SONOMA COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS
SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
FOR CONSTRUCTION OF
FEDERAL
AID PROJECT NO. STPLZ-5920(027)
SEISMIC RETROFIT
OF
RUSSIAN RIVER BRIDGE (20C-002)
ON
CROCKER ROAD
(COUNTY ROAD NO. 1001A, P.M. 34.81 - 34.91)
COUNTY
PROJECT NO. C01148
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 January
23, 2006 January 26, 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 bridge work to be done consists, in general,
of constructing earthquake upgrades for portions of the
structure Russian River Bridge (Bridge No. 20C-002) on
Crocker Road.
The
Department of Transportation and Public Works has a 5% overall disadvantaged business participation goal.
This
Federal Aid project has a goal of 5% percent disadvantaged business
participation.
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 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-size plan set (includes specifications and
proposal forms) = $30.00 (including
sales tax)
Full-size plans only = $20.00 (including sales tax)
Full-size plan set (includes full-size plans
& half-size plan set) = $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 faxed to Jack Cunningham at the
Department of Transportation and Public Works, FAX: (707) 565-2620. Only faxed requests will receive a response.
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 One Hundred
Dollars ($1,100) 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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