Active SLED Opportunity · VIRGINIA · CITY OF NORFOLK
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City of Norfolk seeks contractors for FY26 State-funded road paving project including milling, asphalt overlay, pavement marking replacement, and traffic signal loop upgrades. Bids due May 15, 2026. Performance and payment bonds required.
This is a State-funded project utilizing VDOT State of Good Repair funds. The project consists of milling and asphalt overlay on 26th Street, 27th Street, and Lafayette Boulevard between Church Street and Tidewater Drive and Princess Anne Road between Standard Street and Sewells Point Road. It also includes replacement of pavement markings and installation of thermal detection to replace impacted traffic signal loops. Construction is to be completed within Calendar Year 2026.
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All Requests for Information (RFIs) shall be submitted no later than Friday, May 1, 2026 4:00 pm through the Questions portal at https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/norfolk/projects/245634. Any RFI submitted after this date cannot be guaranteed a response by the City.
Work to be Substantially Completed in: 120 calendar days
Liquidated Damages: six hundred dollars ($600.00) per day
Performance Bond: one hundred percent (100%)
Payment Bond: one hundred percent (100%)
Bid Bond: five percent (5%)
Closing Date/Time: Friday, May 15, 2026 4:00 pm
All physical correspondence will be sent to the address shown below and include the Project ID and Project Title.
Ken Peacock, Design & Construction Contracting Specialist
Project - 26140:FY26 SGR Paving – 26th Street, 27th Street, Lafayette Boulevard, and Princess Anne Road
City of Norfolk, Public Works
810 Union St, 7th Floor
Norfolk VA, 23510
Upon request, contact Ken Peacock at kenneth.peacock@norfolk.gov. Please also check the Followers Tab on this e-Procurement Portal.
Bidding Documents are available from the Department of Public Works at no cost by download at https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/norfolk/projects/245634 or from the City of Norfolk’s website, http://www.norfolk.gov/bids.aspx.
A Bid Bond, certified check, or cashier’s check made payable to the Treasurer, City of Norfolk, for five percent (5%) of total bid must accompany each bid. Offerors shall upload a copy of the bid guarantee with the Offeror’s acknowledgement to mail the original sealed document to the Owner, within two (2) business days. State Contractor registration class and number is required by electronic bidding via the Vendor Questionnaire.
The City reserves the right to cancel the bid opening or to reject any or all bids in whole or part, when it is in the best interest of the City. The right to waive informalities and to determine responsiveness of any bid and responsibility of all bidders is reserved to the City.
Withdrawal of bids will be in accordance with Section 33.1-42.1 of the Norfolk City Code and Section 11-54 of The Code of Virginia, 1950 (as amended).
The Contractor has read all sections under "Instructions to Bidders."
If a contract is for $120,000.00 or more, or if the total value of all such construction, removal, repair, or improvements undertaken by the bidder within any 12 month period is for $750,000.00 or more, the bidder is required under Title 54, Chapter 11, Code of Virginia, 1950 (as amended), to show evidence of being licensed as a Class A Contractor upon award of the contract.
If a contract is $7,500.00 or more, but less than $120,000.00, or if the total value of all such construction, removal, repair or improvements undertaken by the bidder within any 12-month period is less than $150,000, the bidder is required to show evidence of being licensed as a Class B Contractor upon award of the contract.
If a contract is $1,000 or more, but less than $7,500, or if the total value of all such construction, removal, repair or improvements undertaken by the bidder within any 12-month period is less than $150,000, the bidder is required to show evidence of being licensed as a Class C Contractor upon award of the contract.
Please scan and upload a copy of your bid guarantee. Bidder must also MAIL bid guarantee within (two) 2 business days from the bid date.
