Sand Filter Repairs and Improvements at South Locust Point Marine Terminal

The Maryland Port Administration ("MPA" or the "Administration"), a modal administration of the Maryland Department of Transportation ("MDOT"), is responsible for promoting waterborne commerce within the State of Maryland (the "State") and for managing, operating and improving State-owned marine terminals at the Port of Baltimore and The World Trade Center Baltimore ("WTC").

MPA is soliciting this Multi-step Invitation to Bid (MS-IFB) from qualified contractors to furnish all labor, equipment, and materials necessary for Sand Filter Repairs and Improvements at the South Locust Point Marine Terminal, Baltimore, Maryland.

This is a Small Business Reserve Procurement for which award will be limited to certified small business vendors.

The Contract will require an experienced contractor licensed in the state of Maryland to perform the following.

The Work as defined in General Provisions GP-1.05 to be performed under this Contract consists of the furnishing of all materials and equipment and the performance of all labor to complete the Work, but not limited to the following:

The work associated with Sand Filter Repairs and Improvements, South Locust Point Marine Terminal includes, but is not limited to: replacement of the top 3 inches of coarse sand within the sand filters; clearing the outfalls; cleaning pipes; adding chain linked fabric to existing w-beam traffic barriers; furnishing and placing trash protection devices, oil filtration inlet insert; installing a stabilized pathway using flowable fill on the existing riprap slope with handrails, extending outfall pipes, and installing oil containment booms and all related Work at South Locust Point Marine Terminal, Baltimore, Maryland.

All the Work shall be performed at the Administration’s South Locust Point Marine Terminal, Baltimore, Maryland. The Work shall conform to all the terms, conditions, and Contract provisions of the Contract Documents included in this solicitation, including but not limited to, the MPA General Provisions For Construction Contracts, the Special Provisions, the Technical Specifications (including specifications by Section Reference to Maryland State Highway Administration (MSHA) Standard Specifications for Construction and Materials, dated July 2025, with all the latest addenda, hereinafter abbreviated as "MSHA Standard Specifications").

The contract awarded shall allow for One Hundred Forty (140) Work days from the written (NTP) Notice to Proceed for the completion of the work. Liquidated damages of One thousand five hundred and eighty dollars **$1580.00** will be assessed each day the work under the contract remains incomplete.

Submission method

Bidders must submit Technical Offer and Financial Offer by email to the Procurement Officer at trussell2@mdot.state.md.us. Offers/Bids are not being accepted via eMMA. Technical Offer and Financial Offer must be emailed in two or more separate emails to the Procurement Officer.

The Financial Offer shall be contained in one email with password protection.

Bonds

Each offeror must submit with its Price Offer a bid bond from a corporate surety in the amount of five percent (5%) of the Bid shown on the Bid Form submitted by the offeror. A Performance Bond and a Payment Bond from a corporate surety will be required from the selected offeror within ten business days following notice of award and prior to execution of the Contract by the MPA.

Contract term

The contract awarded shall allow for One Hundred Forty (140) Work days from the written (NTP) Notice to Proceed for the completion of the work.

Site visit

The pre-proposal conference is not mandatory. However, it is strongly recommended that interested Offerors attend. Attachment 16 must be emailed to the Procurement Officer no later than 2:00pm on September 7, 2026.