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INVITATION FOR BIDS
CITY OF AUBURN
PROJECT NO. CP1304, CONTRACT NO. 14-12
37TH STREET NW & B STREET NW PRE-SIGNAL
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 22, 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 installation of a pre-signal and associated improvements at the intersection of
37th Street NW and B Street NW including replacement of the existing traffic signal controller, railroad
advanced preemption, installation of a new CCTV system, flashing yellow arrow signal heads and a blank out
sign. The proposed bid range for the project is from $120,000 to $150,000. The entire project, including
cleanup, shall be physically completed within 25 working days. The project is funded by a Federal Grant.
Requirements stipulated for Federal and other governmental funding have been incorporated into the Contract
Documents and require full compliance by the Contractor and any subcontractor hired by the Contractor. The
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) requirements on this project are 9% certified DBE.
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 A uburn
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 following is applicable to this federal aid project:
The City of Auburn in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252, 42 USC
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 Plans, Specifications, Addenda, Bidders List, and the 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 December 30, 2014 and January 6, 2015
Seattle Times December 30, 2014 and January 6, 2015