25-37 Van Zandt Community Hall Renovations and Additions

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that bids will be received by Whatcom County Administrative Services Finance/Purchasing at their office on the fifth floor of the Whatcom County Courthouse, 311 Grand Avenue Suite 503, Bellingham WA 98225 for the following:

Van Zandt Community Hall Renovations and Additions

UNTIL: 2:30 PM Tuesday, May 20 27, 2025 (Extended in Addendum 1)

At which time and place the bids will be publicly opened (live/virtual via Zoom) and read aloud. All Bidders and any other interested people are invited to be present at the live bid opening via Zoom, as more completely described herein. Late submittals will not be considered.

Whatcom County Parks and Recreation is requesting sealed bids for the Van Zandt Community Hall Renovations and Additions project, located in Deming, Washington. This project includes but is not limited to the renovations, demolition, and additions to existing Van Zandt Community Hall, together with associated civil and site development work, and other work as further described in the bid documents.

The complete bid document can be downloaded at no charge from the Whatcom County Purchasing website at https://www.co.whatcom.wa.us/Bids.aspx , see Related Documents at the bottom of the bid posting page. If you are unable to download the documents from the website, contact Purchasing at For security reasons, you must enable JavaScript to view this E-mail address. (preferred), or phone (360) 778-5330.

A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held at the project site, 4106 State Rt. 9, Valley Hwy, Deming, WA 98244, and is scheduled for 1:30 PM, Monday, May 12, 2025. To register for the site walk-through and to receive parking instructions, contact Rod Lamb, Design & Development Manager at For security reasons, you must enable JavaScript to view this E-mail address. .

Award will be made to the lowest qualified bidder. Whatcom County reserves the right to reject any or all bids, and to waive any irregularities.

Whatcom County affirms it will not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to any individual or group on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation (including gender identity), age, marital status, or disability, political affiliation, veteran status, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting. Whatcom County encourages disadvantaged, minority, and women owned firms to respond. Persons with disabilities may request this information be prepared and supplied in alternate forms by contacting Purchasing at (360) 778-5330.

As required by law, the E-Verify System may be required.

Publication Date(s): April 30 and May 7, 2025.

All documents for this solicitation can be downloaded at no charge in PDF format; see "Related Documents" at the bottom of this webpage:

1. Click on the "View Documents" button, which will open up a form requesting basic information about your firm. The entries on this form will populate the official plan holders list. Your accuracy is important to ensure notification of any addenda or other distributed information.

2. After your completed form is accepted, scroll again to the bottom of this page, to find the link(s) for all documents related to this solicitation.

3. Note that larger files may take longer to download, depending on your computer's download speed.

If you have downloaded the solicitation documents from the Whatcom County website, that process has already added you to the plan holders/distribution list. The Whatcom County plan holders/distribution list is created by the download process. If you received the solicitation documents from another source, to add your contact information to the Whatcom County plan holders/distribution list, you will need to access the solicitation documents from our website.

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