SECTION 000020  – INVITATION TO BID

1. NOTICE TO BIDDERS: Sealed bids (all parts) shall be submitted for the Sumner Operations Facility – North Parcel (CIP 24-01) General Contract which includes General, Site Demolition, Architectural, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical, Fire Suppression, Low Voltage, Landscape Architecture, 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 AM, on March 26, 2024, bids will be publicly read aloud.  Architect’s estimate range, including alternates (if any), is $2,500,000 to $3,000,000 including tax.

Bid Proposals are due as follows:

Part ‘A’:       Base Bids Plus Attachments

10:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time

March 26, 2024

Part ‘B’:        1) Subcontractor Listings (HVAC, Plumbing, Electrical) and

2) Subcontractor Listings (Structural Steel Installer and Rebar Installer)

11:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time

March 26, 2024

1. BIDDING DOCUMENTS:  Bidding Documents are those prepared by TCF Architecture, PLLC, 902 N 2 ^nd Street, Tacoma, WA 98403; (253) 572-3993.  Beginning February 28, 2024, the Sumner Operations Facility – North Parcel Base Bid Documents, including the Drawings, Project Manual, Addenda, and Bidders List, in electronic format may be viewed and downloaded at no charge 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. BID SECURITY:  A certified check, a bank cashier’s check, or a bid bond executed by a State licensed surety company made payable to City of Sumner is required with each bid, in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the Base Bid plus Additive Alternates, if any.
2. PREVAILING WAGES REQUIRED:  All work performed on this Project will be subject to State of Washington, County of Pierce prevailing wage rates.  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 2024 updated prevailing wage rate schedule are available directly from the Department of Labor and Industries at https://lni.wa.gov/licensing-permits/public-works-projects/prevailing-wage-rates dated for the date of bid, 2024 for this Project, and are made a part of these documents by reference.  A hard copy of the applicable wage rates is also made available in the City office and will be mailed to bidders upon request.
3. PROJECT FUNDING:  This Project is partially funded through the Washington State Public Works Board (PWB) program with State funds. PWB requirements and provisions must be met by general contractors and all subcontractors. Contractor must be licensed in the State of Washington to conduct business with the Owner on this Project.
   
   Funding for this Project includes:
   1. Owner-provided funds;
   1. PWB State-funds.
4. REJECTION OF BIDS:  The Owner reserves the right to waive minor informalities or irregularities; to reject any and 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.
5. PRE-BID CONFERENCE:  A pre-bid conference has been scheduled for Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at 10:00 A.M. at Project site: 14320 29 ^th St. E. Sumner, WA.  All interested bidder contractors and subcontractors are invited to attend the project presentation / information session and a tour of the site.

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 MRSC Bonfire Electronic Bidding Site.

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