SONOMA COUNTY
DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS
SANTA
ROSA, CALIFORNIA
NOTICE
TO CONTRACTORS
FOR
CONSTRUCTION OF
WEST
AVENUE IMPROVEMENTS
(COUNTY ROAD NO. 78061)
PHASE III
BETWEEN
HEARN
AVENUE AND LEO DRIVE
P.M. 10.00 TO P.M. 10.30
NET
LENGTH 0.48 KILOMETER
COUNTY
PROJECT NO. C01344
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 May 25, 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 the County
Counsel Conference 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 Director of
Transportation and Public Works for award.
General
Work Description: The
project consists of roadway reconstruction; installation
of new sidewalks, curb and gutter, and curb ramps; and
related drainage improvements.
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:
Package of half size plans,
specifications
and proposal forms = $20.00 (including
sales tax)
Full size plans (only) = $30.00 (including
sales tax)
Package of full size plans,
specifications and proposal
forms = $50.00 (including sales tax)
(includes one set of half size
plans)
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 John Leong 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 Six Hundred Dollars ($600) 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
Relaions. Bidders should contact the Department of Industrial Relations
at (415) 703-4774 for General Prevailing Wage Rates 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 wage
determinations, they may be required to pay the wage rate
of that craft or classification most closely related to it
as shown in the general determinations.
The
Board of Supervisors of 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
Measure M