Active SLED Opportunity · TEXAS · CITY OF SUGAR LAND, TX
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Invitation for Bid for rehabilitation and improvements of Sugar Land Regional Airport Runway 17-35 including pavement, grading, drainage, and airfield electrical/navigation aid upgrades. Bids due July 21, 2026. Project managed by City of Sugar Land, TX.
Sugar Land Regional Airport has a single runway, Runway 17-35, that is in need of rehabilitation. The project consists of rehabilitating Runway 17-35 pavement, runway shoulder construction, grading and drainage improvement, and a significant amount of airfield electric/navigation aid work. The pavement materials are estimated to primarily consist of asphalt (FAA specified P-401 and P-403), aggregate base (FAA specified P-209 and P-219), and using rubblization to rehabilitate the existing concrete surface course by using the FAA P-215 specification. The airfield electric and navigation aid work consists of replacing/relocating runway threshold/end of pavement/edge lights, runway end identifier lights, taxiway edge lights, precision approach path indicators, airfield guidance signs, and wind cones.
The Sugar Land Regional Airport is the fourth largest airport in the greater Houston area and the foremost general reliever airport in the southwest sector. More than 100 Fortune 500 companies utilize the airport annually. The Airport’s focus is corporate aviation while maintaining a balance for the community’s general aviation needs. The Airport is home to the award-winning GlobalSelect Fixed Base Operator. As the “Luxury Gateway to Houston,” GlobalSelect (owned and operated by the Airport) is highly rated by its users for world-class service, passenger and pilot amenities, and facilities.
Amenities at SGR include a 20,000 SQFT corporate aviation terminal, an Air Traffic Control Tower and radar system; a reinforced concrete runway measuring 8,000’ long and 100’ wide, capable of accommodating the largest of the corporate-type business jets; and an instrument landing system with high-intensity lighting; as well as: aircraft repair and avionics sales, flight training, and on-site rental car options.
The City of Sugar Land is home to 111,026 (Source: US Census Bureau, 2020) residents who celebrate our rich history while helping push us forward to be a City of the future. Sugar Land has always been a trailblazing city, fearlessly forging new paths and surpassing expectations while delivering top-tier services to our residents, employees, and businesses. According to our last Citizen Satisfaction Survey, 95% of residents love calling Sugar Land home and 10% say that nothing would make their lives better than it already is. Sugar Land’s fast-growing population is one of the most highly educated and globally diverse in the region, attracting top talent from the University of Houston’s Sugar Land campus and the greater Houston area. In fact, nearly 60% of residents aged 25 and over have at least a bachelor’s degree and more than 500,000 college graduates lived within 30 minutes of Sugar Land. Sugar Land also boasts one of the most affluent and diverse populations in the State of Texas, with a median household income of $123,261 in 2020 and with an Asian population – including, among others, Chinese, Indian and Pakistani residents– representing over 38% of its residents. Located just 20 minutes from downtown Houston, many of Sugar Land’s attractions are within a short distance from each other, including a world-class baseball park, several museums, and the Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land, one of the nation’s top ranked entertainment venues. In addition to our world-class destination venues, our residents can enjoy 27 city parks and over 20 miles of hike and bike trails. Sugar Land is consistently voted one of the ‘best suburbs of Houston”, and we think it’s easy to see why.
Bidder shall provide with this bid response all documentation required by this ITB. Failure to provide this information may result in rejection of bid.
The City of Sugar Land is interested in identifying metrics/key performance indicators (KPIs) to work collaboratively with the awarded vendor(s) to monitor and improve performance during the life of the contract. The City of Sugar Land has identified initial metrics/KPIs of interest and looks forward to working with the awarded vendor to add or refine this list during contract negotiations. The final set of metrics/KPIs and frequency of collection will be negotiated by the successful proposer and the City of Sugar Land prior to the finalization of an agreement between parties and may be adjusted over time as needed.
With reference to the foregoing insurance requirements, Contractor shall specifically endorse applicable insurance policies as follows:
City of Sugar Land Emailed to: purchasing@sugarlandtx.gov
Purchasing Office
P. O. Box 110
Sugar Land, TX 77487-0110
The contract consists only of the city-prepared contract and any additional city or vendor contract documents incorporated by reference as a part of the contract. If a conflict or inconsistency exists between the city-prepared contract and a document incorporated by reference, the city-prepared contract controls. If a conflict or inconsistency exists between an additional contract document incorporated by reference, the city’s additional contract document take precedence over the contractor’s additional contract document.
