2026-MPW-171_-_Contract.pdf

Office of the County Engineer Division

Bridge #PRT27195-E Foothills Trail / Ski Park (Forested Drainage)

Program No. P-111399

NOTICE TO PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS

BRIDGE# PRT27195-E

FOOTHILLS TRAIL / SKI PARK (FORESTED DRAINAGE)

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Any prospective Bidder desiring an explanation or interpretation of the Bid Documents must request the explanation or interpretation in writing via the Pierce County Procurement and Contract Services website (https://www.piercecountywa.gov/CurrentSolicitations).

All requests must be received by Pierce County by close of business on the Thursday preceding the bid opening to allow a written reply to reach all prospective Bidders before the submission of their Bids. The County’s response will be posted on the Pierce County Procurement and Contract Services website approximately two days prior to the scheduled bid opening for use by all prospective Bidders who have registered.

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PIERCE COUNTY PLANNING & PUBLIC WORKS

CALL FOR BIDS

BRIDGE# PRT27195-E

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Project Summary

Project Name: Bridge #PRT27195-E Foothills Trail / Ski Park (Forested Drainage)

Bid No. 2026-MPW-171

Cost Range: $1,325,000 to $1,675,000

Working Days: 90 and Utility Relocation Window Days: 0

Plans, specifications, and addenda for this project are available through the Pierce County Procurement and Contract Services website.

Access is provided by going to http://www.piercecountywa.gov/CurrentSolicitations and registering to view all project information, bid clarification and email notification of future addenda.

It is the sole responsibility of the Bidder to obtain addenda, if any. Addenda information will be available on the Pierce County Procurement and Contract Services website. Pierce County accepts no responsibility or liability and will provide no accommodation to bidders who fail to check for addenda and submit inadequate or incomplete proposals.

Bid Opening Time and Date: 1:00 P.M., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2026 Bids received after 1:00 p.m. on this date will not be considered.

Each Proposal (including all required attachments) shall be submitted to Pierce County by one of the following methods:

1. Electronically upload Bid Documents via https://www.piercecountywa.gov/CurrentSolicitations.

Instructions for submitting Bid Documents are located under “Project Details”. This is the preferred method.

2. Deliver hard copy Bid Documents in a sealed envelope with the Project Name and Project Number as stated in the Call for Bids clearly marked on the outside of the envelope, or as otherwise required in the Bid Documents to ensure proper handling and delivery. Deliver to:

Pierce County Finance Procurement Office 1501 Market Street, Suite 420 Tacoma, WA 98402

Proposals will be opened and publicly read via webcast 30 minutes after the time indicated above unless the Bid Opening has been delayed or canceled. The link for the webcast will be posted on Pierce County’s website at http://www.piercecountywa.gov/CurrentSolicitations prior to the bid opening.

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PIERCE COUNTY

CALL FOR BIDS

BRIDGE# PRT27195-E

FOOTHILLS TRAIL / SKI PARK (FORESTED DRAINAGE)

P-111399

Description of Work:

This contract provides improvement to the Foothills Trail by the replacement of the Pierce County Parks bridge #PRT27195-E with a 200-foot long, two span, precast concrete girder bridge. The work also includes the clearing, grubbing, grading, replanting, and construction of a mitigation channel connecting the unnamed stream to a wetland in the area adjacent to the bridge.

The work also includes traffic control, erosion control, and other work in accordance with and as described in the Plans and Specifications.

Pierce 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.

Letticia M. Neal, P.E.

County Engineer Pierce County Planning & Public Works

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE PAGE

VICINITY MAP

SPECIAL PROVISIONS

OTHER AGENCY PERMITS

ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTATION

WAGE RATES

OTHER FORMS USED BY PIERCE COUNTY AFTER AWARD

SUMMARY OF GEOTECHNICAL CONDITIONS AND SOIL BORING LOGS

STANDARD DRAWINGS

PLAN SHEETS

PLANS AND CONTRACT SPECIFICATIONS

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION TO THE SPECIAL PROVISIONS

DESCRIPTION OF WORK

1-01 DEFINITIONS AND TERMS

1-02 BID PROCEDURES AND CONDITIONS

1-03 AWARD AND EXECUTION OF CONTRACT

1-04 SCOPE OF WORK

1-05 CONTROL OF WORK

1-06 CONTROL OF MATERIAL

1-07 LEGAL RELATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE PUBLIC

1-08 PROSECUTION AND PROGRESS

1-09 MEASUREMENT AND PAYMENT

2-01 MOBILIZATION

2-03 PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND SAFETY

2-04 TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CONTROL

3-01 CLEARING, GRUBBING, AND ROADSIDE CLEANUP

3-02 REMOVAL OF STRUCTURES AND OBSTRUCTIONS

3-03 ROADWAY EXCAVATION AND EMBANKMENT

3-06 WATERING

5-04 HOT MIX ASPHALT

6-02 CONCRETE STRUCTURES

6-06 BRIDGE RAILINGS

6-08 BITUMINOUS SURFACING ON STRUCTURE DECKS

6-19 SHAFTS

8-01 EROSION CONTROL AND WATER POLLUTION CONTROL

8-02 ROADSIDE RESTORATION

8-24 ROCK AND GRAVITY BLOCK WALL, AND GABION CRIBBING

9-03 AGGREGATES

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STANDARD PLANS

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INTRODUCTION TO THE SPECIAL PROVISIONS

(January 4, 2024 APWA GSP, Option A)

The work on this project shall be accomplished in accordance with the Standard Specifications for Road, Bridge and Municipal Construction, 2026 edition, as issued by the Washington State Department of

Transportation (WSDOT) and the American Public Works Association (APWA), Washington State Chapter

(hereafter “Standard Specifications”). The Standard Specifications, as modified or supplemented by these

Special Provisions, all of which are made a part of the Contract Documents, shall govern all of the Work.

