SONOMA
COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS
SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA
NOTICE
TO CONTRACTORS
FEDERAL AID PROJECT
FOR
CONSTRUCTION OF
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROJECT
WEST AVENUE IMPROVEMENTS
(COUNTY ROAD NO. 78061)
PHASE II
BETWEEN
LEO DRIVE AND SANTA ROSA CITY LIMITS
P.M. 10.25 TO P.M. 10.54
NET LENGTH .47 KILOMETER
COUNTY PROJECT NO. C01345
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 30, 2002, 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
Administrator’s 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 Board of Supervisors for consideration at their
next regularly scheduled meeting, on or before July
23, 2002.
General
Work Description: This project consists of roadway widening,
reconstruction and overlay; installation of new
sidewalk, curb and gutter; and related drainage
improvements.
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 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 nonrefundable
printing service charge in the following amounts:
half
size plans, specifications and proposal forms = $20.00 (including sales tax)
full
size plans (only) =
$20.00 (including sales tax)
full
size plans, specifications and proposal forms
= $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 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 Eight Hundred Dollars ($800)
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
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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