24-66 Healthy Children's Fund Innovative Services

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed proposals will be received by Whatcom County Purchasing at their office in the Administrative Services Department on the fifth floor of the Whatcom County Courthouse, 311 Grand Ave Suite 503, Bellingham WA 98225 for purchase of the following:

Healthy Children's Fund Innovative Services

UNTIL: 2:30 PM, Tuesday, October 29, 2024

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

The Whatcom County Health and Community Services Department is seeking proposals from qualified agencies to deliver innovative projects, programs and services that meet the Healthy Children’s Fund (HCF) goals related to increasing early learning and childcare availability for qualifying populations in Whatcom County.

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 the website, contact Purchasing at For security reasons, you must enable JavaScript to view this E-mail address. (preferred), or phone (360) 778-5330.

Whatcom County affirms it will not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, 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.

Whatcom County reserves the right to reject any or all proposals, and to waive any irregularities.

Publication Date(s): August 14 and 21, 2024.

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 can see the solicitation documents, you have added yourself to the Whatcom County plan holders list.

If you have downloaded the solicitation documents from the Whatcom County website, that process has already added you to the plan holders list. The Whatcom County plan holders 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 list, you will need to access the solicitation documents from our website.

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

Virtual Applicant Conference #1: Wednesday, August 28, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Virtual Applicant Conference #2: Friday, September 13, 2024 at 9:30 AM
Virtual Applicant Conference #3: Thursday, October 10, 2024 at 11:00 AM

The Virtual Applicant Conferences can be accessed through the following Zoom link (this link is different from the Zoom link for the bid opening):
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85427803048
Meeting ID: 854 2780 3048
One tap mobile +12532050468,,85427803048# US