Information

Type: Deliberation

Department: PW - Public Works

Directors' Update: Dec. 31, 2025

Business Meeting: Jan. 6, 2026

Summary:

This contract will allow Lewis County to purchase Liquid Asphalt to be delivered to various job sites within the County.  A call for bids was published on November 20, 2025, in The Daily Chronicle, and The Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce.

Publications:

Cover Letter To:

Additional Copies To: Robin Saline, Geoff Soderquist, Zelma Hammer

Resolution

WHEREAS, in accordance with RCW 39.04.155, a Call for Bids was made on November 20, 2025, for the Lewis County 2026 Liquid Asphalt Proposal; and

WHEREAS, bid quotations for the material, delivery, and sales tax were submitted on December 11, 2025, from contractors as follows:

 

CONTRACTOR	TOTAL COST
Blue Line Transportation Co., Portland, OR	$1,484,476.95
Kent's Oil Service DBA Albina Asphalt, Vancouver, WA	$1,532,233.73

 

The contract amount awarded will be for material, delivery and sales tax; and

WHEREAS, Lewis County personnel evaluated the bids, including delivery and sales tax, to determine the most advantageous bid to Lewis County; and

WHEREAS, Blue Line Transportation Co. or Portland, Ore., provided the most advantageous and responsive bid quote of $1,484,476.95 - including material, delivery and sales tax - for the Lewis County 2026 Liquid Asphalt Proposal; and

WHEREAS, the contract for the Lewis County 2026 Liquid Asphalt material purchase shall remain in effect for each delivery period between June 1 to October 1, and shall automatically be renewed on a year to year basis unless notice is served, not to exceed 5 years and will be funded by the Lewis County Roads Fund.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the contract for the Lewis County 2026 Liquid Asphalt Proposal in Lewis County shall be awarded to Blue Line Transportation in the amount of $1,484,476.95, including sales tax for a renewable annual term not to exceed 5 years and be funded through the Lewis County Roads Fund. Upon presentation of such a contract, the County Engineer is authorized to sign on behalf of the Board of County Commissioners.

DONE IN OPEN SESSION this 6th day of January, 2026.