City of Tacoma REQUEST FOR BIDS Specification No. PW14-0348F Public Works DepartmentFacilities Management Division Fire Station 18 Dock Repair The City of Tacoma is accepting SEALED BIDS for the above solicitation. Submittals will be received and time stamped only at the Purchasing Division, located in the Tacoma Public Utilities Administration Building North, Main Floor, 3628 South 35th Street, Tacoma, WA 98409. Bids will be received until 11:00 a.m., Pacific Time, Tuesday, October 14, 2014, at which time they will be opened by a Purchasing representative and read aloud during a public bid opening held in Conference Room M-1, located on the main floor in the same building. An electronic copy of the complete solicitation documents may be viewed and obtained by accessing the City of Tacoma Purchasing website at www.TacomaPurchasing.org. A list of vendors registered for this solicitation is also available at the website. After 1:00 p.m. the day of bid opening, preliminary submittal results and names of vendors submitting bids are posted to the website for public viewing. A pre-bid meeting will be held at Fire Station 18, 302 East 11th Street, Tacoma, WA at 1:30 p.m., on Wednesday, October 1, 2014. Parking is limited at the site. The purpose of the prebid meeting is to answer questions about this solicitation and any special or technical requirements. Project Scope: The project scope consists of repair and rehabilitation to an existing floating dock system in two separate phases: Pile Replacement; Float Repair. Estimate: $175,000 Additional information regarding the specifications may be obtained by contacting Chuck Blankenship, senior buyer, by email to charles.blankenship@cityoftacoma.org. CITY OF TACOMA /s/Kathy Katterhagen Procurement and Payables Manager /s/Charles Blankenship Senior Buyer City of Tacoma protest policy, located at www.tacomapurchasing.org, specifies procedures for protests submitted prior to and after submittal deadline. Meeting sites are accessible to persons with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities can be arranged with 48 hours advance notice by calling 253-502-8468. September 16