Signing - Porter County

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) is soliciting bids for signing work—installation, replacement, and maintenance of traffic control signs and devices—along various roads throughout Porter County, with proposals due May 7, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. at the Indiana Government Center North in Indianapolis. The contract is subject to prevailing wage requirements under the Davis-Bacon Act and a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) goal, though the specific DBE percentage is not stated in available documentation.

The scope includes construction engineering, mobilization and demobilization, clearing right-of-way, traffic maintenance, installation of 36,764 linear feet of square Type 1 reinforced anchor base posts, removal of 3,333 existing signs, and installation of 16,551 square feet of 0.080-inch thickness sign sheets and 6,020.7 square feet of 0.100-inch thickness sign sheets. All work must comply with INDOT specifications effective September 1, 2025, federal labor standards, nondiscrimination requirements, and environmental regulations including stormwater and erosion control provisions.

The project completion date is June 30, 2027, with liquidated damages of $2,500 per day for failure to meet the deadline. The contract is located in the LaPorte District and funded through Federal-aid highway programs. The consulting firm managing the project is DLZ Indiana, LLC (contact: Trisha Nugent, 219-836-5884); the INDOT Project Manager is John Krueger and the Area Engineer is Jon Kruger. Contract-specific questions must be submitted through the INDOT online portal at http://entapps.indot.in.gov/cqa/.