COUNTY PROJECTS NOS.
C00002, C01309, C00001
Sealed
bids will be received at the office of the Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors, Room 100A,575
Administration Drive, Santa Rosa, California95403 on May 9, 2002, until the hour of 3:00 p.m. (according to the wall clock in the reception
area of the office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors).They then will be transferred to the Human Resources
Department Conference Room A where they will be
publicly opened and read aloud by the Sonoma County Director of
Transportation and Public Works or his designee. Said bids will
be referred to the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors for
consideration at their next regularly scheduled meeting, on or
General
Work Description:The
work to be done, in general, consists of an asphalt concrete
overlay on Arnold Drive, Adobe Road and River Road; widening on
River Road; and constructing metal beam guard railing, including
but not limited to required steel support lagging and steel
posts.
The Department of Transportation and Public Works has a 7%
overall disadvantaged business enterprise participation goal.
This project is subject to the "Buy
America" provisions of the Surface Transportation
Assistance Act of 1982 as amended by the Intermodal
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.
The contractor shall possess a California Class A
license at the time of contract award.
Bids are required
for the entire work described herein. This contract is
subject to state contract nondiscrimination and
compliance requirements pursuant to Government Code
§12990.
Plans,
specifications, and proposal forms for bidding this
project can only be obtained at the Sonoma County
Department of Transportation and Public Works, 2300
County Center Drive, Suite B100, Santa Rosa, California
95403, upon payment of a non-refundable printing service
charge in the following amount:
half size plans, specifications, and proposal forms = $20.00 (including sales tax)
full size plans, specifications, and proposal forms = $40.00 (including sales tax)
full size plans (only) =
$20.00 (including
sales tax)
Checks shall be made payable to the County of Sonoma,
and shall be mailed or delivered in person to the
Department of Transportation and Public Works.
Technical
questions should be directed to Janice Thompson at the
Department of Transportation and Public Works, phone:
(707) 565-2231.
The successful
bidder shall furnish both a payment bond and a
performance bond for the full amount of the contract.
The County of
Sonoma hereby notifies all bidders that it will
affirmatively ensure that in any contract entered into
pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business
enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit
bids in response to this invitation and will not be
discriminated against on the grounds of race, color,
sex, or national origin in consideration for an award.
Liquidated
damages in the amount of Eight Hundred Fifteen Dollars
($815) will be assessed for each and every calendar
day's delay in finishing the work in excess of the
number of working days prescribed in the contract.
Pursuant
to Section 1773 and following of the Labor Code, the
general prevailing rate of wages in the county, or
counties, in which the work is to be done has been
determined by the Director of the California Department
of Industrial Relations. These wages are set forth in the General
Prevailing Wage Rates for this project, available at the
California Department of Industrial Relations' Internet
web site at http://www.dir.ca.gov.The Federal minimum wage rates for this project
as predetermined by the United States Secretary of Labor
are set forth in the books issued for bidding purposes
entitled "Proposal and Contract," and in
copies of this book that may be examined at the offices
described above where project plans, Special Provisions,
and proposal forms may be seen. Addenda to modify the Federal minimum wage rates,
if necessary, will be issued to holders of
"Proposal and Contract" books. Future effective general prevailing wage rates
which have been predetermined and are on file with the
California Department of Industrial Relations are
referenced but not printed in the general prevailing
wage rates.
Attention
is directed to the federal minimum wage rate
requirements in said books issued for bidding purposes
entitled "Proposal and Contract. "If there is a difference between the minimum wage
rates predetermined by the Secretary of Labor and the general
prevailing wage rates determined by the Director of the
California Department of Industrial Relations for similar classifications of labor, the contractor
and subcontractors shall pay not less than the higher wage rate. The
department willnot
accept lower state wage rates not specifically included
in the federal minimum wage determinations. This includes "helper" (or other
classifications based on hours
of experience) or any other classification not appearing
in the federal wage determinations. Where federal wage determinations do not contain
thestate
wage rate determination otherwise available for use by
the contractor and subcontractors, the contractor and
subcontractors shall pay not less than the federal
minimum wage rate which most closely approximates the
duties of the employees in question.
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, Telephone No. 1-800-424-9071.Anyone with knowledge of possible bid, 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.
The Board of Supervisors of the Sonoma County reserves
the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any
defect or irregularity in bidding.
BY ORDER OF THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF SONOMA COUNTY
By: Eeve T. Lewis
County Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of
the Board of Supervisors of the County of
Sonoma, State of California
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