Construction of Parks Creek Reservoir and Dam Project

The City of Jefferson, Georgia is soliciting sealed bids for the construction of the Parks Creek Reservoir and Dam Project, a comprehensive water infrastructure initiative in unincorporated Jackson County. The project encompasses the design and construction of an earthen embankment dam approximately 97 feet in height with a crest length of 1,170 feet, requiring approximately 500,000 cubic yards of zoned earth fill, along with spillway systems including a 91-foot-tall reinforced concrete riser and a 420-foot-long prestressed concrete cylinder pipe outlet, an auxiliary spillway with earth-cut vegetated channel, raw water pumping facilities, raw water pipelines (8,300 linear feet from the North Oconee River intake to the reservoir and 1,800 linear feet within the reservoir), internal drainage systems (chimney drain, trench drain, and blanket drain), permanent vegetation establishment, and erosion protection measures. Sealed bids must be received by 2:00 p.m. local time on Wednesday, September 10th, 2025, at City Hall, 147 Athens Street, Jefferson, GA 30549, with public opening and bid price announcement to follow immediately thereafter. A mandatory pre-bid conference and site visit will be held on August 13, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. EST at the City of Jefferson Civic Center, 65 Kissam Street, Jefferson, GA 30549; failure to attend will result in automatic disqualification. Each bid must be accompanied by a 5 percent bid bond payable to the City and issued by a Corporate Surety authorized to do business in Georgia, or alternatively, a letter of credit or bank guaranteed check from a local bank. The successful bidder must furnish Performance and Payment Bonds each in the amount of 100 percent of the bid. Complete bid documents, plans, and supporting technical data are available for viewing at no charge by appointment at Schnabel Engineering, LLC, 6445 Shiloh Road, Suite A, Alpharetta, Georgia 30005, with paper and electronic copies available for purchase at $500.00 (non-refundable) or electronic copies only for $200.00.

This procurement is restricted to five pre-qualified prime contractors only: Phillips Heavy, Inc., North Georgia Concrete, Inc., Thalle Construction Company, Inc., Crowder Construction Company, and Wright Brothers Contracting, Inc. No set-aside designations for disadvantaged enterprises have been identified in the available documentation. Bids shall be submitted in triplicate, sealed, and mailed or hand-delivered to City Manager Priscilla Murphy prior to the bid opening date and time. All communications regarding the Invitation to Bid must be in writing and directed only to the Issuing Officers, Jonathan T. Dean, PE, or Brett T. Dodd, PE, with no other communication permitted between bidders and City employees except during the pre-bid conference. The City reserves the right to reject any or all bids, waive informalities and technicalities, disqualify bidders for failure to attend the pre-bid conference, and reject bids from entities deemed not responsible or not in the best interest of the project. No specific award value or budget range has been disclosed in the available procurement documentation.