompliance with the rolling procedures may all result in rejection of the asphaltic concrete by the County. In such cases the Contractor, at Contractor’s expense, shall remove and replace the asphaltic concrete, or overlay the existing pavement with suitable material. The choice to remove and replace or overlay the deficient asphaltic concrete shall be made by the County Engineer.

7. The County will not accept nor pay for any asphaltic concrete placed without a County

Inspector or designated representative on-site during the entire paving operation. To

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Section 425 – Inlets, Manholes, and Junction Boxes

1. Unless otherwise approved by the County Engineer, inlet basins shall have sump bottoms with drain constructed in accordance with FDOT Design Standard Plans A25.

Section 530 – Riprap

1. The riprap shall be a durable stone with a minimum unit weight of 165 pounds per cubic foot. Riprap gradation shall consist of reasonably well graded durable rock with a medium stone size of 80 pounds and not over 10 percent larger than 200 pounds. There shall be sufficient small stones and spalls to approximately fill the void between the larger stones.

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