Barwell Road Improvement Project

Project: Barwell Road (SR 2551) Roadway Improvement Project

Owner: City of Raleigh, North Carolina, Engineering Services – Roadway Design and

Construction Department, 222 West Hargett Street, Suite 400, Raleigh, NC 27601.

Contact: Riska Dees, Riska.Dees@raleighnc.gov

Engineer: Steve Miller, P.E., TranSystems Corporation, 1 Glenwood Ave Suite 600 Raleigh,

NC 27603

Sealed Bids will be received until 2:00 pm, Wednesday, October 2, 2024, at 222 West Hargett

Street, Room 305, Raleigh, NC 27601, at which time and place bids will be publicly opened and

read aloud for the construction of the Barwell Road (SR 2551) Roadway Improvement project.

After Bids are opened, the Owner shall evaluate them in accordance with the methods and criteria

set forth in the Instructions to Bidders. The Owner/City Council reserves the right to waive any

informality or to reject any or all Bids. Unless all Bids are rejected, Award will be made to the

lowest responsible and responsive Bidder, taking into consideration quality, performance and the

time specified in the Bid Form for the performance of the Contract.

Requirements for pre-bid submittals of an “or-equal” are required within 10 days of the issuance

of the Advertisement for Bids and in accordance with Section 00200, Instructions to Bidders.

The Project consists generally of the following major items:

The City is widening Barwell Road from Rock Quarry Road to Berkeley Lake Road. We

want Barwell Road to be safe, convenient, and comfortable for all modes of transportation.

Improvements to the road include: Designated Two-Way Left Turn Lanes; Sidewalks;

Multi-Use-Path; Transit Improvements; and, Realignment of the Pearl Road Intersection.

Work includes grading, pavement, sidewalk, curb and gutter, signing, pavement markings,

signals, water, and sewer.

Complete bidding documents may be reviewed online and obtained from Accent Imaging on

Monday, September 16, 2024 at 8121 Brownleigh Drive, Raleigh, NC 27617, (919) 782-3332, or

at www.accentimaging.com.

Contract documents can be purchased from Accent Imagine for a non-refundable fee of One

Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($150.00) plus sales tax. For additional information please contact

Riska Dees at the City’s Engineering Services – Roadway Design and Construction Division by

email Riska.Dees@raleighnc.gov or contact the Division office by calling (919) 996-5575.

With each request for Bidding Documents supply the following information: Company name,

contact person, street address, phone number, and email address for Bidding point of contact; N.

C. contractor’s license with limitation and classification; indicate if the firm will be a Prime bidder,

Supplier or Sub-Contractor.

Bidders will be required to show evidence that they are licensed to perform the work in the Bidding

Documents as required by North Carolina General Statute, Chapter 87 and the Instruction to

Bidders.

City of Raleigh 00100-2 Advertisement for Bids

Bid Security in the amount of five percent (5%) of the Bid must accompany each Bid and shall be

subject to the conditions provided in the Instruction to Bidders.

Pursuant to General Statutes of North Carolina Sections 143-128.2 and 143-131, and in

accordance with City policy, the City of Raleigh encourages and provides equal opportunity for

certified Minority and Woman-Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) businesses to participate in

all aspects of the City’s contracting and procurement programs to include Professional Services;

Goods and Other Services; and Construction. The prime contractor will be required to identify

participation of MWBE businesses in their Bid, and how that participation will be achieved.

Furthermore, the City’s goal is to contract or sub-contract fifteen percent (15%) of the contract

amount to certified MWBEs on construction projects over $300,000, or with contracts that include

$100,000 or more in state funding.

City of Raleigh

Mary-Ann Baldwin, Mayor

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