Renovation of an educational facility in Wasco, California. Working plans call for the renovation of a educational facility.

Existing K-5 Elementary School. Single Story with several detached classroom buildings, Multipurpose Building, Administrative Building plus portable units. This project is anticipated to start on approximately 26 May 2022 and shall have a 65 calendar day performance period to complete the Work This is a prevailing wage project. Owner has ascertained the general prevailing rate of per diem wages in the locality in which this work is to be performed for each craft or type of worker needed to execute this contract. These rates are on file at Owner's office, and a copy may be obtained upon request, Contractor shall post a copy of these rates at the job site.All Projects Over $1,000 Are Subject to Prevailing Wage Monitoring and Enforcement by the Laborcommissioner..It shall be mandatory upon the contractor to whom the contract is awarded (Contractor), and upon any Subcontractor, to pay not less than the specified rates to all workers employed by them in the execution of the contract.4. A Payment Bond for contracts over $25,000 and a Performance Bond for all contracts shall be required prior to commencement of work. These bonds shall be in the amounts and form called for in the Contract Documents.5. Pursuant to the provisions of Public Contract Code Section 22300, Contractor may substitute certain securities for any funds withheld by Owner to ensure Contractor's performance under the contract. At the request and expense of Contractor, securities equivalent to any amount withheld shall be deposited, at the discretion of Owner, with either Owner or a state or federally chartered bank as the escrow agent, who shall then pay any funds otherwise subject to retention to Contractor. Upon satisfactory completion of the contract, the securities shall be returned to Contractor. Securities eligible for investment shall include those listed in Government Code Section 16430, bank and savings and loan certificates of deposit, interest bearing demand deposit accounts, standby letters of credit, or any other security mutually agreed to by Contractor and Owner. Contractor shall be the beneficial owner of any securities substituted for funds withheld and shall receive any interest on them. The Painting at Prueitt escrow agreement shall be in the form indicated in the Contract Documents. If alternate bids are called for, the contract will be awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder on the basis indicated below:The lowest bid shall be the lowest bid price on the base contract without consideration of the prices on the additive or deductive items. Each bid shall be accompanied by a bid security in cash, a certified or cashier's check, or bid bond in an amount not less than 10 percent of the total bid price payable to the Owner. The bid security shall be given as a guarantee that if awarded the contract the bidder will execute and return the Construction Agreement within 10 working days after award of the contract and will furnish on the prescribed forms a satisfactory Payment (labor and material) Bond and separate Performance Bond, in accordance with the Contract Documents and Civil Code Sections 9550 et seq., and certificates evidencing that the required insurance is in effect in the amounts set forth in the Contract Documents. In case of refusal or failure to timely execute the Construction Agreement and furnish the required bonds and insurance certificates, the bid security shall be forfeited to the Owner. If the bidder elects to furnish a bid bond as its bid security, the bidder shall use the bid bond form included in the Contract Documents, unless the Owner elects to waive the use of the form provided, in its sole discretion.