Maple Beach sea wall repair put out for bids again

The county has put out the Maple Beach seawall repair project for bids for the fourth time after having received just one bid in the third round and none in the first two tries. According to James Lee, Whatcom County’s bridge and hydraulics manager, the sole bid submitted by Tiger Construction in the amount of $61,300 was rejected due to it exceeding $40,000. County engineers had estimated the job would cost $32,000 and would require four cubic yards of cement. The bid period ends on Tuesday, June 14 at 2:30 p.m.

Local contractors are invited to respond to the county by submitting all bid- and project-related questions to Kevin Thompson (kthompso@co.whatcom.wa.us) and James Lee ( jlee@co.whatcom.wa.us). The project was advertised in the Bellingham Herald, the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce and OMWBE on June 1 and 8.

Interestingly, the engineer’s estimate range for the bid process is now $45,000 – $60,000, just $1,300 below Tiger Construction’s rejected bid. To learn more, go to bit.ly/3xlGy6q. The wall was damaged as a result of a fatal, one-car accident on June 1, 2021.