The Bidders must submit a Bid Bond with their Bids in the amount of 5% of the total amount of the Bid, inclusive of any Bid alternates, as a guarantee that the Bidder will enter into the Contract and execute the Performance and Payment Bonds as required after the Contract is approved by the City’s City Council. Bidders must use the Bid Bond form provided by the City in the Request for Bids. The Surety must be authorized to write surety bonds in the State of Texas. The City will return the Bid Bonds within 15 days after opening the Bids except those of the three lowest responsible Bidders, the Bids of which will be held until the successful Bidder has executed the Contract and provided an executed Performance Bond and Payment Bond.
The successful bidder and City of Sugar Land agree that both parties have all rights, duties and remedies available as stated in the Uniform Commercial Code.
The project consists of rehabilitating Runway 17-35 pavement, grading and drainage improvements, and a significant amount of airfield electric/navigational aid work. The pavement materials are estimated to primarily consist of asphalt (FAA specified P-401 and P-403), and aggregate base (FAA specified P-215 and P-219). The airfield electric and navigational aid work is estimated to primarily consist of the runway threshold/end of pavement/edge lights, runway end identifier lights, taxiway edge lights, precision approach path indicators, airfield guidance signs, and wind cones.
No public official shall have interest in this contract accept in accordance with Vernon’s Texas Codes Annotated, Local Government Code Title 5, Subtitle C, Chapter 171.
A performance bond in the amount of one hundred (100) percent of the largest total for the bid submitted is required.
Statutory limits, State of TX.
Specifications may reference any catalog, brand name or manufacturers’ model numbers. It is the intent of the City of Sugar Land to be DESCRIPTIVE - NOT RESTRICTIVE and to establish a desired quality level of merchandise or to meet a pre-established standard of quality. Bidders may offer items of equal quality and the burden of proof of such quality rests with them.
The City’s payments under the Contract, including the time of payment and the payment of interest on overdue amounts, are subject to Chapter 2251, Texas Government Code.
Any provision in the Contract that attempts to prevent the City’s disclosure of information subject to public disclosure under federal or Texas law or regulation, or court or administrative decision or ruling, is invalid. (Chapter 552, Texas Government Code).
| ITB Advertised in Local Paper & Released on OpenGov: | June 24, 2026 |
| ITB Advertised for Second Week in Local Paper: | July 1, 2026 |
| Pre-Bid Meeting (Non-Mandatory): | July 10, 2026, 10:30am Conference Room 24, Sugar Land Regional Airport, 12888-B Highway 6 South, Sugar Land, TX 77498 |
| Questions Deadline: | July 16, 2026, 5:00pm |
| Questions Answered and Addendum posted: | July 17, 2026, 5:00pm |
| Bids Due: | July 21, 2026, 2:00pm Bids are to be submitted electronically in OpenGov Procurement. |
| Anticipated Notice to Proceed: | December 4, 2026 |
| Anticipated Construction Start Time: | January 4, 2027 |
$500,000 per employee per disease / $500,000 per employee per accident / $500,000 by disease aggregate
A payment bond in the amount of one hundred (100) percent of the largest total for the bid submitted is required.
Bidders are instructed to bid the unit price on the item(s) specified, and then price options where indicated on tabulation sheet and to extend and show the total where applicable. In case of errors in extension, UNIT prices shall govern. Prices for all goods and/or services shall be firm for the one-year period and shall be stated on the tabulation sheet. Prices shall be all inclusive. No price changes, additions or subsequent qualifications will be honored during the course of the contract unless approved by both parties. Additional charges not shown on the bid will not be honored. All prices must be in ink.
If the City’s city council does not appropriate funds to make any payment for a fiscal year after the City’s fiscal year in which the contract becomes effective and there are no proceeds available for payment from the sale of bonds or other debt instruments, then the Contract automatically terminates at the beginning of the first day of the successive fiscal year. (Section 5, Article XI, Texas Constitution).
