NOTICE OF INVITATION TO BID

                                                                        BID NO. BDC 32-07/08

The Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Recreation and Parks, Bureau of Design and Construction is soliciting formal competitive bids for the project listed below:

PROJECT NAME: Topsail Hill Preserve State Park – East Day Use Area

SCOPE OF WORK: The contractor shall provide the necessary labor, supervision, equipment and materials required to successfully complete the construction of a Ranger station, sixteen cabins with utilities and road, a Campground with a Bathhouse, a Cabin Support Building with laundry facility, a new internal roadway, several small parking lots, and a playground. This also includes supporting facilities such as utilities, water management, erosion control and landscaping. Alternate bid items will include furnish labor, equipment, supervision and materials to successfully complete the construction of a paved Bike Path approximately 6100 feet long by 12 feet wide in its entirety as shown on the drawings and specifications. This bid alternate includes the construction of two Picnic Pavilions, one Trailhead Restroom with associated concrete sidewalks and a PVC potable water line approximately 5300 feet long.

PARK LOCATION: 1 mile off US 98 on Rt. 30A of Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, address c/o Topsail Hill State RV Resort, 7525 W. Scenic Hwy 30A, Santa Rosa Beach, Florida

PROJECT MANAGER: Dave Berra, Bureau of Design and Construction, Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park, 3540 Thomasville Road, Tallahassee, Florida; telephone number: (850)488-5372, fax number: (850)488-1141.

MINORITY BUSINESS REQUIREMENT: The Department of Environmental Protection supports diversity in its Procurement Program and requests that all sub-contracting opportunities afforded by this bid embrace diversity enthusiastically. The award of sub-contracts should reflect the