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Page 1 of 2 <br />Public Notice <br />Kittitas County, Ellensburg WA <br />REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: Kittitas County Department of Public Works Snow Removal Support Services 2021 <br />All submittals received after Friday, February 5, 2021 will be discarded <br />PURPOSE: <br />Kittitas County Department of Public Works is experiencing impacts to our snow removal operations resulting from the <br />COVID 19 virus. Attempting to avoid significant reductions in service to county residents, we are soliciting private <br />construction companies for interest in providing time and material contract support supplementing County Public Works <br />snow removal efforts. <br />SCOPE OF PROJECT: <br />Public Works proposes making snow routes available to contractors for soliciting support on a "time and material contract" <br />basis. We are requesting responders provide the following: equipment and operator availability, equipment with operator <br />hourly rates, the willingness to provide primary route service along with the potential providing secondary route service and <br />probable response time upon notice to plow from Public Works. We anticipate awarding multiple contractors serving <br />multiple maintenance districts (attached as EXHIBIT 2 to this solicitation). Responders will be evaluated against one <br />another within the same maintenance district for service award in that district based on review of the requested information <br />above. <br />PROCEDURES FOR SUBMITTAL: <br />If you wish to be considered for work under this Request for Proposal, you must be a registered consultant on the Municipal <br />Research and Service Center of Washington — Shared Small Works and Consultant Roster (www.mrscroster.org). <br />Please direct all questions to Kittitas County Construction Manager Mr. Darren Case (509-962-7523). <br />Please complete the enclosed offer form (EXHIBIT 1) and deliver to the Department of Public Works, 411 North Ruby <br />Suite 1, Ellensburg, WA 98926 by 5:00 PM local time February 5, 2021. Submit a sealed envelope to Mark R. Cook Public <br />Works Director, "Attention Snow Removal Services 2021", at 411 N. Ruby St. Suite 1, Ellensburg WA 98926. Submittals <br />shall include three copies of your proposal for service utilizing the provided form(s) found in EXHIBIT 1 of this <br />solicitation. <br />For your records, the County will provide a confirmation email to the contacts provided in the submittal confirming receipt <br />of your interest in the proposal. Submittals received after February 5, 2021 will be disregarded. <br />The County reserves the right to reject one or more submittals. <br />SELECTION PROCESS AND PROPOSED SCHEDULE: <br />Kittitas County selection will be based (District by District) on the firm's ability to provide sufficient snow removal <br />equipment with provided operator, the combined equipment and operator hourly rate, the ability in providing primary and <br />secondary route service (minimally must commit to providing primary route service), the probable response time following <br />a "call out" from Public Works management staff. Public Works anticipates making awards for service by February 16, <br />2021. <br />Kittitas County, in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. §§ <br />2000d to 2000d-4) and the Regulations, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that any contract entered <br />into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises and airport concession disadvantaged business <br />enterprises will be afforded full and fair opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be <br />discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, or national origin in consideration for an award. <br />The above noted schedule is tentative and may be changed based on the number of proposals submitted. Proposals will be <br />evaluated immediately with final selection targeted for mid-February 2021. <br />AGREEMENT OF SERVICES: <br />file:///C:/TJsers/Candie.leader/Downloads/newspaper-text°/`20(2).html 1/14/2021 <br />