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The project involves furnishing and delivering a concrete float. A nonmandatory prebid conference will be held on March 5, 2026. Questions must be submitted by March 10, 2026. The bid opening is on March 19, 2026. The project must be substantially complete by September 8th, 2026. The contractor must provide a schedule of values and a construction schedule. The contractor is responsible for site cleanliness. All materials and equipment must be new. The contractor must pay all taxes. The contractor is responsible for all permits. The contractor must provide a testing agency for special inspections if required. The contractor must provide a warranty for one year after the physical completion date. The bidder must meet responsibility criteria. The contractor must provide a list of subcontractors if the invitation to bid is expected to cost one million dollars or more. Progress payments will be made monthly. The port may extend the time to complete the project. The contractor must comply with all statutes, codes, municipal ordinances and regulations. The contractor must report employees who used early retirement factors. The contractor must examine the site. The contractor shall not assign this contract without the prior written approval of the port. The contractor or subcontractor shall not be entitled to any claim for damages on account of hindrance or delays in the completion of the work due to the acts of the port or the acts of another contractor in the performance of a contract with the port. The contractor shall erect and maintain good and sufficient guards, barricades, and signals at all unsafe places at or near the work, and shall in all cases maintain safe passageways at all road crossings, crosswalks and street intersections, and shall do all other things necessary to prevent accident or loss of any kind. The contractor shall procure all necessary permits unless otherwise instructed by the port, pay for the same, and obtain all official licenses for the construction of the work and for temporary obstructions, enclosures and opening of streets for pipes, walls, etc. , arising from the construction and completion of the work as mentioned in the specifications. The contractor shall pay royalties and license fees and defend all suits resulting from claims for same on all materials and equipment purchased outright and installed according to the specifications of the port. All materials furnished by the contractor shall be subject to the inspection and approval of the ports representative at any time during the progress of the work and until final completion thereof. The contractor, upon being notified by the port representative, shall remove or reconstruct, or make good without cost to the port, any work which the port representative may deem to have been defectively executed or not performed in accordance with the contract documents. The contractor shall warranty against defects appearing or developing in the material or workmanship provided or performed under this contract for a period of one year after the physical completion date, unless noted otherwise in the contract documents, which may extend the warranty period. The physical completion date will be, as established in writing, by the port of bellingham.
The substantial completion date of delivery and transfer of floats to the port shall be September 8, 2026.
Progress payments will be made monthly for work duly certified, approved by the port engineer, and performed based on the schedule of values and actual quantities of work performed during the calendar month preceding the application for payment.
The contractor shall warranty against defects appearing or developing in the material or workmanship provided or performed under this contract for a period of one year after the physical completion date, unless noted otherwise in the contract documents, which may extend the warranty period.
The basis of award shall be to the responsible bidder with the lowest responsive bid for the total base bid amount.
Before award of a public works contract, a bidder must meet the following responsibility criteria to be considered a responsible bidder and qualified to be awarded a public works project.
Should the contractor fail to complete the work within the time allotted, liquidated damages shall be assessed an amount not to exceed 1, 000 per calendar day.
A nonmandatory prebid meeting is scheduled for march 5, 2026 at 11: 00 am, virtually.
Any and all questions related to this project must be submitted via email to ***@***. *. * prior to 5: 00 pm, local time, on tuesday march 10, 2026.
Engineers estimate: 425, 000 to 575, 000.
