INVITATION TO BID

The City of West Richland will receive sealed bids for the WELL NO. 3 IMPROVEMENTS PHASE 2 - WELLHOUSE PROJECT at the Municipal Services Facility, 3100 Belmont Blvd, West Richland, Washington, 99353 until Wednesday, May 28 at 11:00 a.m.

The project provides for the construction of a new wellhouse for municipal drinking water, an air stripping tower and blower for water treatment, and demolition of the existing wellhouse. The new wellhouse is a CMU building with a generator, HVAC, onsite sodium hypochlorite generation equipment, well pump, booster pump, piping, site improvements including grading, paving, and block wall, PRV stations, appurtenances and other work in accordance with these Contract Plans, Contract Provisions, Technical Specifications and the Standard Specifications.

All bid proposals shall be accompanied by a bid proposal deposit in surety bond, cash, certified check, or cashier’s check, surety bond in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the amount of such bid proposal. Should the successful Bidder fail to enter such contract and furnish satisfactory performance bond within the time stated in the specifications, the bid proposal deposit shall be forfeited to the City of West Richland.

Full notice and details of the solicitation are available from www.westrichland.org/Bids.aspx. There is no charge to register, receive notifications or view and download the documents. If you are unable to access the documents online please contact the Public Works Department of the City of West Richland by phone (509)967-5434, by email at public.works@westrichland.org.

Only properly executed proposals submitted on the forms furnished by the City of West Richland will be accepted. The City of West Richland reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive any informalities, to accept any bid deemed to be responsive in the best interest of the City of West Richland and reserves the right to re-advertise for new proposals.

This project is funded/partially funded through the Washington State Public Works Board (PWB) program with state funds. PWB requirements and provisions must be met by the general contractor and all subcontractors.

All work performed on this project will be subject to the state prevailing wage rates.

The City of West Richland is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. The City of West Richland encourages disadvantaged, minority and women-owned firms to respond.

The City of West Richland, 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.

The City of West Richland in accordance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (Section 504) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) commits to nondiscrimination on the basis of disability, in all of its programs and activities. This material can be made available in an alternate format by emailing public.works@westrichland.org.