Naples Beach Renourishment

Collier County, Florida is requesting sealed bids for the Naples Beach Renourishment Project (Bid No. 26-8701), a construction project involving transport, placement, grading, and tilling of approximately 208,200 tons of beach-quality sand along a 3.5-mile Naples coastline segment (stations R-58 through R-79), with bids due September 4, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. and a non-mandatory pre-bid meeting on August 25 at 9:00 a.m. at Procurement Services Division, 3295 Tamiami Trail East, Building C-2, Conference Room A, Naples, Florida.

Sand will be sourced from Stewart Materials' Immokalee Mine and transported via approved truck routes to construction access points at 3rd Avenue North and 17th Avenue South. All material must comply with Florida Administrative Code 62B-41.007, requiring maximum silt content of 0.8 percent, shell content not exceeding 1 percent, and mean grain size between 0.32–0.38 millimeters. The contractor must place sand within permitted design templates (0.5-foot tolerance) with upper berm crest at 4.3 feet NAVD88 and lower berm crest at 3.0 feet NAVD88, incorporating specified structural features including rock groins, armor stone jetties, and timber groins. Work is limited to 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. The contractor is responsible for mobilization and demobilization, sand analysis, turbidity monitoring, post-placement surveys, traffic maintenance, weight tracking, and beach tilling to minimum 24-inch depth.

Substantial completion is required within 75 calendar days from Notice to Proceed, with final completion within 30 days of punch-list delivery. Liquidated damages are $3,498 per calendar day for failure to meet the substantial-completion deadline. The anticipated budget is $6 million. A certified bid bond of 5 percent of bid amount is required. The successful bidder must provide Performance and Payment Bonds for 100 percent of the contract award, workers' compensation insurance, employer's liability ($1 million), commercial general liability ($1 million per occurrence / $2 million aggregate), and automobile liability ($1 million). Bidders must hold all required Florida contractor licenses, be E-Verify enrolled, and comply with the Florida Trench Safety Act. Bidders must submit five project references with a minimum of three demonstrating truck haul beach renourishment projects of similar size completed within the past five years. No unit price adjustment is permitted for quantity changes of 25 percent or less. Bidders register through https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/collier-county-fl to access complete bid documents.