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  <br />Section V <br />  <br />PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS ESTIMATED VALUE-$40,000 TO $300,000 <br />  <br />This section provides a uniform process to award contracts for public works projects <br />using a small works roster as provided in RCW 39.04.155 and RCW 36.77.075 and <br />adopted by the Kittitas County Board of Commissioners per Resolution 2003-128 in lieu <br />of the requirements for formal sealed bidding. A public work shall mean all work, <br />construction, alteration, repair, or improvement other than ordinary maintenance, <br />executed at the cost of the County as defined in RCW 39.04.010. Performance bonds and <br />the paying of prevailing wages are required on small works roster projects. The small <br />works roster procedure is as follows: <br />  <br />A. At least once per year, the Public Works Department shall solicit from all <br />other County departments, in a manner reasonably calculated to insure <br />notice and response-such as intra-office memo or email, information as to <br />what types of public work each department may need done in the <br />foreseeable future. <br />  <br />B. At least once a year the Public Works Department shall publish in the <br />official county newspaper, a notice of the existence of a small works roster <br />and solicit the names of contractors who can perform the types of work <br />sought for such a roster. Additionally, other vendors shall be added to the <br />list upon their request or agreement to be placed thereon. <br />  <br />C. A roster shall be compiled in and by the Public Works Department listing <br />the name of each contractor who has requested to be on that roster and the <br />category o f work performed by the contractor. Contractors <br />shall be removed from the list upon their request or upon discovery by <br />the County that the contractor is no longer in business. <br />D. The County may also use the state wide electronic database developed and <br />maintained jointly by the Daily Journal of Commerce and the Municipal <br />Research and Services Center of Washington. <br />  <br />E. The County shall obtain telephone, written or electronic quotations for <br />public works contracts from contractors on the appropriate small works <br />roster to assure that a competitive price is established and to award <br />contracts to the lowest responsible bidder, as defined in RCW <br />43.19.1911(9), as follows: <br />  <br />1. A contract awarded from a small works roster need not be advertised. <br />Invitations for quotations shall include an estimate of the scope and <br />nature of the work to be performed as well as materials and equipment <br />to be furnished. However, detailed plans and specifications need not be <br />included in the invitation. This paragraph does not eliminate other <br />requirements for architectural or engineering approvals as to quality <br />and compliance with building codes. <br /> <br />