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Blue Water Bridge plaza expansion - Component 2 (DB)
Project information
Revised August 14, 2024
Scope
Reconstruction and reconfiguration of the Blue Water Bridge Corridor and Plaza Expansion, city of Port Huron for Component 2 (of the 2009 refined design). Project includes, but is not limited to, work along I-69/I-94 ramps and connector roads leading to and from the Plaza, building demolition and construction, tunnels, bridge construction, ITS, fencing, landscaping, security improvements and site work. MDOT will utilize a best value selection process for this project based on key MDOT and stakeholder goals and objectives.
Job number
211792, 211793
Control section
77111
Delivery method
Best Value - Design Build
Estimated cost
Construction cost: $239,240,000
Anticipated schedule
Industry forum: February 18, 2025
Best value selection industry outreach: February 2025
Issue request for qualifications (RFQ): March 2025
Statement of qualifications (SOQ) due: April 2025
Notification of short-listed submitters: May 2025
Issue request for proposals: July 2025
Proposals due: December 2025
Anticipated contract award: March 2026
Beginning Construction: 2026
Project attributes
DBE goal: N/A
Stipend: $415,000
* Anticipated prequalification
239240 Fa or
239240 Comb/Jt. B, Ea
With subclassifications: B, Ea, and Fa.
* Anticipated primary professional services
Design - Roadway: Complex
* Anticipated secondary professional service prequalification
Design – Bridges: Complex, Design - Bridges: Load Ratings, Design - Buildings, Design – Geotechnical: Advanced, Design – Hydraulics II, Design – Traffic: ITS – Design & System, design – Traffic: Pavement Markings, Design – Traffic: Signal, Design – Traffic: Signal Operations, Design – Traffic: Signing – Freeway, Design – Traffic: Signing – Non-Freeway, Design – Traffic: Work Zone Maintenance of Traffic
Design – Traffic: Work Zone Mobility & Safety, Design – Utilities: Municipal, Design – Utilities: Roadway Lighting, Landscape Architecture, Surveying: Construction Staking, Surveying: Right of Way, Surveying: Road Design, Surveying: Structure