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REQUEST FOR BIDS
MWH CONSTRUCTORS
PORTLAND WATER BUREAU’S
CORROSION CONTROL
IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT
Bids due 2:00 pm, 9/25/20
MWH Constructors is soliciting subcontractors, via the price-
based selection method, for the following bid packages: S-10
Tensile Membrane Structure; S-15A Instrumentation and Controls;
S-17 Process Piping; S-18 Horizontal Directional Drilling; and S-23
Fire Protection. If interested, please contact Ben McGeachy at
ben.mcgeachy@mwhconstructors.com
REQUEST FOR BIDS
MWH CONSTRUCTORS
PORTLAND WATER BUREAU’S
CORROSION CONTROL
IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT
Bids due 2:00 pm, 9/25/20
MWH Constructors is soliciting subcontractors, via the best-value
selection method, for the following bid packages: S-04 utility water
pump station concrete; S-05 site concrete; S-14 HVAC, and
S-15 Electrical. If interested, please contact Ben McGeachy at
ben.mcgeachy@mwhconstructors.com
SUB BIDS REQUESTED
OJD – Supreme Court Building Interior Modernization
Salem, OR
Bid Package: #1
All Work
Pre-Bid Meeting: September 3rd, 9:00am
Bids Due:
September 22nd, 2:00pm
Bid Documents: www.hoffmancorp.com/trade-partners/
and The Black United Fund.
Individuals and families will be
eligible for cash grants of $1,000 to
$3,000 with higher amounts going
to for Black businesses and Black-
led nonprofits, officials said.
Applicants must demonstrate
economic harm caused by the pan-
demic and prove residency in the
state. Due to the expected high
volume, it will take a few weeks
after submission for applicants to
receive funding notifications. The
monies will be disbursed in three
application periods with the final
allocation finished by Dec. 30, of-
ficial said.
“This is a historic first step
to address the disparities facing
Black Oregonians in the face of
COVID-19,” says Rep. Akasha
Lawrence Spence (D-Portland)
and member of the Council of
Trust. “Oregon has underinvest-
ed in its Black citizens for far too
long. From this moment forward,
our state must commit to continued
investment in the health and eco-
nomic well-being of our commu-
nities throughout this pandemic,
in the recovery efforts, and for as
long as it takes to finally close the
inequities that have crippled Black
Oregonians for generations.”
Even before COVID-19, twice
Hoffman is an equal opportunity employer and requests sub-bids from
all interested firms including disadvantaged, minority, women, disabled
veterans and emerging small business enterprises
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REQUEST FOR BIDS
2020-10 Invitation to Bid for Drive Train Parts
according to data from the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York.
In one survey of 500 Black and
Latinx business owners, done by
Color of Change, only 8% of Black
small businesses received the full
federal assistance they requested.
Despite a traditional lack of in-
vestment from banks, Black Orego-
nians are becoming entrepreneurs
in ever-increasing numbers. The
number of Black-owned businesses
still grew by 25% in Oregon from
2007 to 2012, according to the
Small Business Administration.
“Especially right now, Black
business leaders face an uphill
battle. But we know with targeted
investment, this community has
incredible resiliency and creativi-
ty. This relief fund will help Black
businesses weather the economic
storm caused by the virus,” said
Stephen Green, entrepreneur and
member of the Council of Trust.
Officials said the Oregon Cares
Fund highlights the strength of a di-
verse leadership coalition aligned
on behalf of the Black communi-
ty’s interests. This investment was
championed in the legislature by
Rep. Akasha Lawrence Spence and
Rep. Janelle Bynum, Black leaders
across the state, and thousands of
Oregon constituents.
For more information or to ap-
ply, visit theoregoncaresfund.org.
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805 SW Broadway, Suite 2100, Portland, OR 97205
Phone (503) 221-8811 • Bid Fax (503) 221-8888
BIDS@hoffmancorp.com
as many Black Oregonians were
living in poverty than white Ore-
gonians. The global pandemic has
widened and exacerbated the long-
standing inequities that existed be-
fore the virus, hitting Black Amer-
icans harder than whites in terms
of job and wage loss, the amount
of financial reserves on hand and
the ability to pay monthly bills.
According to state data, in the past
two months approximately four
times as many Black Oregonians
have contracted COVID-19 than
white Oregonians.
“This is a wonderful, deserved,
and appropriate step to address
the harm caused by COVID-19 on
the Black community,” says Sha-
ron Gary-Smith, former executive
director of the MRG Foundation
and member of the Council of
Trust. “Black Oregonians have had
monumental losses in spirit, hope,
community, and resources due to
centuries of racial injustice and
discrimination.”
The Black business communi-
ty is less likely to have access to
loans and traditional capital and
has also received proportionally
less COVID-19 federal aid.
Nationally, twice as many
Black-owned businesses have
closed since the start of the pan-
demic compared to small business-
es overall -- 41% compared to 22%,
ues to be a significant threat in our
communities, and we’re not close
to keeping the infection rate at a
level we’d need to reopen schools
across Oregon,” Sidelinger said.
In June, Gov. Brown issued
an executive order that allowed
in-person learning at public and
private K-12 schools only if it
they met guidance issued by the
Oregon Health Authority and Ore-
gon Department of Education.
One of the guidelines requires
both a statewide and a coun-
ty-wide testing positivity rate of
5% or less, as well as 10 or fewer
new cases for every 100,000 peo-
ple in the county where the school
is located.
At the current case rate, Brown
said schools would not be able to
return for in-person learning until
April.
In order to speed up the return
of students to schools, Brown said
residents will have to strictly fol-
low current statewide mask man-
dates and gathering limitations.
If cases do not continue to
decrease and “at a rapid rate,”
Brown said she will have to con-
sider closing bars and restaurants
and implementing travel restric-
tions, which would include people
traveling to Oregon from out of
state quarantining for two weeks.
Brown said she has been reluc-
tant to order more businesses to
close because of the economic im-
pact. More than 500,000 people in
Oregon have filed unemployment
claims since the start of the pan-
demic.
Bid Date: September 21, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. on Monday
Clark County Public Transportation Benefit Area (dba C-TRAN)
has issued an Invitation to Bid (ITB) for Drive Train Parts. This
ITB may be found at https://www.c-tran.com/about-c tran/
business/procurement/bid-and-proposal-opportunities. Bids will
be accepted until 11:00 a.m. on Monday, September 21, 2020.
Homeschool Month at Oregon Garden
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of Salem, the Oregon Garden Oregon Forest Resource Institute.
announced September as Home-
Students and families who visit
school Month sponsored by the the garden during the month will
receive a packet of educational
activities that they can complete
while in the garden or at home.
This allows students and families
to visit on any day that works
with their schedule and stay so-
cially distant from other people
in the garden.
Pre-registration is not re-
quired. The Oregon Garden is
open daily from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Visit
OregonGarden.org or call 503-
874-8100 for more information.