SONOMA COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS
SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
FOR CONSTRUCTION OF
STORM
DRAIN IMPROVEMENTS
FOR
CANYON THREE ROAD
IN RIO NIDO
(COUNTY ROAD NO. 80042)
COUNTY PROJECT NO. C00008
Sealed bids will
be received at the office of the Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors, Room 100A, 575 Administration Drive, Santa
Rosa, California 95403 on July 19, 2001, 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 Sonoma
County Department of Transportation and Public Works
Meeting Room (Room 117A) 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 before August 7,
2001.
General Work Description: A general description of work
to be performed for this project entails the supply and
installation of storm drain, water main, minor
structures and paving portions of Canyon Three and
Willow roads in Rio Nido.
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.
There is a
pre-bid meeting scheduled for this project on July 10,
2001, at 10:00 a.m. at the north end of the project on
Canyon Three Road. The pre-bid meeting will be
held by representatives from the Department of
Transportation and Public Works.
The contractor shall possess a 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, 575
Administration Drive, Room 117A, 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 Dave Dammuller 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 Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250) 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 will not 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 the state 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
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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