OLYMPIA – A study to determine whether the Washington State Department of Transportation’s contracting activities are fair and equitable for all is now available for review. The Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program disparity study analyzed information about local marketplace conditions for minority-owned and women-owned businesses and the degree to which WSDOT utilizes these businesses.

The study in its entirety and an executive summary are available online.

As a next step, WSDOT will hold a series of public meetings to discuss the results of the study and receive comments on the overall DBE goal options contained within the study. The meetings will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at each of the following locations:

Tuesday, June 18 – North Seattle
WSDOT NW Region Headquarters
Cafeteria Conference Room
15700 Dayton Ave. N
Shoreline, WA 98133

Wednesday, June 19 – Yakima
Selah Maintenance Facility
900 E Selah Road
Yakima, WA 98901

Thursday, June 20 – Spokane
WSDOT Eastern Region Headquarters
2714 N Mayfair St.
Spokane, WA 99207

Tuesday, June 25 – Vancouver
WSDOT SW Region Headquarters
11018 NE 51st Circle
Vancouver, WA 98682

Wednesday, June 26 – South Seattle
South Seattle Community College
Georgetown Campus
6737 Corson Ave. S
Seattle, WA 98108

Thursday, June 27 – Tacoma
Tacoma Small Business Incubator
1423 E 29th St.
Tacoma, WA 98404

During these meetings, WSDOT will also talk about the new Small Business Enterprise Program and its benefits, eligibility and prime contractor requirements. Persons wanting to attend a meeting should reserve a spot by calling 888-259-9143 or emailing disparitystudy@wsdot.wa.gov.

A webinar has been scheduled for June 24 from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. for individuals who are unable to attend a meeting. Registration for this webinar is at: www1.gotomeeting.com/register/644078352 .

Comments on the overall DBE goal options may also be submitted in writing to: disparitystudy@wsdot.wa.gov or mailed to:

Disparity Study
Washington State Department of Transportation
P.O. Box 47314
Olympia, WA 98504-7314

For more information, email disparitystudy@wsdot.wa.gov or call 888-259-9173.

Bid Opportunity:
Please find invitation to bid for Energy Efficient Project & Production Shops Energy Reduction Project at Naval Base Kitsap, WA in the document folder. This is a Federal project with Small Business goals. SMALL BUSINESSES ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE! If you are interested in bid opportunities on this project, please complete the paperwork in the document folder and email back to (sbdevelopment@walshgroup.com) or fax to 312-429-0651. Feel free to contact Karen Macchitelli if you have any questions.

Description of the Project:
RM1112803 Energy Efficient Project: This is a two-phase design-build construction project that contains three main components: structural upgrades to an existing warehouse structure, demolition of existing buildings, and various energy improvements to the mechanical and electrical systems.
RM1010044 Production Shops Energy Reduction Project: This is a two-phase design-build construction project that contains various energy improvements to the mechanical and electrical systems.
Interested bidders are required to complete attached ITB form, Qualification Questionnaire, SB Self-Certification, and provide a brief Capability Statement (optional). Complete and return pre-bid docs ASAP. Qualified proposals, directed toward your respective estimator contact, are due by 3:00 PM PST on July 8, 2013.

Karen Macchitelli
Small Business Liaison, National Building Group
The Walsh Group | Walsh Construction Co | Archer Western Contractors
929 W. Adams St., Chicago, IL 60607
P: 312-563-5933
F: 312-429-0651
sbdevelopment@walshgroup.com

NOTE: If you get a contract related to this opportunity (or other opportunities) and/or added jobs, we’d appreciate it if you’d let us know. The PTAC gets our funding through the Dept. of Defense. Our goal under Economic Development is to report that we’ve helped client businesses with their financial and job growth. We greatly appreciate your assistance so we can continue to provide these services at no-cost to you. Award Reporting

Project Name:  SBSA MATOC for Multi-Disciplinary Maintenance, Repair, Construction and Incidental Design Work for Joint Base
Lewis-McChord and its Sub-Installations and Other Customers Supported by the Seattle District Corps of Engineers.

