Site work for a municipal facility in Santa Clarita, California. Completed plans call for site work for a municipal facility.

**As of August 19, 2021, project was awarded to Mariposa Landscapes, Inc. for $107,408.40. The Project includes, without limitation, furnishing all necessary labor, materials, equipment and other incidental and appurtenant work necessary to satisfactorily complete the Work as more specifically described in the Contract Documents. The work will be performed in strict conformance with the Contract Documents, permits from regulatory agencies with jurisdiction and applicable regulations, and includes landscaping as outlined in Exhibit A of the Project Manual. CONTRACTOR LICENSE: To bid on this Project, the Bidder is required to be registered as a public works contractor with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to the Labor Code and must possess one or more of the following State of California contractors' license(s): C-27. The Bidder's license(s) must remain active and in good standing throughout the term of the Contract. Each bidder is solely responsible for timely submission of its bid; the District is not responsible for any technological issues in a bidder's ability to timely submit its bid or portion thereof. Bidders must submit with their Bids a legible photocopy of (i) a cashier's check or (ii) a certified check payable to District, or (iii) a bid bond by an admitted surety insurer. Bidder must deposit the original of the bid bond, cashier's check, or certified check in the mail on the same day as the bid opening. The District reserves the right to verify the genuineness of any bid security. Any bid that is submitted after this time shall be nonresponsive. Any claim by a bidder of error in its bid must be made in compliance with section 5100 et seq. of the Public Contract Code. All bids shall be on the form provided by the District. Each bid must conform and be responsive to all pertinent Contract Documents, including, but not limited to, the Instructions to Bidders. PREQUALIFICATIONS: Pursuant to Public Contract Code section 20111.5, only prequalified bidders will be eligible to submit a bid for this Project. Any bid submitted by a bidder who is not prequalified shall be non-responsive. The Instructions to Bidders describes the prequalification requirement in more detail. Contractors are to prequalify through Quality Bidders. The District must receive a contractor's completed prequalification approval through Quality Bidders, fifteen (15) days prior to bid opening date. REQUESTS FOR CLARIFICATION: If any error, omission, ambiguity, or conflict in the Plans or Specifications is discovered, Contractor is required to notify the District Representative (Peter Gaytan, Facilities Maintenance Manager, pgaytan@saugususd.org) for written clarification such that it is received no later than Thursday, July 15, 2021. Indicate the Project and Bid number in your request for clarification. Contractors are directed to not contact any other person with inquiries regarding this bid. AWARD: The District shall award the Contract, if it awards it at all, to the lowest responsive responsible bidder based. BID ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION: The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids and/or waive any irregularity in any bid received. If the District awards the Contract, the security of unsuccessful bidder(s) shall be returned within sixty (60) days from the time the award is made. Unless otherwise required by law, no bidder may withdraw its bid for ninety (90) days after the date of the bid opening. LIQUIDATED DAMAGES: Liquidated damages shall accrue in the amount of $100.00 assessment for each day that Work remains incomplete beyond the Project completion deadline specified in the Contract Documents. REQUIRED FORMS FOR BIDDING: Other forms will be required prior to bidding and/or prior to Award as further described in the Instructions to Bidders. DVBE: The successful bidder will be required to certify that it either meets the Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise ("DVBE") goal of three percent (3%) participation or made a good faith effort to solicit DVBE participation in this Contract if it is awarded the Contract for the Work. BONDS: A bid bond by an admitted surety insurer on the form provided by the District, cash, or a cashier's check or a certified check, drawn to the order of the Saugus Union School District, in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the total bid price, shall accompany the Bid Form and Proposal, as a guarantee that the Bidder will, within seven (7) calendar days after the date of the Notice of Award, enter into a contract with the District for the performance of the services as stipulated in the bid. The successful Bidder shall also be required to furnish a 100% Performance Bond and a 100% Payment Bond, Builder's Risk Insurance if it is awarded the contract for the Work. SECURITIES: The successful Bidder may substitute securities for any monies withheld by the District to ensure performance under the Contract, in accordance with the provisions of section 22300 of the Public Contract Code. COVID-19: The Contractor and all Subcontractors under the Contractor shall comply with applicable federal, State, and local requirements relating to COVID-19 or other public health emergency/epidemic/pandemic including, if required, preparing, posting, and implementing a Social Distancing Protocol