HCC-East Parking Garage Repair

Howard Community College (HCC) seeks sealed, firm-fixed-price bids from qualified parking-structure restoration contractors to perform structural concrete repairs and preventative maintenance at the East Expansion Garage, 5640 Faculty Drive, Columbia, Maryland 21044, in strict accordance with the DESMAN Project Manual and Outline Specifications and drawings for Project 30-26107.01-2, 100% submission dated October 9, 2026.

The Board of Trustees of Howard Community College invites bids from qualified vendors to provide bids for HCC’s East Garage repairs as provided in the drawings and specifications documents.

The project comprises garage-level garage concrete topping and precast double-tee flange repairs, shear connector restoration and carbon-fiber biscuit replacements where directed, crack and joint routing/sealing, perimeter cove joint sealant replacement, and all incidental traffic control, temporary support, protection, inspection coordination, cleaning, and restoration. The facility may remain operational during construction; the Contractor shall coordinate closures and safe access with HCC Facilities.

In general, the work includes, but is not limited to, the following items:

• Full-depth cast-in-place concrete topping repairs, including saw cutting, demolition, exposed connection treatment, high-strength fast-setting concrete, and perimeter sealing (DESMAN 2/R-2).
• Full-depth precast double-tee flange repairs, including removal, reinforcement supplementation where needed, cleaning/coating of steel connections, concrete replacement, and perimeter sealing (1/R-2).
• Restore deterioration or failed shear connectors between adjacent precast double tees, including cleaning and coating exposed steel components (2/R-2).
• Install engineered carbon-fiber biscuit shear connector replacements where directed by the Engineer (3/R-3).
• Rout and seal garage-level slab cracks and construction joints; remove existing failed sealants, prepare joints, and install new sealant in accordance with 2/R-3.
• Remove and replace double-tee joint sealants and perimeter cove joint sealants, including backer rod and pocket sealant where applicable (2/R-3).
• Provide general conditions, mobilization, temporary shoring/bracing, safe pedestrian and vehicular routing, protection of utilities and occupied areas, drain cleaning, debris removal, and site restoration.

All sealed bids MUST BE RECEIVED via Equity Hub’s Bid Locker at https://bidlocker.us/details/4687 by **11:00 a.m. local time on December 01, 2026**.

Late submittals will not be considered.

Copies of the Invitation for Bids (IFB) may be obtained from the Howard Community College solicitation website at: www.howardcc.edu/procurement on the current solicitation page.

**Contract Type:** Firm Fixed Price

**MBE Subcontracting Goal:** Twenty-nine percent not mandatory but strongly encouraged.

The Board of Trustees of Howard Community College reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any formalities, informalities, or technicalities as it deems necessary, appropriate and in the College’s best interest. Final award of the contract is subject to the availability of funding for this project.

The Contractor's Guarantee of the Work shall be for a period of five (5) years from the date of Substantial Completion.