SONOMA COUNTY
DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS
SANTA
ROSA, CALIFORNIA
NOTICE
TO CONTRACTORS
FOR
CONSTRUCTION OF
SIGNALIZATION
OF
SANTA ROSA AVENUE
(COUNTY ROAD NO. 7802)
AT
EAST ROBLES AVENUE
(COUNTY ROAD NO. 68081)
COUNTY
PROJECT NO. C00020
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 October
13 October 20, 2005,
until the hour of 3:00 2:00 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 a predetermined
meeting room designated by the Sonoma County Department
of Transportation and Public Works 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 November 29, 2005.
General Work
Description: The
work to be done consists, in general, of installing a
traffic signal and widening the roadway to accommodate a
left-turn lane.
The
contractor shall possess a Class A license and Hazardous
Certificate 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 nonrefundable printing service
charge in the following amounts:
half
scale plans, specifications and proposal forms = $20.00
(including sales tax)
full
scale plans (only) = $20.00
(including sales tax)
full scale plans,
specifications and proposal forms = $40.00
(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 Lynn Wetjen 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, national origin or other prohibited basis 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 1770 and following of the Labor Code, the
general prevailing rate of wages has been determined by
the Director of the California Department of Industrial
Relations. Bidders
should contact the Department of Industrial Relations at
(415) 703-4774 for General Prevailing Wage on specific
job classifications. Future effective wage rates which have been predetermined are
on file with the California Department of Industrial
Relations and are referenced but not printed in the
General Prevailing Wage Rates. Bidders are advised that if they intend to use a craft or
classification not on file on the general
determinations, they may be required to pay the wage
rate of that craft of classification most closely
related to it as shown in the general determinations.
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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