761/25272. SAR; Keweenaw Stamp Sands Dredging

The Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget (DTMB) is seeking bids for the Keweenaw Stamp Sands Dredging project located in Houghton and Keweenaw Counties. The procurement involves periodically excavating and staging stamp sands from the beach at Grand Traverse Harbor to prevent overtopping of the harbor break wall, with specific winter operations requiring loading and hauling stamp sands from the entire "pocket" footprint to an existing disposal area in Gay. Key project deliverables include comprehensive dredging, sand removal, and strategic staging of materials. A mandatory pre-bid walk-through is scheduled for September 11, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. at the Pavilion in School House Park, with an immediate site tour following. Bid responses are due on September 24, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time and must be uploaded to SIGMA VSS. Bidders are required to provide proof of State Project Registration from the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity and are limited to two bid response attachments, each under 25 MB. A 5% bid security is mandatory, and all questions must be submitted via email to Jed Chrestensen by 5:00 p.m. on September 15, 2025.

The state offers a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business (SDVOB) preference program that provides a 10% pricing preference for businesses meeting specific qualifications. To be eligible, businesses must be at least 51% owned by one or more veterans with a service-connected disability and provide documentation including proof of military service (DD214), proof of service-connected disability, and proof of business ownership. The state does not pre-certify businesses and will not accept federal verification databases for this program. While no specific budget range is explicitly stated in the documents, contractors and sub-contractors must be registered annually with the Wage and Hour Division before bidding on or working on state projects. Proof of this registration must be included with the bid submission, and all construction mechanics performing physical construction work are subject to these registration requirements. Potential bidders are advised to carefully review all documentation available on the SIGMA VSS website and contact the SIGMA Help Desk at 517-284-0540 or 888-734-9749 if they encounter any submission issues.