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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Sealed bids for the construction of domestic water distribution system
»improvements for the City of Gladstone will be received by the Commu
rwty Development Division of Clackamas County until 3 00 p m
Thursday September 12. 1986
Bids shall tie addressed to Mr Chuck Robbins Community
ment Division
Marylhurst College O'Hara Hall
P 0
Marylhurst Oregon 97036 At 3 00 p m bids will tie opened
aloud in the conference room of the Community Development
O'Hara Hall Marylhurst. Oregon
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and read
Division.
The protect consists of construction of water distribution system im
provements with the following approximate quantities of mainlines
12' D I Mainline
8" D I Mainline
6 D I Mainline
3.200 Lineal Feet
2 . 0 0 Lineal Feet
2 400 Lineal Feet
An alternate bid is requested in the proposal for RVC pipeline materials
Plans and specifications are available at the offices of CURRAN
McLEOD. INC Consulting Engineers 7480 S W Hunziker Road. Suite
D . Tigard. Oregon 97223. telejibone 684 34 >8 A fifty dollar (9501 fee is
required with each application, half of which is refundable upon the
prompt return of the plans and specifications in good condition
(Cont. from Page If
Army veteran helps others
benefit from law he missed
Basically the law provides that anyone who leaves a job
to perform military duty has a right to return to the former
job," Sims said
Sims also pointed out that the former position must be
other than temporary, the returning veteran must have
received a certificate of satisfactory service such as an
honorable discharge, and must apply for reemployment
within 90 days of leaving the service
Sims oversees enforcement of VRR in the U S. Labor
Department's six state Chicago region The VRR program is
administered by the Labor Department's Veterans Employ
ment and Training Services (VETSI office
"Last year in this region," Sims said, 'we conducted
about 540 investigations, and while the law sounds fairly
straightforward and easily understood, it is one of the most
tested laws on the books."
Sm s explained that the law has been reviewed 18 times
by the U S Supreme Court, and nearly 900 court decisions
pertain to its application
Plans and specifications may be examined at the following locations
City Hall City of Gladstone. Gladstone OR
Clackamas County, Community Development Division. 0 Hara
Hall. Marylhurst OR
Northwest Plan Center. 901 S E Oak. Portland OR
Builders Exchange Cooperative 1125 S E Madison Portland. OR
Construction Data Plan C enter 925 N W 12th Portland OR
Bidders must tie prequahfied to bid on this project Bidders not currently
prequahfied t>y the Oregon Department of T ransportation may apply for
prequalification no later than ten 1101 days prior to the brd opening on
•forms available from the Oregon Department of Transportation
To be considered
brds must be completed on the bidding forms
provided, in the manner prescribed in the bidding documents,
submitted intact and accompanied by a 10% bid security in favor of
Clackamas County
Financial assistance for this project is provided by the United States
Department of Housing and Urban Development by a Community
Development Block Grant through Clackamas County. Oregon
Attention is directed to the Federal and State requirements regarding
Equal Employment Opportunity Davis Bacon wage rates H UD Section
3 requirements and ORS 279
Sims joined the federal government in I960 with the
Railroad Retirement Board, transferring to the Labor
Department in 1965 as a wage hour compliance specialist
A 1959 graduate of Lewis University in Lockport. Ill , Sims
saw his first VRR cases when he joined the Labor Manage
ment Services Administration in 1968 as an investigator
When responsibility for administering the program was
transferred to VETS in 1983, Sims was already running the
program in the region and transferred with it
■While my duties are more supervisory in nature now, I
still like to keep my hand in significant cases," he said "And
with the diversity of cases that w e pursue, the job always
stays fresh "
One reason for diversity is the scope of the law,
according to Sims "Not only are veterans entitled to
reemployment, but they must be treated in terms of
accrued benefits as if they never left employment," he said
This means that pension credits and payments must be
maintained, length of service type raises must be accrued
and seniority also accrues
The Clackamas County Board of County Commissioners reserves the
right to reject any or all bids and to waive aH informalities No bidder
Additionally, Sims said that reservists and national guard
members are also covered by the law bring an entirely new
set of questions.
"Time off work for military training is a particularly diffi
cult problem," Sims said, "and it appears we have a lot to
do in terms of educating employers in that area alone "
While Sims' efforts are devoted entirely to assisting veter
ans, he says his true commitment is to doing the job well
"It is more than a commitment to vete>ans," he said, "it is a
commitment to puople I intend to see to it that the law
protects the people for whom it was intended in the most
effective and efficient manner."
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