SONOMA COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS
SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
FOR CONSTRUCTION OF
FEDERAL AID PROJECT STPLZ-5920(025)
SEISMIC RETROFITS
OF
LAGUNA DE SANTA ROSA BRIDGE (20C-052)
ON GUERNEVILLE ROAD
(COUNTY ROAD NO. 7807, P.M. 11.75
- 11.84)
AND
SOUTH FORK OF GUALALA RIVER BRIDGE (20C-240)
ON HAUSER BRIDGE ROAD
(COUNTY ROAD NO. 8103A, P.M. 8.76
- 8.78)
AND
HOUSE CREEK BRIDGE (20C-144)
ON STEWARTS POINT-SKAGGS SPRINGS ROAD
(COUNTY ROAD NO. 0001B, P.M. 23.59
- 23.61)
COUNTY PROJECT NOS. C01133, C01141,
C01138
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 April 19, 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 Sonoma
County Department of Transportation and Public Works
Meeting Room 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 May 21, 2002.
General Work
Description: The work to be done consists, in general,
of constructing earthquake upgrades for portions of the
following structures as shown on the plans.
Laguna de Santa Rosa Bridge on Guerneville Road (20C-052):
The Guerneville Road bridge over the Laguna de Santa Rosa is
located approximately five miles west of Santa Rosa, and
approximately 1.8 miles east of State Route 116. The bridge,
constructed in 1957, has nine spans and is 444 feet long and
32.5 feet wide. The bridge is a cast-in-place reinforced
concrete T-girder type with a concrete slab deck. Guerneville
Road in the project area is a two-lane high-speed major arterial
which connects U.S. Highway 101 at the east end with State Route
116 at the west end.
South Fork of Gualala River Bridge on Hauser Bridge
Road (20C-240): The Hauser Bridge Road bridge is a
three (3)-span structure over the south fork of the
Gualala River in northwestern Sonoma County. The
original bridge was constructed in 1947 and consisted of
a 19' girder span on the west side connected to a 100'
truss span over the river to the easterly abutment. The
truss span consists of twin prefabricated steel box
truss sections (probably U.S. Army surplus) with metal
decking. In 1954 a circular column of reinforced
concrete was constructed at the one-quarter point of the
100' span, thereby creating a three (3)-span bridge of
19', 25' and 75'. The bridge has a width of 12.5'.
House Creek Bridge on Stewarts Point-Skaggs Springs
Road (20C-144): The House Creek Bridge is a three
(3)-span bridge structure located on Stewarts
Point-Skaggs Springs Road 20.8 miles from State Highway
1. The structure is composed of an original T-girder
bridge 120 ft. long with a span configuration of 37',
50' and 31'. It was built in 1921 and widened in 1976.
The addition has a span configuration of 49', 50' and
49'. It is a continuous steel girder with cross bracing.
The width of the original bridge was 18.5' while that of
the addition is 16' resulting in a 34.5-foot wide bridge
deck
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:
**Note**: The amounts below are
revised from the original publishing of this
Notice. There was a clerical error in the pricing
of the plans and specs. Department of
Transportation and Public Works staff will notify
purchasers of the corrected amounts and charge
accordingly.
half size plans, specifications and proposal forms =
$30.00 (including sales tax)
full size plans (only) = $20.00 (including sales tax)
full size plans, specifications and proposal forms =
$50.00 (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 Jack Cunningham 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 Five Hundred Fifty Dollars ($550) 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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