120th Street Multimodal Safety Improvements

Boulder County, in partnership with the City of Lafayette and the City and County of Broomfield, is soliciting bids for the 120th Street Multimodal Safety Improvements project through a competitive procurement process. The project involves reconstructing approximately 6,800 linear feet of 120th Street between Overlook Drive and Dillon Road, with key objectives including road widening, safety enhancement, and energy efficiency improvements. Specific deliverables include constructing two five-foot paved shoulders with two-foot painted buffers, flattening extreme hillside grades, installing storm sewer infrastructure, creating modular block gravity retaining walls, and completing comprehensive roadway striping and signing work. Contractors must be prequalified with the Colorado Department of Transportation to bid and will be required to comply with extensive technical specifications, including CDOT 2025 Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction. Critical procurement dates include a mandatory virtual pre-bid meeting on January 15, 2026, at 9:00 a.m., and a public bid opening on January 22, 2026, at 3:00 p.m., both conducted via Microsoft Teams.

The procurement opportunity appears to have Equal Employment Opportunity requirements under Executive Order 11246, with specific minority and female participation goals established at 13.8 percent minority and 6.9 percent female participation for the Denver-Boulder economic area. Contractors will be required to submit a proposal guaranty of 10 percent of their total bid and provide performance and payment bonds equal to 100 percent of the proposed project cost. Extensive insurance requirements are mandated, including Commercial General Liability coverage with minimum limits of $1,000,000 per occurrence, Workers' Compensation, Umbrella/Excess Liability insurance of $3,000,000, and Pollution Liability coverage of $1,000,000. While specific budget ranges are not explicitly stated, the project involves comprehensive infrastructure improvements with multiple complex construction elements. Contractors should anticipate a project duration of 120 working days, with an additional 10 working days allocated for punch list item completion, and work restricted to Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., unless alternative arrangements are approved by the project engineer.