Locklin Lake Restoration-Maintenance Dredge

The City of Milton, located in Santa Rosa County, Florida, is soliciting bids for ITB-2025-05 Locklin Lake Restoration - Maintenance Dredge project, a comprehensive mechanical dredging initiative to remove sediment from Locklin Lake. The project requires contractors to construct a spoil cell, install erosion control measures, perform mechanical dredging along the lakebed, remove unsuitable materials, and restore the site to preconstruction conditions. Sealed bids are due on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. (CST) at the City of Milton Council Chamber, with the project to be completed prior to March 1, 2026. Bidders must provide unit pricing for construction preparation, excavation and testing, final site preparation, and permits, and must possess appropriate licenses, qualifications, and insurance, including commercial general liability, automobile liability, and workers' compensation coverage. The City will evaluate bids based on responsiveness, responsibility, technical proposal, and pricing, with contractors required to submit various forms including a drug-free workplace certification, non-collusion affidavit, conflict of interest disclosure, and E-Verify compliance statement.

The procurement does not specify explicit set-aside designations or restrictions for disadvantaged enterprises. Contractors will utilize a Dredge Material Management Area (DMMA) on a private upland parcel, with dredged material to be transported to an approved landfill, specifically the Santa Rosa County Landfill, which will waive tipping fees and conduct a paint filter test to determine spoil dryness. The project involves removing approximately 26,000 cubic yards of sediment from 351,412 square feet of lake bottom, with a Florida Department of Environmental Protection permit (File No. 0456314-001-EE/57) already secured. While the precise budget was not disclosed in the documentation, the project includes comprehensive environmental considerations, with soil samples already tested and found to have no indication of contamination. The analytical report from Eurofins Pensacola confirms undetectable levels of metals and mercury in the dredge material samples, and the construction plans prepared by Baskerville-Donovan, Inc. provide detailed engineering specifications for the lake restoration effort.