Dania Beach Blvd Landscape Improvements Grant Section #1 (West) & Grant Section #2 (East)

Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners is soliciting sealed bids for Invitation to Bid 26-030, the Peter Prince Field West Apron Rehabilitation project, a federally funded airport infrastructure improvement project. The procurement encompasses asphalt milling and overlay work, aircraft tie-down installation, pavement markings, minor grading, and site restoration across approximately 13,500 square yards of apron pavement at Peter Prince Field in Milton, Florida. The scope of work includes full-depth asphalt milling (13,500 square yards), removal and installation of 24 aircraft tie-down anchors, base course preparation (13,500 square yards), placement of bituminous surface course (3,300 tons of FDOT 334 material), installation of pavement markings (500 square feet with reflective media and 1,000 square feet without reflective media), and sodding of disturbed areas (400 square yards). The project must achieve substantial completion within 120 calendar days from the written Notice to Proceed and final completion within 150 calendar days, with liquidated damages assessed at $500 per day for delays beyond either deadline. Bidders must submit a lump-sum bid with unit pricing for 13 line items including contractor quality control, erosion and pollution control, mobilization, traffic control, and all material and labor costs, with bids due electronically by 10:00 a.m. on Friday, May 15, 2026, through the Santa Rosa County e-Procurement Portal. A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, April 22, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. Central Time at AMS Flight School, 5600 N. Airport Road, Milton, Florida 32583, with written questions due by 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 30, 2026. Contractors must demonstrate competency through past experience on similar airport work, available equipment, qualified key personnel, and financial responsibility, with pre-qualification with state highway agencies accepted as evidence of financial capability. The project engineer is AVCON, Inc., serving as the County's representative.

Santa Rosa County encourages participation from small businesses, minority-owned businesses, women-owned businesses, and disadvantaged business enterprises, with a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise participation goal of 0 percent for this project; however, the County explicitly does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, disability, sex, or age. No incumbent vendor or current contractor is identified for this project. The solicitation requires a 5 percent bid guarantee in the form of a certified check or bid bond at submission, and if awarded, the contractor must execute performance and payment bonds equal to 100 percent of the contract amount within ten calendar days of contract execution. Contractors must maintain workers' compensation insurance meeting Florida statutory requirements with employer's liability coverage of $100,000 per accident, commercial general liability of $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 aggregate, and commercial auto liability of $500,000 per occurrence, with Santa Rosa County named as additional insured on all liability policies except workers' compensation. The project is federally funded through the Federal Aviation Administration and the Florida Department of Transportation under the Airport Improvement Program, requiring compliance with Davis-Bacon prevailing wage requirements, Buy America provisions for iron and steel products, Equal Employment Opportunity regulations, and extensive federal compliance certifications including debarment and suspension verification and system of award management registration. No specific contract award value or budget range is disclosed in the procurement documents; however, the unit-price structure and estimated quantities enable calculation of anticipated project costs based on submitted pricing.