Merced Avenue Greenway Project

If there are any questions regarding this project, please contact in writing via e-mail: Okan Demirci, PE okan.demirci@transtech.org The Project includes, without limitation, furnishing all necessary labor, materials, equipment and other incidental and appurtenant work necessary to satisfactorily complete the Project, as more specifically described in the Contract Documents. This Work will be performed in strict conformance with the Contract Documents, permits from regulatory agencies with jurisdiction, and applicable regulations. The quantity of Work to be performed and materials to be furnished are approximations only, being given as a basis for the comparison of Bids. Actual quantities of Work to be performed may vary at the discretion of the City Engineer. OBTAINING BID DOCUMENTS. Copies of the Bidding and Contract Documents, Plans and Specifications can be obtained as follows: MODIFICATIONS AND ALTERNATIVE PROPOSALS: Unauthorized conditions, limitations or provisions attached to a proposal will render it informal and may cause its rejection. The complete proposal forms shall be without interlineations, alterations or erasures. All blank spaces in the proposal shall be properly filled. No oral, telegraphic or telephonic proposals or modifications will be considered. DISCREPANCIES IN PROPOSALS: In case of discrepancy between words and figures, the words shall prevail. If the amounts bid on individual items (if called for) do not in fact add up to the total amount shown by the bidder, the correctly added total of the individual items shall prevail over the total figure shown by the bidder if there is a discrepancy between these figures. The estimated quantities and amounts are for the purpose of comparison of bids only. DISQUALIFICATION OF BIDDERS: No person, firm or corporation shall be allowed to make, file or be interested in more than one bid for the same work, unless alternate bids are specifically called for. A person, firm or corporation that has submitted a subproposal to a bidder, or that has quoted prices of materials to a bidder, is not thereby disqualified from submitting a subproposal or quoting prices to other bidders or making a prime proposal. If there is a reason to believe that collusion exists among the bidders, all bids will be rejected. TIME OF COMPLETION. The Contractor shall complete all work within 300 working days of the issuance of the Notice to Proceed. PREVAILING WAGES. In accordance with Labor Code Section 1770 et seq the Project is a public work. The selected Bidder (Contractor) and any Subcontractors shall pay wages in accordance with the determination of the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) regarding the prevailing rate of per diem wages. Copies of those rates are on file with the Director of Public Works and are available to any interested party upon request. The Contractor shall post a copy of the DIR's determination of the prevailing rate of per diem wages at each job site. This Project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR. DBE: There is no mandatory DBE Participation requirement. All bidders are required to comply with all applicable competitive bidding and labor compliance laws including, but not limited to, active solicitation of subcontract bids from minorityowned businesses, womenowned businesses, and businesses owned by disabled veterans. The City hereby notifies all qualified bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that qualified minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, religion, or handicap in consideration for an award. Attention is directed to the provisions of Section 1777.5 (Chapter 1411, Statutes of 1968) and 1777.5 of the Labor Code concerning the employment of apprentices by the Contractor's or any such subcontractors under hire. The bidders and the selected Contractor shall not allow discrimination in employment practices on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, religion, or handicap. BONDS. Each Bid must be accompanied by a cash deposit, cashier's check, certified check or Bidder's Bond issued by a Surety insurer, made payable to the City and in an amount not less than ten percent (10%) of the total Bid submitted. Personal or company checks are not acceptable. Upon Contract award, the Contractor shall provide faithful performance and payment Bonds, each in a sum equal to the Contract Price. All Bonds must be issued by a California admitted Surety insurer using the forms set forth in the Contract Documents, or in any other form approved by the City Attorney. Failure to enter into the Contract with the City, including the submission of all required Bonds and insurance coverages, within fifteen (15) Days after the date of the mailing of written notice of contract award to the Bidder, shall subject the Bid security to forfeiture to the extent provided by law. LICENSES. Each Bidder shall possess a valid Class A Contractor's license issued by the California State Contractors License Board at the time of the Bid submission, unless this Project has any federal funding, in which case the successful Bidder must possess such a license at the time of Contract award. The successful Contractor must also possess a current City business license. RETENTION SUBSTITUTION. Five percent (5%) of any progress payment will be withheld as retention. In accordance with Public Contract Code Section 22300, and at the request and expense of the Contractor, securities equivalent to the amount withheld may be deposited with the City or with a State or federally chartered bank as escrow agent, which shall then pay such moneys to the Contractor. Upon satisfactory completion of the Project, the securities shall be returned to the Contractor. Alternatively, the Contractor may request that the City make payments of earned retentions directly to an escrow agent at the Contractor's expense. No such substitutions shall be accepted until all related documents are approved by the City Attorney. RETENTION OF RECORDS. Contract shall retain all records for 5 years. LIQUIDATED DAMAGES. Liquidated damages are $2,500 per calendar day. AWARD OF CONTRACT. The City reserves the right to reject any Bid or all Bids, and to waive any irregularities or informalities in any Bid or in the bidding.

Division 32 -	Exterior Improvements, Operation and Maintenance of Exterior Improvements.
Division 34 -	Transportation, Operation and Maintenance of Transportation.