TOLEDO-LUCAS COUNTY PORT AUTHORITY
TOLEDO, OHIO
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Electronic Bids will be received by the Toledo-Lucas County Port
Authority for all labor, material, insurance, and equipment necessary for the Remedial Action for Lower
Maumee River Sway Bridge within the Maumee Area of Concern, in Toledo, Ohio 43604, in accordance with the
approved plans and specifications, for the Port Authority at One Maritime Plaza, Toledo, Ohio 43604.
The project “Remedial Action for Lower Maumee River Sway Bridge within the Maumee Area of Concern”
project is funded through a US Environmental Protection Agency grant. The work includes mobilization and
site support services; implementation of erosion, turbidity, and sediment resuspension controls; and
installation and monitoring of specialized instrumentation to protect existing structures during construction.
The Contractor will perform mechanical dredging, transportation, and disposal of approximately 124,000
cubic yards of contaminated sediment and embedded debris. Dredged materials will be disposed of at the
Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority (TLCPA) Confined Disposal Facility (CDF) and an approved
commercial landfill, as applicable. The Work also includes hydraulic offloading, water management, and
debris separation and disposal operations at the TLCPA CDF; removal and disposal of shipwrecks and
other submerged debris; and installation of temporary steel sheet piling to support shoreline stability during
dredging, followed by in situ abandonment of designated sheet piling. Bathymetric surveys and post
dredging verification sampling will be performed to document remedial performance. The Contractor will
conduct residual dredging and place amended residual covers, as required, and will place engineered
subaqueous backfill materials where necessary to restore slope stability. The Work concludes with
demobilization and site restoration.
Optional Work only as directed by TLCPA may include may include placement of an organoclay layer to
isolate non-aqueous phase liquid (NAPL) materials; structural inspection diving services; NAPL sheen
mitigation within the CDF cell; CDF cell drawdown activities; and additional quantities of sediment and
debris removal, transportation, and disposal beyond the base contract quantities.
This project may be awarded by the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority at its sole discretion. The total
engineer’s estimate for the base bid and approved optional work is approximately $22,612,100.00.
Bids will be received through Bid Express, an online electronic bidding system, until Tuesday, December 8,
2026, at 10:00 AM, (local time), at which time all bids will be opened through the Bid Express website.
The plans and bid proposal documents are available through Bid Express at:
https://www.bidexpress.com/businesses/66075/home. Bidders new to the electronic bidding system must
first register on the Bid Express website (www.bidexpress.com). Registration is Free. It can take up to five
(5) business days to process a Digital ID and it is highly recommended that a Digital ID be enabled 48
hours in advance of submitting an electronic bid. Bidders must plan accordingly. For additional guidance
regarding electronic bidding, bidders must contact Bid Express directly. Each bidder shall be responsible
for submitting its electronic bid before the bid deadline.
Electronic Proposals must be submitted on the form(s) included in Bid Express and shall be accompanied
by a certified check or an acceptable Proposal Bond with satisfactory surety specifying the Toledo-Lucas
County Port Authority as the obligee, in the sum of not less than ten percent (10%) of the total proposal
amount.
Please note that there will be a pre-bid meeting for this project for all prospective bidders on Thursday,
November 12, 2026, at 10:00 AM, local time. This meeting will be held in-person at the Port Authority’s
administrative offices at One Maritime Plaza, 2nd floor conference room, Toledo, OH or on-line viz Zoom
Video Conference. Prospective Bidders interested in joining in the online-pre-bid meeting should contact
Tina Perkins (TPerkins@Toledoport.org) at Toledo Lucas County Port Authority prior to Wednesday,
November 11, 2026, at 4:00 PM, local time, to be included in the meeting invitation. This meeting invitation
will include a link to the video conference as well as separate call-in numbers to join either by video or by
phone. Attendance is suggested, but not mandatory. A site visit has been scheduled immediately following
for those who are interested.
Please submit all questions through the Bid Express service by Thursday, November 19, 2026, at 10:00
AM local time. Questions submitted after the deadline will not receive a response. Additional information
can be found at https://www.toledoport.org/public-notices
Thomas J. Winston
President and CEO
Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority