NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Okanogan County Electric Cooperative (OCEC), an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, is seeking an expereinced, qualified firm to contract for combined design, engineering, and construction of the "Okanogan County Connect" fiber to the home project funded by the Washington State Broadband Office. This project is (funded/partiall funded), by federal award number CPFFN0145 (ARPA Capital) awarded to Washington State Broad Band Office by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Per the gran program, OCEC will use funds to construct an aerial & underground fiber optic system. OCEC requests firms who are licenses in the State of Washington to conduct business, to provide qualifications for design, engineering, permitting, outside plant construction prints, and complete construction services. Small, minority, and women owned firms are encouraged to submit bids. All work performed on this project will be subject to state prevailing wage requirements.

Bids will be opened at 2:15 PST, June 6th, 2024, at 93 Chewuch Rd. Winthrop, WA 98862. The firms should supply qualifications for all services requested in the RFP and incomplete bids will be rejected. A five percent (5%) bid guarantee is required in the form of a cashier’s check, money order, or surety bond as per RCW 35.23.352. The above outlined RFP may be obtained on the OCEC website Okanogan County Electric Co-op (ocec.coop) under bidding opportunities https://ocec.coop/broadband/ , or from Adam Glenn, email aglenn@ocec.coop or by questions phone at 509-996-2228.