LETTING LOCATION: Contracts Administration Office POSTING DATES: 03/08/2023 and 03/22/2023 CONTRACT DAYS: 135 CONTRACT EXECUTION DAYS: 10 SPECIAL START DATE: N/A ACQUIS./FLEXIBLE START TIME: 15 Days Standard Acq BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE -- Bidders must be a "Small Business" as defined by FDOT. Small business size standards can be found at https://www.fdot.gov/equalopportunity/bdi.shtm. For more information about bidding on BDI projects, please see the training guide located at http://www.cmdp-bgp.com/bdi-projects.html Prequalification per Rule 14-22 is not required. Bidders must complete and submit the Small Business Affidavit (Form No. 275-000-01) for approval prior to receipt of bid documents. The form may be accessed at: https://www.fdot.gov/equalopportunity/bdi.shtm It is only necessary to submit the Small Business Affidavit (SBA) form once per year. Send a completed and notarized affidavit as an attachment to: fdot.bdi@dot.state.fl.us. All Sublet work must be contracted to a small business or businesses as defined by the Department. The subcontractor must also submit a notarized Small Business Affidavit Form provided by the Department prior to the start of work. Bidders must submit the BDI Reference Sheet (Form No. 275-000-02) with the bid unless bidder is prequalified in the project's major work type, per Rule 14-22, Florida Administrative Code. Upload the completed BDI Reference Sheet (Form No. 275-000-02) as a zip file using the ?File Attachment Upload? folder in the AASHTOWare Project Bids application. BDI Reference Sheet may be found at: https://www.fdot.gov/equalopportunity/bdi.shtm Proposal Guaranty of $500 is required for bids over $150,000 and may be in the form of a Cashier's Check, the BDI Bid or Proposal Bond (Form No. 375-020-16), or the standard Bid or Proposal Bond form, Form No. 375-020-09). The improvements under this contract consist of sidewalk construction. Other incidental work including minor drainage improvements and signing and pavement marking on CR 274 (Barak Obama Blvd.) from Ben Bostic Rd to Martin Luther King Blvd.) in Gadsden County.