Kenosha County Brighton Dale Links Red Pine Bunker, Range, and Short Game Renovations

Kenosha County, Wisconsin is seeking bids for comprehensive renovation of the Brighton Dale Links Red Pine Golf Course through Invitation to Bid #2326. The procurement involves extensive golf course construction and renovation, including creating a new short-game green complex, constructing a new driving range teeing area, developing several new teeing areas on the 9-hole Red Pine Course, reconstructing bunkers, and installing Better Billy Bunker liners by certified installers. Key project deliverables include fairway slit drainage installation, re-grassing of green, tee, and bunker surfaces, and all associated material purchasing, hauling, and installation. Bidders must demonstrate five years of experience in golf course construction, with specific qualifications in sand bunker construction, green and tee construction, and golf course drainage installation. A pre-bid conference is scheduled for November 1, 2023, at 9:00 AM at the Brighton Dale Links Club House, with bid submissions due by November 15, 2023, at 3:00 PM. Contractors must submit a bid bond or cashier's check for five percent of the total bid price and provide references from five firms with similar service experience within the past five years. The project is slated to begin on August 19, 2024, with completion expected by November 1, 2024, and the contract award estimated for November 29, 2023.

There are no specific set-aside designations or restrictions mentioned for disadvantaged enterprises in the procurement documents. The contract does not indicate any incumbent vendors or require integration with existing infrastructure. Bidders must provide a Payment and Performance Bond equal to 100 percent of the total contract price and maintain comprehensive insurance coverage, including Commercial General Liability ($1,000,000 per occurrence, $2,000,000 aggregate), Automobile Liability ($1,000,000), Workers Compensation at statutory limits, and Excess/Umbrella Liability ($1,000,000). While a specific budget range is not explicitly stated, the detailed bid documents include line items for general conditions, site preparation, demolition, topsoil management, drainage, feature construction, irrigation, and finishing work, with provisions for three alternate bids and unit pricing for potential change orders not exceeding 10 percent of the total project sum. The county will make monthly progress payments with a five percent retention until fifty percent completion is reached, and contractors must provide a one-year warranty for workmanship and product replacement, with completed operations liability insurance maintained for two years post-completion.