Site work for a water / sewer project in Ventura, California. Completed plans call for site work for a water / sewer project.

For Oxnard Plain Aquifer Monitoring Well For Oxnard Plain Aquifer-Monitoring Well Project which consists of construction of three monitoring wells in various depth clustered in a single column and as stated in Specification No. 2021- 020. Each bid shall be accompanied by a certified or cashier's check payable to the order of the City, or by a bid bond executed by a corporate surety authorized to do business in the State of California in the sum of not less than 10% of the total amount of the bid, as a guarantee that the bidder will enter into the proposed contract if it be awarded him. Bid documents shall be enclosed in an envelope which shall be sealed and clearly labeled with the project title, name of bidder, and date and time of bid opening in order to guard against premature opening of the bid. The bidder to whom the contract is awarded by the City shall execute the contract and furnish a surety bond in the amount of 100% of the contract price guaranteeing the faithful performance of the contract and it shall remain in force for a period of one year after final acceptance. An additional bond for 100% of the contract price shall be furnished to secure the payment of claims for labor and materials furnished for the work. Project consists of construction of three monitoring wells in various depth clustered in a single column and as stated in Specification No. 2021-020. This project is subject to prevailing wage compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. No contractor or subcontractor may be listed on the bid proposal unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations, pursuant to Labor Code Section 1725.5. No bid will be accepted from a Contractor without proof of the Contractor's and subcontractor's current registration. The contractor to whom the contract is awarded shall assist in locating, qualifying, hiring and increasing the skills of minority group employees and applicants for employment, as set forth in Executive Order 11246 and 11375. All bids are to be compared on the basis of the Engineer's estimate of the quantities of work to be done. No bid will be accepted from a contractor who is not licensed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 9, Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code. Contractor's license classification required for this project is Class "C-57". A bidder will be considered "experienced" and responsible if the prime contractor (bidder) meets the licensing requirements and has been in business for at least five (5) years (either current business name or if the proposed project manager for the bidder has applicable experience with others) providing general construction projects, including successfully completing a minimum of four previous projects similar in scope and scale to this project. The four similar projects shall each specifically include providing comparable well drilling by either conventional direct circulation or reverse circulation rotary drilling method using a bentonite-based drilling fluid and reaming to a depth of at least 750 feet and installing at least 18-inch casing and each of the wells are currently in use. Each project used as reference shall include the agency or client name and phone number of the project engineer. The City WILL reject any bid not meeting all of these qualification requirements. The bidder (General Contractor) must perform contract work amounting to at least 50 percent of the Contract Price not including costs associated with the following designated specialty items in accordance with Section 3-2 of the Standard Specification for Public Work Construction, 2018 edition: None Pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 3400(b), the City has made a finding that designates certain materials, products, things or services by specific brand or trade name for statutorily enumerated purposes. As required by Section 3400(b), the City has made such findings as further described in Section 4-1.6 of the Special Provisions to the Standard Specifications. The materials, products, things, or services specified by brand or trade names that must be used for the Project are listed in various sections of the Technical Specifications. Pursuant to 3400, City's allowance or acceptance of a substitution for an "equal" item is not applicable where indicated in the specifications in order to match other products in use on a particular public improvement either completed or in the course of completion. The City reserves the right to retain all bids for a period of 60 days for examination and comparison, and to delete any portion of the work from the contract. The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any informality in such bids. Pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 7201, five percent (5%) will be deducted from each progress payment and retained by the City and the remainder less the amount of all previous payments will be paid to the Contractor. Pursuant to Public Contracts Code ("PCC") 22300, the Contractor may substitute securities for retention monies held by the City or request that the City place such monies into an escrow account. The Contractor is notified, pursuant to PCC 22300, any such election will be at the Contractor's own expense and will include costs incurred by the City to accommodate the Contractor's request. City and Contractor agree to utilize the approved as to form escrow agreement prepared by the City which is substantially similar to the form within the PCC. A copy may be examined if requested. Contact Chris Dejarme, Project Engineer at CDejarme@CityofVentura.ca.gov for technical questions, Pam Baumgardner at (805) 329-1966 for administrative questions, or CyberCopyUSA.com to request plans and specificiations.