SONOMA COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS
SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA
NOTICE
TO CONTRACTORS
FOR CONSTRUCTION OF
CENTRAL LANDFILL
LEACHATE AND COMPRESSED
LANDFILL GAS PIPELINE PROJECT
AKA
CENTRAL
DISPOSAL SITE
LEACHATE PIPELINE AND WATER LINE REPLACEMENT PROJECT
COUNTY
PROJECT NO. W06985
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.
General Work
Description: The work to
be done consists, in general, of constructing
approximately 24,000 linear feet of double-walled, high
density polyethylene (HDPE) pipeline between the Central
Disposal Site to the city of Rohnert Park sewage
transmission line at Rohnert Park Expressway and Stony
Point Road. Two
pump stations will be constructed at the Central
Disposal Site. Approximately 6,340 feet of existing 6-inch water line will
be replaced with an 8-inch HDPE pipe.
Bids will be
received until the hour of 3:00
p.m., on March 3, 2005 (according to the wall clock
in the reception area of the Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors), at which time they will be transferred to
the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors Caucus 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 held for up to
90 days.
A mandatory pre-bid site visit is scheduled for this project on February
14, 2005 commencing at 10:00
a.m. in the Conference Room at the
Department of Transportation and Public Works, 2300
County Center Drive, Room B100, Santa Rosa, CA 95403. The County has determined that, to prepare a
proper bid, bidders should observe existing conditions. Attendees will subsequently drive the pipeline
alignment, and visit the landfill to observe the
locations for the pump stations. Transportation will not be provided.
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 the 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 office of the Sonoma
County Department of Transportation and Public Works, 2300 County Center Drive, Suite B-100, Santa
Rosa, CA 95403, upon payment of a nonrefundable printing
service charge in the following amounts:
Half size plans,
specifications and proposal forms =
$30.00 (including
sales tax)
Full
scale plans only = $20.00 (including sales tax)
Full scale &
half size plans, specifications and proposal forms = $50.00 (including
sales tax)
Geotechnical report
for the project = $10.00 (including
sales tax)
which
amount shall not be refundable. 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, 2300
County Center Drive, Suite B-100, Santa Rosa, CA 95403. Availability
is expected to be February 9, 2005.
Technical
questions should be directed to Randy Forbes at the
Department of Transportation and Public Works, Central
Disposal Site at 500 Mecham Road, Petaluma, office phone
(707) 565-7948.
The
successful bidder shall furnish both a payment bond and
a performance bond for the full amount of the contract.
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.
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.
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.
Liquidated
damages in the amount of Fifteen Hundred Dollars
($1,500) per day will be assessed the contractor for
each day the "Substantial
Completion Date" is not met.
Liquidated damages in the amount of Fifteen
Hundred Dollars
($1,500) per day will be assessed the contractor for
each day the "Final Completion
Date" is not met.
Liquidated damages in the amount of Fifteen
Hundred Dollars
($1,500) per day will be assessed the contractor for
each day contractor fails to comply with Water
Pollution Control These measures of liquidated damages shall
apply cumulatively.
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 and are on file with the California Department of Industrial
Relations 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.
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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