These Special Provisions are made up of both General Special Provisions (GSPs) from various sources, which may have project-specific fill-ins; and project-specific Special Provisions. Each Provision either supplements, modifies, or replaces the comparable Standard Specification, or is a new Provision. The deletion, amendment, alteration, or addition to any subsection or portion of the Standard Specifications is meant to pertain only to that particular portion of the section, and in no way should it be interpreted that the balance of the section does not apply.

The project-specific Special Provisions are not labeled as such. The GSPs are labeled under the headers of each GSP, with the effective date of the GSP and its source. For example:

(March 8, 2013 APWA GSP)

(April 1, 2013 WSDOT GSP)

(May 1, 2013 PC GSP).Agency Special Provision

Project specific special provisions are labeled without a date as such:

Also incorporated into the Contract Documents by reference are:

• Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways, currently adopted edition, with Washington State modifications, if any

• Standard Plans for Road, Bridge and Municipal Construction, WSDOT Manual M21-01, current edition

• Pierce County Standard Drawings

Contractor shall obtain copies of these publications, at Contractor’s own expense.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK

DESWORK1

(March 13, 1995 WSDOT GSP)

This contract provides for the improvement to the Foothills Trail by the replacement of the Pierce County

Parks bridge #PRT27195-E with a 200-foot long, two span, precast concrete girder bridge with drilled shaft foundations. The work also includes the clearing, grubbing, grading, replanting, and construction of a mitigation channel connecting the unnamed stream to a wetland in the area adjacent to the bridge. The work also includes traffic control, erosion control, and other work, all in accordance with the attached Contract

Plans, these Contract Provisions, and the Standard Specifications.

1-01 DEFINITIONS AND TERMS

1-01.3.OPT1 1-01.3 Definitions

(January 19, 2022 APWA GSP)

Delete the heading Completion Dates and the three paragraphs that follow it, and replace them with the following:

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Dates

Bid Opening Date

The date on which the Contracting Agency publicly opens and reads the Bids.

Award Date

The date of the formal decision of the Contracting Agency to accept the lowest responsible and responsive Bidder for the Work.

Contract Execution Date

The date the Contracting Agency officially binds the Agency to the Contract.

Notice to Proceed Date

The date stated in the Notice to Proceed on which the Contract time begins.

Substantial Completion Date

The day the Engineer determines the Contracting Agency has full and unrestricted use and benefit of the facilities, both from the operational and safety standpoint, any remaining traffic disruptions will be rare and brief, and only minor incidental work, replacement of temporary substitute facilities, plant establishment periods, or correction or repair remains for the Physical Completion of the total Contract.

Physical Completion Date

The day all of the Work is physically completed on the project. All documentation required by the Contract and required by law does not necessarily need to be furnished by the

Contractor by this date.

Completion Date

The day all the Work specified in the Contract is completed and all the obligations of the

Contractor under the contract are fulfilled by the Contractor. All documentation required by the Contract and required by law must be furnished by the Contractor before establishment of this date.

Final Acceptance Date

The date on which the Contracting Agency accepts the Work as complete.

Supplement this Section with the following:

All references in the Standard Specifications or WSDOT General Special Provisions, to the terms, “Department of Transportation”, “Washington State Transportation Commission”, “Commission”, “Secretary of Transportation”, “Secretary”, “Headquarters”, and “State Treasurer” shall be revised to read “Contracting Agency”.

All references to the terms “State” or “state” shall be revised to read “Contracting Agency” unless the reference is to an administrative agency of the State of Washington, a State statute or regulation, or the context reasonably indicates otherwise.

All references to “State Materials Laboratory” shall be revised to read “Contracting Agency designated location”.

All references to “final contract voucher certification” shall be interpreted to mean the Contracting

Agency form(s) by which final payment is authorized, and final completion and acceptance granted.

Additive

A supplemental unit of work or group of bid items, identified separately in the Bid Proposal, which may, at the discretion of the Contracting Agency, be awarded in addition to the base bid.

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Alternate

One of two or more units of work or groups of bid items, identified separately in the Bid Proposal, from which the Contracting Agency may make a choice between different methods or material of construction for performing the same work.

Business Day

A business day is any day from Monday through Friday except holidays as listed in Section 1-08.5.

Contract Bond

The definition in the Standard Specifications for “Contract Bond” applies to whatever bond form(s) are required by the Contract Documents, which may be a combination of a Payment Bond and a

Performance Bond.

Contract Documents

See definition for “Contract”.

Contract Time

The period of time established by the terms and conditions of the Contract within which the Work must be physically completed.

