State Parks Project – New Day Use Facilities and Trail Development at Anderson Lake State Park

The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission is procuring construction services for new day use facilities and trail development at Anderson Lake State Park in Jefferson County, Washington. This public works project involves comprehensive site improvements including paving the park's main entrance road with hot mixed asphalt, developing multi-use trails with separated equestrian and pedestrian components, constructing approximately 380 linear feet of elevated boardwalk with concrete plank decking and steel beam support systems, establishing new day-use parking with ADA-accessible spaces, removing two existing vault restrooms, and installing two new CXT prefabricated restroom facilities. Major work items include site preparation (clearing and grubbing approximately 38,370 square feet for the main park and 27,384 square feet for the trail), crushed surfacing base course (630 tons for main park and 1,500 tons for trail), and hot mixed asphalt (256 tons for main park and 92 tons for trail). All work must conform to AASHTO guidelines, AISC structural steel standards, and WSDOT 2023 Standard Specifications, with structural steel components hot-dipped galvanized per ASTM A-123 standards and concrete specified at 6000 PSI minimum compressive strength at 28 days. Contractors must be registered with the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, hold current Unified Business Identifier numbers, maintain required insurance and workers' compensation coverage, and comply with prevailing wage requirements under RCW 39.12. A mandatory pre-bid project site tour is scheduled for 10:30 AM on Thursday, May 7, 2026, at Anderson Lake Park parking area, with electronic bids due through the MRSC Rosters Bonfire Procurement Portal by 1:00 PM on Thursday, May 21, 2026. Substantial completion is required within 240 calendar days from the Notice to Proceed date, with final completion within 30 days thereafter, and liquidated damages assessed at $500 per day for failure to achieve timely completion.

Contractors must provide a 5% bid bond if the total bid exceeds $35,000 and must comply with prevailing wage requirements and apprenticeship participation goals of 15% of total project hours, with a $1,000 monetary incentive for meeting the requirement or penalties of $100 per percentage point for non-compliance. The project establishes voluntary diversity goals at 10% for Minority Business Enterprises, 6% for Women's Business Enterprises, 5% for Washington Small Businesses, and 5% for Veteran-owned businesses, requiring bidders to certify good faith efforts to provide opportunities to these designated enterprise categories. Bidders must submit a Subcontractor Utilization List identifying subcontractors for HVAC, plumbing, electrical, structural steel installation, and rebar installation, with HVAC, plumbing, and electrical subcontractor information due at bid submittal and structural steel and rebar information due within 48 hours thereafter. The project is funded through the Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program, with an estimated bid range of $707,185.80 to $864,338.20. All bidders must be registered contractors with current licensure and comply with applicable environmental permits including a SEPA Determination of Nonsignificance, Critical Areas Review exemption, Shoreline Substantial Development Permit exemption, and Construction Stormwater General Permit. Coordination with cultural resources management and inadvertent discovery protocols for archaeological materials and human skeletal remains is required throughout project execution.