Information

Type: Legal Notice

Department: PW - Public Works

Directors' Update: March 4, 2020

Business Meeting: March 9, 2020

Summary:

This Resolution will re-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. 

A Bid Call was previously advertised (Resolution 20-028) and Lewis County received zero bids for this material supply request.  Manufacturers were contacted and they expressed concerns over an already busy year and a few items that were part of the original bid (specifically waterproofing, sealant and guardrail).  The contract requirements have been revised to limit this request to items precast concrete manufacturers could normally produce without coordinating services outside their normal operations. 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, March 24, 2020, and will be opened on or after 11:00 a.m. on March 24, 2020, subject to official proposal addenda that establishes an alternate bid due date or opening time.

Publications: The Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce - March 10, 2020 and March 17, 2020 The Chronicle - March 10, 2020 and March 17, 2020

Cover Letter To:

Additional Copies To: Rod Lakey, PW; Rose Williams, PW; Tina Hemphill, PW; Robin Saline, 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 Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (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 again be requested from concrete manufacturers to supply and deliver 45-foot long precast concrete slab/girders for bridge installation (by Lewis County) at Cousins Road 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 re-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, March 24, 2020, and will be opened on or after 11:00 a.m. on March 24, 2020, subject to official proposal addenda that establishes an alternate bid due date or opening time.

DONE IN OPEN SESSION this 9th day of March, 2020.