26IFB59 Ronald Reagan Blvd Widening - Segment D1

Williamson County is soliciting bids for the construction of Segment D1 of the Ronald Reagan Boulevard Widening project, a comprehensive civil infrastructure initiative that includes a new two-lane roadway with shoulders, turn lanes, and intersection improvements. The scope encompasses earthwork, grading, drainage structures, bridge construction, retaining walls, paving, illumination, traffic signals, stormwater management systems, signing, striping, and delineation. The project requires full execution of all labor, equipment, materials, and incidentals necessary for excavation, trenching, backfilling, and installation of water, storm sewer, and wastewater utilities including precast manholes, buried valves, hydrants, and encased piping. Pavement construction will involve hot mix asphalt with base, level-up, and surface courses. The contract is structured as a unit price agreement where the final value is determined by multiplying established unit rates with quantities verified by the Engineer, with all items FOB destination and no separate payment for subsidiary components like blind flanges or fire hydrant fittings. The work must achieve substantial completion within 518 calendar days and final completion as specified in the special conditions, with a mandatory 2-year warranty period from the date of certificate of completion. Bidders must demonstrate adequate financial resources, a satisfactory performance record, and the ability to meet the project schedule, and are required to submit fixed pricing along with comprehensive documentation including at least three references, bid affidavits, conflict of interest and debarment certifications, an anti-boycott statement, and the Texas Child Support Business Ownership Form. The bid must be submitted electronically via the Williamson County Bonfire portal or as a sealed hardcopy with one original, two copies, and one USB drive; facsimiles and email submissions are prohibited. Successful bidders must provide performance and payment bonds each equaling 100% of the contract amount, executed by a surety with an A.M. Best rating of “B” or better authorized in Texas, along with a bid bond of 5% of the bid amount. A project superintendent must be onsite 24/7, and all work must comply with ADA accessibility requirements, Buy America provisions, and flow-down audit clauses to subcontractors and suppliers. Quality assurance is governed by an accepted program featuring contractor-initiated QC inspections on structural items and county-conducted QA sampling, with all materials subject to rejection if they fail to meet ASTM or specified standards. All records are subject to audit for three years post-final payment, with electronic data required in computer-readable formats.