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Everett to Reject Port Gardner Bids, Rebids Project to Meet Ecology Timeline

Everett City Council · September 18, 2025
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Summary

After contractor concerns, the City of Everett voted to reject all bids for the Port Gardner storage facility and reissue a clarified solicitation so the project can meet an agreed order deadline with the Washington Department of Ecology.

The Everett City Council voted Sept. 17 to reject all bids for the Port Gardner storage facility construction project and authorize a new, consolidated solicitation.

City staff told the council that extensive bidder questions and eight bid addenda revealed ambiguities in the supplemental responsibility criteria used to judge contractor qualifications. "It became clear that there were some ambiguities in our language for bidder qualifications," Tom Hood of Public Works said, adding that staff and outside counsel have redrafted and consolidated the…

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