Crystal Lakes Driving Range Improvements

Sumter County, South Carolina is requesting bids for Crystal Lakes Golf Course Driving Range Improvements, a construction project with bids due June 30, 2026 at 2:00 PM and a mandatory pre-bid meeting on June 11, 2026 at 2:00 PM at the Sumter County Admin Building Council Chambers.

The scope encompasses realignment and improvements to the existing driving range at 1305 Clara Louise Kellogg Drive, Sumter, with construction of three new structures: a 607-square-foot training room, a 607-square-foot ball catcher storage room, and a 2,470-square-foot open-air covered driving range with lean-to design. Additional work includes tree removal, installation of 8-foot-minimum-width asphalt cart paths, concrete sidewalks (105 square yards) and pads (45 square yards), driving range netting (1,062 linear feet at 60-foot height, 660 linear feet at 30-foot height), chain link fencing (800 linear feet at 8-foot height), yardage island berms, putting green and range greens (4,100 and 16,000 square feet artificial turf respectively), Bermuda sod (91,000 square feet), hydroseed (360,000 square feet), landscape improvements including Sabal Palmetto trees, and design-build irrigation system. The disturbed area totals 9.0 acres within the 177-acre site. The project is jointly situated between the City of Sumter and Sumter County, requiring NPDES coverage, stormwater pollution prevention plan implementation, weekly erosion control inspections, and coordination with park staff via bi-monthly meetings.

The contract term is 150 consecutive calendar days from Notice to Proceed, with liquidated damages of $500 per day for delays. Bidders must hold a currently valid South Carolina General Contractor's License and Bidder's License. Bid security of 5 percent of bid amount is required; Performance and Payment Bonds, each in the full contract amount, must be executed within ten days of award. The contractor must perform at least 50 percent of contract work with directly employed personnel. Non-resident contractors are subject to South Carolina's 2 percent tax withholding on payments exceeding $10,000. Award is based on lowest responsive, responsible bidder. The design engineer is The Landplan Group South, Inc.; architectural design is by Bell Architects RLLC.