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INVITATION FOR BIDS
CITY OF AUBURN
PROJECT NO. CP1024, CONTRACT NO. 14-06
M STREET AND AUBURN WAY SOUTH INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS
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 PDT on June 26, 2014, 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 widening Auburn Way South to include a westbound right turn lane to
northbound M Street SE, re-aligning the intersection of 17th Street SE on the north side of Auburn Way
South, and improving the traffic signal and lighting system at the intersection of Auburn Way South and
M Street SE. The proposed bid range for the project is from $425,000 to $480,000. The entire project,
including cleanup, shall be physically completed within 70 working days. This project is funded in part
by the Washington State Transportation Improvement Board. There are NO Federal Funds in this project.
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.
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 June 12, 2014 and June 19, 2014 Seattle Times June 12, 2014