GENERAL
INFORMATION
A. Notice is hereby given that the
COUNTY
OF SONOMA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS
STATE
OF CALIFORNIA
will
accept bids for construction of:
PERIMETER
FENCING
AIP PROJECT NO. 3-06-0241-28
County
Job No. W09567
The
project location is the Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County
Airport. The
work consists of, in general, removal of approximately
1,200 linear feet of existing airport fencing; removal
of trees and other vegetation in the pathway of proposed
new fencing; installation of 14,400 feet of 8-foot chain
link fence, and 7.850 feet of field fence; installation
of 21 gates around the Airport perimeter; storm water
pollution prevention. Bidding Documents contain the full description of
the Work. County
Project W09567.
B. Sealed Bids will be received by the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, Room
100A, 575 Administration Drive, Santa Rosa, CA 95403,
until 2:00 p.m., as determined by the clock on the wall
of the office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors,
on June 29, 2005, at which time they 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 after evaluation by the
Department of Transportation and Public Works staff.
C. Contract documents may be examined at the office of the
Airport Manager, 2290 Airport Boulevard, Santa Rosa,
California 95403, telephone (707-565-7243.
D. Copies of contract documents may be obtained upon
application to County of Sonoma, Department of
Transportation, 2300 County Center Drive, B-100, Santa
Rosa, California, 95403, and upon payment of a
nonrefundable fee of $75.00. Only checks payable to County of Sonoma will be
accepted. No
cash is accepted.
TIME
OF AWARD:
The
contract, if it is to be awarded, will be awarded within
120 days from the date of the bid opening, unless the
County obtains the consent of the bidder to extend time
of award.
TIME
FOR COMPLETION:
All
contract work shall be completed within ninety (90)
calendar days from the date of a Notice to Proceed.
Liquidated
damages for this project have been set at Fifteen
Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) for each calendar day the
project exceeds the number of days allowed above.
BID
WITHDRAWAL:
No
bidder shall withdraw his bid for 120 days after
opening.
BID
BOND:
Bids
shall be accompanied by one of the following forms of
bidder's security: cashier's check, certified check, or
a bidder's bond executed by an admitted surety insurer authorized to transact
business in this state, made payable to the County of
Sonoma. The
security shall be in an amount equal to or at least ten
percent (10%)
of the amount of the base bid. A bid shall not be considered unless one of the
forms of bidder's security is enclosed with it. A bidder's bond will not be accepted unless it
has been properly filled out and executed by the surety
and by the bidder.
DISADVANTAGED
BUSINESS ENTERPRISES:
Disadvantaged
business enterprises (DBEs) as defined in 49. CFR Part
26 shall have the maximum opportunity to participate in
the performance of contracts financed in whole or in
part with federal funds under this agreement. Consequently, the DBE requirements of 49 CFR Part
26 apply to this agreement. However, the employment of women shall not
diminish the standards of requirements for the
employment of minorities. DBE goals for this project have been set at nine
percent (11%).
WAGE
RATES AND EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
Bidders
are hereby given notice that this project has both State
and Federal funding. The successful bidder shall comply with State
Prevailing Wage Laws and Federal Requirements identified
in this Notice and the contract documents. To the extent that there is a discrepancy between
the State and Federal requirements, bidder shall comply
with the highest dollar amount and/or the most stringent
requirement.
The
successful Bidder must comply with all prevailing wage
laws applicable to the Project, and related requirements
contained in the Contract Documents. Copies of general prevailing rates of per diem
wages for each craft, classification, or type of worker
needed to execute the Contract, as determined y the
Director of the State of California Department of
Industrial Relations, are on file at the Sonoma county
Department of Transportation and Public Works Main office and are deemed included in the Bidding
documents. Upon
request, County will make copies available to any
interested party. Contractor
shall post the applicable prevailing wage rates at this
site.