Notice of Award

The written notice from the Contracting Agency to the successful Bidder signifying the Contracting

Agency’s acceptance of the Bid Proposal.

Notice to Proceed

The written notice from the Contracting Agency or Engineer to the Contractor authorizing and directing the Contractor to proceed with the Work and establishing the date on which the Contract time begins.

Traffic

Both vehicular and non-vehicular traffic, such as pedestrians, bicyclists, wheelchairs, and equestrian traffic.

1-01.3.OPTA Definitions

(June 23, 2026 PC GSP)

Section 1-01.3 is amended by adding or revising the following terms:

Contract Compliance Officer

The representative from Pierce County, who is responsible for administering all regulations and compliance standards regarding equal employment opportunity, affirmative action, and labor standards associated with this project. The Contract Compliance Office is located at

Aaron Bible, Pierce County Procurement & Contract Services, 1501 Market St, Suite 420, Tacoma, WA 98402, Email: pcpurchasing@piercecountywa.gov.

Contracting Agency

The existing definition in Section 1-01.3 is deleted and replaced with the following:

Pierce County, a municipal subdivision of the State of Washington, acting by and through its authorized representatives.

County

Pierce County, a political subdivision of the State of Washington, acting through its authorized representatives.

County Bridge Engineer (Pierce County Bridge Engineering)

The Engineer in charge of the Bridge Engineering group whose office is located at the

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Tacoma Mall Plaza, 2702 South 42nd Street, Suite 109, Tacoma, WA 98409-7315, phone number (253) 798-7250.

County Traffic Engineer (Pierce County Traffic Engineering)

The Engineer in charge of the Traffic Engineering Section whose office is located at the

Sewer and Traffic Operations Facility, 9200 122nd Street East, Puyallup, WA 98373, phone number (253) 798-7250.

1-02 BID PROCEDURES AND CONDITIONS

1-02.1.OPT1 Prequalification of Bidders

Delete this section and replace it with the following:

1-02.1 Qualifications of Bidder

(February 17, 2026 APWA GSP Option A)

Before award of a public works contract, a Bidder must meet at least the minimum qualifications of

RCW 39.04.350(1) to be considered a responsible bidder and qualified to be awarded a public works project.

1-02.2.OPTA Plans and Specifications

Information as to where Bid Documents can be obtained or reviewed can be found in the Call for

Bids for the work.

After award of the contract, hard copies of the plans and specifications will be issued to the

Contractor at no cost as detailed below:

To Prime Contractor Maximum

No. of Sets

Basis of Distribution

Reduced plans (11" x 17") 10 Furnished Upon Request

Contract Provisions 10 Furnished Upon Request

Large plans (e.g., 22" x 34") 2 Furnished Upon Request

Additional hard copies of the Plans and Contract Provisions may be obtained by the Contractor from the Engineer, at the Contractor’s own expense.

1-02.4 Examination of Plans, Specifications, and Site of Work

1-02.4(1) General

1-02.4(1).OPTA General

Section 1-02.4(1), the ninth paragraph, beginning with “Prospective Bidders desiring…”, is revised to read as follows:

Prospective Bidders desiring an explanation or interpretation of the Bid Documents must request the explanation or interpretation in writing via the Pierce County Procurement and Contract Services website (https://www.piercecountywa.gov/CurrentSolicitations).

All requests must be received by Pierce County by 3:30 p.m. on the Thursday preceding the bid opening to allow a written reply to reach all prospective Bidders before the submission of their Bids.

https://www.piercecountywa.gov/CurrentSolicitations

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The County’s response will be posted on the Pierce County Procurement and Contract Services website approximately two days prior to the scheduled bid opening for use by all prospective

Bidders who have registered.

Oral explanations, interpretations, or instructions given by anyone before the Award of Contract will not be binding on the Contracting Agency. Any information given a prospective Bidder concerning any of the Bid Documents will be furnished to all prospective Bidders as an Addendum if that information is deemed by the Contracting Agency to be necessary in submitting Bids or if the

Contracting Agency concludes that the lack of the information would be prejudicial to other prospective Bidders.

1-02.4(2) Subsurface Information

1-02.4(2).OPTA Subsurface Information

The third and fourth sentence in the first paragraph are deleted and replaced with the following:

The Summary of Geotechnical , geotechnical reports, memoranda, boring logs and associated data, if and when included as an appendix to the Special Provisions, shall be considered as part of the Contract.

1-02.5 Proposal Forms

(February 17, 2026 APWA GSP)

The Proposal Form will identify the project and its location and describe the work. It will also list estimated quantities, units of measurement, the items of work, and the materials to be furnished at the unit bid prices. The bidder shall complete spaces on the proposal form that call for, but are not limited to, unit prices; extensions; summations; the total bid amount; signatures; date; and, where applicable, retail sales taxes and acknowledgment of addenda; the bidder’s name, address, telephone number, and signature. Bids shall be in legible figures (not words) written in ink or typed and expressed in U.S. dollars. The required certifications are included as part of the Proposal Form.

The Contracting Agency reserves the right to arrange the proposal forms with alternates and additives, if such be to the advantage of the Contracting Agency. The bidder shall bid on all alternates and additives set forth in the Proposal Form unless otherwise specified.

