1.1          NOTICE TO BIDDERS: Sealed bids (all parts) shall be submitted for the Sumner Operations Facility – Early Site Work Package (CIP 17-13) General Contract which includes General, Site Demolition, Hazardous Materials Remediation, Civil, and other work, located at 14320 29 ^th Street East, Sumner, WA 98390 as indicated on Drawings. The City of Sumner will accept Sealed Bids at the Permit Center counter located on the second floor of Sumner City Hall, 1104 Maple Street, Sumner, WA 98390. Provide bid proposals by the due dates and times listed below.  Bids received after the time fixed below for receiving bids will not be considered.  Shortly after 10:00 a.m., on August 31, 2023, bids will be publicly read aloud.  Architect’s estimate range, including alternates (if any), is $3,500,000 to $4,000,000.

Bid Proposals are due as follows:

Part ‘A’:         Base Bids Plus Attachments

10:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time

August  31, 2023

Part ‘B’:         Subcontractor Listings

10:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time

August  31, 2023

1.2          BIDDING DOCUMENTS:  Bidding Documents are those prepared by TCF Architecture, PLLC, 902 N 2 ^nd Street, Tacoma, WA 98403; (253) 572-3993.  Beginning August 9, 2023, the Early Site Work Package Bid Documents, including the Drawings, Project Manual and Addenda and Bidders List, in electronic copy may be viewed and downloaded at the MSRC Bonfire Online Bidding site: https://mrscrosters.bonfirehub.com/portal/?tab=openOpportunities . Free vendor registration is required to use this platform. It is the Bidder’s sole responsibility to check for addenda and other new documents posted online prior to the submittal deadline.

1.3          BID SECURITY:  A certified check, a bank cashiers check, or a bid bond executed by a State licensed surety company made payable to the City of Sumner is required with each bid, in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the Base Bid plus Additive Alternates, if any.

1.4          PREVAILING WAGES REQUIRED:  Pursuant to RCW 39.12, no worker, laborer, or mechanic employed in the performance of any part of this contract shall be paid less than the ‘prevailing rate of wage’ (in effect as the date the bids are due) as determined by the Industrial Statistician of the Department of Labor and Industries.  Copies of the prevailing wage rate schedule are available directly from the Department of Labor and Industries.

1.5          REJECTION OF BIDS:  The Owner reserves the right to waive minor informalities or irregularities; to reject all Bids for any reason; or reject a Bid in any way incomplete or irregular, including but not limited to a bid not accompanied by any required bid security or data required by the Bidding Documents.

1.6          PRE-BID CONFERENCE:  A pre-bid conference has been scheduled for Tuesday, August 15, 2023 at 8:00 A.M. at Project site: 14320 29 ^th St. E. Sumner, WA.  All interested bidder contractors and subcontractors are invited to attend for a project presentation and information session and a tour of the existing facility.

The City of Sumner, as an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer, and 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 an award.”

By order of:          CITY OF SUMNER

By:                         Alisa O’Haver-Ayala

Advertised in the Daily Journal of Commerce, the Courier Herald, and the MSRC Bonfire Electronic Bidding Site.