2026 LMIG Resurfacing Project

The City of Duluth, Georgia is soliciting sealed bids for the 2026 LMIG Resurfacing Project, a Local Maintenance and Improvement Grants-funded paving initiative encompassing multiple residential and non-residential streets within city limits. The base project scope includes asphaltic concrete milling, deep patching, excavation of unsuitable material, grade aggregate base course installation, resurfacing, thermoplastic striping installation, traffic control, erosion control, and dust control on River Green Parkway, Oak Street, and Blue Ridge Industrial Parkway, with alternate projects comprising River Summit Trail, Timberbrooke Place, Clearbrooke Way, Stonecroft Way, Moccasin Creek Court, and Moccasin Creek Drive. Specific deliverables include full-width milling and inlay operations on River Green Parkway (3" full width mill plus patching plus 1" OGI plus 2" 12.5 MM Superpave), overlay work on Oak Street (full width mill plus patching plus 1.5" overlay of 9.5 MM Superpave), and patching work on Blue Ridge Industrial Parkway, with comprehensive thermoplastic restriping utilizing MUTCD-standard markings including skip lines, double yellow lines, white arrows, stop bars, and crosswalks. Qualified contractors must demonstrate a minimum of five years of verifiable experience in road patching and resurfacing, possess a Georgia Department of Transportation Company Certificate of Qualification, maintain an Occupational Tax Certificate, provide E-Verify compliance documentation, and submit a signed and notarized Contractor Affidavit and Agreement. Sealed bids must be received by 1:45 P.M. on March 31, 2026 at the City Clerk's office (3167 Main Street, Duluth, GA 30096), with public bid opening at 2:00 P.M. the same day; a pre-bid conference is scheduled for March 10, 2026 at 10:00 A.M. at Duluth Public Works (2450 Main Street), and written questions must be submitted by 5:00 P.M. on March 17, 2026 to Adam Shelton, PE at gabidbing26@keckwood.com. The selected contractor will be the lowest responsible and responsive bidder based on base bid and city-selected alternates, must commence work within ten calendar days of receiving the Notice to Proceed (anticipated mid-May 2026), complete all work within ninety calendar days, and provide an eighteen-month warranty on all completed work, with compliance required to Georgia Department of Transportation Standard Specifications (2021 Edition).

No specific set-aside designations for disadvantaged enterprises or restrictions limiting eligible bidder types are identified in the procurement documents. Bidders must submit a bid bond equal to five percent of the total bid amount (minimum $5,000) with A.M. Best ratings of A-5 or higher, and the successful contractor must obtain a Performance Bond equal to one hundred percent of the contract amount and a Payment Bond equal to one hundred ten percent of the contract amount from bonding companies licensed by the Georgia Secretary of State and authorized by the Georgia Insurance Department. Contractors must maintain comprehensive insurance coverage including workers' compensation, general liability ($1,000,000 minimum per occurrence), automobile liability ($500,000 minimum per occurrence), and umbrella liability ($1,000,000 minimum), with the City of Duluth named as an additional insured. No incumbent vendors or current contractors are identified in the procurement documents, and no existing infrastructure integration requirements beyond coordination with the City's geotechnical engineer regarding actual depths for undercut locations and protection of traffic loop detectors on River Green Parkway are specified. Contract award will be made within sixty calendar days of bid opening, with the City retaining ten percent of invoice values during construction and final retainage payment withheld until ninety days after project completion and acceptance; specific award values or budget ranges are not disclosed in the available documentation.