BID: 2025 Chip Seal Program

February 14, 2025

Invitation

The City of Muskegon Department of Public Works (hereinafter referred to as “City”) is responsible to maintain the public road system throughout the City of Muskegon. The City strives to maintain roads using modern materials and techniques, and as such seeks to place a road preserving chip seal and fog seal on several roads in the City in 2025. The City’s purpose of this Request for Proposals (hereinafter referred to as “RFP”) is to enter into a contract for chip seal and fog seal services on roads as described herein for the 2025 Chip Seal Program.

Scope of Work

The work includes preparing the surface of the roadway and protecting existing infrastructure, setting up and operating proper traffic control, providing and installing a chip seal and fog seal according to the requirements herein, removing excess materials and cleaning the roadway as necessary, providing, laying out and installing pavement markings on all areas impacted by the work, and project cleanup.

The 2025 Chip Seal Program includes the following roads and streets, also shown on the map included with this RFP. The specific limits at each location will be as directed by the Engineer.
• Sherman Boulevard, Beach Street to Lincoln Street
• Getty Street, Marquette Avenue to Access Highway
• Broadmoor Street, Marquette Avenue to Brusse Avenue
• Marquette Avenue, Harvey Street to West Street
• Quarterline Road, Marquette Avenue to Stebbins Road

Specifications

The work shall be done according to the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) 2020 Standard Specifications for Construction, as supplemented and modified by the special provisions included with this RFP and as modified herein.
• City of Muskegon Special Provision for Chip Seal
• City of Muskegon Special Provision for Fog Seal
• The pay item “Minor Traf Devices” shall be payment for furnishing, erecting, operating and removing all traffic control devices as required by Chapter 6 of the Michigan Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MMUTCD) except for traffic regulator control.

Schedule

The work shall be complete in 2025, and within the seasonal limitations for the work as described in the specifications. Once work is begun on any given portion of the program, work shall proceed uninterrupted until the project is complete. Requests for phasing or dividing the scope of work into multiple periods shall be submitted to the Engineer in writing for approval, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld. Regardless of phasing or work divisions, the entire program shall be completed within the seasonal work limits and within calendar year 2025.

2025 Chip Seal Program RFP

Attachment A – SP for Chip Seal

Attachment B – SP for Fog Seal

Attachment C – Work Map