Project # W06939

SONOMA COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS
SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
FOR CONSTRUCTION OF

CENTRAL DISPOSAL SITE BLOWER FLARE STATION PROJECT
COUNTY PROJECT NO. W06939

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 project shall include, in general, all work, materials, equipment, and incidentals necessary to furnish and construct a new blower flare station for the destruction of landfill gas from Sonoma County's Central Disposal Site at 500 Mecham Road, Petaluma, California, 94952. The project also includes (but is not limited to) limited site work and field and performance testing to provide a complete system ready for operation.

Bids will be received until the hour of 2:00 p.m., on May 21, May 28, 2008 (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 April 30, 2008, commencing at 10:00 a.m. in the Conference room of the Operations Headquarters Building, Central Disposal Site, 500 Mecham Road, Petaluma, CA 94952. The County has determined that, to prepare a proper bid, bidders should observe existing conditions.

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 ý12990.

Plans, specifications, and proposal forms for bidding this project can 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 of $60.00 for each copy, which includes full and half size plans, specifications, and proposal forms. 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 April 17, 2008

Technical questions should be directed to Keith Foszcz at the Department of Transportation and Public Works, Central Disposal Site at 500 Mecham Road, Petaluma, CA 94952, office phone (707) 565-7950.

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 ý22300, 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 to 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 to the contractor for each day the contractor fails to achieve a new operating landfill gas flare system beyond the 90-day allowance set forth in the contract documents. Liquidated damages in the amount of Five Hundred Dollars ($500) per day will be assessed to the contractor for each day the "Final Completion Date" is not met. 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: Bob Deis
County Clerk of the Board
of Supervisors of the County
of Sonoma, State of California