This is a public tender notice from the Municipality of Anchorage for the Mary Avenue Area Road and Storm Drainage Improvements project. The project involves reconstructing the roadway, driveways, constructing drainage swales, earthen berms, extending the storm drain system, and landscaping. Bids will be received until April 7, 2026. Key dates include a prebid conference on March 25, 2026, and questions due by March 27, 2026. Bids must be submitted in sealed envelopes to the Municipal Purchasing Department. The contract will be awarded to the responsible bidder submitting the lowest responsive bid. The estimated construction cost is between $1,000,**** and $3,000,****. The base bid shall be substantially completed within 65 calendar days. Additive alternatives may extend this timeline. The notice also details extensive special provisions regarding modifications to standard specifications, utility coordination (Enstar and GCI), environmental permits, excavation safety, and traffic control. Submittals required include a work plan, traffic control plan, SWPPP, and various shop drawings and material data.
The base bid for this project shall be substantially completed within sixty-five (65) calendar days after the notice to proceed is issued. The contract completion date shall be within twenty (20) calendar days after the substantial completion letter is issued, for a total of eighty-five (85) contract days.
This contract is funded in part or in its entirety by the State of Alaska, therefore, the provisions of Alaska Statute 36, Section ****, Article 3, entitled Public Construction Contract Payment, apply.
Unless otherwise stated in the bidding documents, the contract, if awarded, shall be awarded to the responsible bidder who submits the lowest responsive bid.
Bidders are required to submit a Responsible Bidder Questionnaire and a Contractor Questionnaire, which includes disclosures regarding debarment, occupational safety and health, wage and hour laws, unemployment insurance, workers compensation, and licensing registration.
The owner may withhold from any progress payment the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,****) per day as liquidated damages for each and every calendar day that the substantial completion date is delayed beyond contract completion date. The owner may withhold out of any progress payment the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,****) per day as liquidated damages for each and every calendar day that the final acceptance date is delayed beyond the contract completion date.
The estimated construction cost is between $1,000,**** and $3,000,****.