NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received by Whatcom County Administrative Services Finance/Purchasing at their office on the fifth floor of the Whatcom County Courthouse, 311 Grand Avenue Suite 503, Bellingham WA 98225 for the following:

Silver Lake Park
Maple Creek Campground
Roadway Maintenance and Improvements

UNTIL: 2:30 PM Tuesday, April 2, 2019

At which time and place the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. All Bidders and any other interested people are invited to be present. Late submittals will not be considered.

The Whatcom County Parks Department is requesting bids for the Silver Lake Park Maple Creek Campground Roadway Maintenance and Improvements project. This project includes bituminuous pavement construction, excavation, and embankment construction, grading, placement of crushed surfacing, potable water system improvements, electrical system improvements, and other work as further described in the bid documents.

Electronic copies of the bid documents are available at no charge in PDF format; see “Related Documents” at the bottom of the Bid Posting page to download. If you are unable to download the bid documents from this website, contact Purchasing at FN_purchasing@co.whatcom.wa.us (preferred), or phone (360) 778-5330.

Award will be made to the lowest qualified bidder. Whatcom County reserves the right to reject any or all bids, and to waive any irregularities. Whatcom County encourages disadvantaged, minority and women owned firms to respond.

Whatcom County in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. 2000d to 2000d-4 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, Subtitle A, Office of the Secretary, Part 21, Nondiscrimination in Federally-Assisted Programs of the Department of Transportation issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifies all Bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises as defined at 49 CFR Part 26 will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, national origin, or sex in consideration for award. As required by law, the E-Verify System may be required.

A pre-bid meeting will be held on-site at 1:30 PM, Thursday, March 28, 2019, at the entrance to Silver Lake Park. Potential bidders are strongly encouraged to attend the pre-bid meeting. For specific directions to the site, call the Whatcom County Parks Department at (360) 778-5850.

Publication Dates: Wednesdays March 20 and 27, 2019.