Potable Water Line Replacement - Clover Park Technical College

Clover Park Technical College, acting through the Washington State Department of Enterprise Services (DES) Facility Professional Services, is soliciting sealed bids for the Potable Water Line Replacement project (State Project No. 2026-713 G (2-1)) in Lakewood, Washington, with a mandatory pre-bid walk-through on November 17, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. and bids due December 1, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. The mandatory requirement is 15% apprentice labor hours of total labor hours, with a $1,000 monetary incentive for compliance and penalties for noncompliance without demonstrated good faith effort. Diverse business goals are voluntary: 10% MBE, 6% WBE, 5% PWSBE or SBE, and 5% Veterans, with achievement encouraged.

The work involves constructing approximately 2,100 linear feet of new 10-inch PVC water main to replace the looped water system serving Building 3. It includes replacing existing fire hydrants; reconnecting the new main to on-site hydrants and the building's domestic water, fire sprinkler, and irrigation services; and site work covering erosion and sediment controls, demolition, trenching and backfill, asphalt paving, concrete curbs and sidewalks, and landscape restoration. Additive Alternate #1 adds removal and replacement of five additional fire hydrants. Washington State prevailing wage rates for Pierce County apply.

Bidder responsibility criteria require three completed similar projects of $900,000 or more within the last five years, each including at least 200 linear feet of water main installation, plus specified experience requirements for the proposed project manager and superintendent. Bidders must submit Subcontractor Listing Form A (HVAC, Plumbing, Electrical) with the bid and Form B (Structural Steel Installation, Rebar Installation) within 48 hours of the bid deadline. The successful bidder must register in the DES Diversity Compliance program (B2Gnow) and submit monthly payment detail reporting.

The estimated bid cost range is $1.2 million to $1.4 million, with a 5% bid guarantee required. Substantial completion is due 120 calendar days after Notice to Proceed, with final completion within 60 calendar days thereafter. Liquidated damages of $500 per day apply for each consecutive calendar day of default after the contract time. Unit prices for bank run gravel trench backfill and export of unsuitable soils are held for 60 days from bid opening. Sealed bids are submitted through the DES Public Procurement Portal, and the virtual public bid opening follows at approximately 1:30 p.m. the same day via Microsoft Teams.