SONOMA COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS
SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
FOR CONSTRUCTION OF
FEDERAL AID PROJECT STPLZ-5920(048)
REPLACE RIVERSIDE DRIVE
BRIDGE (20C-009) OVER SONOMA CREEK
COUNTY ROAD NO. 56015
P.M. 10.00 TO P.M. 10.12
COUNTY PROJECT NO. C01290
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 8, 2005, 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 Director of Transportation and Public
Works for award on or before July 12, 2005.
General Work Description: The work to be done consists, in
general, of demolishing an existing bridge and replacing
it with a new, wider bridge, including approach widening
and street improvements.
The Department of Transportation and Public Works
has a 4.0% overall disadvantaged business participation
goal.
This Federal Aid project has a goal of 4.0 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 California Class A license
and 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 non-refundable
printing service charge in the following amount:
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 shall be mailed
or faxed to Jack Cunningham at the Sonoma County
Department of Transportation and Public Works, 2300
County Center Drive, Suite B100, Santa Rosa, California
95403, FAX: (707) 565-2620. Responsibility
to confirm County possessing Bidder's written question
rests with the bidder.
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 Dollars ($500) 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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