This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Ephrata, Washington. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

Estimated Contract Value 500,000.00 Bidders are to submit questions or requests for clarification in writing to the District's Procurement Officer. The deadline to submit questions or request for clarification to the District shall be three business days prior to the time and date that Bids are due. Contact Information Mark Beaulieu, District Representative, mbeaulieu@gcpud.org, Rebecca Diaz, Procurement Officer, rdiaz@gcpud.org Each Bid submitted shall constitute an offer to the District and shall be irrevocable for a period of 60 days following Bid opening. Contract Award, if any, shall be made within 60 days from the date of Bid opening. The District reserves the right to revise the Contract Documents by addendum prior to the date set for receiving Bids. The Bidder shall acknowledge the receipt of each addendum on the Bid Form to substantiate that its Bid is in accordance with the revised Contract Documents. Each Bid shall be accompanied by a certified or cashier's check payable to the order of Public Utility District No. 2 of Grant County, Washington for a sum not less than 5% of the amount of the Total Bid Price, or accompanied by a Bid Bond on the form provided as Exhibit "B", in an amount not less than 5% of the Total Bid Price with a corporate surety licensed to do business in the State of Washington, conditioned that the Bidder shall pay the District as liquidated damages the amount specified in the bond, unless Bidder enters into a Contract in accordance with their Bid and furnishes the Payment and Performance Bond hereinafter mentioned within 10 days from Contract Award. If a Bid is rejected, or if a Bid is accepted and a Contract Form executed, any check shall be returned in each instance within a period of 10 days to the Bidder furnishing the same. If the Bid is one of the three low Bids, such check or bond shall be held by the District until Contract Documents are fully executed by the District and successful Bidder and the Payment and Performance Bond provided per Section 12. If a Bid Bond was provided, 30 days following this period, the original Bid Bond shall be destroyed unless the Surety or Contractor requests the return of the bond, in writing, prior to destruction. The Bidder's failure to submit its Bid Bond on the form attached to the Contract Documents may result in rejection of the Bid. 11. REFUSAL TO EXECUTE CONTRACT Should the successful Bidder fail or refuse to execute a Contract Form and furnish a Payment and Performance Bond within 10 days following receipt of notification of Contract Award, the Bidder shall be considered to have abandoned the Bid and the check or Bid Bond in the amount of not less than 5% of the Bid delivered with the Bid shall thereupon be due and owing to the District as liquidated damages for such failure or refusal, and the District may thereupon award the Contract to any other Bidder. 12. PAYMENT AND PERFORMANCE BOND To assure compliance with the terms of the Contract Documents, the Contractor shall furnish a Payment and Performance Bond in an amount equal to 100% of the amount of the Contract Price, excluding Washington State Sales Tax, with surety or sureties who are acceptable to the District. This Payment and Performance Bond shall remain in force for a period of 365 days after Final Acceptance. Thirty days following this expiration, the original Payment and Performance Bond shall be destroyed unless the Surety or Contractor requests the return of the bond, in writing, prior to destruction. The Payment and Performance Bond must be on the form provided with these Contract Documents as Exhibit "D". The cost of the Payment and Performance Bond shall be included in the Total Bid Price. 13. WAIVE MINOR ERRORS The District reserves the right to waive minor errors or irregularities in any Bid if it appears to the District that such errors or irregularities in any Bid were made through inadvertence and are not material. Any errors or irregularities so waived must be corrected on the Bid on which they occur prior to the execution of any Contract Form which may be awarded thereon. No Bidder may withdraw their Bid after the hour set for the opening thereof, unless and until Contract Award has been delayed for a period exceeding 60 days after the date of Bid opening. 14. DISTRICT'S RIGHT TO REJECT BIDS The District reserves the right to reject any and all Bids or to accept the Bid which in its sole and absolute judgment shall under all circumstances best serve the interest of the District.