SECTION 00030

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Sealed bids for the following Public Works Project will be received until 2:00 p.m. on April 18, 2024 at 600 Capitol Way North, MS: 43158, Olympia, Washington, 98501-1091, and will be publicly opened and read.

Provide all labor, materials, equipment, and permits to construct approximately 1.5 miles of 4 wire livestock fence at the Department's Oak Creek Wildlife Area, located at 2800 Cowiche Mill Rd, Cowiche, Washington 98923. Project beginning at GPS Coordinates 46.636432,-120.846388, in Yakima County.

Engineer’s Estimate: $60,000

A RECOMMENDED pre-bid walkthrough is scheduled at 11:00 a.m. on April 11, 2024 at the Department’s above project location. No questions will be answered on-site; questions should be directed to CAMP.Bids@dfw.wa.gov. Attendees to meet at the Cowiche Feeding Station parking lot located at 2800 Cowiche Mill Rd, Cowiche, WA 98923. We will travel as a group to the project site, please call Brad Noddings at 360-584-3519 if you are going to be more than 10 minutes past posted time.

For access to Drawings, Specifications, Addenda, plan holders list, and additional information for this project, please visit Builders Exchange of Washington, Inc. at http://www.bxwa.com – the official projects bidding affiliate for WA Department of Fish and Wildlife Public Works bidding projects. Click on “Posted Projects”; “Public Works”, “Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife”, “Projects Bidding.”

For information or technical questions regarding this project, email CAMP.Bids@dfw.wa.gov with the project title and project number in subject line. This email may also be used to request copies of the project’s posted documents (Drawings, Specifications, Addenda).

Mandatory 15 percent apprentice labor hours of the total labor hours MAY BE a requirement of this construction contract. The Apprentice Utilization requirements are identified in Section 00100 Instructions to Bidder. Bidders may contact the Department of Labor & Industries, Apprenticeship Section apprenticeship programs.

Minority and Women’s Business Enterprises (MWBE) are encouraged to participate in the bidding as prime contractors, subcontractors, or suppliers.

WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE

Kristen Kuykendall, P.E., Capital and Asset Management Program Director

By

Donald Charles Ponder, P.E., Chief Engineer

Capital and Asset Management Program