CALL FOR BIDS CITY OF SUMNER HERITAGE PARK PHASE 2 (CIP 24-10)
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, until 1:00 p.m. Thursday, February 18, 2025 (Bid Opening Date) as displayed at https://www.time.gov/. If a Bidder chooses to submit a sealed bid before the Bid Opening Date, the Bidder shall call to schedule an appointment to deliver their bid. A staff member will be present at the Permit Center counter on the Bid Opening Date to receive sealed bids between 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. Just after 1:00 p.m. on the Bid Opening Date, bids will be formally opened and publicly read aloud in the City Council Chambers, located on the first floor of Sumner City Hall. Bids received after the Bid Opening Date will be deemed non-responsive.
The City of Sumner reserves the right to waive informalities in the bidding, accept a bid proposal of the lowest responsible and responsive bidder (Successful Bidder), reject any or all Bids, republish the Call for Bids, revise or cancel the scope of work, or require the work to be done in another way if doing so is in the best interest of the City.
All submitted bids shall be accompanied by a bid proposal deposit (certified or cashier’s check or approved bond) payable to the City of Sumner in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the amount of the proposal price. Should the Successful Bidder fail to enter into a contract with the City and furnish a satisfactory performance bond within the time stated in the specifications, the bid proposal deposit shall be forfeited to the City of Sumner.
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.
The Successful Bidder will be required to conform to the wage requirements prescribed by the federal Davis-Bacon and Related Acts which requires that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors and subcontractors performing on contracts funded in whole or in part by SRF appropriations in excess of $2,000 pay their laborers and mechanics not less than the prevailing wage rates and fringe benefits, as determined by the Secretary of Labor, for corresponding classes of laborers and mechanics employed on similar projects in the area.
Plans, Specifications, and addenda for this project may be viewed online at the MRSC Roster Bonfire electronic bidding portal at:
https://mrscrosters.bonfirehub.com/portal/?tab=openOpportunites.
Free vendor registration is required to use this platform. It is the Bidder’s responsibility to check for addenda and other new documents online.
Addendums to the bid documents are planned to be issued on Thursday, January 30, 2025 and Friday, February 7, 2025.
Bidder questions submitted through the Bonfire electronic bidding portal will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. Monday, February 3, 2025.
The public work for which bids are being accepted is described as follows:
The project consists of reconstruction of two City owned parcels into a festival parking lot referred to within the contract documents as Area 1 – Alley Base Bid and a park space referred to within the contract documents as Area 2 – Park Add Alternative #1. Improvements in both areas include site demolition, grading, utilities such as water, sewer, stormwater, electrical, communications, site lighting, irrigation, landscape, pervious pavement, concrete walkways and roads, unit pavers, channelization, construction of structures such as garbage enclosures, site walls, monument signs, and trellis structures.
Work shall commence within ten (10) calendar days after execution of the contract and the issuance of a notice to proceed; and shall be completed within one hundred and sixty-five (165) working days.
The Engineer’s estimate range for the project is; Area 1 – Alley Base Bid between $2,500,000 and $3,000,000. For technical questions, please reach out to Drew McCarty, Project Manager at 253-299-5719, drewm@sumnerwa.gov.
Dated this _ day of __ 2025.
By: Drew McCarty – Project Manager
Dates of publication in the Courier Herald: January 22, 2025
Dates of publication in the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce: January 22, 2025
