Site work for a road / highway in Chiriaco Summit, California. Completed plans call for site work for a road / highway.

***As ofApril 5, 2019 this project has not yet been awarded. The project is expected to be awarded on April 17, 2019. Federal Project Number: HSIPL-5275(029) All Bids must be made on the form furnished by the City. Bids must remain valid and shall not be subject to withdrawal for sixty (60) Days after the Bid opening date. INCORPORATION OF STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS. The 2015 edition of "Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction" ("Standard Specifications") including the most recent supplement, as amended by the Contract Documents, is incorporated into the Contract Documents by reference. The Project includes, without limitation, furnishing all necessary labor, materials, equipment and other incidental and appurtenant Work necessary to satisfactorily complete the Project, as more specifically described in the Contract Documents. This Work will be performed in strict conformance with the Contract Documents, permits from regulatory agencies with jurisdiction, and applicable regulations. The quantity of Work to be performed and materials to be furnished are approximations only, being given as a basis for the comparison of Bids. Actual quantities of Work to be performed may vary at the discretion of the City Engineer. The work to be constructed hereunder is located along Monroe Street and at the intersection of Doctor Carreon Boulevard and Oasis Street. The existing traffic signals at the following locations will be upgraded with new controller equipment per the project plans and specifications. Comet Lane / Monroe Street Dr Carreon Boulevard / Monroe Street John Nobles Avenue / Monroe Street Avenida Del Mar / Monroe Street Requa Avenue / Monroe Street Miles Avenue / Monroe Street Hoover Avenue / Monroe Street Fred Waring Drive / Monroe Street Avenue 44 / Monroe Street Oleander Avenue / Monroe Street Fred Waring Drive / Indio Boulevard The traffic signal at the intersection of Doctor Carreon Boulevard and Oasis Street will be modified to include a protected left turn phase. The work will include replacing the mast arm, adding a new signal head, and upgrading the controller equipment per the project plans and specifications. A full set of drawings and specifications is available for inspection without charge at the office of the City Engineer, Engineering Department of the City of Indio, City Hall, 100 Civic Center Mall, Indio, California, 92201. The City must receive payment before the Contract Documents will be provided. Please contact Gloria Hernandez with the City of Indio to obtain bid packages at (442) 400-5209, or at ghernandez@indio.org. FACSIMILE NUMBER AND EMAIL ADDRESS. Bidders shall supply the City Engineer with a facsimile number and email address to facilitate transmission of Addenda and other information related to these Contract Documents. If the Addenda and other information are emailed, the City shall also send all documents by facsimile or U.S. Mail. Failure to provide such a facsimile number and email address may result in late notification. The City does not guarantee that it will provide any information by facsimile, email, or both. A Bidder shall be responsible for all Addenda regardless of whether Bidder received any such fax or email, and a Bidder shall have no recourse due to not receiving such facsimile, email or both. REGISTRATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS. In accordance with Labor Code Sections 1725.5 and 1771.1, no contractor or subcontractor shall be qualified to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, subject to the requirements of Section 4104 of the Public Contract Code, or engage in the performance of any contract for public work, unless currently registered and qualified to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5 [with limited exceptions for bid purposes only under Labor Code Section 1771.1(a)]. PREVAILING WAGES. In accordance with Labor Code Section 1770 et seq., the Project is a "public work." The selected Bidder (Contractor) and any Subcontractors shall pay wages in accordance with the determination of the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations ("DIR") regarding the prevailing rate of per diem wages. Copies of those rates are on file with the Director of Public Works, and are available to any interested party upon request. The Contractor shall post a copy of the DIR's determination of the prevailing rate of per diem wages at each job site. This Project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR. The project is partially funded with federal funds. As such, the Contractor and all Subcontractors shall comply with the Davis-Bacon Fair Labor Standards Act, 23 U.S.C. 113, and the implementation regulations, 29 C.F.R. Parts 1, 3, and 5, issued pursuant thereto and any amendments thereof. BONDS. Each Bid must be accompanied by a cash deposit, cashier's check, certified check or Bidder's Bond issued by a Surety insurer, made payable to the City and in an amount not less than ten percent (10%) of the total Bid submitted. Personal or company checks are not acceptable. Upon Contract award, the Contractor shall provide faithful performance and payment Bonds, each in a sum equal to the Contract Price. All Bonds must be issued by a California admitted Surety insurer using the forms set forth in the Contract Documents, or in any other form approved by the City Attorney. Failure to enter into the Contract with the City, including the submission of all required Bonds and insurance coverages, within fifteen (15) Days after the date of the mailing of written notice of contract award to the Bidder, shall subject the Bid security to forfeiture to the extent provided by law. LICENSES. Each Bidder shall possess a valid Class C-10 Contractor's license issued by the California State Contractors License Board at the time of the Bid submission, unless this Project has any federal funding, in which case the successful Bidder must possess such a license