Information

Type: Legal Notice

Department: PW - Public Works

Directors' Update: Jan. 22, 2020

Business Meeting: Jan. 27, 2020

Summary:

This Resolution will issue a call for bids for the material purchase of a 45-foot long precast concrete slab/girder bridge for the Cousins Rd MP 3.15 Culvert Replacement Project. 

Publications: The Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce - January 28, 2020, February 4, 2020 and February 11, 2020 The Chronicle - January 28, 2020, February 4, 2020 and February 11, 2020

Cover Letter To:

Additional Copies To: Rod Lakey, PW; Rose Williams, PW

Resolution

WHEREAS, Cousins Road crosses an unnamed tributary to Stearns Creek at mile post (MP) 3.15 where the existing culvert has partially failed. Replacement must meet current WDFW fish passage guidelines, and a much larger structure is required. In order to prepare for replacement in the summer of 2020, competitive bids are being solicited from bridge manufacturers to supply and deliver standard precast concrete slab girder materials for this project; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution 11-437, construction projects, including materials acquisition, exceeding a certain monetary threshold must be competitively bid; and

WHEREAS, competitive bids will be requested from concrete manufacturers to supply and deliver 45 foot long precast concrete slab/girders for bridge installation (by Lewis County) at Cousins Rd MP 3.15 and other related work, all in accordance with the contract plans, contract provisions, and the standard specifications; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution 18-116, the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) adopted the 2018 Standard Specifications for Road, Bridge and Municipal Construction, and this proposal shall be performed by contract in accordance with these specifications.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Department of Public Works is instructed to issue a Call for Bids and Contract Specifications for the material purchase of a 45-foot-long precast concrete slab/girder bridge (CMP 1502). Bids for this proposal shall be submitted to the Clerk of the BOCC (351 N.W. North Street, Room 210, CMS-01, Chehalis, WA 98532) by or before 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, February 18, 2020, and will be opened on or after 11:00 a.m. on February 18, 2020, subject to official proposal addenda that establishes an alternate bid due date or opening time.

DONE IN OPEN SESSION this 27th day of January, 2020.