FY25-CP-17 Country Club Road Culvert Replacement Project

The Bulloch County Board of Commissioners is issuing an Invitation to Bid (ITB) for the FY25-CP-E17 Country Club Road Culvert Replacement Project, a sealed bid procurement restricted to GDOT prequalified contractors. The project scope includes demolition of an existing 42-inch reinforced concrete pipe (RCP) culvert and construction of a new reinforced concrete double barrel 5-foot by 5-foot box culvert system with associated roadway improvements along Country Club Road, approximately 1.5 miles north of the intersection with Cypress Lake Road in Bulloch County, Georgia. Key deliverables and work items encompass fill slope repair, roadway shoulder repair and construction, subgrade preparation, graded aggregate base installation, full-depth and overlay asphalt pavement construction, guardrail installation, signage and striping, stream bypass pumping operations, and permanent site restoration, with approximately 50 line items detailed in the bid form. The contractor must achieve Substantial Completion within 120 consecutive calendar days and Final Acceptance within 150 consecutive calendar days following issuance of the Notice to Proceed. All work must comply with the 2021 Georgia Department of Transportation Standard Specifications and the 2026 Construction Standards and Details Book. Required qualifications include GDOT prequalification status, E-Verify authorization compliance under Georgia's Security and Immigration Compliance Act, and proof of workers' compensation insurance, general comprehensive liability coverage with minimum limits of $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 aggregate, and auto liability with identical limits naming Bulloch County as an additional insured. The bid submission deadline is March 27, 2026, at 11:00 AM EDT, with a deadline for submitting questions by March 20, 2026, at 5:00 PM EDT, and an estimated award date of April 7, 2026, at a Bulloch County Board of Commissioners regular meeting. Bids must be physically delivered in one original and one copy to the Bulloch County Board of Commissioners, 115 North Main Street, Statesboro, Georgia 30458, with electronic submissions not accepted.

The procurement is restricted to GDOT prequalified contractors, and there are no identified set-asides for disadvantaged enterprises or minority-owned businesses documented in the available materials. No incumbent vendors or current contractors are referenced in the solicitation documents. The project requires integration with existing utility facilities including fiber optic lines and electrical service operated by Bulloch Solutions and Excelsior EMC, necessitating utility coordination through the One-Call Center. Environmental compliance is mandated through a Nationwide Permit (NWP) No. 3 verification issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, which authorizes the work subject to strict adherence to specified conditions and requires notification to the Corps at least 10 days in advance of commencing work and certification of compliance within 30 days of final project completion. Bidders must submit a 5 percent bid bond with their sealed bid and, if awarded, furnish 100 percent payment and performance bonds from a surety approved by the U.S. Treasury Department. The ITB documents do not provide an explicit project budget or award value range, though monthly progress payments will be made within 15 days of invoice receipt with 10 percent retainage withheld until final acceptance, and liquidated damages of $150.00 per calendar day apply for failure to meet the specified completion deadlines.