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KITTITAS VALLEY EVENT CENTER <br />Home of the Kittitas County Fair and Ellensburg Rodeo <br />901 E. 7th Ave, Suite 1, Ellensburg, WA 98926 <br />EventCenter@co.kittitas.wa.us <br />Office (509) 962-7639 <br />Fax (509) 962-7010 <br /> <br />REQUEST FOR BID PROPOSALS <br /> <br />BID OPENING DATE: January 16, 2026 <br />TIME: 9:00 AM <br />LOCATION: EVENT CENTER DIRECTOR <br /> KITTITAS VALLEY EVENT CENTER <br /> 901 E 7th AVE, SUITE 1 <br /> ELLENSBURG, WA 98926 <br />BID TITLE: RODEO TIMED EVENT PENS <br />BID NO.: KVEC2026-01 <br />DEPARTMENT: Kittitas Valley Event Center <br /> <br />NOTICE TO ALL BIDDERS <br />You are hereby notified that it its Kittitas County’s intent to establish a standard of competition. <br />You are, therefore, encouraged to bid at variance with those specifications which you considered <br />immaterial to the overall operation and performance. Kittitas Valley Event Center (a department <br />of Kittitas County) reserves the right to include in their analysis of responsible bidder, the past <br />and/or anticipated performance of either the bidder or the product being bid. <br /> <br />RFP PURPOSE AND SPECIFICATIONS <br />The Kittitas Valley Event Center (hereby referred to as “KVEC”) is seeking qualified contractors <br />or vendors to design and install a new cattle pen area at the Ellensburg Rodeo Arena, as shown <br />on Attachment A prepared by ALSC Architects. The design will support timed event cattle <br />handling operations while accommodating the structural layout of the new grandstands and <br />existing arena infrastructure. <br /> <br />VENDOR CONTACTS <br />KVEC conducts its procurements to maximize competition and provide all vendors with an <br />opportunity to compete fairly. For any procurements over $50,000.00, all contacts and <br />correspondence with the Kittitas Valley Event Center after the Request for Proposals go out, <br />must be exclusively through a designated Contact Person, and no one else. <br /> <br />The designated contact for this procurement is Kady Porterfield, Event Center Director at (509) <br />962-7675 or email: kady.porterfield@co.kittitas.wa.us. Questions must be submitted by email at <br />the email address listed above. <br /> <br />Bidders, their agents, and representatives are directed not to contact or lobby other staff <br />members, management or members of the Board of County Commissioners of Kittitas County <br />regarding this RFP. Questions raised through the designated contact person and answers thereto <br />will be emailed to all known prospective bidders.