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Bid Openings

Submittals must be received by the City’s Procurement and Payables Division prior to 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time. Sealed submittals in response to a RFB will be opened Tuesday’s at 11:15 a.m. by a purchasing representative and read aloud during a public bid opening held at the Tacoma Public Utilities Administrative Building North, 3628 S. 35th Street, Tacoma, WA 98409, conference room M-1, located on the main floor. They will also be held virtually Tuesday’s at 11:15 a.m. If no bids are scheduled to open, public bid opening will not be held.

Attend via this link or call 1 (253) 215-8782, using Meeting ID # 884 0268 0573 and passcode 070737.

Our Bid Results page has preliminary and final bid results.

Forecasted 2022 and 2023 Public Works and Improvements Projects

Reviewing these forecasted opportunities can help firms prepare to form joint ventures and initiate contact with prime contractors and/or other subcontractors. 

Public Works Training Requirement

All bidders are required to complete training on prevailing wage and public works before bidding and/or performing work on public works projects. They must have completed the training or be exempt if they have completed three or more public works contracts and have had a valid business license in Washington for three or more years. The bidder must designate a person(s) to be trained on these requirements. See the Department of Labor and Industries website for further training information. Beginning July 1, 2019, this requirement will be added to the Bidder Responsibility criteria and failure to meet this required criteria could result in a determination of "not responsible" and the bidder not being awarded a public works contract. See RCW 39.04.359 and RCW 39.12.

 See instructions below

SAP Ariba-Hosted Solicitations

To receive notification from the City regarding potential addenda or other updates to the original solicitation document(s), prospective bidders and proposers must be invited to participate in the solicitation event.  Addenda will be posted to the content section of the solicitation event in SAP Ariba.

City of Tacoma Website Hosted Solicitations

To receive notification from the City regarding potential addenda or other updates to the original solicitation document(s), prospective bidders and proposers must register on the Bid Holders list for each solicitation of interest.

If you fail to register, you will not be notified of possible addenda or updates.  Bidders are ultimately responsible to investigate and acknowledge all issued project addenda information.

Register here for each solicitation of interest.

Click here to view a current Bid Holders List. Once the solicitation is completed, the list is not maintained and will not be used for notification of future opportunities.