2026 Street Rehabilitation, Contract A

The City of Westerville, Ohio (located in Delaware County) is procuring comprehensive street rehabilitation services through Contract A (Project No. 2026-001), with bids due by 3:00 p.m. on April 8, 2026, via electronic submission through the City's Bonfire Procurement Portal. The procurement encompasses asphalt plane and overlay work, crack sealing, pavement and concrete repairs, sidewalk and path improvements, pavement markings, traffic signal rewiring and equipment upgrades, water valve bonnet hardware replacement, vacuum excavation and backfill of water services, school flasher material procurement and delivery, and related appurtenant construction work across multiple streets and facilities. The bid schedule contains 249 base bid line items plus two alternates, with Bid Alternate A addressing procurement and installation of a rectangular rapid flashing beacon system and Bid Alternate B covering BMX track turns (pending future funding appropriation). The Engineer's Estimate for the Base Bid is $6,580,000, with project completion required by September 25, 2026, subject to interim milestones including Highlands Park completion by May 23, 2026, State Street/Schrock Road paver replacement by June 5, 2026, and vacuum excavation work by August 28, 2026. All unit prices must include materials, equipment, labor, delivery, installation, overhead, profit, and incidental costs, with all work to incorporate the 2018 City of Columbus Construction and Materials Specifications and 2023 Ohio Department of Transportation Construction and Material Specifications by reference. The City reserves the right to award to the lowest and best bidder based on evaluation criteria including permanent place of business, equipment and plant suitability, financial status, experience record, and bid amount.

Bidders must comply with prevailing wage requirements under Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4115, with the contractor responsible for coordinating, compiling, and submitting all required prevailing wage documentation; for road and street-related work, the prevailing wage threshold is $30,320 for reconstruction and related activities, with detailed wage rate schedules provided by the Ohio Department of Commerce specifying rates by trade classification and local union. Contractors must provide a bid guaranty in the form of either a bid bond equal to ten percent of the bid plus all add alternates or a bid guaranty and contract bond in the full amount of the bid, both issued by a surety company licensed in Ohio, with performance and payment bonds in the amount of 100 percent of the contract price required within ten days of award notice. Liquidated damages are assessed for failure to meet interim and final completion dates, ranging from $500 per occurrence for schedule violations to $2,000 per calendar day for overrun of the project completion date. The contract documents do not specify set-aside designations or disadvantaged enterprise restrictions, nor do they identify incumbent vendors or current contractors; however, all work must be preceded by a preconstruction conference scheduled prior to work commencement. The anticipated contract award value is based on the Engineer's Estimate of $6,580,000 for the Base Bid, with final contract value determined by the lowest responsive and responsible bidder's pricing of all 249 line items and any selected alternates.