Angela Webber//October 12, 2011//
The city of Portland has posted a request for bids for a general contractor to build the city’s new Emergency Coordination Center. Bids are due Nov. 15 and a mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held Oct. 19.
Construction costs for the 28,500-square-foot building are expected to be around $11 million. The -designed building will be constructed adjacent to the Portland Communication Center on Southeast 99th Avenue in Portland. It will be the new headquarters of the Portland Office of Emergency Management and the water bureau‘s emergency response and security teams. The ECC will serve as the city’s response hub in the event of a major natural or man-made disaster.
After contractors go through a pre-qualification process, the contract for the project will be awarded to the lowest bidder, according to bid documents.
The meeting is Oct. 19, 1: 30 p.m. at 1120 S.W. Fifth Ave., in Portland, second floor, room C.