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
Dry Fire Hydrant Project

UNTIL: 2:30 PM Tuesday, August 18, 2020

At which time and place the bids will be publicly opened (live/virtual via GoToMeeting), and read aloud. All Bidders and any other interested people are invited to be present at the live bid opening via GoToMeeting, as more completely described herein. Late submittals will not be considered.

The Whatcom County Parks Department is requesting bids for the Silver Lake Park Maple Creek Campground Dry Fire Hydrant project. This project includes construction of a dry fire hydrant standpipe to be used by local fire authorities to withdraw water from Silver Lake. The work includes installation of in-water piping, fire department connection, excavation, backfill, and other work as further described in the bid documents.

The complete bid document can be downloaded at no charge from the Whatcom County Purchasing website at http://www.co.whatcom.wa.us/Bids.aspx, see Related Documents at the bottom of the bid posting page. If you are unable to download the documents from the 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.