Newport News Opengov #27-2095-6256

Construction and site improvements for the Newport News Seafood Market

The Newport News Economic Development Authority is seeking a contractor to build and commission a new seafood market and complete related site improvements in Newport News, Virginia. - Government buyer: City of Newport News Engineering Department; contracting entity is the Economic Development Authority of the City of Newport News, Virginia. - Scope: Construct a one-story, approximately 7,758-square-foot seafood market with public market space, vendor stalls, commercial kitchen, administrative areas, and related building systems. Work also includes demolition, foundations, parking, plaza and outdoor gathering areas, site utilities, drainage, landscaping, lighting, fencing, and commissioning. - Site details: Plans show 21 parking spaces, two EV charging stations, and approximately 64,404 square feet of land disturbance. Site work must address erosion and sediment controls, stormwater, right-of-way coordination, utilities, and flood-zone considerations. - Named OEMs and vendors: Nichiha, Armstrong, Ironcraft / Origin Point Brands, Performance in Lighting, Brownlee, LumenScape, Spectrum Lighting, Tube Lighting Products, CSL, Lightheaded, Sistemalux, TGS, Lumenwerx, Daybrite, Atlas, Chloride, Green, and SATCO. Specifications identify products by these names, including lighting, cladding, ceiling systems, fencing, and string-light bulbs; some specifications allow approved equals. - Products and quantities: The bid schedule’s main construction item is one lump-sum project, with no fixed quantities for the listed unit-price items. Unit-price work includes additional excavation and soil replacement, trench excavation and backfill, VDOT stone and aggregate, installed fire-alarm horn/strobes, pull stations and exit lights, concrete test piles and piling, pile length adjustments and splices, and pile load tests. Structural and electrical drawings identify additional materials and fixture types; quantities are generally not specified. - Notable requirements: Deep-pile foundations, reinforced concrete, wood and steel framing, prefabricated roof trusses, an NFPA 13 sprinkler system, commercial-kitchen and grease-trap systems, and specified lighting controls. Lighting details include RGBW tape lighting with a stand-alone DMX controller, string lights, remote drivers, and programmable time-clock, occupancy, daylight, and after-hours controls. Allowances include signage, graphics, outdoor furnishings, electrical revisions, emergency communications, security, VoIP, audio/visual systems, and fiber-optic cabling. - Performance period: 545 days to substantial completion, followed by 30 days to final completion; the start date is not specified.

Description

The City is seeking sealed bids from qualified firms to provide labor, materials, and equipment to construct a new seafood market at the north end of the Seafood Industrial Park. Work includes demolition of portions of an existing parking lot and construction of a one-story wood- and steel-framed building with foundations, roofing, exterior finishes, market and vendor areas, administrative space, and a commercial kitchen. The project also includes related site work, building systems, and commissioning. The Economic Development Authority of the City of Newport News, Virginia, will serve as the contracting entity.

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