SBR: Plumbing Maintenance and Repair Services

The Maryland Department of Transportation, State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) is requesting bids on plumbing maintenance and repair services at the Westminster Shop (150 Wyndtryst Drive, Westminster, Maryland) and satellite locations throughout Carroll County under an IFB with a Small Business Reserve designation, with bids due July 30, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. This procurement is limited to certified small business vendors as defined by Maryland's Governor's Office of Small, Minority & Women Business Affairs (GOSBA).

Bidders must hold a Maryland Master Plumbers License and demonstrate a minimum of five years of commercial plumbing experience. The contractor must maintain a workforce of at least two licensed journeyman technicians with five years of commercial experience. Services include emergency response, installation, maintenance, reconditioning, troubleshooting, and repair of plumbing systems and fixtures. Licensed journeyman technicians must be available 24 hours per day, 365 days per year, with routine service availability between 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding state-recognized holidays.

The contract term is 60 months or until contract funds are depleted, whichever comes first, with no automatic renewal and a single award. Award is based on lowest responsive and responsible bid price. Compensation is structured as hourly rates for journeyman technicians and helper/apprentice labor plus parts and materials at actual cost with a maximum 10 percent markup. Service calls include a one-time mobilization fee; overtime rates cannot exceed 1.5 times the routine hourly rate for after-hours emergency work. No subcontractors are permitted, and there are zero percent MBE, DBE, and VSBE subcontracting goals.

The contractor must provide commercial general liability insurance of $1 million per occurrence and $3 million annual aggregate, plus workers' compensation insurance of $1 million per occurrence. No federal funding is involved. The pre-bid conference and site visit are scheduled for July 16, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. at the Westminster location. Questions are due July 22, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. The public bid opening is July 30, 2026 at 12:00 p.m.