Sidewalk & Associated Work Construction, CS

Leon County is seeking the services of a qualified vendor for the construction of sidewalks at various locations within Leon County, Florida. The scope of work to be performed under this bid will include sidewalk construction and any work associated with construction of a sidewalk within an open swale system or a curb & gutter system between the edge of the vehicular travel lane and the Right-of-way line including but not limited to enhancing and maintaining existing drainage system, driveway reconstruction, embankment or retaining wall construction to support the sidewalk, and shoulder reworking. All quantities represent good faith estimates made by Leon County. Actual in-place quantities may vary from those shown and described in the contract documents. Leon County does not guarantee purchase of the full amounts shown or indicated for any item within this document. The Prime Contractor must be either prequalified by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) for the Sidewalks Specialty Class of Work or provide proof of three sidewalk projects constructed by the Prime Contractor in the past three years totaling a minimum of 2,000 linear feet. Any Prime Contractor who submits a bid with the intent to use a Sub-Contractor to perform the work covered by the Sidewalk Pre-Qualification and who possesses the work class pre-qualifications MUST identify the Sub-Contractor and submit the Sub-Contractors current and valid FDOT pre-qualifications in Sidewalks Specialty Class. Failure to demonstrate FDOT Pre‐Certification or required sidewalk projects in the fashion described shall result in the rejection of the bid. It is the intent of the County to award to a primary and secondary vendor. The lowest bidder will be the primary contractor while the second lowest will be the secondary contractor. When the primary contractor cannot fulfill its contractual obligations such as responding to project requests in a timely manner, or delivery of the project according to the County’s schedule, the County can give the assignment to the secondary contractor.