25-49 Lookout Mountain LM 2000 Road Repairs

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:

Lookout Mountain LM 2000 Road Repairs – Sites 1 & 2 at Lookout Mountain Forest Preserve

Bellingham, Washington

UNTIL: 2:30 PM, Tuesday, July 1 July 8 July 15, 2025

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 & Recreation is requesting bids for the Lookout Mountain LM 2000 Road Repairs – Sites 1 & 2 project at Lookout Mountain Forest Preserve, located at 2537 Lake Louise Road, Bellingham, WA. The contractor will provide all materials and labor necessary to repair the road, legally dispose of all waste material, leave the site in a condition suitable for vehicular traffic, and other work as further described in the bid documents.

Electronic copies of the bid documents are available at no charge in PDF format; see “Related Documents” at the bottom of the Bid Posting page at https://www.co.whatcom.wa.us/Bids.aspx to download. If you are unable to download the bid 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.

Award will be made to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder. Whatcom County reserves the right to reject any or all bids, and to waive any irregularities. Whatcom County encourages disadvantaged, minority and women owned firms to respond.

Whatcom County, in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. 2000d to 2000d-4) and the Regulations, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full and fair opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, or national origin in consideration for an award. As required by law, the E-Verify System may be required.

A pre-bid walk-through is scheduled for 10:30 AM, Thursday Tuesday, June 24 July 1, 2025 (date re-scheduled  in Addendum 2), onsite. Interested parties must preregister for the walk-through. See page 3, Supplemental Instructions to Bidders, for more information.

Publication Date(s): June 11 and 18, 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.

To request a current plan holders/distribution list, email [email protected] . Include the solicitation number and title in the subject line.

Pre-Bid Project Walk-through (Pre-registration required):

It is recommended that all bidders attend the pre-bid walk-through will be held onsite on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, at 10:30 AM.

Registration for the walk is required by 12:00 PM (noon), Friday, June 27, 2025, due to the limited amount of parking at the project site trailhead.

To register for the site walk-through and to receive parking instructions, contact Dave Bramer, Parks Project Manager, [email protected] .