at the time of Contract award. The successful Contractor must also possess a current City business license. RETENTION SUBSTITUTION. Five percent (5%) of any progress payment will be withheld as retention. In accordance with Public Contract Code Section 22300, and at the request and expense of the Contractor, securities equivalent to the amount withheld may be deposited with the City or with a State or federally chartered bank as escrow agent, which shall then pay such moneys to the Contractor. Upon satisfactory completion of the Project, the securities shall be returned to the Contractor. Alternatively, the Contractor may request that the City make payments of earned retentions directly to an escrow agent at the Contractor's expense. No such substitutions shall be accepted until all related documents are approved by the City Attorney. TRADE NAMES OR EQUALS. Requests to substitute an equivalent item for a brand or trade name item must be made by written request submitted no later than ten (10) Calendar Days before the Bid submission deadline. Requests received after this time shall not be considered. Requests shall clearly describe the product for which approval is requested, including all data necessary to demonstrate acceptability. LIQUIDATED DAMAGES. Liquidated damages shall accrue in the amount of $2,500 for each Day that Work remains incomplete beyond the Project completion deadline specified in the Contract Documents. BIDDING PROCESS. The City reserves the right to reject any Bid or all Bids, and to waive any irregularities or informalities in any Bid or in the bidding, as deemed to be in its best interest. LABOR CODE. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1773 of the Labor Code of the State of California, the City has obtained the general provisions rate of per diem wages and the general prevailing rate for holiday and overtime work in this locality for each craft, classification or type of workman needed to execute the Contract from the State Director of the Department of Industrial Relations. These rates are on file with the Clerk of the City, and copies will be made available to any interested party on request. It shall be the responsibility of the prime Contractor to comply with all applicable sections of the Labor Code. Travel and subsistence payments to each workman needed to execute the work shall be made as such travel and subsistence payments are defined in the applicable collective bargaining agreements filed in accordance with Section 1773.8 of the Labor Code. The Contractor shall comply with the provisions of Section 1774 of the Labor Code. Failure to comply with the subject section will subject the Contractor to penalty and forfeiture provisions of Section 1775 of the Labor Code. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1770 of the Labor Code, the general prevailing rate of wages has been ascertained (which rate includes employer payments for health and welfare, vacation, pension and similar purposes) applicable to the work to be done, for straight time, overtime, Saturday, Sunday and holiday work. The holiday wage rate listed shall be applicable to all holidays recognized in the collective bargaining agreement of the particular craft, classification or type of workmen concerned. The City will not recognize any claim for additional compensation because of the payment by the Contractor of any wage rate in excess of the prevailing wage rate or the Federal Minimum Wage Rate (whichever is greater) as set forth in the Contract. The possibility of wage increases is one of the elements to be considered by the Contractor in determining his bid, and will not under any circumstances be considered as the basis of a claim against the City on the Contract. The Contractor and subcontractors shall comply with Section 1777.6 which stipulates that it shall be unlawful to refuse to accept otherwise qualified employees as registered apprentices solely on the grounds of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, or age, except as provided in Section 3077, of such employee. WORKER'S COMPENSATION CERTIFICATE. Section 3700 of the State Labor Code requires that every employer shall secure the payment compensation by either being insured against liability to pay compensation with one or more insurers or by securing a certificate of consent to self-insure from the State Director of Industrial Relations. In accordance with this section and with Section 1861 of the State Labor Code, the Contractor shall sign a Compensation Insurance Certificate which is included with the Contract Agreement, and submit same to City along with the other required Contract Documents, prior to performing any work. Reimbursement for this requirement shall be considered as included in the various items of work. CLAYTON ACT AND CARTWRIGHT ACT. In accordance with Section 7103 of the Public Contract Code and State Government Code 4551, in entering into a public works contract or a subcontract to supply goods, services or materials pursuant to a public works contract, the Contractor or subcontractor offers and agrees to assign to the awarding body all rights, and interest in and all causes of action it may have under Section 4 of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 15) or under the Cartwright Act (Chapter 2(commencing with Section 16700) of Part 2 of Division 7 of the Business and Professions Code), arising from purchases of goods, services, or materials pursuant to the public works contract or the subcontract. This assignment shall be made and become effective at the time the awarding body tenders final payment to the Contractor, without further acknowledgment by the parties. DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE (DBE). The City is implementing the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) DBE program applicable to all federally funded local transportation projects. The DBE contract goal for the Project is Three Percent (3%). BUY AMERICA. The Project is subject to the "Buy America" provisions, 23 USC 313, and regulations, 23 CFR 635.410, issued pursuant thereto.