Solicitation Number:  W912DW-13-R-0015

Project Location:  Joint Base Lewis McChord, WA

Contact:  Vern Jones   vern.jones@mortenson.com

Fax: 763-287-5801

Bid Date:        Thursday, June 13, 2013 by 11:00 am EST

Description of Work:  This project consists of the redesign of Pershing Circle at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington State.
The main scopes of work will be civil, flexible and rigid pavement, site electrical, site utilities, curbs and demolition.

Brenda Furst
Small Business Specialist – Federal Contracting Group
Mortenson Construction: Building what’s next.
phone  763.287.5371
www.mortenson.com

NOTE: If you get a contract related to this opportunity (or other opportunities) and/or added jobs, we’d appreciate it if you’d let us know. The PTAC gets our funding through the Dept. of Defense. Our goal under Economic Development is to report that we’ve helped client businesses with their financial and job growth. We greatly appreciate your assistance so we can continue to provide these services at no-cost to you. Award Reporting

Project: FY 13 Information Operations Readiness Center (IORC) JBLM, WA
Bid Date: June 10, 2013
Estimated Contract Value $30,000,000
Estimated Start Date October 31, 2013

PCL Construction Services, Inc will be submitting a bid as a Prime Contractor. We are seeking Small Business and Minority Contractors to provide services for this construction opportunity. Please advise us by return fax the bid items you plan to provide a quote on as well as your diversity status, DBE/SBE/MBE/WBE/VOSB, SDVOSB, HubZone.

Scope of work includes:
This project will construct a 127,171 SF readiness center to support four occupant organizations of the Washington Army National Guard. Major scopes of work for the project consist of site work, cast-in-place-concrete, masonry, structural steel and miscellaneous metals, finish carpentry, doors and frames, specialized finishes, specialty items, HVAC, plumbing and electrical.

Plans and Specifications are available on the Builder’s Exchange website – www.bxwa.com
Posted Projects / General Contractor Project Area / Washington / PCL / Bellevue / Projects Bidding No User Name or P/W Required.

Please direct inquiries/correspondence to: Brad Robinson – Lead Estimator
E-Mail: bjrobinson@pcl.com
Phone: 425 454-8020
Fax: 425 454-5924

PLEASE FAX OR E-MAIL US BACK AT YOUR EARLIEST CONVENIENCE.
PCL Construction Services, Inc.
Washington License #PCLCOSI099NW
15405 SE 37^th Street, Suite 200, Bellevue, WA  98006 u  Telephone 425.454.8020 u  FAX 425.454.5924
PCL is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer M/F/D/V

NOTE: If you get a contract related to this opportunity (or other opportunities) and/or added jobs, we’d appreciate it if you’d let us know. The PTAC gets our funding through the Dept. of Defense. Our goal under Economic Development is to report that we’ve helped client businesses with their financial and job growth. We greatly appreciate your assistance so we can continue to provide these services at no-cost to you. Award Reporting

Kiewit Infrastructure West requests quotes from Small Business subcontractors and suppliers including Disadvantaged, Women and/or Minority Business Enterprises listed and certified by the Office of Minority and Women’s Business Enterprises (OMWBE), for the following project:

I-5 SKAGIT RIVER BRIDGE – PERMANENT BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT (DESIGN-BUILD)

Bid Date: June 17, 2013
Subcontractor/Supplier Quotes due in our office NLT June 13, 2013 at 4pm
Contact: Jerry Stubbs & Dennis Ahl – Small Business Liaison

Quotes are to be submitted to:

Kiewit Infrastructure West Co.
2215 E 1st Street
Vancouver, WA 98661
(253) 943-4200, FAX: (253) 943-4021
Email: jerry.stubbs@kiewit.com or dennis.ahl@kiewit.com

We are accepting quotes for the following services/supplies in the traditional Bridge Repair Work Scopes which include:

Traffic control/barriers, trucking, earthwork/site work, marine towing, barrier rail, concrete (furnish, pump, install), diving, furnish fabricated/miscellaneous metal, coatings/pig seal, surveying, environmental monitoring, quality control, inspection/testing, signing, pavement markings, landscaping, & other work disciplines.