The
proposed contract is under and subject to Executive
Order 11246, as amended, of September 24, 1965, and to
the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Federal Labor
Provisions. All
labor on the project shall be paid no less than the
higher of either the prevailing state wage rates
established by the State of California, Director of the
Department of Industrial Relations, or the prevailing
federal wage rates established by the U.S. Secretary of
Labor.
The
EEO requirements, labor provisions, and wage rates are
included in the Specifications and Bid Documents and are
available for inspection at the Office of the airport
Manager, Sonoma County Airport, 2290 Airport Boulevard,
Santa Rosa, California 95403. Each bidder must complete, sign, and furnish with
his bid the "Bidder's Statement on Previous
Contracts Subject to EEO Clause," a
"Certification of Nonsegregated Facilities,"
and the "Assurance of Disadvantaged Business
Enterprises Participation," as contained in the Bid
Proposal.
To
be eligible for award, each bidder must comply with the
affirmative action requirements which are contained in
the Specifications. A contractor having 50 or more employees and his
subcontractors having 50 or more employees and who may
be awarded a contract of $50,000 or more will be
required to maintain an affirmative action program, the
standards for which are contained in the Specifications.
FOREIGN
TRADE RESTRICTIONS:
All
solicitations, contracts, and subcontracts resulting
from projects funded under this contract are subject to
the foreign trade restriction required by 49 CFR Part
30, Denial of Public Works Contracts to Suppliers of
Goods and Services of Countries That Deny Procurement
Market Access to U.S. Contractors. The Aviation Safety And Capacity Expansion Act of
1990 provides that preference be given to steel and
manufactured products produced in the United States when
funds are expended pursuant to a grant issued under the
Airport Improvement Program.
CONTRACTOR'S
LICENSE:
The
successful bidder must possess a State of California
Class A license at the time of contract award and
through completion of the Project. All contractors and subcontractors shall be
properly licensed by the Contractor's License Board and
possess the necessary license classification for the
work they perform under this project.
SUBSTITUTION
OF SECURITIES:
Owner
will permit successful Bidder to substitute securities
for retention monies withheld to ensure performance of
Contract, as set forth in Document 00680 (Escrow
Agreement for Security Deposits in Lieu of Retention),
in accordance with California Public Contract Code,
Section 22300. By this reference, Document 00680 (Escrow Agreement for
Security Deposits in Lieu of Retention) is incorporated
in full by this Notice.
OWNER'S
RIGHTS RESERVED:
The
County reserves the right to reject any and all bids and
waive any informalities or irregularities in the
bidding, and to delete or eliminate entirely any
separable unit price or lump sum item of the proposed
project.
INQUIRIES:
Further
information may be obtained by contacting the office of
Mead & Hunt, Inc. at (707) 526-5010, Lee B. Moen,
PE, Project Manager.
PRE-BID
WALK-THROUGH:
A
pre-bid conference and walk-through is scheduled for
9:00 a.m., June 8, 2005. The conference will be held in the Airport Fire
Station, 2200 Airport Boulevard. All prospective bidders are encouraged to attend. Representatives of the County and Mead & Hunt
will be present to discuss the project, receive
questions, and conduct a tour of the airport. At all other times, Contractor access onto the
Airport must be coordinated and supervised by the County
available on a limited basis. Contact the Airport Manager's office at (707)
524-7243 to schedule airfield visits.
SUBCONTRACTORS:
In
accordance with California Public Contracts Code Section
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 contract price. In each instance, the nature and extent of the
work to be sublet shall be described.
FUNDING:
Owner
advises potential Bidders that the Project is funded in
whole or part with grant funds through Federal
Transportation Administration Airfield Improvement
Program (AIP) grant project No. 3-06-0241-28.
STATEMENT
OF QUALIFICATIONS:
Each
bidder shall submit a Statement of Qualifications for
Construction Work in conformance with Document 00450.
BID
PREPARATION COST:
Bidders
are solely responsible for the cost of preparing their
bids.
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