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INVITATION FOR BIDS
CITY OF AUBURN
PROJECT NO. CP1320, CONTRACT NO. 14-11
M&O STORM DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
The Office of the City Clerk will receive sealed bids at the Auburn City Hall, 25 West Main Street,
Auburn, Washington until 11:00 AM PST on January 8, 2015, and will then and there be opened and
publicly read aloud at the City Hall. All bids shall be filed with the City Clerk on or before the time set
for bid opening.
The major items of work include construction of stormwater facilities and associated conveyance piping,
site paving, a new street waste decant building, and minor modifications to the existing decant building at
the M&O site. The proposed bid range for the project is from $1,394,000 to $1,781,000. The entire
project, including cleanup, shall be physically completed within 154 working days. This project is funded
by a Washington State Department of Ecology Statewide Stormwater Grant and the City of Auburn.
All bid proposals shall be accompanied by a bid deposit in cash, certified check, cashier’s check or
proposal bond (surety bond) in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the amount of such bid proposal.
Should the successful bidder fail to enter into such Contract and furnish satisfactory Contract Bond within
the time stated in the Bid Documents, the bid deposit shall be forfeited to the City of Auburn.
Disadvantaged, Minority, and Women’s Business Enterprises are encouraged to respond. The City of
Auburn does not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual
orientation, age or handicap in consideration for a project award.
The Plans, Specifications, Addenda, Bidders List, and Bid Proposal Package for this project are
available exclusively through the City of Auburn’s online plan room. Access is provided by going to
Builders Exchange of Washington (http://www.bxwa.com) and clicking on: “Posted Projects”;
“Public Works”; “City of Auburn”, and “Projects Bidding”. Bidders are encouraged to “Register”
in order to receive automatic email notification of future addenda and to be placed on the “Bidders
List”. This online plan room provides bidders with fully usable online documents, with the ability to
download, print to your own printer, order document sets from numerous reprographic sources, and a
free online digitizer/take-off tool. Contact Builders Exchange of Washington at 425.258.1303 should
you require assistance.
It is anticipated that this project will be funded in part by the Washington State Department of
Ecology. Neither the State of Washington nor any of its departments or employees are, or shall be, a
party to any contract or any subcontract resulting from this solicitation for bids.
The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids, waive technicalities or irregularities and to accept
any bid if such action is believed to be for the best interest of the City of Auburn.
Intended dates of publication: Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce December 17, 2014 and December 24,
2014
Seattle Times December 17, 2014