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11129121, 4:35 PM RCW 36.32.235: Competitive bids—Purchasing department—Counties with a population of four hundred thousand or more—Pu...
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<br />Competitive bids—Purchasing department—Counties with a population of four
<br />hundred thousand or more—Public works procedures—Riverine and stormwater
<br />projects—Exceptions.
<br />(1) In each county which by resolution establishes a county purchasing department, the
<br />purchasing department shall enter into leases of personal property on a competitive basis and purchase
<br />all supplies, materials, and equipment on a competitive basis, for all departments of the county, as
<br />provided in this chapter and chapter 39."l� RCW, except that the county purchasing department is not
<br />required to make purchases that are paid from the county road fund or equipment rental and revolving
<br />fund.
<br />(2) As used in this section:
<br />(a) "Public works" has the same definition as in RCW
<br />(b) "Riverine project" means a project of construction, alteration, repair, replacement, or
<br />improvement other than ordinary maintenance, executed at the cost of the state or of any municipality, or
<br />which is by law a lien or charge on any property, carried out on a river or stream and its tributaries and
<br />associated floodplains, beds, banks, and waters for the purpose of improving aquatic habitat, improving
<br />water quality, restoring floodplain function, or providing flood protection.
<br />(c) "Stormwater project" means a project of construction, alteration, repair, replacement, or
<br />improvement other than ordinary maintenance, executed at the cost of the state or of any municipality, or
<br />which is by law a lien or charge on any property, carried out on a municipal separate storm sewer
<br />system, and any connections to the system, that is regulated under a state -issued national pollutant
<br />discharge elimination system general municipal stormwater permit for the purpose of improving control of
<br />stormwater runoff quantity and quality from developed land, safely conveying stormwater runoff, or
<br />reducing erosion or other water quality impacts caused by municipal separate storm sewer system
<br />discharges.
<br />(3) Except as otherwise specified in this chapter or in chapter W-.77 RCW, all counties subject to
<br />these provisions shall contract on a competitive basis for all public works after bids have been submitted
<br />to the county upon specifications therefor. Such specifications shall be in writing and shall be filed with
<br />the clerk of the county legislative authority for public inspection.
<br />(4) An advertisement shall be published in the county official newspaper stating the time and
<br />place where bids will be opened, the time after which bids will not be received, the character of the work
<br />to be done, the materials and equipment to be furnished, and that specifications therefor may be seen at
<br />the office of the clerk of the county legislative authority. An advertisement shall also be published in a
<br />legal newspaper of general circulation in or as near as possible to that part of the county in which such
<br />work is to be done. If the county official newspaper is a newspaper of general circulation covering at
<br />least forty percent of the residences in that part of the county in which such public works are to be done,
<br />then the publication of an advertisement of the applicable specifications in the county official newspaper
<br />is sufficient. Such advertisements shall be published at least once at least thirteen days prior to the last
<br />date upon which bids will be received.
<br />(5) The bids shall be in writing, may be in either hard copy or electronic form as specified by the
<br />county, shall be filed with the clerk, shall be opened and read in public at the time and place named
<br />therefor in the advertisements, and, after being opened, shall be filed for public inspection. No bid may
<br />be considered for public work unless it is accompanied by a bid deposit in the form of a surety bond,
<br />postal money order, cash, cashier's check, or certified check in an amount equal to five percent of the
<br />amount of the bid proposed.
<br />(6) The contract for the public work shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. Any or all
<br />bids may be rejected for good cause. The county legislative authority shall require from the successful
<br />bidder for such public work a contractor's bond in the amount and with the conditions imposed by law.
<br />https://app.leg.wa_gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=36.32.235 1114
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