1-02.6 Preparation of Proposal

1-02.6.OPTA Preparation of Proposal

(February 17, 2026 APWA GSP Option A)

Revise the fourth paragraph to read:

Subcontractor’s List

The Bidder shall submit with the Bid the completed Subcontractor List included in the Contracting

Agency Proposal Package. If a Subcontractor List Form is not included in the package, use DOT

Form 271-015. The Form shall contain the following:

1. Subcontractors who will perform the Work of structural steel installation, rebar installation, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and plumbing as described in

RCW 18.106 and electrical as described in RCW 19.28,

2. The Work those subcontractors will perform on the Contract and the proof of license when required as described in RCW 39.04.350(1), and

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3. No more than one subcontractor for each category of Work identified, except, when subcontractors vary with Bid alternates, in which case the Bidder shall identify which subcontractor will be used for which alternate.

Add the following new section:

1-02.6(1) Recycled Materials Proposal

(January 4, 2016 APWA GSP)

The Bidder shall submit with the Bid, its proposal for incorporating recycled materials into the project, using the form provided in the Contract Provisions.

1-02.7 Bid Deposit

1-02.7.OPT1 1-02.7 Bid Deposit

Revise the third sentence of the first paragraph to read:

For projects that are selected by the Contracting Agency to be Bid electronically, the proposal bond may be in either physical format, or an electronic format via https://www.piercecountywa.gov/CurrentSolicitations.

Supplement this section with the following:

Bid bonds shall contain the following:

1. Contracting Agency-assigned number for the project;

2. Name of the project;

3. The Contracting Agency named as obligee;

4. The amount of the bid bond stated either as a dollar figure or as a percentage which represents five percent of the maximum bid amount that could be awarded;

5. Signature of the bidder’s officer empowered to sign official statements. The signature of the person authorized to submit the bid should agree with the signature on the bond, and the title of the person must accompany the said signature;

6. The signature of the surety’s officer empowered to sign the bond and the power of attorney.

If so stated in the Contract Provisions, bidder must use the bond form included in the

Contract Provisions.

If so stated in the Contract Provisions, cash will not be accepted for a bid deposit.

1-02.7.OPTA Bid Deposit

Section 1-02.7, the third sentence of the first paragraph is deleted and replaced with the following:

All proposal bonds shall be submitted on the form included in the Project Proposal and

Contract Forms Section as furnished by the County and shall be signed by the bidder and surety.

Section 1-02.7 is supplemented with the following:

Certified or Cashier’s check shall be payable to the Treasurer of the County of Pierce.

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1-02.9.OPTD Delivery of Proposal

(November 21, 2025 APWA GSP, Option D)

GENERAL

Each Proposal (including all required attachments) shall be submitted to the Contracting Agency by one of the following methods:

1. Electronically upload bid documents via https://piercecountywa.gov/CurrentSolicitations.

Instructions for Uploading bid documents are located under “Project Details”. This is the preferred method.

2. Deliver hard copy Bid documents in a sealed envelope, with the Project Name and Project

Number as stated in the Call for Bids clearly marked on the outside of the envelope, or as otherwise required in the Bid Documents, to ensure proper handling and delivery. Deliver to: Finance Procurement Office, 1501 Market Street, Suite 420, Tacoma, WA, 98402.

Proposals that are received as required will be publicly opened and read as specified in Section 1-

02.12. The Contracting Agency will not open or consider any Bid Proposal that is received after the time specified in the Call for Bids for receipt of Bid Proposals or received in a location other than that specified in the Call for Bids. The Contracting Agency will not open or consider any

“Supplemental Information” that is received after the time specified or received in a location other than that specified in the Call for Bids.

If an emergency or unanticipated event interrupts normal work processes of the Contracting Agency so that Proposals cannot be received at the office designated for receipt of bids as specified in

Section 1-02.12 the time specified for receipt of the Proposal will be deemed to be extended to the same time of day specified in the solicitation on the first workday on which the normal work processes of the Contracting Agency resume.

Supplemental bid information submitted after the Proposal submittal but within 48 hours of the time and date the proposal is due, the document(s) shall be submitted as follows:

1. By e-mail to the following e-mail address: pcpubworks@piercecountywa.gov, with “Supplemental

Information” and the Project Name and Bid Number as listed in the Call for Bids noted on the subject line of the email.

All other information required to be submitted with the Bid Proposal must be submitted with the Bid

Proposal itself, at the time stated in the Call for Bids.

1-02.10 Withdrawing, Revising, or Supplementing Proposal

Delete this section, and replace it with the following:

After submitting a physical or an electronic bid, if allowed under 1-02.9, Bid Proposal to the

Contracting Agency, the Bidder may withdraw, revise, or supplement it if:

1. The Bidder submits a written request signed by an authorized person and physically delivers it to the place designated for receipt of Bid Proposals, if a physical Bid Proposal was submitted, or recalled electronically via electronic method described in 1-02.9 if an electronic

Bid Proposal was submitted, and

2. The Contracting Agency receives the request before the time set for receipt of Bid Proposals, and

3. The revised or supplemented Bid Proposal (if any) is received by the Contracting Agency before the time set for receipt of Bid Proposals.

