Mill and Overlay (5 Locations) for Milwaukee County Highway Department

Milwaukee County Highway Department is soliciting competitive sealed bids for a mill and overlay project at five locations across county roads and parkways in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. The scope of work encompasses milling existing asphalt pavement to a uniform depth of up to 2 inches and constructing a one-course asphalt overlay with an average compacted thickness of 2 inches using 5MT 58-28S asphalt mix. The five project locations include: W. Silver Spring Drive (CTH E) from approximately 250 feet west of N. 103rd Street to N. 95th Street in both directions; W. Beloit Road (CTH T) from approximately 100 feet west of S. Wollmer Street to S. 103rd Street in both directions; Oak Creek Parkway near Grant Park in South Milwaukee from Mill Road extending east approximately 50 feet north of the trail crossing; Whitnall Park Drive near Boerner Botanical Gardens from the parking lot entrance to the next parkway intersection; and Park Drive near Greenfield Park from Lincoln Avenue extending south approximately 175 feet. Bidders must submit separate bids for each location and are required to apply tack coat to all milled surfaces, provide traffic control throughout construction, and submit a detailed schedule with execution dates and times. All work must be completed before November 1, 2026, and contractors must comply with applicable WisDOT Specifications Sections 330, 450, and 460 governing milling depths, surface preparation, tack coat application, asphalt material properties, compaction requirements, and quality control procedures. The advertisement period runs from March 30 through April 17, 2026, with an optional on-site bidders' meeting scheduled for Thursday, April 9 at 11:00 AM beginning at W. Silver Spring Drive (10310 W Silver Spring Drive, Milwaukee, WI 53225), and interested bidders must register with Bid Administrator Carsten Peterson at carsten.peterson@milwaukeecountywi.gov. Award will be made to the lowest qualified, responsive, responsible bidder as defined in Milwaukee County ordinances, based on Total Cost of Ownership financial benefit to the County.

The procurement does not specify set-aside designations or restrictions limiting responses to particular enterprise types or disadvantaged business classifications. All vendors entering into contracts with Milwaukee County must comply with the County's standard Terms and Conditions of Purchase and maintain Commercial General Liability Insurance of $1,000,000 per occurrence, Workers' Compensation Insurance meeting Wisconsin statutory requirements, and Automobile Liability Insurance of $1,000,000 per accident if vehicles are used during service performance; Milwaukee County must be named as an additional insured on all applicable policies. Vendors must obtain insurance from carriers with a minimum A.M. Best rating of A X or better and provide certificates of insurance prior to contract commencement. The procurement documents do not identify any incumbent vendors, existing contractors, or required technology integration. No specific award values or budget ranges are disclosed in the bid documents, though all bids must be submitted as "delivered pricing" with F.O.B. Destination terms with all delivery costs and transportation charges prepaid by the bidder. Milwaukee County reserves the right to award separate contracts for each item, groups of items, or all items combined, or to reject any or all bids at the Purchasing Director's discretion, and the County encourages bidders to reference applicable government contract pricing through cooperative purchasing options including GSA, University of Wisconsin, VendorNet, MMCAP, NPP, SourceWell, NJPA, Omnia, US Communities, NASPO, and National IPA contracts.