Renovation of a municipal facility in Chehalis, Washington. Completed plans call for the renovation of a municipal facility.

This is a call for bids for a building renovation to finalize a permanent night-by-night homeless shelter. The renovation in this bid includes work for a new entryway, construction of a fire sprinkler riser room, and construction/finalization of some interior walls and doors. This is a public work subject to apprenticeship and prevailing wage laws, as well as other state funding requirements including compliance with Evergreen Sustainable Design Standards. The work is to be completed by the end of 2024. Lewis County is renovating a former bank and office building into a permanent night-by-night shelter for people experiencing homelessness. The building needs installation of fire sprinklers and fire alarms, frontage work, fencing, and a building renovation including light non-structural framing work to meet the needs of a different use. This call for bids is for the building renovation, consisting of some work for a new entryway, construction of a fire sprinkler riser room, and construction/finalization of some interior walls and doors. This is a public work subject to apprenticeship and prevailing wage laws, as well as other state funding requirements including compliance with Evergreen Sustainable Design Standards. The work is to be completed by December 31, 2024; the contractor will have to coordinate with the firms installing fire sprinklers and fire alarms, at a minimum, because that work will be happening in the same time span. Question Submission Deadline:October 24, 2024, 6:00pm Completion of Work:December 31, 2024 Lewis County has partnered with online and is excited to announce that as of August 2023, we transitioned to OpenGov Procurement/ProcureNow, a fully automated web-based electronic bidding and vendor management system. To continue to receive bid notifications, you will want to register for a FREE account today at online All bid proposals shall be accompanied by a bid proposal deposit in cash, certified check, cashier's check or surety bond in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the amount of such bid proposal. Should the successful bidder fail to enter into such contract and furnish satisfactory contract bond within the time stated in the specifications, the bid proposal deposit shall be forfeited to the Lewis County Capital Fund 3010. This bid proposal deposit is to be submitted through the online AND mailed or hand delivered no later than the bid due date and time to Matt Patana and Alex Murray at 571 NW Prindle St, Chehalis, WA 98532. The Lewis County Internal Services Department in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, (78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. 2000d to 2000d-4) and the Regulations, herby 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. Lewis County is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Minority, veteran and women-owned firms are encouraged to submit bids. The Owner reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bid proposals and to waive informalities that do not affect the essential fairness of the bidding process. Contractor shall pay the prevailing rate of wages to all workers, laborers, or mechanics employed in the performance of any part of the Work in accordance with RCW 39.12 and the rules and regulations of the Department of Labor and Industries. The schedule of prevailing wage rates for the locality or localities of the Work, is determined by the Industrial Statistician of the Department of Labor and Industries. It is the Contractor's responsibility to verify the applicable prevailing wage rate. Per RCW 39.12.017(3)(a)-(b), work on a homeless shelter is under the residential construction designation, not the commercial designation, except that the following are under the commercial designation: utilities construction, such as water and sewer lines, or work on streets, or work on other structures unrelated to the housing. A reference prevailing wage table for Lewis County wages effective on the bid due date for this project, October 30, 2024, is included as an attachment. Each Application for Payment submitted by Contractor shall state that prevailing wages have been paid in accordance with the pre-filed statement(s) of intent, as approved. Copies of the approved intent statement(s) shall be posted on the job site with the address and telephone number of the Industrial Statistician of the Department of Labor and Industries where a complaint or inquiry concerning prevailing wages may be made. Because breach and/or non-performance by Contractor may cause County to incur economic damages and losses of types and in amounts which are incapable or very difficult to ascertain with certainty in advance as a basis for recovery of actual damages, in the event Contractor has not fully completed work pursuant to and by the deadline set forth in this Agreement, Contractor shall pay County liquidated damages in the amount of $1000.00 per day for every day past the agreed end date of December 31, 2024. The parties believe said amount represents a fair, reasonable, and appropriate forecast of just compensation for the harm caused by a breach. Such liquidated damages are intended to represent estimated actual damages as contemplated by the parties at the time of entering into this Agreement and are not intended as a penalty. For avoidance of doubt, one such source of actual damages would be the need to obtain substitute premises for a homeless shelter on short notice, since the shelter will not likely receive a certificate of occupancy in time if the services under this Agreement are not timely completed. Payment and performance bonds for 100% of the Contract Sum, including all Change Orders and state sales tax, shall be furnished for the Work, and shall be in a form acceptable to the County. No payment or performance bond is required if the Contract Sum is $150,000 or less and Contractor agrees that the County may, in lieu of the bond, retain an additional 10% of the Contract Sum, beyond any other retainage provided for in this Agreement, for the period allowed by RCW 39.08.010.