Demolition, site work, paving and new construction of a civil project in Hibbing, Minnesota. Conceptual plans call for the demolition of a bridge / tunnel; for the construction of a bridge / tunnel; for site work for a bridge / tunnel; and for paving for a bridge / tunnel.

As of March 5, 2024, per owner, a short list of pre-qualified firms has been identified. MnDOT requests responses for Trunk Highway (TH) 73 from 2000’south of Johnson Road to the junction of TH 1 in Saint Louis County. To provide design of 15.8 miles of reclaim and overlay, 2.5 miles of Grading (subgrade correction), Paving, replacement and rehabilitation of bridges, and repair of box culverts. The goal of this project is to provide a final design plan that is suitable for advertised bidding. In order to submit a letter of interest, responders must be pre-qualified at the time this announcement is made available, in the work type(s) identified above. This project has its own “Official Pre-Qualified Consultant List” that indicates the responders that are eligible to submit for this specific project, which has been posted separately from this announcement. Note: If responders are not pre-qualified for all work types needed for a project, they must make arrangements to subcontract with firms that are pre-qualified for those work types. If applicable, the responder must identify, in the letter of interest, their subcontractor and which work type the subcontractor will be completing. Prospective, pre-qualified responders who have any questions regarding this request for letters of interest must submit questions, by e-mail, to: Randy Costley randy.costley@state.mn.us Questions regarding this announcement must be received, via e-mail, by the Contact Administrator identified above no later than 2:00PM Central Daylight Time on 09/15/2023 MnDOT anticipates posting answers to all questions received by 2:00PM Central Daylight Time on 09/18/2023 MNDOT: RFP Engineering - Sturgeon Reclaim and Bridge Replacement Project