Any provision of the Contract is void and unenforceable if it: (1) limits or releases either party from liability that would exist by law in the absence of the provision; (2) creates liability for either party that would not exist by law in the absence of the provision; or (3) waives or limits either party’s rights, defenses, remedies, or immunities that would exist by law in the absence of the provision. (Section 5, Article XI, Texas Constitution).
| Very High/High Risk | |
| Each Occurrence | $1,000,000 |
| Fire Damage | $300,000 |
| Personal & ADV Injury | $1,000,000 |
| General Aggregate | $2,000,000 |
| Products/Compl Op | $2,000,000 |
| XCU | $2,000,000 |
The Respondent shall not offer or accept gifts or anything of value or enter into any business arrangement with any employee, official or agent of City of Sugar Land. More than one bid on any one contract from a Respondent or individual under different names shall be grounds for rejection of all bids in which the Respondent or individual has an interest. One or all bids will be rejected if there is any reason to believe that collusion exists between Respondents.
Respondents must make every effort to comply Chapter 176 of the Texas Local Government Code. Chapter 176 mandates the public disclosure of certain information concerning persons doing business or seeking to do business with the City of Sugar Land, including affiliations and business and financial relationships such persons may have with City of Sugar Land officers.
By doing business or seeking to do business with the City of Sugar Land, including submitting a response to this Invitation to Bid, you acknowledge that you have been notified of the requirements of Chapter 176 of the Texas Local Government Code and you are representing that you are in compliance with them.
Conflict of Interest questionnaire found on the last page of this document must be filled out and turned in with each bid.
Pricing and discounts submitted are firm for the initial one-year period specified in the solicitation. Price decreases are allowed at any time. Price increases shall only be considered as stipulated below in paragraph, “PRICE ADJUSTMENTS”.
Under Section 2252.908 of the Tex Gov’t Code - The Commission has approved a Certificate of Interested Persons form, which must be filled out, signed, notarized and submitted to the City at the time of execution of the Contract/Agreement, along with the certification of filing generated from the Commission’s website. The Certificate of Interested Persons form is available on the Commission’s website at https://www.ethics.state.tx.us/filinginfo/1295/ and the successful Bidder must follow the Commission’s filing process adopted pursuant to the statute. The successful contractor’s notarized Certificate of Interested Persons and certification of filing will be attached to the Contract/ Agreement.
During the term of the awarded contract, the contract price may be adjusted as follows. Provided, however, the Index-Based Adjustments provision is the default adjustment provision. The adjustment provisions are not cumulative. The price adjustments below are subject to the change order limitations in Loc. Gov. Code § 252.048, as well as to the availability of appropriated funds.
Any provision in the Contract that attempts to prevent the City’s disclosure of information subject to public disclosure under federal or Texas law or regulation, or court or administrative decision or ruling, is invalid. (Chapter 552, Texas Government Code).
| Medium Risk | |
| Each Occurrence | $500,000 |
| Fire Damage | $100,000 |
| Personal & ADV Injury | $1,000,000 |
| General Aggregate | $1,000,000 |
| Products/Compl Op | $500,000 |
| XCU | $500,000 |
The City is not liable to Vendor for any federal, state, or local taxes for which the City is not liable by law, including state and local sales and use taxes (Section 151.309 and Title 3, Texas Tax Code) and federal excise tax (Subtitle D of the Internal Revenue Code). Accordingly, those taxes may not be added to any item. The city’s Tax Exemption Certificate will be furnished by the city on request of the contractor.
City of Sugar Land is exempt by law from payment of Texas Sales Tax and Federal Excise Tax. Do not include tax in bid.
Pursuant to Section 2274.001, Texas Government Code:
| Low Risk | |
| Each Occurrence | $300,000 |
| Fire Damage | $100,000 |
| Personal & ADV Injury | $600,000 |
| General Aggregate | $600,000 |
| Products/Compl Op | $300,000 |
| XCU | $300,000 |
Any provision of the Contract that establishes a limitations period that does not run against the City by law or that is shorter than two years is void. (Sections 16.061 and 16.070, Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code).
City of Sugar Land shall generate a Contract number to the successful bidder. The contract number must appear on all invoices, packing lists and all related correspondence. City of Sugar Land will not be responsible for any orders placed and/or delivered without a valid Contract number.
| Very High/ High Risk |
| Combined Single Limits |
| $1,000,000 Bodily |
Any interpretations, corrections or changes to this Invitation To Bid and Specifications will be made by addenda. Sole issuing authority of addenda shall be vested in the City of Sugar Land Purchasing Office. Addenda will be posted for all who are known to have received a copy of this Invitation To Bid. Bidders shall acknowledge receipt of all addenda on the Bidders Certification/Addenda Acknowledgement form found in this document.
