SLED Opportunity · CALIFORNIA · CITY OF CHICO
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City of Chico seeks contractors for the North Cedar Improvements public works project involving roadway reclamation, sidewalks, storm drains, paving, landscaping, and related infrastructure with a $2.15M estimate and 65 working days contract duration.
GENERAL WORK DESCRIPTION The work, in general, to be done under this contract consists of full depth reclamation of the roadway, new sidewalks, driveways, curb ramps, storm drain inlets and manholes, curb and gutter, relocating and rebuilding fences, installing HDPE conduit, landscaping and irrigation, hot mix asphalt paving and thermoplastic striping. FUNDING SOURCE This project is funded with a combination of Local and State funding. ENGINEER’S ESTIMATE The Engineer’s Estimate for this Contract is $2,150,000. CONTRACT TIME The Project has 65 Working Days. PREBID OUTREACH MEETING No prebid outreach meeting will be held. OBTAINING OR INSPECTING CONTRACT DOCUMENTS The Project Bid Book and Construction Plans may be obtained from the Public Purchase on-line bidding service. Registration is required to use the service. There is no charge to register or obtain bid documents in digital format. Log onto: https://chico.ca.us/Business-and-Development/Request-for-ProposalsQualifications or www.publicpurchase.com Once you have registered, search for the project title identified on the cover of this Bid Book. The Project Bid Book and Construction Plans may be available for viewing at a Contractor’s Exchange. Contact Exchanges directly to inquire about availability. All addenda notifications will be emailed to plan holders by Public Purchase. All questions and requests for information regarding the project must be submitted through Public Purchase on the project link. Responses to questions will be distributed to plan holders via Public Purchase. Questions and Requests for Information must be submitted five (5) business days prior to bid opening. The City reserves the right, but is not obligated, to respond to any or all bidder inquiries. The City may decline to respond to questions that are repetitive, previously addressed, not submitted in accordance with these Instructions to Bidders, not specific to the Contract Documents, speculative in nature, or that appear to be mass-generated or not tailored to the subject project. The City shall determine, in its sole discretion, the relevance and necessity of responding to any inquiry. Responses to bidder inquiries, unless incorporated into a formal written addendum to the Contract, are not a part of the Contract and are provided for the bidder’s convenience only. Only interpretations or corrections issued by formal written addendum shall be binding. Oral explanations or interpretations shall not be binding and shall not modify the Contract Documents. LICENSING REQUIREMENTS At the time the City awards the contract for this project, the Contractor shall possess either a Class A Contractor License or a combination of classes required by the categories and types of work included in this contract. This contract is subject to state contract nondiscrimination and compliance requirements pursuant to Government Code, Section 12990. CALIFORNIA PREVAILING WAGES REQUIREMENTS This project requires the payment of prevailing wage rates to be paid to members of each craft or classification performing work on this project. Pursuant to Section 1773 of the Labor Code, the general prevailing wage rates in the county, or counties, in which the work is to be done have been determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations. A copy of the California State minimum wage rates is not included in the Specifications advertised for Bid. They may be obtained online at: www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR/statistics_research.html The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) provides a toll-free “hotline” service to report bid rigging activities. Bid rigging activities can be reported Mondays through Fridays, between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, (800) 424-9071. Anyone with knowledge of possible bid rigging, bidder collusion, or other fraudulent activities should use the “hotline” to report these activities. The “hotline” is part of the DOT’s continuing effort to identify and investigate highway construction contract fraud and abuse and is operated under the direction of the DOT Inspector General. All information will be treated confidentially, and caller anonymity will be respected. REGISTRATION WITH DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS A contractor or subcontractor shall not be qualified to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, subject to the requirements of Section 4104 of the Public Contract Code or engage in the performance of any contract for public work, as defined in this chapter, unless currently registered and qualified to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5. It is not a violation of this section for an unregistered contractor to submit a bid that is authorized by Section 7029.1 of the Business and Professions Code or by Section 10164 or 20103.5 of the Public Contract Code, provided the contractor is registered to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5 at the time the contract is awarded. PAYMENT RETENTIONS; SUBSTITUTION OF SECURITIES Five Percent (5%) will be withheld from each progress payment made to the contractor for work performed and will be held until completion of the work, its acceptance and the expiration of the period provided by law for filing liens by laborers or materialmen. In accordance with the provisions of Section 22300 of the Public Contract Code of the State of California, securities may be substituted for the monies which the City withholds, or the Contractor may request that retention be paid to an escrow agent.
SLED stands for State, Local, and Education. These are solicitations issued by state governments, counties, cities, school districts, utilities, and higher education institutions — as opposed to federal agencies.
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