SONOMA
COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS
SANTA
ROSA, CALIFORNIA
NOTICE TO
CONTRACTORS
FOR CONSTRUCTION OF
CENTRAL
LANDFILL SITE
EAST CANYON EXPANSION
PHASE IV
COUNTY PROJECT NO. W06887 (aka
W06988)
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
18, 2003 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
Counsel's Office 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 15, 2003.
General
Work Description: The work to be done consists, in general, of
constructing the next phase of the Central Landfill East
Canyon Expansion, Phase IV. The work will include earth work, hard rock
drilling and blasting, expansion of geosynthetic liner
system, leachate collection system piping, drainage
improvements, roadways, placement of sacrificial liner,
and erosion control.
There
is a mandatory pre-bid meeting scheduled for this project
on May 28, 2003 at 10:00 a.m. at Landfill Operations Administration Building, 500
Mecham Road, Petaluma, CA. Attendance is mandatory to bid on this project. The pre-bid meeting will be held by representatives
from the Transportation and Public Works Department. Bidders not attending this mandatory meeting will
not be eligible to bid on the project.
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 non-refundable printing service
charge in the following amounts:
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 should be directed to Randy Forbes at the
Department of Transportation and Public Works, Central
Landfill office, phone: (707) 565-7948.
Each bid must be accompanied by a satisfactory bond
executed by an admitted surety insurer authorized to
transact business in the state or a certified check or
cashier's check issued by a responsible bank, made
payable to the order of the County of Sonoma in an
amount not less than ten percent (10%) of the total sum
of all items of the bid as a guarantee that the bidder
will enter into the proposed contract and provide the
required bonds within five (5) calendar days after the
contract has been awarded, should the same be awarded to
him.
The
successful bidder shall furnish both a payment bond and
a performance bond for the full amount of the contract.
It is understood and agreed that in accordance with
California Public Contract Code §22300, contractor will
be allowed to substitute securities for money withheld
by County to ensure performance under this Agreement.
In accordance with California Public Contracts Code,
Sections 4100 to 4113, inclusive, each bidder shall
provide a list giving the name and location of place of
business of each subcontractor who will perform a
portion of the contract work in an amount in excess of
one-half of one percent of the total bid or $10,000,
whichever is greater. In each instance, the nature and
extent of the work to be sublet shall be described.
The
County of Sonoma hereby notifies all bidders that it
will affirmatively ensure that in any contract entered
into pursuant to ths 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 or other prohibited basis
in consideration for an award.
Liquidated
damages in the amount of Fifteen Hundred Dollars
($1,500) 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 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 Relations. 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 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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