The following projects are currently advertised for bids. Interested bidders may find general information about each project, as well as printable actual Contract Documents in PDF format. The general information is the same project description provided to Newspapers and by direct mail solicitations. The Contract Documents include the Drawings and the entire Project Manual. Drawings can be printed on any regular or large format printers. The Project Manual includes Proposal Forms, Front End Documents, General and Supplementary Covenants, and Technical specifications. All these are also completely printable.
Effective October 2009, the Department will no longer be responsible for providing hard copy notice to bidders or addenda to either contractors or plan rooms. An email listserv has been created to communicate electronically with vendors currently on file with the DNR. As a member of this listserv, you will receive electronic notice to bidder information on a regular basis.
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The Department will be utilizing the vendor Beeline and Blue to provide printed copies of Plans and Specifications and Addenda upon request. The department will no longer provide complimentary copies of Plans and Specifications to contractors or sub-contractors after award of the contract. Please visit dfs.beelineandblue.com/iowa or contact (515) 244-1611 for more information.
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This project involves the construction of a fish cleaning station that includes a concrete pad with shelter and fish cleaning table along with a sidewalk and handicap accessible parking. It also requires the installation of 1000' feet of sewer line with a lift station and 1360' of water line, along with electrical connections to a new transformer and other incidental work as required by the DNR construction inspector.
Brushy Creek beach has undergone the first phase of renovation, a new parking lot and is currently undergoing phase II of this project. It was the desire of Parks to install another six hole flush restroom to serve the shelter which is currently being built. This proposed renovation project will add a six hole (3 female / 3 male) restroom to the upper level area near the shelter. This structure is based on the design guide and will be constructed of stone and heavy timbers.
This project consists of replacing an existing water control structure, cleaning out an existing ditch, and incidental work as required by the Plans and/or the DNR Construction Inspector.
This project consists of replaceing an existing 24" flanged gate valve, support stand, stem, stem guides, operating stand, and all associated hardware. Additionally, two existing 10" flanged gate valves are to be removed and capped. The support stands, stems, stem guides, operating stands associated with the 10" valves shall be removed and disposed of, and all protruding fasteners shall be ground flush with the concrete.
This project is designed to remove the soft sediment from the Black Hawk Lake State Marina in Sac County, Iowa (City of Lake View). Work under this project involves the mechanical removal (dredging) of approximately 6,200 CY of material from the marina bottom with a max depth of cut anticipated at 3.5'.
Contact: Jeff Felts 515-250-3712 Jeff.Felts@dnr.iowa.gov
This project consists of repairing approximately 6,200 LF of earthen dike and replacing a water control structure at Goose Lake Wildlife Management Area in Clinton County, Iowa.
This project is emergency replacement of a culvert under a roadway. Existing culvert has deteriorated, causing a sinkhole above near the road. Send an email to request plans.
Contact: Jason Kruse (515) 250-3707 jason.kruse@dnr.iowa.gov
This project includes the replacement of three water control structures, new culverts and dike repairs at the Wood Duck Marsh near Lake Mills, Iowa, and other work as directed by the DNR Construction Inspector.
Contact: Don Labate 515-250-3714 Don.Labate@dnr.iowa.gov
