Clay Whaley Road Phase 1 Roadway Reconstruction and Utility Infrastructure

The Edgewater East Community Development District ( District ) hereby requests proposals from firms to provide labor, materials, equipment, and construction services necessary for the District s Clay Whaley Road Phase 1 Roadway reconstruction and Utility Infrastructure ( Project ). The Project will require full roadway section construction of approximately 0.34 mile of Framework Roadway and will include a bid alternate for approximately 0.76 miles of two-lane undivided roadway. Construction to include utility trunk lines with connection just west of Cross Prairie Pkwy (approx. 5,263 LF of 12 watermain; 3,683 LF of 12 and 1,732 LF of 8 reclaimed; 2,690 LF of 12 and 1,792 LF 8 force main), excavation and construction of a stormwater pond, and stockpile of excess fill material. The Project is more particularly described in the project manual ( Project Manual ), which includes the plans and specifications for the Project prepared by Hanson, Walter & Associates, Inc. ( Engineer of Record ) and distributed by Hanson, Walter & Associates, Inc. ( District Engineer ). The District is a special purpose unit of local government established under Chapter 190, Florida Statutes, for the purpose of financing, acquiring, constructing, installing, operating, and maintaining community infrastructure improvements for the community of Edgewater. To be eligible to submit a proposal, and in addition to any other requirements set forth in the Project Manual, an interested firm must hold all required local, state and federal licenses in good standing and be authorized to do business in Osceola County and the State of Florida. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE WITH RESPECT TO THE PROJECT. The Project Manual retrieval process will be as follows: 1. Email the District Engineer at shindle@hansonwalter.com. Include in the subject line: Request Edgewater East CDD Clay Whaley Road Phase 1 Roadway Reconstruction and Utility Infrastructure, Civil Site Work Project Manual 2. Bidder will receive two emails, one from the District Engineer confirming receipt of the request and the other from the One Drive titled Edgewater East CDD Clay Whaley Road Phase 1 Roadway Reconstruction and Utility Infrastructure, Civil Site Work containing access instructions. (check your junk mail if not received). 3. Open the email from One Drive and follow instructions to retrieve the Project Manual. For questions regarding the procedures to retrieve the Project Manual, please call the District Engineer at (407) 847-9433. Please note that phone inquiries are limited to procedural assistance requesting or retrieving the Project Manual; any substantive questions regarding the Project Manual or the Project must be submitted in writing as noted herein. The District reserves the right in its sole discretion to make changes to the Project Manual up until the time of the bid opening, and to provide notice of such changes only to those proposers who have indicated their intent to bid by attending the pre-proposal conference (described herein) and registering at that meeting. Bids received after that time will not be considered. Additionally, each Proposer shall supply a bid bond, or cashier's check, made payable to the District and in the sum equal to five percent (5%) of the total amount of the bid with its proposal. Proposals shall be in the form provided in the Project Manual and submitted in a sealed envelope, marked with a notation RESPONSE TO PROPOSAL FOR EDGEWATER EAST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT ED5 FRAMEWORK ROADWAY, PHASE 1, CIVIL SITE WORK. The District reserves the right to return unopened to the proposer any proposals received after the time and date stipulated above. Each proposal shall remain binding for a minimum of ninety (90) days after the proposal opening. Proposals will be evaluated in accordance with the criteria included in the Project Manual. The District reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, make modifications to the work, award the contract in whole or in part with or without cause, and waive minor or technical irregularities in any proposal, as it deems appropriate, and if the District determines in its discretion that it is in the District s best interests to do so. Any protest of the Project Manual, including, but not limited to the terms and specifications, must be filed with the District within 72 calendar hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and state holidays) after the first advertisement of the Request for Proposals, together with a protest bond in a form acceptable to the District and in the amount of one percent (1%) of the anticipated contract amount as determined by the District Engineer. In the event the protest is successful, the protest bond shall be refunded to the protestor. In the event the protest is unsuccessful, the protest bond shall be applied towards the District s costs, expenses and attorney s fees associated with hearing and defending the protest. Failure to timely file a protest, or failure to timely post a protest bond, will result in a waiver of proceedings under Chapter 190, Florida Statutes, and other law. Additional requirements for filing a protest can be found in the District s Rules of Procedure, which are available upon request. The successful proposer will be required upon award to furnish a payment and performance bond for one hundred percent (100%) of the value of the contract (as described in the Project Manual), with a surety acceptable to the District, and in accordance with Section 255.05, Florida Statutes.

Division 32 -	Exterior Improvements, Operation and Maintenance of Exterior Improvements.
Division 33 -	Utilities, Instrumentation and Control for Utilities, Water Utilities, Water Utility Distribution Piping, Water Utility Distribution Equipment, Disinfecting of Water Utility Distribution, Water Utility Storage Tanks.
Division 34 -	Transportation, Operation and Maintenance of Transportation.