25-35 Progressive Design-Build Svcs: Justice and Behavioral Health Care Center

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed statements of qualifications and performance will be received by Whatcom County Purchasing at its Office in the Administrative Services Finance Department located on the fifth floor of the Whatcom County Courthouse, 311 Grand Avenue, Suite 503, Bellingham WA 98225 for the following:

Progressive Design-Build Services for:

Whatcom County Justice and Behavioral Health Care Center Project

UNTIL: 2:30 PM, Tuesday, May 13, 2025

At which time and place responses will be publicly opened (live/virtual via Zoom), and the names of the submitters identified. All interested people are invited to attend the live proposal opening via Zoom. Late submittals will not be considered.

Whatcom County requests proposals from qualified progressive design-build teams for the proposed justice center, including a new jail and behavioral health care center, as further described in the solicitation.

Further information is contained in the solicitation document, which 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 solicitation posting page. If you are unable to download the documents from this website, contact Purchasing at For security reasons, you must enable JavaScript to view this E-mail address. (preferred), or phone (360) 778-5330.

There will be a mandatory pre-proposal meeting for this project at 1:00 PM, Thursday, April 24, 2025. At least one member from each proposing design-build team must attend. The conference will be held via MS Teams. More information is available on the solicitation page on the Whatcom County Purchasing website , and within the complete solicitation.

Whatcom County reserves the right to reject any or all proposals 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 age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation (including gender identity), marital status, color, 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 consultant 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 16 and 23, 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.

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.

***Note - this MS Teams Pre-Proposal Meeting link is a different link from the Zoom Bid Opening link***

There will be a mandatory pre-proposal meeting for this project at 1:00 PM, Thursday, April 24, 2025. At least one member from each proposing design-build team must attend.

Proposers are encouraged to submit questions in advance to enable the County to prepare responses. All questions shall be submitted via electronic mail (E-mail) to both:
Chris Erb, [email protected]
and
Adam Johnson, [email protected]

Join the meeting via this MS Teams link:
Microsoft Teams
Meeting ID: 251 363 935 271
Passcode: nD2N2vC3

Dial in by phone
+1 267-358-6543,,999394695# United States, Philadelphia
Phone conference ID: 999 394 695#

Join on a video conferencing device
Tenant key: [email protected]
Video ID: 118 665 080 7