Broadway-Manchester Active Transportation Equity Project

The City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works Bureau of Engineering is requesting bids for the Broadway-Manchester Active Transportation Equity Project, a 2.8-mile streetscape and active-transportation improvement program in South Los Angeles Council District 8, with bids due September 23, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. and a pre-bid meeting on August 27, 2026 via Google Meet. This is a federally-funded project subject to Davis-Bacon prevailing wage rates and Title VI Civil Rights Act compliance.

The scope encompasses protected bike lanes, improved medians, pedestrian refuge islands, curb extensions, sidewalk improvements, upgraded access ramps, pedestrian signals, improved bus stops, shade trees, landscapes, and irrigation systems across Manchester Avenue (Vermont Avenue to South Broadway) and South Broadway (Manchester Avenue to Imperial Highway). The project is structured as 220 line items across demolition and removals, civil work, landscape and irrigation, street lighting, traffic signals, and storm drain improvements, with quantities ranging from single units to tens of thousands of square feet or linear feet.

Bidders must hold a valid California Contractor's License Classification "A." The prime contractor must perform at least 50 percent of the contract work with its own organization, excluding designated specialty items. Fixed-cost bid items 2 through 9 total $4.14 million; bidders calculate total bid amount using the provided schedule of work and prices. A bid bond of at least 10 percent of the total bid amount is required, along with faithful performance and labor and material bonds.

The completion time is 560 calendar days, with liquidated damages of $15,000 per calendar day. Bidders must comply with California Senate Bill 854 registration, Buy Clean California Act requirements, Iran Contracting Act compliance, and equal employment opportunity provisions. The Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program is currently suspended per interim final rule.