County Road 557 Widening

Polk County, Florida is requesting sealed bids for County Road 557 Widening (BID 26-112) in Lake Alfred, with bids due June 10, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. and a mandatory pre-bid meeting on May 18 at 10:00 a.m. at the Roads & Drainage Building in Winter Haven. The project construction limit extends 5.7 miles north from W. Alfred Street to south of the CR 557 and I-4 interchange.

Prime contractors and subcontractors must hold FDOT prequalification in the following work classes: Drainage, Flexible Paving, Grading, Guardrail, Pavement Marking, Roadway Signing, Traffic Signal, Hot Plant-Mixed Bituminous Courses, Electrical Work, and Sidewalk. The prime contractor must have operated under the same name or EIN for a minimum of five years and must self-perform a minimum of 40% of the work. Bidders must submit a minimum of three recent references of comparable public-agency work completed within the last ten years.

The construction cost estimate is $90,223,601. The project timeline is 1,190 days for completion. Polk County encourages Women/Minority Business Enterprise (W/MBE) firms to participate and requests that bidders make good faith efforts to include qualified W/MBE subcontractors; the Office of Supplier Diversity is available at (863) 534-5959 for assistance.

Questions must be submitted in writing to Tabatha Shirah, Senior Procurement Analyst, at tabathashirah@polkfl.gov by 4:00 p.m. on May 27. Bid packages are available from the Polk County Procurement Division at 330 West Church Street, Room 150, Bartow, or via FTP download.