Awarded vendors
- Panhandle Contracting, Inc.
Description
This contract awards the design, fabrication, and installation of navigational channel markers and associated timber pilings on the Ochlockonee River and Bald Point Channel in Wakulla County, FL. The work includes installing ten new 12‑inch wooden pilings, realigning four existing pilings, and placing approximately 40 day markers (20 green, 20 red). The county will not provide any permanent materials; the contractor must supply all markers, pilings, and related hardware, and must comply with extensive environmental safeguards for marine life and wetlands. The award is a single‑source, competitive‑bid award to Panhandle Contracting, Inc., with a total funded amount of $177,750, a 75‑day substantial‑completion deadline (90 days to final completion), and a 5 % bid‑bond requirement.
• Scope: In‑water installation of navigation markers and timber pilings, with required post‑installation documentation (as‑builts, progress reports).
• Environmental compliance: USACE/NMFS guidelines, turbidity curtains, marine‑mammal and manatee protection zones.
• Contract terms: 75 calendar days to substantial completion, $750/day liquidated damages after that, performance and payment bonds equal to 100 % of contract value, and mandatory insurance limits.