8-5-26_Starr Countys CDV 25-0006.pdf

Starr County’s CDV 25-0006

2025-2026 TXCDBG

Road Improvement Project

Bid Advertisement

The County of Starr will receive bids for Starr County 2025-2026 TXCDBG Road Improvement Project until 2:00 pm on August 25th, 2026, at Starr County Annex Building (100 N. F.M. 3167, Rio Grande City, Tx,78582). Bids must be addressed to: Starr County Judge, Eloy Vera. The bids will be publicly opened and read aloud immediately after 2:00 p.m. on August 25th, 2026, at Starr County Annex Building (100 N. F.M. 3167, Rio Grande City, Tx,78582). A pre-bid conference will be held at 10:00 a.m. local time on August 14th, 2026, at Starr County Annex Building (100 N. F.M. 3167, Rio Grande City, Tx,78582).

The project will consist of the reconstruction of sections along Victoria Street, Hibiscus Street, Luis Martinez Lane, and Beto Guerrero Lane.

Bids are invited for several items and quantities of work as follows:

Bid/Contract Documents, including Drawings and Technical Specifications, are on file at city hall located at 100 N. F.M. 3167 (Suite 220), Rio Grande City, Tx,78582, open Monday through Friday between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Bidding documents may be obtained at Rio Delta Engineering located at 117 Rio Vista Boulevard, Rio Grande City, Texas, 78582, telephone: (956) 263-1041, Monday through Thursday between the hours of 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. and Friday from 8 a.m. and 12 p.m. The non-refundable cost of printed Bidding Documents is $ 75.00 Seventy-five Dollars per set, payable to “Rio Delta Engineering,” plus a non-refundable shipping charge. Upon Issuing Office’s receipt of payment, printed Bidding Documents will be sent via the prospective Bidder’s delivery method of choice; the shipping charge will depend on the shipping method chosen. The date that the Bidding Documents are transmitted by the Issuing Office will be considered the prospective Bidder’s date of receipt of the Bidding Documents. Partial sets of Bidding Documents will not be available from the Issuing Office. Neither Owner nor Engineer will be responsible for full or partial sets of Bidding Documents, including Addenda if any, obtained from sources other than the Issuing Office.

A bid bond in the amount of 5 percent of the bid issued by an acceptable surety must be submitted with each bid [for those contracts that exceed $100,000]. A certified check or bank draft payable to the County of Starr or negotiable U.S. Government Bonds (as par value) may be submitted in lieu of the Bid Bond. Attention is called to the fact that not less than the federally determined prevailing (Davis-Bacon and Related Acts) wage rate, as issued by the Texas Department of Agriculture Office of Rural Affairs and contained in the contract documents, must be paid on this project. In addition, the successful bidder must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual identity, gender identity, or national origin. All contractors and subcontractors must be cleared (not suspended or debarred) prior to any formal action authorizing the award of a contract to the contractor. Minority Business Enterprises, Small Business Enterprises, Women Business Enterprises, Veteran-Owned Businesses, and Section 3 Businesses are encouraged to submit bids.

This solicitation is for services related to a project that is subject to the Build America, Buy America Act (BABA) requirements under Title IX of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Absent an approved waiver, all iron, steel, manufactured products, and construction materials used in this project must be produced in the United States.