SONOMA COUNTY
DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS
SANTA
ROSA, CALIFORNIA
NOTICE
TO CONTRACTORS
FOR
CONSTRUCTION OF
FEDERAL
AID PROJECT NO. ER 3644(001)
RIVER
ROAD
VIADUCT
AT
EAGLE
NEST LANE
(COUNTY
ROAD NO. 8802B)
P.M.
11.47 TO 11.50
COUNTY
PROJECT NO. C00022
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 June 7, 2006, until the hour of 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.
General
Work Description: The work to be done consists, in
general, of constructing a 6.0-meter-wide by
46.748-meter-long viaduct with minor revisions to
profile and cross slope on the approach and contiguous
roadway.
Bidders are advised that, as required by federal law,
the state has established a statewide overall DBE goal.
This Agency federal-aid contract is considered to be
part of the statewide overall DBE goal. The Agency is
required to report to Caltrans on DBE participation for
all federal-aid contracts each year so that attainment
efforts may be evaluated. To provide assistance in
meeting the statewide goal, the Agency may include a DBE
Availability Advisory in this contract. Bidders need not
achieve the percentage stated in any DBE Availability
Advisory as a condition of award.
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 Class A license with a
Hazardous Substance Removal Certification.
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-size plan set
(specifications & proposal
forms included)
=$20.00 (including
sales tax)
full size plans (only) = $20.00 (including sales tax)
full size plans & half-size plan set = $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 Levi Gurule
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 One Thousand
Dollars ($1,000) 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
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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