Invitation to Bid: Church Street and Oakland Avenue Stormwater Improvements

Location:	South Carolina
Posted:	Mar 31, 2026
Due:	Apr 23, 2026
Agency:	City of Florence
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	89 - Subsistence (Food)
Solicitation No:	2026-16
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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Separate sealed bids for N Church & Oakland Avenue Stormwater Improvements (City Bid No. 2026-16)

for the City of Florence will be received by the OWNER in the Council Chambers located at the address

below until 2:00 PM on April 23, 2026, and then at said place be publicly opened and read aloud. Electronic

bids will not be accepted. All bids must be clearly marked with the bid name/number on the exterior

envelope.

Information and Bidding Documents for the Project are available at the following website:

https://ardurra.com (under the Bid Docs tab). Bidding Documents may be obtained by download from the

designated website.

Prospective Bidders must register through the designated website in order to be recognized as an official

plan holder, regardless of whether Bidding Documents are obtained from the designated website or from

another source in either electronic or paper format. The designated website will be updated periodically

with addenda, lists of registered plan holders, reports, and other information relevant to the preparation and

submission of a Bid for the Project. All official notifications, addenda, and other Bidding Documents will

be issued exclusively through the designated website. Neither the Owner nor the Engineer will be

responsible for Bidding Documents, including addenda, obtained from sources other than the designated

website.

Scope of Work: The work to be completed consists of furnishing all materials, equipment, and labor

necessary for full depth pavement patching and surface milling, overlay improvements, pipe cleaning, pipe

lining, and stormwater improvements for:

Oakland Avenue, N Church Street, Layton Street, Norfolk Street, N Brand Street, Lynch Street, N Brunson

Street

Construction Schedule: The OWNER intends to issue the Notice of Award within 30 days of the bid

opening, and the Notice to Proceed on or about June 1, 2026. The allowable construction schedule for the

project is 180 calendar days.

ENGINEERS

W.K. Dickson & Co., LLC,

an Ardurra Company

55 Beattie Place, Suite 200

Greenville, SC 29601

Attn: Will Rector, P.E.

OWNER

City of Florence

City Center

324 W. Evans Street

Florence, SC 29501

Attn: Lynwood F. Givens

A mandatory pre-bid conference for the Project will be held on April 9, 2026, at 1:00 PM at the Florence

City Center, located at 324 W. Evans Street, Florence, SC 29501. Attendance at the mandatory pre-bid

conference is required. Bids submitted by Bidders who do not attend the mandatory pre-bid conference will

not be accepted.

Bidders must deposit security with all bids. Security shall be in the form of a certified check or bid bond

made payable to the Owner, and shall be for an amount equal to not less than five percent (5%) of the

amount of the bid. Provisions of the security shall be as described in the Information for Bidders.

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No bid will be considered unless the bidder is legally qualified under the provisions of the South Carolina

Contractor's Licensing Law (South Carolina Code of Laws as amended on April 1, 1999, Chapter 11,

Sections 40-11-10 through 40-11-428). All bidders must be properly bonded and insured, with proof

provided upon request. Contractors shall have a classification of AP.

No bidder may withdraw the bid within 60 days after the actual date of the opening and thereof.

This project is being funded in whole or in part by the ARPA-funded Stormwater Infrastructure Program

(ASIP), which is administered by the South Carolina Office of Resilience (SCOR) and funded by federal

State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). All

federal SLFRF requirements and ASIP requirements will apply to the contract.

All contractors must be registered in the federal System for Award Management (SAM) and must not be

debarred from doing business with the federal government. It is the prime contractor’s responsibility to

ensure that any subcontractors they engage are properly registered in SAM and are not debarred.

Respondents for this work will be required to comply with all applicable federal regulations.

The Owner hereby notifies all Bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that in any Contract entered into

pursuant to this advertisement will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation

and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, sex, or national origin in consideration

for an Award. The Owner is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Any Contract that uses federal funds to pay

for construction work is a “federally assisted construction contract” and must include the equal opportunity

clause found in 2 C.F.R. Part 200, unless otherwise stated in 41 C.F.R. Part 60, and encourages all small

and minority owned firms and women’s business enterprises to participate. No Bidder may withdraw his/her

Bid within (60) days after the actual date of the opening thereof.

The Copeland “Anti-Kickback” Act is also applicable, which prohibits workers on construction projects

from giving up wages that they are owed. The Contractor must not appear on the SAM.gov disbarment list.

Bidders must comply with the President’s Executive Order No. 11246, as amended, which prohibits

discrimination in employment regarding race, creed, color, sex, or national origin.

The Contractor shall comply with the Department of Labor Safety and Health Regulations for construction

promulgated under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (PL91-596) and under Section 107 of

the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (PL91-54), or latest revisions.

The Owner welcomes submissions from minority and woman owned businesses. Please indicate that you

are a minority or woman owned business with your request for bid documents.

This solicitation does not commit the Owner to award a contract, to pay any costs incurred in the preparation

of a bid, or to procure or contract for services. The Owner reserves the right to waive any informalities,

reject any and all responses, to cancel this solicitation, and to make an award deemed in its own best interest.

END OF SECTION

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This is the opportunity summary page. It provides an overview of this opportunity and a preview of the attached documentation.

bid number	bid description	cloising date	bid file
2026-16 Invitation to Bid: Church Street and Oakland Avenue Stormwater Improvements	The City of Florence is accepting sealed bids from qualified contractors for the N. Church Street and Oakland Avenue Stormwater Improvements.	Thu, 04/23/2026	2026-16-invitation-to-bid.pdf

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