Bartlett Lake Improvements (Project No. 20066-110)

The City of St. Petersburg is seeking qualified contractors to perform comprehensive dredging services for the Bartlett Lake Improvements Project (Project No. 20066-110), located in Pinellas County, Florida. The primary objective is to remove approximately 22,806 cubic yards of muck and mud sediment from a 2.62-acre area, with the goal of reaching a design depth of -5 feet Mean Low Water (MLW), with an allowable overdredge to -6 feet MLW. Contractors must furnish all labor, materials, and equipment necessary for the project, with two potential dredging methods: mechanical or hydraulic. Bidders are required to have completed at least three projects in the past five years involving public waterway dredging, with at least two projects dredging a minimum of 10,000 cubic yards and one project dredging over 15,000 yards for a public agency. The solicitation was released on July 28, 2025, with a non-mandatory pre-proposal meeting scheduled for August 13, 2025, and bid responses due by September 2, 2025, at 3:00 pm. The project has a maximum contract completion time of 200 calendar days, with contractors required to commence work within 10 calendar days after receiving the Notice to Proceed.

The contract includes provisions for small business enterprise participation and has specific requirements for Section 3 hiring, mandating that 25% of total project hours be worked by Section 3 workers and 5% by Targeted Section 3 workers. Contractors can subcontract up to 75% of the work and must maintain various insurance coverages, including commercial general liability, commercial auto, pollution/environmental liability, workers compensation, and US Longshore & Harbor Worker's Act coverage. The project is funded through CDBG-MIT and FDEP Resilient Florida sources, with a total budget of $5,500,000. The cost proposal includes a base bid and two alternates, with line items covering mobilization, demobilization, hauling, disposal, staging area restoration, and turbidity monitoring. The city has identified four potential firms to notify about the opportunity: Gator Dredging, Energy Resources, Bayside Dredging, and Petrotech Southeast, Inc. Dredged material will be dewatered at a designated temporary workspace and transported to the Pinellas County Solid Waste Disposal Complex, with strict environmental protection and compliance requirements.