Underground Utility Locating and Bulk Asset Inventory Collection Services

The government authority located in New Port Richey, Florida is seeking a vendor to provide underground utility locating and bulk asset inventory collection services. The agency needs to solve the problem of identifying, verifying, and documenting its utility assets within the right-of-way or easement. The selected vendor must receive and respond to all tickets from Irthnet on a daily basis. The scope of work requires locating designated departmental facilities using probing, digging, ground penetrating radar, vacuum excavating simple potholes, state-of-the-art electronic detection methods, or other approved methods. The agency requires the collection, verification, and documentation of assets such as backflow preventers, meters, system valves, control valves, hydrants, manholes, cleanouts, lift stations, and other agency-maintained infrastructure. Staff must locate assets obscured by sod or dirt using shovels, metal detectors, or probes, and deliver daily production summaries and weekly progress reports. All collected data must meet agency accuracy standards and remain compatible with the agency's GIS and asset management systems. The agency requires utility maps in CAD and GIS formats using the specified coordinate system, as well as all new and updated assets in File Geodatabase format. Only onshore organizations based in the United States are eligible to bid on this opportunity. The work must be performed onsite at the Florida location. Bidders may submit their proposals digitally via email or online, and the agency is currently looking for proposals to establish the budget. The agency requires all questions regarding this opportunity to be submitted no later than June 12, 2026.