Bids shall be accompanied by a bid guarantee of five percent (5%) of the amount of the total bid including all additive alternates, if any, and may be a certified check or cashier's check or a Bid Bond, made payable to: Treasurer, City of Norfolk. Offerors shall upload a copy of the bid guarantee with the Offeror’s acknowledgement to mail the original sealed document to the Owner at 810 Union Street, Room 700, Norfolk, VA 23510, dated on or before the bid date. Apparent low bidder shall provide original bid security to the City within two (2) business days. The envelope shall be labeled with the Project Title, Solicitation Number, and Bid Date. All bidders shall maintain original bid security until project is awarded and shall provide original bid security to the City upon request. Failure to provide an original bid security matching the electronic bid security accompanying the bid may be grounds for debarment from future bidding. Such bid bond or check shall be submitted with the understanding that it shall guarantee that the bidder will not withdraw its bid during the period of sixty (60) days following the opening of bids; that if its bid is accepted, it will enter into a Contract with the Owner in accordance with a form of agreement acceptable to and approved by the Owner and that the required Performance and Payment Bonds will be given; and that in the event of the withdrawal of said bid within said period, or failure to enter into said contract and given said bonds within ten (10) days after it has received notice of acceptance of its bid, the bidder shall be liable to the Owner for the full amount of the bid guarantee as representing the damage to the Owner on account of the default of the bidder in any particular thereof. The bid bonds and checks will be returned to the bidders after the Owner and the lowest, responsive, responsible bidder have executed a contract. If the required contract has not been executed within sixty (60) days after the date of the opening of the bids, then the bond or check of any bidder will be returned upon its request, provided it has not been notified of the acceptance of its bid prior to the date of such request.
Upon award of the contract, the Contractor shall furnish a Performance Bond in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) and a Labor and Materials Payment Bond in the amount of one hundred percent (100%). Said bonds shall be delivered to the Owner (in duplicate) and shall be approved by the Owner prior to the execution of a construction contract between the Contractor and the Owner. Bonds shall be City of Norfolk standard form and shall be in accordance with Section 33.1-76 of the Norfolk City Code. All costs of bonds shall be paid by the Contractor. Performance and Payment Bond Riders shall be provided, as requested by the City, should change orders increase the amount of the contract by $100,000 or more.
The Contractor agrees to comply, and to require all suppliers and subcontractors paid in whole or in part from funds made available under this contract to comply with Section 122(a)(1) of the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972 (P. L. 92-512), as amended, to wit:
"No person in the United States shall, on the grounds of race, color, national origin, or sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity of a State government or unit of local government, which government or unit receives funds made available under Subtitle A (of Title I of the Act.)
Any prohibition against discrimination on the basis of age under the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 or with respect to an otherwise qualified handicapped individual as provided in Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 shall also apply to any such program or activity.
Any prohibition against discrimination on the basis of religion, or any exemption from such prohibition, as provided in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 or Title VIII of the Act of April 11, 1968, hereafter referred to as the Civil Rights Act of 1968, shall also apply to any such program or activity."
Further, the Contractor agrees to comply with Section 33.l-53 of the Code of the City of Norfolk, Virginia 1979, as amended, regarding prohibited employment discrimination.
Contractor has read and agrees to comply with the MINORITY BUSINESS CLAUSE
Contractor has read and agrees to comply with the NON-COLLUSION AFFADAVIT
The Contractor agrees to comply with Section 33.1-58 of the Code of the City of Norfolk, Virginia, 1996, as amended, regarding substance Abuse and Drug-Free Work Place Policy.
The Contractor agrees to familiar with Chapter 33.1, Article VII (Sections 33.1-86 through 33.1-93) of the Code of the City of Norfolk, Virginia, 1979, as amended, entitled “ETHICS IN PUBLIC CONTRACTING,” including the additional statues set forth in Section 33.1-86 thereof. The Contractor shall abide by such provisions in submission of its bid and performance of any contract awarded.
Please upload a certified copy of the Affidavit with the Form of Bid, page 1.3-4. The successful apparent low bidder, plus 2nd and 3rd placed bidders shall MAIL the Affidavit certified no later than the bid date. Failure to provide an original Affidavit matching the electronic Affidavit accompanying the bid may be grounds for debarment from future bidding.
The contractor acknowledges receipt of the following addenda: (for example, type "1, 2, 3" or "None"
Please indicate if your firm possess any of the following certificates registered with the Virginia Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity.
If you selected at least one of the following designations from the question above, please provide the Certification Number.
Upload COMPLETE Form of Bid (Section 1.3), including acknowledgement of addenda, minority and small business responses, Affidavit, compliance forms and schedule of unit prices HERE:
Contractor acknowledges that all physical correspondence will be sent to the address below and include the Project ID and Project Title.
Ken Peacock, Design & Construction Contracting Specialist
Project - 26140: FY26 SGR Paving – 26th Street, 27th Street, Lafayette Boulevard, and Princess Anne Road
City of Norfolk, Public Works
810 Union St, 7th Floor
Norfolk, VA 23510
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