BID 2021-89 Bowman Building Covered Parking Structures Project

Clackamas County, Oregon, issued Invitation to Bid #2021-89 for the Bowman Building Covered Parking Structures Project, seeking a construction contractor to complete a comprehensive parking structure development. The project requires furnishing all labor, materials, transportation, equipment, and services necessary for constructing covered parking facilities in Oregon City. The bid solicitation specified detailed technical requirements, including provisions for potential contaminated soil remediation, with a line item for 10 yards of soil mitigation and potential change orders for additional environmental work. The original bid was posted on October 18, 2021, with a submission deadline of November 18, 2021, at 2:00 PM Pacific Time. The Engineer's Estimate for the project was $287,610.00, with a required completion date of October 31, 2022, and final project completion by December 31, 2022. Bidders were required to provide a 10% bid bond, and upon award, would need to furnish 100% performance and payment bonds.

The county actively encouraged participation from Minority, Women, and Emerging Small Businesses (MWESB), implementing Good Faith Effort outreach requirements that mandated contractors contact at least three MWESB subcontractors for each work division. Prevailing wage rates applied to the project since total compensation exceeded $50,000. The bid submittal sheet revealed nine total bidders, with R.L. Reimers emerging as the apparent low bidder at $589,000.00, which significantly exceeded the initial engineer's estimate. However, the project was ultimately cancelled due to bids exceeding the available budget, with the county determining it would not reissue a new solicitation. No specific incumbent vendors were identified, and the solicitation did not specify precise set-aside percentages or detailed funding sources beyond local government infrastructure investment.