NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that 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:

Stimpson Family Nature Reserve Trailhead Parking Improvements

UNTIL: 2:30 PM Tuesday, July 2, 2024

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

Whatcom County Parks & Recreation is requesting bids for trailhead parking improvements at the Stimpson Family Nature Reserve, located at 2076 Lake Louise Road, Bellingham, Washington. The contractor will provide and supply all materials to reconstruct the existing parking lot, 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 at https://www.whatcomcounty.us/Bids.aspx to download. If you are unable to download the bid 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 responsive / responsible 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 the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. 2000d to 2000d-4) and the Regulations, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full and fair opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, or national origin in consideration for an award.

As required by law, the E-Verify System may be required.

A pre-bid walk-through is scheduled for 2:30 PM, Thursday, June 27, 2024. See page 8, Supplemental Instructions to Bidders, for more information.

Publication Date(s): June 18 and 26, 2024.