Canal Clearing (Re-Bid)

The City of Palm Bay, Florida, a municipality in Brevard County, is soliciting bids for canal clearing and maintenance services through a re-bid procurement process (ITB #26-ITB-26) with a deadline of June 23, 2026. The project encompasses vegetation removal from the flats and slopes of eight designated canals totaling 8,851 linear feet across multiple locations including Tupelo Road SW, Brickell Street SE, Wyoming Drive SE, Tea Avenue SE, Tooley Road SW, Garvey Road SW, Pebble Avenue NE, and Pepper Street NE. The contractor must furnish all labor, equipment, materials, and supervision necessary to remove vegetation from canal flats and slopes, treat all tree stumps with herbicide to prevent regrowth, and maintain stabilized and accessible embankments for city staff operations. Required qualifications include a minimum of three current client references demonstrating comparable experience in canal clearing operations and vegetation removal, valid Florida Contractors License documentation for all subcontractors, and compliance with E-Verify employment eligibility verification requirements. Evaluation criteria include contractor capability and experience verification through submitted references, with the City reserving the right to award to the lowest responsible and responsive bidder within ninety days of bid opening. Bid documents are available for examination at the City's Procurement Department (120 Malabar Road SE, Suite 200, Palm Bay, Florida 32907) and online at http://www.palmbayfl.gov/procurement, with bidders required to conduct site visits and familiarize themselves with all local conditions before submitting proposals electronically via the City's Bonfire platform.

The solicitation does not indicate specific set-aside designations for disadvantaged enterprises, though all bidders must comply with nondiscrimination requirements under Executive Order 11246 and Florida employment law. All bidders must submit a notarized Non-Collusion Affidavit, a Human Trafficking Affidavit confirming ethical labor practices in compliance with Florida Statute 787.06, a Drug Free Workplace certification (which provides bidding preference as a tiebreaker when bids are equal), and a Subcontractor Listing identifying all proposed subcontractors with trade classifications, license numbers, work percentages, and dollar values. Bid security equal to five percent of the bid price must be submitted in the form of a certified check, cashier's check, or bid bond from a Florida-licensed surety company appearing on the Treasury Department's current Circular 570 list. The successful bidder must execute the contract within fifteen days of notification, obtain a Public Construction Bond payable to the City equal to the total contract price, and maintain workers' compensation and liability insurance with minimum combined single limits of $1,000,000 for general liability and $1,000,000 for automobile liability. The contract is structured as a lump sum award with monthly progress payments based on work completed and consistent with Florida Statutes Chapter 218.735, with the City retaining up to five percent from each progress payment until final completion; specific award values or budget ranges are not disclosed in the solicitation documents.