Barlow Center Head Start Improvements Project

Clackamas County Housing & Community Development Division is accepting sealed bids for the Barlow Center Head Start Improvements Project, a general construction project located at 109 E. 2nd Street, Canby, Oregon. Bids must be submitted electronically to stevekel@clackamas.us by June 10, 2026, at 2:00 PM Pacific Time, with public opening and reading via Zoom immediately following the closing deadline. The scope of work encompasses general requirements, sitework and excavation, concrete, rough and finish carpentry, interior finishes, doors and hardware, flooring, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and abatement services. The contractor must achieve Substantial Completion within 65 days of Notice to Proceed and Final Completion within 75 days of Notice to Proceed. A mandatory pre-bid conference is scheduled for May 13, 2026, at 2:00 PM at the project site, and attendance is required to submit a bid. Qualified bidders must be registered with the Oregon Construction Contractors Board, maintain Commercial General Liability Insurance of $2,000,000 per claim and $4,000,000 per occurrence, and comply with both Oregon prevailing wage rates and federal Davis-Bacon prevailing wage requirements, paying whichever classification is higher. Bid documents are available through the OregonBuys portal (Document No. S-C01010-0000016812), with project coordination inquiries directed to Steve Kelly and technical questions regarding plans and specifications directed to Tim Richard, Project Architect.

This federally funded project through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Community Development Block Grant Program requires Good Faith Effort outreach to minority, women, and emerging small businesses, with bidders obligated to contact at least three subcontractors per division of work from these categories and submit required forms within two hours of bid closing. All subcontractors must be registered with the Oregon Construction Contractors Board, and the project is subject to Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 compliance and Davis-Bacon labor standards. Bid security equal to ten percent of the total bid amount is required, and the successful bidder must provide 100 percent performance and payment bonds. Liquidated damages of $500 per calendar day apply for failure to achieve Substantial Completion. The project estimate ranges from $220,000 to $240,000, with no allocation for change orders due to limited funding availability.