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If the Bidder’s request to withdraw, revise, or supplement its Bid Proposal is received before the time set for receipt of Bid Proposals, the Contracting Agency will return the unopened Proposal package to the Bidder. The Bidder must then submit the revised or supplemented package in its entirety. If the

Bidder does not submit a revised or supplemented package before the time set for receipt of Bid

Proposals, then its bid shall be considered withdrawn.

Late revised or supplemented Bid Proposals or late withdrawal requests will be date recorded by the

Contracting Agency and returned unopened. Requests to withdraw, revise, or supplement a Bid

Proposal may be submitted by the following methods:

1. In person

2. Via the electronic method as described in 1-02.9

1-02.12.OPTA Public Opening of Proposals

The first paragraph of this section shall be deleted and replaced with the following:

Proposals will be opened and publicly read via webcast at the time indicated in the Call for Bids unless the Bid Opening has been delayed or canceled. The link for the webcast will be posted on

Pierce County’s website at http://www.piercecountywa.gov/CurrentSolicitations prior to the bid opening.

1-02.13 Irregular Proposals

(July 15, 2026 APWA GSP)

1. A Proposal will be considered irregular and will be rejected if:

a. The Bidder is not prequalified when so required;

b. The Bidder adds provisions reserving the right to reject or accept the Award, or enter into the

Contract;

c. A price per unit cannot be determined from the Bid Proposal;

d. The Proposal form is not properly executed;

e. The Bidder fails to submit or properly complete a subcontractor list (WSDOT Form 271-015), if applicable, as required in Section 1-02.6;

f. The Bid Proposal does not constitute a definite and unqualified offer to meet the material terms of the Bid invitation.

2. A Proposal may be considered irregular and may be rejected if:

a. The Proposal does not include a unit price for every Bid item;

b. Any of the unit prices are excessively unbalanced (either above or below the amount of a reasonable Bid) to the potential detriment of the Contracting Agency;

c. The authorized Proposal Form furnished by the Contracting Agency is not used or is altered;

d. The completed Proposal form contains unauthorized additions, deletions, alternate Bids, or conditions;

e. Receipt of Addenda is not acknowledged;

f. A member of a joint venture or partnership and the joint venture or partnership submit Proposals for the same project (in such an instance, both Bids may be rejected); or

g. The Bidder fails to submit the Bidder Questionnaire (DOT Form 272-022), if applicable as required by Section 1-02.6, or if the documentation that is submitted fails to meet the requirements of the Special Provisions; or

h. If Proposal form entries are not made in ink.

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1-02.14 Disqualification of Bidder

(May 17, 2018 APWA GSP, Option A)

A Bidder will be deemed not responsible if the Bidder does not meet the mandatory bidder responsibility criteria in RCW 39.04.350(1), as amended.

The Contracting Agency will verify that the Bidder meets the mandatory bidder responsibility criteria in RCW 39.04.350(1). To assess bidder responsibility, the Contracting Agency reserves the right to request documentation as needed from the Bidder and third parties concerning the Bidder’s compliance with the mandatory bidder responsibility criteria.

If the Contracting Agency determines the Bidder does not meet the mandatory bidder responsibility criteria in RCW 39.04.350(1) and is therefore not a responsible Bidder, the Contracting Agency shall notify the Bidder in writing, with the reasons for its determination. If the Bidder disagrees with this determination, it may appeal the determination within two (2) business days of the Contracting

Agency’s determination by presenting its appeal and any additional information to the Contracting

Agency. The Contracting Agency will consider the appeal and any additional information before issuing its final determination. If the final determination affirms that the Bidder is not responsible, the Contracting Agency will not execute a contract with any other Bidder until at least two business days after the Bidder determined to be not responsible has received the Contracting Agency’s final determination.

1-03 AWARD AND EXECUTION OF CONTRACT

1-03.1.INST1

Section 1-03.1 is supplemented with the following:

1-03.1.OPTA (Bidding Preference)

(September 3, 2019 PC GSP)

When a bid is received from a nonresident contractor from a state that provides a percentage bidding preference, a comparable percentage disadvantage will be applied to the bid of that nonresident contractor as required by RCW 39.04.380 (3).

1-03.1(1) Identical Bid Totals

Revise this section to read:

After opening Bids, if two or more lowest responsive Bid totals are exactly equal, then the tie-breaker will be the Bidder that proposed to use the highest percentage of recycled materials in the

Project, per the form submitted with the Bid Proposal, if required. If those percentages are also exactly equal or if the form was not required, then the tie-breaker will be determined by drawing as follows: Two or more slips of paper will be marked as follows: one marked “Winner” and the other(s) marked “unsuccessful”. The slips will be folded to make the marking unseen. The slips will be placed inside a box. One authorized representative of each Bidder shall draw a slip from the box.

Bidders shall draw in alphabetic order by the name of the firm. The slips shall be unfolded and the firm with the slip marked “Winner” will be determined to be the successful Bidder and eligible for

Award of the Contract. Only those Bidders who submitted a Bid total that is exactly equal to the lowest responsive Bid, and with a proposed recycled materials percentage that is exactly equal to the highest proposed recycled materials amount, are eligible to draw.

