Site work and paving for a road / highway in South San Francisco, California. Completed plans call for site work for a road / highway.

The work consists of removal of concrete and asphalt paving; excavation; concrete curbs and paving; asphalt grinding and paving; planting and irrigation; rectangular rapid flashing beacon; signing and striping and temporary traffic control located on Linden Avenue at Miller, Juniper and California Avenues and on Spruce Avenue at Lux, Park and Maples Avenues in South San Francisco, CA. A detailed scope of work is included in the bid documents. The Contractor shall be responsible to furnish all labor, material, tools, equipment, incidentals and services necessary to complete all the work. Bidders may submit pre-bid inquiries or clarification requests. Bidders are solely and exclusively responsible for submitting such inquiries or clarification requests not less than fourteen (14) calendar days prior to the scheduled closing date for the receipt of bid proposals. The City will not respond to any bidder inquiries or clarification requests, unless such inquiries or clarification requests are submitted timely to: Angel Torres, angel.torres@ssf.net. 5. Bids will be publicly opened, examined, and declared in accordance with item 1, and thereafter referred to the City Council for award, at a regular scheduled meeting, to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, based on the Total Base Bid Price. 6. The City reserves the right to reject any or all bids as the best interests of the City may dictate and, to the extent permitted by law, waive any informality or minor irregularity in any bid. If there is any reason for believing that collusion exists among the bidders, the City may reject any or all bids. 7. Cash, cashier's check or certified check, payable to the order of the City of South San Francisco, of not less ten percent (10%) of the bid or a bond in said amount, payable to the City of South San Francisco and signed by the bidder as well as a corporate surety, shall accompany the bid. The amount so posted shall be forfeited to said City if the bidder does not enter into a contract with the City within ten (10) calendar days after Notice of Award. The City of South San Francisco shall have the right to hold all bid bonds until award of the contract. However, the Finance Director may order the return of all bid bonds except that of the two (2) lowest bidders prior to the award. No Bidder may withdraw their bid for a period of ninety (90) calendar days from the date of opening of the bids for the purpose of reviewing the bids and investigating the qualifications of Bidders, prior to awarding of the contract. Any bid withdrawal before the expiration of such time period shall result in the forfeiture of Bidder's Bid Bond. In the event of a bid mistake resulting from a clerical error made by the Bidder, withdrawal of such bid without forfeiture of the Bid Bond may only be allowed if the criteria set forth in California Public Contracts Code Sec. 5103 are met and the procedures set forth therein are followed; any such approval by City of South San Francisco of bidders request to withdraw bid shall be at the sole discretion of the City of South San Francisco. 8. The City offers the following supplemental information for bidders: None 9. Pursuant to Section 1773 of the Labor Code, the general prevailing wage rates in San Mateo County have been determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations. Addenda to modify the Federal minimum wage rates, if necessary, will be issued to holders of proposal forms. Future effective general prevailing wage rates which have been predetermined and are on file with the California Department of Industrial Relations are referenced but not printed in the special provisions. The Project is a "public work" as defined in Labor Code 1720 et seq. If there is a difference between the minimum wage rates predetermined by the Secretary of Labor and the general prevailing wage rates determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations for similar classifications of labor, the Contractor and subcontractors shall pay not less than the higher wage rate. The City will not accept lower State wage rates not specifically included in the Federal minimum wage determinations. This includes "helper" (or other classifications based on hours of experience) or any other classification not appearing in the Federal wage determinations. Where Federal wage determinations do not contain the State wage rate determination otherwise available for use by the Contractor and subcontractors, the Contractor and subcontractors shall pay not less than the Federal minimum wage rate which most closely approximates the duties of the employees in question. If the Project requires the employment of workers in any apprentice craft or trade, once awarded, the Contractors or subcontractors must apply to the Joint Apprenticeship Council unless already covered by local apprenticeship standards (Labor Code 1777.5). 10. The Contractor shall possess Class A General Building Contractor license at the time this contract is awarded. Listed subcontractors shall also possess the required contractor's license for each specialty work specified and/or possess a Class A license. Attention is also directed to the provisions of Public Contract Code section 10164. The Contractor shall be properly licensed and in good standing at the time the contract is awarded. 11. Reference Standards for this project can be obtained from American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) and the California Building Codes. 12. This Contract will be subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the California Department of Industrial Relations, pursuant to Labor Code section 1771.4. Under California Labor Code section 1771.1, as amended by S.B. 854, a contractor may not bid, nor be listed as a subcontractor, for any bid proposal submitted for a public work unless the contractor and its subcontractors are registered and qualified to perform public work pursuant to section 1725.5 of the Labor Code. The Bidder and its Subcontractors must be registered and qualified to perform public work pursuant to section 1725.5 of the Labor Code, subject to limited legal exceptions under Labor Code section 1771.1. In accordance with the provisions of Section 1773.3 of the Labor Code, the City of South San Francisco will provide notice to the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) of the award of any public works contract subject to the requirements of Chapter 1 of the Labor Code, within five days of the award. The City has made a finding that the materials, products, things, or services identified above by specific brand or trade name are required for use in the Project and may not be substituted for "or equal" items, for the following purpose: In order to match other products in use on a particular City project either completed or in the course of completion. 15. This is a Federal Aid project. 16. The project is not on the National Highway System (NHS). 17. The City has established a DBE contract goal of 20%.