NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
CITY OF ALBANY, OREGON
INVITATION TO BID
Category of Bid: Construction
Engineer’s Estimate: $600,000 to $700,000
Bids due at 2:00 p.m., (Pacific Time), Tuesday, March 31, 2026
The City of Albany hereby extends an invitation to submit bids for:
AR-26-01; RUNWAY 16-34 REHABILITATION AND REIL INSTALLATION, AIP Project No. 3-41-0001-
023-2026. Major elements of work for the project include but are not limited to include pavement
surface sealing, crack sealing, new pavement marking, and installation of Runway End Identifier Lights.
An optional pre-bid conference will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, March 18, 2026, at the Albany
Municipal Airport, 525 Aviation Way SE, Albany, OR 97322. Potential bidders are strongly encouraged to
attend the meeting to review the site conditions and ask project related questions. Contractors or their
representative should sign in on the attendance sheet.
Time is of the essence to acquire a qualified Contractor. Bids shall be submitted to Diane Murzynski in
the Finance Department, at procurement@albanyoregon.gov and received not later than 2:00 p.m., on
Tuesday, March 31, 2026, or any extension of the time made by addendum. Bids will be considered
time-stamped and received by the City when received in the procurement email inbox. The email subject
line must include the project number and name as follows: AR-26-01, RUNWAY 16-34
REHABILITATION AND REIL INSTALLATION, AIP Project No. 3-41-0001-023-2026. The body of the
email should plainly identify (1) the project name, (2) the bid opening time and date, (3) the bidder’s
name, and (4) the contractor’s license number (per ORS 701). Immediately following the filing deadline,
the bids will be opened and publicly read using a virtual hosted meeting,
https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/623409989. Interested parties may also dial in using their phones
(1-571-317-3122, access code 623-409-989). Bid totals will be posted on the City’s website at
https://albanyoregon.gov/bids.
Contract bid documents may be downloaded from the City of Albany website at
https://albanyoregon.gov/bids. It is imperative those who download the contract bid documents check
the website regularly for addenda, clarifications, and other pertinent notifications. All who are known by
the City of Albany to have received a complete set of the contract bid documents will receive notification
when additional items are posted. Please email contracts@albanyoregon.gov to be added to the Plan
Holder’s list.
Contract Documents may be examined at either the Office of the Engineer, Precision Approach
Engineering, Inc., 5125 SW Hout Street, Corvallis, OR 97333, or a printed set may be purchased from
Precision Approach Engineering for $75 by phoning (541) 754-0043. For project information concerning
the proposed work, please contact Geoff Vaughn, Precision Approach Engineering, Inc., (541) 231-6645,
or email gvaughn@preappinc.com and contracts@albanyoregon.gov. The last day for addenda will be
Thursday, March 26, 2026, at 12:00 p.m.
Each Bidder must have access to a current set of City of Albany Standard Construction Specifications which
can be found on the City’s website at https://albanyoregon.gov/standard-construction-specifications. All
questions will be addressed via an addendum to the solicitation documents and posted to the City
website.
This contract is for a public work subject to ORS 279C.800 to 279C.870 and the Davis-Bacon Act (40 U.S.C.
3141 et seq). The Bidder must agree that the requirements and conditions of employment be observed,
and minimum wage rates as established by the U.S. Secretary of Labor or the Oregon Bureau of Labor
and Industries, including any appropriate amendments. The Contractor shall pay the state or federal
prevailing wage rate, whichever is higher, and adhere to the most stringent requirements under this
contract.
The City’s contract contains a clause which incorporates by reference all of the provisions of ORS Chapter
279A-C which are applicable to public contracts. Bidders are expected to be familiar with these provisions
including, but not limited to, recent changes to ORS Chapter 279C.
No bid for a construction contract shall be received or considered by the City of Albany unless the Bidder
is registered with the Construction Contractors Board as required by ORS Chapter 701 or licensed by the
State Landscape Contractors Board as required by ORS 671.530.
A 10% bid bond, certified check, or cashier’s check must accompany each bid on all projects and must be
forfeited if the Bidder fails to enter into a Contract with the City of Albany within 10 days after the date
of the Notice of Award. A scanned copy of the bid bond must be submitted with the bid.
The proposed project is subject to the following additional regulations:
1. All labor on the project shall be paid no less than the minimum wage rates established by the U.S.
Secretary of Labor, or the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industry, whichever is higher.
2. Each Bidder must supply all the information required by the Bid Documents and Specifications.
3. The labor provisions, and wage rates are included in the Specifications and Bid Documents and are
available for inspection at the Office of the Engineer, Precision Approach Engineering, 5125 SW Hout
Street, Corvallis, OR 97333.
4. Each Bidder must complete, sign, and furnish with his/her bid all required forms contained in the Bid
Document.
5. A Contractor having 50 or more employees and his/her subcontractors having 50 or more employees
and who may be awarded a contract of $50,000 or more will be required to maintain an affirmative
action program, the standards for which are contained in the Specifications.
6. Where the bid of the apparent low responsible Bidder is in the amount of $1 million or more, the Bidder
and their known first-tier subcontracts, which will be awarded subcontracts of $1 million or more, will
be subject to full, onsite, preaward equal opportunity compliance reviews before the award of the
Contract for the purpose of determining whether the Bidder and his subcontractors are able to comply
with the provisions of the equal opportunity clause.
7. To be eligible for an award, each Bidder must comply with the affirmative action requirements which
are contained in the Specifications.
8. Women will be afforded equal opportunity in all areas of employment. However, the employment of
women shall not diminish the standards or requirements for the employment of minorities.
9. All solicitations, contracts, and subcontracts resulting from projects funded under the AIP must contain
the foreign trade restriction required by 49 CFR Part 30, Denial of Public Works Contracts to Suppliers
of Goods and Services of Countries that Deny Procurement Market Access to U.S. Contractors.
10. Bidders are not required to be licensed under ORS 468A.720 (concerning asbestos removal) to be
awarded this contract.
11. If this contract requires demolition, Contractor shall salvage or recycle construction and demolition
debris, if feasible and cost-effective. (ORS 279C.510).
12. The Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 provides that preference be given to steel
and manufactured products produced in the United States when funds are expended pursuant to a
grant issued under the Airport Improvement Program.
The City of Albany reserves the right to waive any irregularities or informalities in the bid or bidding
process, reject any bid or all bids not in compliance with all prescribed public bidding procedures and
requirements, may reject for good cause any or all bids upon a finding of the City that it is in the public
interest to do so, and to postpone the award of the Contract for a period of time which, however, shall
not extend beyond 120 days from the bid opening date.
This project will be partially funded with a grant from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Contractor must comply with 2 CFR §200 and Appendix II to Part 200 - Contract Provisions for Non-federal
Entity Contracts Under Federal Awards. The award of the contract is subject to the approval of the Federal
Aviation Administration and availability of Federal Funding.
Dated this 9th day of March 2026.
Diane M. Murzynski, CPPO, CPPB, NIGP-CPP
Contracts & Procurement Officer
PUBLISH: Daily Journal of Commerce on Monday, March 9, 2026
City of Albany Website on Monday, March 9, 2026
This page summarizes the opportunity, including an overview and a preview of the attached documents.