This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Richmond, Virginia. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

All virginia executive orders, and c d c guidance related to covid19 must be adhered to at all times while on the rmta premises. the work under this contract shall be completed no later than may 31, 2025. bids for this contract must be submitted on complete bidding forms bound in the contract documents. the successful bidder will be notified in writing. to submit proposals for this contract, contractors or qualified subcontractors shall, on tuesday, may 14th, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. local time, meet the following requirements: be prequalified by the virginia department of transportation (vdot) for bidding on state projects. the authority reserves the right to request additional experience information for any bidder that has not been assigned the major structures and/or bridge repair work classes by vdot or for contractors that have a prequalification level of conditional, currently inactive or probationary. have prior experience in the jacking and blocking of beams and structural steel repairs. contractor shall be able to provide written documentation demonstrating the successful completion of at least three bridge superstructure repair projects where one or more steel beams were jacked off the bearing and a portion of the steel beam was replaced with new steel by welding. have prior experience in the repair of bridge substructures using shotcrete and be able to provide written documentation demonstrating the successful placement of at least three bridge substructure repair projects where the cumulative shotcrete square footage applied was a minimum of 10,000 s f. note that a bidder must have prior experience and be able to provide written documentation in a minimum of one of the two work experience categories as noted above. a bidder cannot have subcontractors be the documented experience in all categories. the documents will also be posted on the eva virginia procurement website. specifications (virginia department of transportation 2020 road and bridge specifications) and the 2011 virginia work area protection manual, revision 2.1 - 2020 which form an integral part of this contract, are available from the virginia department of transportation website free of charge. each bidder submitting a proposal must also complete a statement bound with the proposal forms, in which each bidder shall give full information relating to the status of their contracts presently underway. each proposal must be accompanied by a proposal guarantee consisting of either a certified check in the amount of at least five (5) percent of the total bid price, made payable to the richmond metropolitan transportation authority, or a proposal bond (on the form provided) in the amount of five (5) percent of the same total bid price. the authority strongly encourages the submission of bids by contractors whose principal businesses are located in the richmond metropolitan area and further strongly encourage such contractors to utilize the services of local subcontractors and vendors. the authority strongly encourages minority owned and women-owned businesses to submit proposals for this contract. the authority reserves the right to reject any and all proposals submitted, and to waive informalities in bidding, as it may deem in its best interests. project related inquiries must be submitted in writing to mr. brad stimpson, p.e. at hntb corporation at rstimpson@hntb.com or ms. theresa simmons, p e., rmta director of operations at theresa.simmons@rmtaonline.org. the deadline to submit inquiries and questions is thursday may 23, 2024, at 1 p.m. local time.