1-03.3.OPTA Execution of Contract

Section 1-03.3 is revised to read as follows:

http://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=39.04.380

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Copies of the Contract Provisions, including the unsigned Form of Contract, will be available for signature by the successful bidder on the first business day following award. The number of copies to be executed by the Contractor will be determined by the Contracting Agency.

Within 20 calendar days after the award date, the successful Bidder shall return the Contracting

Agency-prepared Contract with the contractor license number filled in, an insurance certification as required by Section 1-07.18, a satisfactory bond as required by law and Section 1-03.4, the Transfer of Coverage form for the Construction Stormwater General Permit with sections I, III, and VIII completed when provided. Before execution of the contract by the Contracting Agency, the successful Bidder shall provide, if required, any of the following: pre-Award information required by the Contracting Agency as listed under Section 1-02.15, proof of licensure for electrical, HVAC, or plumbing subcontractors. If the Prime Contractor lists themselves as performing electrical, HVAC, or plumbing they are required to submit proof of licensure prior to execution.

Until the Contracting Agency executes a Contract, no Proposal shall bind the Contracting Agency nor shall any Work begin within the project limits or within Contracting Agency-furnished sites. The

Contractor shall bear all risks for any Work begun outside such areas and for any materials ordered before the Contract is executed by the Contracting Agency.

If the Bidder experiences circumstances beyond their control that prevents return of the Contract documents within the calendar days after the Award date stated above, the Contracting Agency may grant up to a maximum of 20 additional calendar days for return of the documents, provided the

Contracting Agency deems the circumstances warrant it.

1-03.4 Contract Bond

(July 23, 2015 APWA GSP)

Delete the first paragraph and replace it with the following:

The successful bidder shall provide executed payment and performance bond(s) for the full contract amount. The bond may be a combined payment and performance bond; or be separate payment and performance bonds. In the case of separate payment and performance bonds, each shall be for the full contract amount. The bond(s) shall:

1. Be on Contracting Agency-furnished form(s);

2. Be signed by an approved surety (or sureties) that:

a. Is registered with the Washington State Insurance Commissioner, and

b. Appears on the current Authorized Insurance List in the State of Washington published by the Office of the Insurance Commissioner,

3. Guarantee that the Contractor will perform and comply with all obligations, duties, and conditions under the Contract, including but not limited to the duty and obligation to indemnify, defend, and protect the Contracting Agency against all losses and claims related directly or indirectly from any failure:

a. Of the Contractor (or any of the employees, subcontractors, or lower tier subcontractors of the Contractor) to faithfully perform and comply with all contract obligations, conditions, and duties, or

b. Of the Contractor (or the subcontractors or lower tier subcontractors of the

Contractor) to pay all laborers, mechanics, subcontractors, lower tier subcontractors, material person, or any other person who provides supplies or provisions for carrying out the work;

4. Be conditioned upon the payment of taxes, increases, and penalties incurred on the project under titles 50, 51, and 82 RCW; and

5. Be accompanied by a power of attorney for the Surety’s officer empowered to sign the bond; and

6. Be signed by an officer of the Contractor empowered to sign official statements (sole proprietor or partner). If the Contractor is a corporation, the bond(s) must be signed by

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the president or vice president, unless accompanied by written proof of the authority of the individual signing the bond(s) to bind the corporation (i.e., corporate resolution, power of attorney, or a letter to such effect signed by the president or vice president).

1-03.7 Judicial Review

(December 30, 2022 APWA GSP)

Revise this section to read:

All decisions made by the Contracting Agency regarding the Award and execution of the Contract or

Bid rejection shall be conclusive subject to the scope of judicial review permitted under Washington

Law. Such review, if any, shall be timely filed in the Superior Court of the county where the

Contracting Agency headquarters is located, provided that where an action is asserted against a county, RCW 36.01.050 shall control venue and jurisdiction.

1-04 SCOPE OF WORK

1-04.2 Coordination of Contract Documents, Plans, Special Provisions, Specifications, and Addenda

Revise the second paragraph to read:

Any inconsistency in the parts of the contract shall be resolved by following this order of precedence

(e.g., 1 presiding over 2, 2 over 3, 3 over 4, and so forth):

1. Addenda,

2. Proposal Form,

3. Special Provisions,

4. Contract Plans,

5. Standard Specifications,

6. Contracting Agency’s Standard Plans or Details (if any), and

7. WSDOT Standard Plans for Road, Bridge, and Municipal Construction.

1-04.4.OPTA Changes

Revise the last paragraph to read:

Change Orders will be transmitted electronically to the Contractor for signature. Within 21 days of execution of the Contract, the Contractor shall submit a Type 1 Working Drawing consisting of the names, email addresses, and text-message capable phone numbers for the authorized change order signers and shall bear the name, phone number and email of the officer providing this authorization.

Delegation of authority to sign Change Orders shall be by the officer authorized to sign the Contract in accordance with Section 1-02.1.

1-05 CONTROL OF WORK

1-05.4 Conformity with and Deviations from Plans and Stakes

1-05.4.INST1

Section 1-05.4 is supplemented with the following:

1-05.4.OPT1 Contractor Surveying - Structure

(September 3, 2024 WSDOT GSP)

The Contracting Agency has provided primary survey control in the Plans.

