Road Maintenance, Wiese Slough WMA, Muscatine County

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is seeking bids for a road maintenance project at Wiese Slough Wildlife Management Area in Muscatine County. The procurement involves comprehensive roadway maintenance activities, specifically including granular roadway work such as blading/shaping, ditch cleaning, spreading new rock, and replacing two existing CMP culverts with RCP culverts. An alternate bid item is available for a granular boat ramp installation. The Request for Bid (RFB) was released on February 28, 2024, with bid opening on March 1, 2024, and a firm closing deadline of March 21, 2024, at 11:00 AM CST. Interested bidders must obtain project documents through Beeline and Blue in Des Moines by visiting www.beelineandblue.com or calling (515) 244-1611. The primary project contact is Bruce Flippin, who can be reached at 515-689-8009 or bruce.flippin@dnr.iowa.gov. Potential contractors should carefully review all project specifications and follow explicit submission instructions provided in the bid documentation.

No specific set-aside designations or restrictions on bidder qualifications were explicitly mentioned in the available documentation. The procurement appears to be open to qualified contractors capable of performing the specified road maintenance and culvert replacement work. While no incumbent vendors were identified, the project involves infrastructure improvements to an existing Wildlife Management Area roadway system. No specific budget range or award value was disclosed in the procurement documents. Bidders are advised to carefully review all technical specifications and requirements before submitting their proposals, and to communicate directly with the project contact, Bruce Flippin, for any additional clarification or questions regarding the scope of work, technical requirements, or bid submission process.