Texas law governs this Contract and any lawsuit on this Contract must be filed in a court that has jurisdiction in Fort Bend County, Texas.
| Medium Risk |
| Combined Single Limits |
| $500,000 Bodily |
Bids received in the City after the submission deadline will be considered void and unacceptable. City of Sugar Land is not responsible for lateness or non-delivery of mail, carrier, etc. The date/time stamp in the City Secretary’s office shall be the official time of receipt.
Any delivery and freight charges (FOB City of Sugar Land designated location) are to be included in the bid price.
or other suitable shipping documents shall accompany each shipment and shall show:
| Low Risk |
| Combined Single Limits |
| $300,000 Bodily |
Bids cannot be altered or amended after submission deadline. Any alterations or erasures made before opening time and must be initialed by the signer of the bid, guaranteeing authenticity.
Any bid may be withdrawn prior to the scheduling time for opening. Notice to withdraw the bid must be in writing and submitted to the City prior to the scheduled time for opening bids. Any bid withdrawal notice received after the deadline for receiving bids shall not be considered.
$1,000,000 each accident for Auto, $1,000,000 each accident Non-Auto
$2,000,000 General Aggregate
Invoices submitted for payment shall be addressed to:
City of Sugar Land
Accounts Payable
P.O. Box 110
Sugar Land, TX 77487
and shall reference the City of Sugar Land approved purchase order number. Periodic payments will be made within 30 days of invoice date or satisfactory delivery of the product or service, whichever is later, provided that all other requirements as detailed in the contract have been fulfilled.
$500,000 any one unit/any loss and $200,000 for contents
Goods supplied under this contract shall be subject to approval as to quality and must conform to the highest standards of manufacturing practice. Items found defective or not meeting specifications shall be replaced at the supplier’s expense within a reasonable period of time.
Payment for defective goods or goods failing to meet specifications is not due until 30 days after satisfactory replacement has been made.
The City Council may choose to reject all bids and not award any contract.
The City shall award “all or part” of a contract to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder (s) providing the best value to the City meeting or exceeding the terms, conditions and specifications of the bid. The City has the right to award a contract upon the conditions, terms and specifications contained in a bid submitted to the City for a period of up to ninety (90) days following the date specified for the opening of bids.
In determining the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, the City may consider:
Successful bidder shall warrant that all items or services shall conform to the proposed specifications and all warranties as stated in the Uniform Commercial Code and be free from all defects in material, workmanship, and title.
Contract value less than $1,000,000: not required
Contract value between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000: $4,000,000 is required
Contract value between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000: $9,000,000 is required
Contract value between $10,000,000 and $15,000,000: $15,000,000 is required
Contract value above $15,000,000: $20,000,000 is required
Excess coverage over $10,000,000 can be provided on “following form” type to the underlying coverages to the extent of liability coverage as determined by the City.
Including, but not limited to services for Accountant, Appraiser, Architecture, Consultant, Engineering, Insurance Broker, Legal, Medical, Surveying, construction/renovation contracts for engineers, architects, constructions managers, including design/build Contractors.
Minimum limits of $1,000,000 per claim/aggregate
This coverage must be maintained for at least two (2) years after the project is completed.
The successful bidder agrees to protect City of Sugar Land from claims involving infringements of patents and/or copyrights.
The City of Sugar Land reserves the right to terminate the contract immediately in the event the successful bidder:
Such termination is in addition to and not in lieu of any other remedies that City of Sugar Land may have in law or equity. Bidder, in submitting this bid, agrees that City of Sugar Land shall not be liable to prosecution for damages in the event that the City declares the bidder in default.
Limit is 100% of insurable value, replacement cost basis
For property damage, bodily injury and clean up (if project entails possible contamination of air, soil or ground or as determined by the City of Sugar Land)
Any notice provided by this bid or required by law to be given to the successful bidder by City of Sugar Land shall be deemed to have been given and received on the next business day after such written notice has been deposited in the U. S. mail in Sugar Land, Texas, by Registered or Certified Mail with sufficient postage affixed thereto, addressed to the successful bidder at the address so provided; provided this shall not prevent the giving of actual notice in any other manner.
The successful bidder shall not sell, assign, transfer or convey this contract, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of City of Sugar Land.
TBD
Successful bidder agrees to extend prices and terms to all entities who have entered into or will enter into joint Purchasing Inter-Local Cooperation Agreements with the City of Sugar Land.
Contractor has reviewed all plans, specifications, terms and conditions, and funding/grant requirements for this project.
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