Glendale Street Trail from New Jersey Road to Lakeland Highlands Road

City of Lakeland - Public Works Engineering has issued invitation for bid, solicitation 2026-ITB-111.

THE SERVICES OF A STATE OF FLORIDA REGISTERED CONTRACTOR TO PROVIDE ALL REQUIRED MATERIALS, TOOLS, PERMITS, EQUIPMENT, TRAFFIC CONTROL, LABOR AND SUPERVISION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE GLENDALE STREET TRAIL FROM NEW JERSEY ROAD TO LAKELAND HIGHLANDS ROAD. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL BE PRE-QUALIFIED BY THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE FOLLOWING WORKGROUPS: (07) DRAINAGE, (10) FLEXIBLE PAVING, (28) PAVEMENT MARKING, (38) ROADWAY SIGNING, AND (40) SIDEWALK AND OTHER WORK CLASSES. THE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THIS PROJECT ARE AS SHOWN IN THE DRAWINGS PREPARED BY THE CITY OF LAKELAND PUBLIC WORKS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT (FPID: 453404-1-58-01 AND CITY OF LAKELAND PROJECT NO. 008202) AND GENERALLY CONSISTS OF CONSTRUCTION OF A 10-FOOT WIDE SHARED-USE PATH ALONG GLENDALE STREET FROM NEW JERSEY ROAD TO LAKELAND HIGHLANDS ROAD. THE PROJECT INCLUDES CLEARING AND GRUBBING, EARTHWORK AND GRADING, ROADWAY RECONSTRUCTION, SIDEWALK, DRIVEWAY CONSTRUCTION AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS. THE SUBMITTALS RECEIVED AND THE CONTRACT, IF AWARDED, SHALL BE IN COMPLETE ACCORDANCE WITH THIS REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL AND THE PROJECT PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS, AS PREPARED BY THE CITY OF LAKELAND PUBLIC WORKS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT FOR THE CITY OF LAKELAND AND THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, WITHOUT LIMITATION, AND ALL CODES, REQUIREMENTS, AND REGULATIONS REFERENCED THEREIN. IN ADDITION, FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING IS BEING UTILIZED UNDER A LOCAL AGENCY AGREEMENT AND WILL BECOME PART OF THE REQUIREMENTS.

Responses are due October 15, 2026 at 2:00 PM EDT.

Questions must be submitted by October 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM EDT.

A mandatory pre-proposal conference is scheduled for September 29, 2026 at 2:00 PM EDT at Risk & Purchasing Bid Room 1140 East Parker Street, 2nd floor Lakeland, FL 33801 **Please RSVP in OpenGov if you plan to attend**.

Commodity categories: Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction.

Contact: Tara Walls, Senior Buyer (tara.walls@lakelandgov.net, (863) 834-6780).

8 documents are attached to the notice: Indemnification 2026 Contractor; Indemnification 2026 Consultant; Indemnification 2026 Vendor; Indemnification 2026 Contractor - FDOT; Indemnification 2026 Consultant - FDOT; PSM - Contractor Audit Form; Human Trafficking Affidavit; 00._453404_1_Glendale_Street_Trail_Draft_Bid_Docs_09.09.26.

The full solicitation document, addenda and the question-and-answer thread are on the agency's OpenGov portal at https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/lakelandgov/projects/301230. Responses are submitted electronically there, and a free vendor account is required before you can upload one.