Beaufort County 2027 Resurfacing

Beaufort County, South Carolina is requesting bids on milling and paving of designated County and South Carolina Department of Transportation roads under IFB #IFB 111726, with bids due November 17, 2026 at 3:00 PM EST. Beaufort County imposes a Small and Minority Business Participation Program requiring good faith efforts to recruit S/MBE subcontractors and suppliers; prime contractors must submit non-discrimination statements, outreach logs, and proposed S/MBE utilization plans as part of pre-award documentation and file monthly compliance status reports thereafter.

The scope encompasses traffic control, asphalt milling, asphalt paving, thermoplastic striping, raised pavement markers, and replacement of traffic signal loops and sensor pucks on nine road segments: Bellview Circle, Bonaire Circle, Burton Hill Road, Shanklin Road, Southside Boulevard, Johnny Morrall Circle, Walker Circle, Falls Road, Winsor Road, and Joppa Road. Work includes full-depth asphalt patching (6 inches on SCDOT routes, 4 inches on county roads), milling at varying depths, and application of asphalt surface course materials. Major line items total approximately 1,731 square yards of full-depth patching on county roads, 22,950 square yards of 1.5-inch milling, and over 4,800 tons of various asphalt materials. Bidders must comply with SCDOT 2025 Standard Specifications for Highway Construction, 2009 SCDOT Standard Drawings, SCDOT 2004 Construction Manual, Beaufort County's 2025 striping policy, and MUTCD traffic control requirements. The contractor must be SCDOT certified; all subcontractors require county approval. Pricing is unit rate asphalt indexing using SCDOT Index standards.

Contract completion is required by June 1, 2027 for SCDOT roads and September 30, 2027 for County roads, with liquidated damages of $1,200 per day for delays. A non-mandatory pre-bid conference is scheduled for October 28, 2026 at 2:00 PM via Teams. Bidders must submit a 5 percent bid bond and successful bidders must provide 100 percent Performance and Payment Bonds. Insurance requirements include Workers Compensation ($500,000 employers liability), Commercial General Liability ($1,000,000 per occurrence / $2,000,000 aggregate), Comprehensive Automobile Liability ($500,000 combined single limit), and Umbrella Liability ($2,000,000 minimum).