STONY POINT ROAD
(COUNTY ROAD NO. 5709)
AND
EAST NAPA STREET
(COUNTY ROAD NO. 5506)
OVERLAYS

COUNTY PROJECT NOS. CO2275, C00003

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 2, 2001, 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 (Room 117A) 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 June 5, 2001.

General Work Description: The work to be done consists, in general, of an asphalt concrete overlay and widening for a left-turn lane on Stony Point Road and an overlay on East Napa Street.

The Department of Transportation and Public Works has a 7% overall disadvantaged business 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, 575 Administration Drive, Room 117A, Santa Rosa, California 95403, upon payment of a nonrefundable printing service charge in the following amount:

half size plans, specifications, and proposal forms = $20.00 (including sales tax)
full size plans, specifications, and proposal forms =  $40.00 (including sales tax)
full scale plans (only)  = $20.00 (including sales tax)

Technical questions should be directed to Janice Thompson 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 Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250) 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 Sonoma County reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive and 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