Western State Hospital New Forensic Hospital

– Notice of Intent to Predetermine Bidder Eligibility – Structural Concrete Bid Package

Clark Construction Group has been selected by The Department of Enterprise Services and The Department of Social Health Services as the General Contractor/Construction Manager (GC/CM), for the Western State Hospital – New Forensic Hospital project.

The Western State Hospital – New Forensic Hospital project consists of demolishing twelve existing buildings and infrastructure and replacing with approximately 590,000 SF of new development, consisting of a 4-story post tensioned concrete and structural steel hospital, a 3-story mass timber administration building, and associated site work. The new Forensic Hospital is required to achieve LEED silver performance under v.4 for Healthcare. In addition, the facility is to be in compliance with the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services requirements, and per the Washington Governor’s Executive Order 20-01, the facility shall be designed to be net-zero energy. Clark Construction intends to predetermine bidder eligibility for Structural Concrete in accordance with all provisions of RCW 39.10.380 and RCW 39.10.400. Due to the size, scope, and schedule importance of this critical package, Clark Construction, DES, and DSHS have determined that this project meets the criteria established in RCW 39.10.400 for the use of the prebid determination of subcontractor eligibility process.

The Structural Concrete scope consists of mass concrete foundations and associated thermal controls, mat, spread, and continuous footings, basement construction, slab-on-grade, all vertical structural concrete, and post-tension elevated deck. This package will also include slab on cross-laminated timber at the mass timber Administration Building. Adherence to Global Warming Potential targets will be a key component of this scope.

It is in the best interest of the public to perform an eligibility analysis before bid opening because the project will require immediate notice to proceed with submittals and delegated design of post-tension tendons to maintain critical project dates, which would not allow a full bidder eligibility analysis to be performed following bid opening. Additionally, this scope will require knowledge of mass concrete procedures and design and implementation of thermal controls to maintain the project schedule, extensive experience with delegated design, furnishing, and installing of post-tension tendons in elevated deck, and technical coordination and phasing of these elements with the project stakeholders (State of Washington, Hospital and Administrative Employees, the Architect of Record and the Engineer of Record, and the GC/CM). BIM modeling and coordination will be required, as well as compliance with Global Warming Potential targets. Construction will be within an active hospital campus, which will continue to operate during construction.

All interested parties are hereby notified that a public hearing in accordance with RCW 39.10.400 will be held at 12:00pm PST, April 22nd, 2024 at the Western State Hospital Campus (9601 Steilacoom Blvd, Lakewood WA 98498) at Building 10 (Staff Development and New Employee Orientation). A map of the hearing site, the evaluation criteria, and the applicable weights for each criterion used in the evaluation will be available at the link below seven days before the hearing:

https://clarkconstruction.box.com/v/WSHconcreteprebid

Written comments may be submitted to Courtney Lehrman or Scott Anthes at WesternStateHospital@clarkconstruction.com or submitted at the public hearing specified above. All comments must be received no later than the completion of the hearing (April 22nd, 2024 at 1:00pm PST). Please include “WSH – Structural Concrete Prebid” in the subject line of the email. This is only a notice of intent to predetermine bidder eligibility and an opportunity to provide any associated comments at or before the public hearing. A final written determination of the criteria will be published following the hearing. A separate notice will be published to indicate when the period for responses to the predetermination criteria is open and how to submit these responses.

Clark Construction Group is an equal opportunity employer and encourages bids from all subcontractors including minority, small, veteran, disadvantaged and women owned businesses.

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April 5, 2024