Road Improvements on M-85 (Fort Street) from Rosa Parks easterly to Griswold Street

The Michigan Department of Transportation is requesting bids on road improvements on M-85 (Fort Street) from Rosa Parks easterly to Griswold Street in Detroit, Wayne County, with bids due November 6, 2026.

The scope covers 1.12 miles of hot mix asphalt cold milling and resurfacing, concrete curb, gutter and sidewalk installation, signing and pavement markings. The project includes a 5-year materials and workmanship pavement warranty.

The attached bid notice references a separate bridge rehabilitation project on M-96 over the Kalamazoo River in Kalamazoo County with a bid letting scheduled for September 25, 2026, at 10:30 a.m. at 425 W. Ottawa Street, Lansing, Michigan. That project involves deep overlay, full depth patching, barrier installation with partial deck replacement, partial painting, concrete surface coating, silane treatment, substructure patching and sealing, and approach replacement, with a completion date of July 30, 2027, and a 2-year concrete surface coating warranty. Prime contractors for the M-96 project must be prequalified in Net Classification 2270 N9-1A; if not prequalified in the N4 subclassification, they must designate a prequalified subcontractor prior to contract award. That project requires 4.00 percent Small Business Program participation with no Disadvantaged Business Enterprise participation requirement and requires a bid guaranty as specified in the proposal documents. The M-96 project is identified as Control Number 39042-211178 with Project Number 26A1009 and Federal Project Number 39042.

The source does not clarify whether the M-85 and M-96 projects are a single coordinated bid or separate solicitations, nor does it provide contract value, evaluation criteria, prequalification requirements, or SBE/DBE participation goals specific to the M-85 scope.