Ted Harvey Conservation Area Viewing Platforms

The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, Division of Fish and Wildlife needs a vendor to construct two wildlife viewing platforms at the Ted Harvey Conservation Area in Dover, Delaware. The scope includes constructing the platforms at two separate locations on the property about 1.1 miles apart, each elevated roughly 7 feet to provide a 220-degree viewshed, alongside 100-foot ADA accessible wooden plank walkways connecting the parking areas to the wetlands edge. Only USA organizations may apply, and attendance at the mandatory pre-bid meeting on October 13, 2026, at 10:00 AM at the northern viewing platform site is required to bid. Bidders must submit sealed bids marked "DNREC CONTRACT NO. NAT26002-THWILDVIEW SEALED BID – DO NOT OPEN" by October 29, 2026, at 11:00 AM to the DNREC Building Auditorium in Dover, Delaware. Proposals must include a bid security equal to ten percent of the total bid amount and all additive alternates, and the awarded vendor must provide 100 percent performance and payment bonds upon contract execution.