Kenmore opens 11 bids for Public Works Operations Center site work; Riot Construction posts lowest total

Kenmore city officials opened 11 sealed bids Thursday for initial site work on the Kenmore Public Works Operations Center, reading base bids, two alternates and acknowledgments of three addenda for each proposal.

Michelle King, acting city clerk, presided over the public opening and read the figures aloud. Chuck Warwick, the project manager for the site work, said staff would verify the paperwork and contact the apparent low bidder after a 24-hour review period.

The most immediate result from the opening was the total figures read into the record. Of the 11 proposals, the lowest total base bid plus alternates read was Riot Construction LLC at $3,515,243.41. Other totals read into the record included CR Construction LLC at $3,723,389.00; Bayshore Construction Company at $3,834,314.00; Sunset Grill Construction at $3,964,738.26; OMA Construction Inc. at $4,215,000.00; InterWest Construction Inc. at $4,423,800.00; Strider Construction Company at $4,537,770.00; New West Development Inc. at $5,350,100.00; Terra Dynamics Inc. at $5,107,000.00; Taylor’s Excavators Inc. at $5,549,250.00; and Northwest Construction Inc. at $5,824,000.00.

King said each bid packet appeared to include a properly executed bid security and signatures. She specifically noted that the CR Construction package contained a bid security identified as 5% of the base bid amount and that all bidders acknowledged receipt of addenda 1, 2 and 3 on their bid forms. "We will go through it and reread the numbers, rerecord the numbers and we'll contact the apparent low bidder," Warwick said.

Warwick told attendees staff would review the documentation across the next 24 hours and that the city clerk’s office would provide published bid results once the review is complete. King gave the public an email contact for bid inquiries: bids@kenmorelaw.gov.

The opening was limited to reading and verifying submitted bid documents and amounts. No award decision was made at the opening; King and Warwick said further administrative review would determine the apparent low bidder’s compliance with bonding and other bid requirements before any contract recommendation or award.

Bob Wagner, principal at Wagner Architects and Planners, and Abigail, the project manager responsible for the project design, were present during the opening and available for clarification as bids were read. King closed the session by saying, "That concludes the bid opening."