Public Notice
Kittitas County, Ellensburg WA

Call for bids to be the official county newspaper

Kittitas County is accepting bid proposals from interested qualified legal newspapers to be the official county newspaper. Bids are due by 12:00 pm on March 25, 2013, at which time bids will no longer be accepted. Bids will be opened at the Commissioners Office 205 W. 5th Ave. Room 108 Ellensburg, WA on March 25, 2013 at 12:00 pm.

More information is online at http://www.co.kittitas.wa.us/notices/.

RCW 36.72.075 Official county newspaper.

At its first April meeting, the county legislative authority shall let a contract to a legal newspaper qualified under this section to serve as the official county newspaper for the term of one year beginning on the first day of July following. If there be at least one legal newspaper published in the county, the contract shall be let to a legal newspaper published in the county. If there be no legal newspaper published in the county, the county legislative authority shall let the contract to a legal newspaper published in an adjacent county and having general circulation in the county.

     When two or more legal newspapers are qualified under the provisions of this section to be the official county newspaper, the county auditor shall advertise, at least five weeks before the meeting at which the county legislative authority shall let the contract for the official county newspaper, for bid proposals to be submitted by interested qualified legal newspapers. Advertisement of the opportunity to bid shall be mailed to all qualified legal newspapers and shall be published once in the official county newspaper. The advertisement may designate the form which notices shall take, and may require that the successful bidder provide a bond for the correct and faithful performance of the contract.

     The county legislative authority shall let the contract to the best and lowest responsible bidder, giving consideration to the question of circulation in awarding the contract, with a view to giving publication of notices the widest publicity.

For more information, contact Commissioners

Submit bids to the Clerk of the Kittitas County Board of Commissioners, 205 W 5th AVE Suite 108, Ellensburg WA 98926.

The county legislative authority shall let the contract to the best and lowest responsible bidder, giving consideration to the question of circulation in awarding the contract, with a view to giving publication of notices the widest publicity.

Published:
Daily Record: 02/14/2013

Posted: 2/14/2013, Closes: 4/2/2013, 5:00 PM

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