The Contractor shall be responsible for setting, maintaining, and resetting all alignment stakes, slope stakes, and grades necessary for the construction of bridges, noise walls, retaining walls, buried structures, and marine structures. Except for the survey control data to be furnished by the

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Contracting Agency, calculations, surveying, and measuring required for setting and maintaining the necessary lines and grades shall be the Contractor’s responsibility.

The Contractor shall inform the Engineer when monuments are discovered that were not identified in the Plans and construction activity may disturb or damage the monuments. All monuments noted on the plans “DO NOT DISTURB” shall be protected throughout the length of the project or be replaced at the Contractor’s expense.

Detailed survey records shall be maintained, including a description of the work performed on each shift, the methods utilized, and the control points used. The record shall be adequate to allow the survey to be reproduced. A copy of each day’s record shall be provided to the Engineer within three working days after the end of the shift.

The meaning of words and terms used in this provision shall be as listed in “Definitions of Surveying and Associated Terms” current edition, published by the American Congress on Surveying and

Mapping and the American Society of Civil Engineers.

The survey work by the Contractor shall include but not be limited to the following:

1. Verify the primary horizontal and vertical control furnished by the Contracting Agency, and expand into secondary control by adding stakes and hubs as well as additional survey control needed for the project. Provide descriptions of secondary control to the

Contracting Agency. The description shall include coordinates and elevations of all secondary control points.

2. Establish, by placing hubs and/or marked stakes, the location with offsets of foundation shafts and piles.

3. Establish offsets to footing centerline of bearing for structure excavation.

4. Establish offsets to footing centerline of bearing for footing forms.

5. Establish wing wall, retaining wall, noise wall, and buried structure horizontal alignment.

6. Establish retaining wall top of wall profile grade.

7. Establish buried structure profile grade.

8. Establish elevation benchmarks for all substructure formwork.

9. Check elevations at top of footing concrete line inside footing formwork immediately prior to concrete placement.

10. Check column location and pier centerline of bearing at top of footing immediately prior to concrete placement.

11. Establish location and plumbness of column forms, and monitor column plumbness during concrete placement.

12. Establish pier cap and crossbeam top and bottom elevations and centerline of bearing.

13. Check pier cap and crossbeam top and bottom elevations and centerline of bearing prior to and during concrete placement.

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14. Establish grout pad locations and elevations.

15. Establish structure bearing locations and elevations, including locations of anchor bolt assemblies.

16. Establish box girder bottom slab grades and locations.

17. Establish girder and/or web wall profiles and locations.

18. Establish diaphragm locations and centerline of bearing.

19. Establish roadway slab alignment, grades and provide dimensions from top of girder to top of roadway slab. Set elevations for deck paving machine rails.

20. Establish traffic barrier and curb profile.

21. Profile all girders prior to the placement of any deadload or construction live loads that may affect the girder’s profile.

22. Establish locations for marine structures including fixed and floating berthing structures, vehicle and pedestrian foundations and spans, and marine-based buildings.

The Contractor shall provide the Contracting Agency copies of any calculations and staking data when requested by the Engineer.

The Contractor shall submit the computed elevations at the top of bridge decks as a Type 2 Working

Drawing. To compute top of bridge deck elevations, elevations shall be taken at tenth points along the centerline of each girder web from center-to-center of bearing. For girders exceeding 100 feet in length, the elevations shall be taken at equivalent intervals not to exceed 10 feet.

The Contractor shall ensure a surveying accuracy within the following tolerances:

Vertical Horizontal

1. Stationing on structures 0.02 feet

2. Alignment on structures 0.02 feet

3. Superstructure elevations 0.01 feet variation from plan elevation

4. Substructure 0.02 feet variation from plan grades

Buried structures shall be within the tolerances described in Section 6-20.3.

The Contracting Agency may spot-check the Contractor’s surveying. These spot-checks will not change the requirements for normal checking by the Contractor.

When staking the following items, the Contractor shall perform independent checks from different secondary control to ensure that the points staked for these items are within the specified survey accuracy tolerances:

Piles

Shafts

Footings

Columns

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The Contractor shall calculate coordinates for the points associated with piles, shafts, footings and columns. The Contracting Agency will verify these coordinates prior to issuing approval to the

Contractor for commencing with the survey work. The Contracting Agency will require up to seven calendar days from the date the data is received to issuing approval.

Contract work to be performed using contractor-provided stakes shall not begin until the stakes are approved by the Contracting Agency. Such approval shall not relieve the Contractor of responsibility for the accuracy of the stakes.

Payment

Payment will be made for the following bid item when included in the proposal:

“Structure Surveying,” lump sum.

The lump sum contract price for “Structure Surveying” shall be full pay for all labor, equipment, materials, and supervision utilized to perform the Work specified, including any resurveying, checking, correction of errors, replacement of missing or damaged stakes, and coordination efforts.

1-05.4.OPT2 Contractor Surveying - Roadway

(January 13, 2021 WSDOT GSP)

The Contracting Agency has provided primary survey control in the Plans.

The Contractor shall be responsible for setting, maintaining, and resetting all alignment stakes, slope stakes, and grades necessary for the construction of the roadbed, drainage, surfacing, paving, channelization and pavement marking, illumination and signals, guardrails and barriers, and signing.