Subcontractors and suppliers can access available plans and specs via the link below :
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/biz/contaa/DESIGNBUILDCONTRACTS/SkagitRiverBridge/default.htm

All subcontractors and material suppliers are required to execute our standard “Subcontract Agreement”/”Material Contract”. We require 100% Performance and Payment Bonds; and Material Supply Bonds. Please contact us if you have questions regarding these forms.

In order to assist certified small business subcontractors and suppliers, we will divide scopes of work into economically feasible units, and will assist firms with delivery schedules and providing points of contact for obtaining bonding, lines of credit, and insurance. We can also help DBE’s secure their own sources of equipment and supplies in order to maximize participation.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer

More DBE opportunities with Kiewit
http://www.kiewit.com/business-with-us/dbe-opportunities.aspx

 NOTE:  If you get a contract related to this opportunity (or other opportunities) and/or added jobs, we’d appreciate it if you’d let us know. The PTAC gets our funding through the Dept. of Defense.  Our goal under Economic Development is to report that we’ve helped client businesses with their financial and job growth.  We greatly appreciate your assistance so we can continue to provide these services at no-cost to you. Award Reporting

SECOND INVITATION FOR BIDS The Colville Indian Housing

The Colville Indian Housing Authority (CIHA), the tribally designated housing entity for the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, invites qualified Contractors to submit Sealed Bids for the Eagle Nest Community Center Project. The first invitation for bids on this project was originally sent out on March 27, 2013. The number of bids received did not satisfy applicable procurement requirements, and CIHA is therefore now sending out this second invitation for bids on the project. This project is located on the Colville Confederated Tribes Indian Reservation 4 miles northeast of Omak in Okanogan County, WA.

Sealed Bids submitted in response to Section 001000 ‘Second Invitation for Bids” will be received until 3:00 p.m., local time, on Thursday, June 20, 2013, at the office of the Colville Indian Housing Authority, Post Office Box 528, 42 Convalescent Center Boulevard, Nespelem, Washington 99155, at which time and place all sealed Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

This Second Invitation for Bids is open to all qualified General Contractors. General and Sub contractors may obtain contract documents, hard copy or CD Rom, from several locations.

Hard copies may be obtained by depositing Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) per set plus a non-refundable fee of $15.00 per set for handling, to be submitted in separate checks, made out to Architects West. A CD Rom is available for a non-refundable fee of $15.00 each. A complete set of contract documents will also be filed with:

• Colville Indian Housing Authority, Nespelem, WA, phone 509-634-2160, (limited quantities available)
• Architects West, 210 E. Lakeside Avenue, Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814
• Spokane Regional Plan Center, 209 N. Havana Street, Spokane, WA
• McGraw-Hill Plan Center 200 SW Michigan Street, Suite 100B, Seattle WA
• Wenatchee Plan Center, 34 N. Chelan, Ave., Wenatchee, WA
• Associated General Contractors, E. 4935 Trent, Spokane, WA
• Associated Builders & Contractors, 12310 E Mirabeau Pkwy, Spokane Valley, WA
• Tri-City Construction Council, 20 E. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick, WA.

A non-mandatory, Pre-Bid Conference will be held at CIHA Office at 11:00 a.m., local time, on Tuesday, June 11, 2013. All Bidders are encouraged to attend this Pre-Bid Conference to review and discuss the existing building and site conditions.

This project is subject to the Indian Preference provisions of Section 7(b) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450e (b)).
NOTE: Contact CIHA or Architects West or visit www.architectswest.com for a complete copy of Section 001000, “Second Invitation for Bids” for this project.

COLVILLE INDIAN HOUSING AUTHORITY
BY: Brook B. Kristovich,
Executive Director
SR26145

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 NOTE:  If you get a contract related to this opportunity (or other opportunities) and/or added jobs, we’d appreciate it if you’d let us know. The PTAC gets our funding through the Dept. of Defense.  Our goal under Economic Development is to report that we’ve helped client businesses with their financial and job growth.  We greatly appreciate your assistance so we can continue to provide these services at no-cost to you. Award Reporting

June 6,2013  9 am to 11 am

Clearwater Casino Expansion and Parking Garage Project – Phase 1

The Suquamish Clearwater Casino Resort, partnered with Korsmo Construction and Rice Fergus Miller Architecture, is holding a Career Fair for employment opportunities for the expansion of the Clearwater Casino Resort and a new Parking Garage project.

