12th Street Shoreline Stabilization Project

The City of Clermont is soliciting bids for a shoreline stabilization project along approximately 700 linear feet of eroded slope adjacent to the South Lake Trail corridor near 12th Street and Lake Minneola Drive. The project requires comprehensive field verification, permitting, design, and installation of erosion control measures including structural stabilization, fill material, sod, topsoil, mulch, restoration, and site cleanup to protect the trail and surrounding public infrastructure. The work must comply with applicable federal, state, and local environmental regulations, including those from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and must adhere to ASTM standards for materials and workmanship. All work is to be performed at the designated location, with inspection and acceptance occurring at the destination, and all materials must be new, of the highest quality, and installed with superior craftsmanship. The estimated budget is $100,000, though the solicitation does not specify firm pricing, leaving unit and total costs to be determined by bidders based on estimated quantities such as 500 cubic yards of fill and 500 square yards of sod. The solicitation, issued as IFB 41117 and posted on May 13, 2026, with a deadline for responses on June 25, 2026, under NAICS code 237990, requires full compliance with federal statutes including the Davis-Bacon Act, requiring payment of prevailing wages and retention of payroll records for six years, as well as Section 3 of the HUD Act of 1968, mandating employment and economic opportunities for low- and very low-income residents. Contractors must be registered with Florida’s Sunbiz system, maintain a drug-free workplace policy, certify non-collusion, and use E-Verify for all employees and subcontractors. Insurance requirements include $500,000 per occurrence and $1,000,000 general aggregate Commercial General Liability coverage extending to subcontractors. Subcontractors on contracts over $10,000 must be flowed down key compliance clauses. Proposals must be submitted electronically via DemandStar or CentralBidding in Adobe PDF format by the deadline, with no emails or password-protected files accepted. The contract will be awarded as a Firm Fixed Price arrangement, with payments made via ACH to the St. Johns River Water Management District’s finance office