Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals will be received by Whatcom County Purchasing at its Office in the Administrative Services Finance Department located on the fifth floor of the Whatcom County Courthouse, 311 Grand Avenue, Suite 503, Bellingham WA 98225 for the following:

Professional Planning and Technical Services for:

Lake Whatcom Forest Management Plan

UNTIL: 2:30 PM, Tuesday, November 14, 2023

At which time and place responses will be publicly opened (live/virtual via GoToMeeting), and the names of the submitters identified. All interested persons are invited to watch the virtual opening. Late submittals will not be considered. Whatcom County reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and to waive any irregularities. Whatcom County reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and to waive any irregularities.

Whatcom County Parks & Recreation Department is seeking proposals from qualified consultants for professional forest planning services to develop a comprehensive forest management plan for approximately 9,600 acres of forested parklands in and adjoining the Lake Whatcom Watershed, as further described in the solicitation document.

The complete solicitation document can be downloaded at no charge from the Whatcom County Purchasing website at https://www.co.whatcom.wa.us/Bids.aspx , see “Related Documents” at the bottom of the solicitation posting page. If you are unable to download the pdf documents from this website, contact Purchasing at FN_Purchasing@co.whatcom.wa.us For security reasons, you must enable JavaScript to view this E-mail address. (preferred), or phone (360) 778-5330.

Whatcom County affirms it will not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting. Whatcom County encourages disadvantaged, minority and women owned consultant firms to respond.

Publication Date(s): October 18 and 25, 2023.

All documents for this solicitation can be downloaded at no charge in PDF format; see "Related Documents" at the bottom of this webpage:

1. Click on the "View Documents" button, which will open up a form requesting basic information about your firm. The entries on this form will populate the official plan holders list. Your accuracy is important to ensure notification of any addenda or other distributed information.

2. After your completed form is accepted, scroll again to the bottom of this page, to find the link(s) for all documents related to this solicitation. If you can see the solicitation documents, you have added yourself to the Whatcom County plan holders list.

If you have downloaded the solicitation documents from the Whatcom County website, that process has already added you to the plan holders list. The Whatcom County plan holders list is created by the download process. If you received the solicitation documents from another source, to add your contact information to the Whatcom County plan holders list, you will need to access the solicitation documents from our website.

To request a current plan holders list, email FN_Purchasing@co.whatcom.wa.us. Include the solicitation number and title in the subject line.