EMC 2026 Tickville Channel Improvement

Eagle Mountain City, Utah is requesting proposals for the 2026 Tickville Channel Improvement Project along Tickville Gulch between Porter's Crossing Parkway and Silver Lake Parkway in Utah County, with a mandatory pre-bid meeting on November 16, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. and proposals due December 1, 2026. Respondents must be licensed in Utah and demonstrate at least three comparable projects completed within the past three years.

The scope covers low-tech process-based restoration systems, including post-assisted log structures, anchored log structures, beaver dam analogs, and Zuni bowls, along with new gabions, replacement of existing outfall structures with geoweb aprons, and seeding of all disturbed areas. The work spans 26 line items, from mobilization through surveying services. GPS locations of installed systems must be provided after completion. The contractor must coordinate with a concurrent Tickville Trail project at Silverlake and Porters Crossing, obtain all permits, prepare a Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan, and coordinate utility locating through Blue Stakes. All work must be completed by May 15, 2027, with gabion and geoweb work first.

Proposals require a bid bond of 5% of the maximum bid price and insurance verification. Insurance minimums are $1 million per occurrence and $3 million aggregate for general liability, $1 million combined single limit for commercial automobile, and $1 million per claim and $3 million aggregate for professional liability, plus workers compensation. At contract signing, the awardee must post 100% performance and payment bonds.

Proposals will be scored on firm experience and qualifications (25%), functional approach (17%), technical approach (15%), cost (15%), and introductory letter completeness (3%). The top three scoring firms may be invited to oral presentations before award selection.

Questions are due November 19, 2026 at 5:00 p.m., with answers posted by November 24. Proposals are due December 1, 2026 at 12:00 p.m. through the State of Utah's Public Procurement Portal (purchasing.utah.gov), and contract award is anticipated by December 10, 2026. Proposals become public records under the Utah Government Records Access and Management Act unless a written business confidentiality claim accompanies the submission. The design firm is JWO Engineering, PLLC, with primary contact Jared Oldroyd, PE, at 801-828-7805.