Except for the survey control data to be furnished by the Contracting Agency, calculations, surveying, and measuring required for setting and maintaining the necessary lines and grades shall be the Contractor’s responsibility.

The Contractor shall inform the Engineer when monuments are discovered that were not identified in the Plans and construction activity may disturb or damage the monuments. All monuments noted on the plans “DO NOT DISTURB” shall be protected throughout the length of the project or be replaced at the Contractor’s expense.

Detailed survey records shall be maintained, including a description of the work performed on each shift, the methods utilized, and the control points used. The record shall be adequate to allow the survey to be reproduced. A copy of each day’s record shall be provided to the Engineer within three working days after the end of the shift.

The meaning of words and terms used in this provision shall be as listed in “Definitions of Surveying and Associated Terms” current edition, published by the American Congress on Surveying and

Mapping and the American Society of Civil Engineers.

The survey work shall include but not be limited to the following:

1. Verify the primary horizontal and vertical control furnished by the Contracting Agency, and expand into secondary control by adding stakes and hubs as well as additional survey control needed for the project. Provide descriptions of secondary control to the

Contracting Agency. The description shall include coordinates and elevations of all secondary control points.

2. Establish, the centerlines of all alignments, by placing hubs, stakes, or marks on

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centerline or on offsets to centerline at all curve points (PCs, PTs, and PIs) and at points on the alignments spaced no further than 50 feet.

3. Establish clearing limits, placing stakes at all angle points and at intermediate points not more than 50 feet apart. The clearing and grubbing limits shall be 5 feet beyond the toe of a fill and 10 feet beyond the top of a cut unless otherwise shown in the Plans.

4. Establish grading limits, placing slope stakes at centerline increments not more than 50 feet apart. Establish offset reference to all slope stakes. If Global Positioning Satellite

(GPS) Machine Controls are used to provide grade control, then slope stakes may be omitted at the discretion of the Contractor

5. Establish the horizontal and vertical location of all drainage features, placing offset stakes to all drainage structures and to pipes at a horizontal interval not greater than 25 feet.

6. Establish roadbed and surfacing elevations by placing stakes at the top of subgrade and at the top of each course of surfacing. Subgrade and surfacing stakes shall be set at horizontal intervals not greater than 50 feet in tangent sections, 25 feet in curve sections with a radius less than 300 feet, and at 10-foot intervals in intersection radii with a radius less than 10 feet. Transversely, stakes shall be placed at all locations where the roadway slope changes and at additional points such that the transverse spacing of stakes is not more than 12 feet. If GPS Machine Controls are used to provide grade control, then roadbed and surfacing stakes may be omitted at the discretion of the Contractor.

7. Establish intermediate elevation benchmarks as needed to check work throughout the project.

8. Provide references for paving pins at 25-foot intervals or provide simultaneous surveying to establish location and elevation of paving pins as they are being placed.

9. For all other types of construction included in this provision, (including but not limited to channelization and pavement marking, illumination and signals, guardrails and barriers, and signing) provide staking and layout as necessary to adequately locate, construct, and check the specific construction activity.

10. Contractor shall determine if changes are needed to the profiles or roadway sections shown in the Contract Plans in order to achieve proper smoothness and drainage where matching into existing features, such as a smooth transition from new pavement to existing pavement. The Contractor shall submit these changes to the Engineer for review and approval 10 days prior to the beginning of work.

The Contractor shall provide the Contracting Agency copies of any calculations and staking data when requested by the Engineer.

The Contractor shall ensure a surveying accuracy within the following tolerances:

Vertical Horizontal

Slope stakes 0.10 feet 0.10 feet

Subgrade grade stakes set

0.04 feet below grade 0.01 feet

0.5 feet

(parallel to alignment)

0.1 feet

(normal to alignment)

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Stationing on roadway N/A 0.1 feet

Alignment on roadway N/A 0.04 feet

Surfacing grade stakes 0.01 feet 0.5 feet

(parallel to alignment)

Roadway paving pins for surfacing or paving 0.01 feet 0.2 feet

(parallel to alignment)

The Contracting Agency may spot-check the Contractor’s surveying. These spot-checks will not change the requirements for normal checking by the Contractor.

When staking roadway alignment and stationing, the Contractor shall perform independent checks from different secondary control to ensure that the points staked are within the specified survey accuracy tolerances.

The Contractor shall calculate coordinates for the alignment. The Contracting Agency will verify these coordinates prior to issuing approval to the Contractor for commencing with the work. The

Contracting Agency will require up to seven calendar days from the date the data is received.

Contract work to be performed using contractor-provided stakes shall not begin until the stakes are approved by the Contracting Agency. Such approval shall not relieve the Contractor of responsibility for the accuracy of the stakes.

Stakes shall be marked in accordance with Standard Plan A10.10. When stakes are needed that are not described in the Plans, then those stakes shall be marked, at no additional cost to the Contracting

Agency as ordered by the Engineer.

Payment will be made for the following bid item when included in the proposal:

“Roadway Surveying,” lump sum.

The lump sum contract price for “Roadway Surveying” shall be full pay for all labor, equipment,…