The City of St. Pete Beach is seeking contractors for the rebuild of the Merry
Pier Bait Shack. Bid documents must include a signed/notarized contractor bid submittal page, fee schedule, references, contractor's license and insurance certificates, and a public entity criminal affidavit. Bidders must submit one original, two copies, and an electronic copy on a USB flash drive. A mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held on 08/20/2025 at 2:00 PM EST on-site at 801 Passagrille Way. The deadline for question submission is 09/10/2025 at 10:00 AM EST. Sealed bids will be accepted electronically via Bonfire or Demandstar until 09/17/2025 at 9:00 AM EST. The scope of work includes design, permitting, construction, quality control, and project management. The project aims to restore the site to pre-storm conditions, ensure public safety, and comply with all applicable regulations. A detailed project schedule with milestones for design, permitting, and construction phases must be submitted. The selected contractor will endeavor to advance the schedule to minimize impacts to public use and businesses. The contractor will be responsible for all aspects of the project, including but not limited to design, permitting, construction, quality control, and project management. The project scope will be finalized with the selected contractor. The contractor shall furnish all materials and equipment necessary to secure completion of the work. The contractor will be compensated according to the quote submitted. The contractor shall include all costs, including but not limited to construction stakeout, mobilization, maintenance of traffic, erosion control, utility relocations, record survey, etc. Detailed specifications, licenses, bonds, and insurance are required. Bidders must bring questions, discrepancies, omissions, conflicts, or doubt as to the meaning of any part of the contract documents to the attention of the city procurement manager at least ten business days before the bid submittal deadline. Clarification of intent of contract documents, if necessary, shall be made available to bidders in the form of an addendum. The city reserves the right to reject any or all bids or parts of bids, or accept any bid or part thereof deemed to be in the best interests of the city. Additional work details, statement of work, beginning date, completion of work, examination of site, assurances, traffic control and staging area, assignment and transfer of contract, subcontracts, performance payment bond, liquidated damages, payment, changes in the work, change of contract amount, change of contract time, city's right to direct purchase, payments for work completed, payments withheld, final payments, liens, responsibility of the city manager or designee, intent of plans and specifications, licenses and permits, superintendence, labor provisions, insurance, protection of work and property, parking, transportation, handling and storage, environmental protection, timely demand for stakes and instruction, workmanship, utilities, cleaning up, defective work or material, dispute resolution, indemnification, general warranty, land of city, use of, by contractor, other work, cooperative purchasing, delays and extension of time, city's right to take over the work, right of occupancy, acceptance, waiver, inspection, bid review and contract award, local, state and federal compliance requirements, reserves the right, submittal withdrawal, cone of silence, termination, fiscal nonfunding, project records, references, minimum qualifications, public entity criminal affidavits, noncollusion affidavit, specifications, sample agreement, services agreement, standard contract addendum, exhibits, extra information from website.