The City of Ridgefield will be hosting a Contractor Open House for the Ridgefield Recreation and Community Center project. The intent of the Contractor Open House is to provide a forum for interested General Contractors to review the project and provide input based on the listed questions included. While other questions will be allowed at the Open House, not all questions will be answered nor will all recommendations from Contractors be incorporated into the project. This is not a request for bids nor is it a request for qualifications; it is simply a forum being used by the City of Ridgefield to gather input from General Contractors.

The project site is located at Northwest Corner of Pioneer Street and N Discovery Drive in Ridgefield, WA. The project consists of a new two-story building of approximately 43,000 square feet plus sitework and landscaping. The facility will serve as a community and fitness center with a Natatorium. The building will be constructed as two conjoined buildings on two separate lots with two tenants, consisting of the Community Center (8,000 square feet) and the Recreation Center (35,000 square feet), with an area separation wall between them.

The work includes, but is not limited to the following scope:
• Demolition of existing site work including existing access road, sediment fencing, landscaping, and existing above and below grade utilities.
• Sitework includes storm detention facilities, utilities, concrete and asphalt paving, curbs, wheel stops, landscaping, and site signage.
• The new building is Type II-B Construction and is fully sprinkled. Construction is a mix of concrete, steel, and cross laminate timber construction. Floors are concrete slab on grade for the ground levels and concrete slab on metal deck for elevated levels. Exterior cladding consists of metal panel, brick, wood siding, aluminum storefront, and curtainwall. Roofing consists of single ply membrane over rigid insulation.
• The project contains identified and delineated wetlands.

The Contractor Open House will be held on November 3rd from 3-5pm at the Ridgefield Administrative and Civic Center (RACC) building in the Columbia Assembly Room (CAR), located at 510 Pioneer Street, Suite B, Ridgefield, Washington 98642.

The Contractor Open House agenda will be posted and may be viewed and downloaded via the City’s e-Procurement Portal at https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/ridgefieldwa.

The Contractor Open House notice may be viewed and downloaded via the City’s e-Procurement Portal at https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/ridgefieldwa. Contractors are required to register for a free account via the City’s e-Procurement Portal hosted by OpenGov Procurement. Once the bidder has completed registration, you will have access to download the Contractor Open House notice and will receive notifications to your email by clicking “Follow” on this project.

The questions to be addressed during the Contractor Open House may be viewed and downloaded via the City’s e-Procurement Portal at https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/ridgefieldwa.