Pleaseant View RR Bridge & Smithfield Avenue RR Bridge

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation is soliciting bids for structural steel repair, painting, and traffic control at two railroad bridges—Pleasant View Railroad Bridge No. 056301 in Pawtucket/Attleboro and Smithfield Avenue Railroad Bridge No. 093201 in Providence—under Contract 2026-CB-036, with bids due August 25, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. EDT. This is a federally funded project under the Federal-Aid Highway program (80% FHWA, 20% state) subject to Davis-Bacon prevailing wage rates and the Work Hours Act of 1962.

The scope consists of structural steel repairs (8,040 pounds combined across both bridges), temporary shoring installation (27 units combined), blast cleaning and painting existing structural steel (1,700 square feet combined), mobilization, traffic control, and a force account bank of $20,000 for unexpected Amtrak downtime coordination. All work must comply with the February 2026 Standard Specifications for Road & Bridge Construction. Structural steel must meet AASHTO M 270 Grade 50 specifications; fabrication shops must be certified under the AISC Quality Certification Program for Simple Steel Bridges with Sophisticated Paint Endorsement, and steel erectors must be Advanced Certified Steel Erectors. Bridge 056301 will be repainted Federal Standard 24272 Green semi-gloss; Bridge 093201 will receive Federal Standard 25183 Blue semi-gloss. All existing steel requires blast cleaning to SSPC-SP6 or better prior to repair installation.

Bidders must submit electronically through Ocean State Procures. A 5% bid bond and 100% performance bond are required; all surety companies must be listed with the Department of the Treasury Circular 570. The awarded vendor must maintain general liability insurance of $1,000,000 combined single limit, workers' compensation of $100,000 each accident, and automobile liability of $1,000,000 each occurrence. A 0.33% contract administrative fee will be withheld from invoices. The question and answer period runs through August 16, 2026 at 12:00 p.m. EDT. Federal wage determinations for Rhode Island (issued May 18, 2026) and all required federal certifications—including Anti-Collusion Certificate, Debarment/Suspension Certification, Conflicts Disclosure, SF-LLL Lobbying Disclosure, and Title VI Nondiscrimination Assurances—must accompany all bids.