Opportunities for Subcontractors in the following scopes of work:

• Masonry
• Metal Fabrication
• Insulation
• Doors and Windows
• Acoustical Ceiling
• Gypsum Board
• Painting
• Roofing
• Waterproofing
• Structural Steel
• Storefronts
• Flooring
• Casework
• Specialty Work

Attention: Commercial Construction:  Specialty Trade Subcontractors and Vendors

Bid Opportunity:

Invitation to bid: Information Operations Readiness Center (IORC) on Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM), WA.  This is a Federal project with Small Business goals.  SMALL BUSINESSES ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE!  If you are interested in bid opportunities on this project, please complete the linked paperwork and email to (sbdevelopment@walshgroup.com) or fax to 312-429-0651.  Feel free to contact Karen Macchitelli if you have any questions.

Description of the Project:

A 127,171 SF specially designed Readiness Center to support four occupant organizations of the Washington Army National Guard. The facility will include a specially designed 10,000 SF Sensitive Compartment Information Facility. Other areas of the facility will include a prominent entry and stairway with specialized finishes, multiple reinforced-concrete storage vaults, assembly areas, and support spaces. Sitework will include Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection features, Privately Owned Vehicle parking, access roads and traffic control devices, dumpster enclosure and storage facility, utilities, lighting, fencing, sidewalks, landscaping, detached facility sign, storm water features, clearing and grubbing, and grading.

Interested bidders are required to complete ITB form, Qualification Questionnaire, SB Self-Certification, and provide a brief Capability Statement (optional).  Complete and return pre-bid docs ASAP.  Qualified proposals, directed toward your respective estimator contact, are due by 12:00 PM PST on June 11, 2013.

Archer Western Contractors
(a large business)
________________________________________________________________________________________________

Karen Macchitelli
Small Business Liaison, National Building Group
The Walsh Group | Walsh Construction Co  | Archer Western Contractors
929 W. Adams St., Chicago, IL 60607
P: 312-563-5933
F: 312-429-0651
sbdevelopment@walshgroup.com
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 NOTE:  If you get a contract related to this opportunity (or other opportunities) and/or added jobs, we’d appreciate it if you’d let us know. The PTAC gets our funding through the Dept. of Defense.  Our goal under Economic Development is to report that we’ve helped client businesses with their financial and job growth.  We greatly appreciate your assistance so we can continue to provide these services at no-cost to you. Award Reporting

http://washingtonptac.org/contracting-opportunities-on-joint-base-lewis-mcchord/

NOTE:  If you get a contract related to this opportunity (or other opportunities) and/or added jobs, we’d appreciate it if you’d let us know since the PTAC gets our funding from the Dept. of Defense.  Our goal under Economic Development is to report that we’ve helped client businesses with their financial and job growth.  We greatly appreciate your assistance so we can continue to provide these services at no-cost to you.

Utility Staking

• Sanitary sewer
• Storm Sewer
• Water Mains

Mass Excavation

• Offsets (corner) w/cuts/fills to subgrade

Footing Layout

• Offsets (corner) w/cuts/fills to subgrade

Curbs & Gutter

Blue Tops for Asphalt Paving

In addition, whoever is selected will also be doing building layout for the General Contractor

Please contact Wil for more details

Wil Werbelo

Manager

PME Construction Corporation

(360)779-8103 ext.13

wwerbelo@pme-cc.com

NOTE:  If you get a contract related to this opportunity (or other opportunities) and/or added jobs, we’d appreciate it if you’d let us know since the PTAC gets our funding from the Dept. of Defense.  Our goal under Economic Development is to report that we’ve helped client businesses with their financial and job growth.  We greatly appreciate your assistance so we can continue to provide these services at no-cost to you.