Site work and paving for a mixed-use development in Long Beach, California. Completed plans call for site work for a road / highway; for paving for a road / highway; sidewalk / parking lot; and sidewalk / parking lot.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK: The Work to be done consists primarily of constructing portland cement concrete curbs, gutters, bus pads, and sidewalks/decorative sidewalks, replacing and overlaying asphalt concrete pavement, furnishing and installing pavement markers, markings, traffic signs, and traffic striping. Furnish and install traffic signal upgrades at various intersections and Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons. It also includes furnishing and installation of bus benches, and bus shelters. Bids are required for the entire Work. FEDERAL DAVIS BACON REQUIREMENTS: This federal-aid Work is subject to the requirements of the Davis Bacon Act.The contractor to whom the contract is awarded must comply with the Federal Wage Decision contained in Division E of the Specifications and all record keeping requirements of the Davis Bacon Act. CALIFORNIA WAGE RATE REQUIREMENTS: This project is a public work under Labor Code 1720 et seq. Pursuant to Division 2, Part 7, Chapter 1 of the Labor Code of the State of California, the Director of Public Works of the City by and on behalf of the City Council has obtained from the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations of the State of California the general prevailing rate of per diem wages, and the general prevailing rate of holiday and overtime work in the locality in which the public work is to be performed for each craft, classification or type of workers needed to perform the Work. This project will be subject the 2021-2 prevailing wage rate, as determined by the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations for the State of California. The Contractor to whom the Contract is awarded, and its subcontractors is directed to pay not less than the general rate of per diem wages for each craft, classification, or type of worker needed to execute the contract, where such rates are not less than the above-referenced Federal Davis Bacon wage rates. Contractor is required to post a copy of the determination of the director of the prevailing rate of per diem wages at each job site. Contractors are required to pay at least the California minimum wage for the basic hourly rate in all cases where the published prevailing wage rate is below the California minimum wage. Any and all employer payments required by the prevailing wage determinations must also be paid. If the California minimum wage is increased in the future to an amount above that shown in the prevailing wage determination, the basic hourly rate in that determination automatically increases to the new minimum wage. CONTRACTOR LICENSE: The Contractor shall possess a valid California Class A, General Engineering Contractor License at the time of contract award. The City may deem any Bidder who fails to possess the required license to be non-responsive. DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE (DBE) REQUIREMENTS: This Federal Aid project has a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) project goal of 16 percent. Bidders must meet this goal or show acceptable evidence of a good faith effort to do so. Bidders are cautioned that failure to either meet the goal or show acceptable good faith efforts will result in your bid being rejected as non-responsive. BID SECURITY: Bidders must scan and upload with their bid documents a certified check or bank draft payable to the City of Long Beach, drawn on a solvent bank in the United States of America, or a satisfactory bond in an amount not less than 10 percent of the Bid. The original of the above instrument shall be submitted to the City Clerk in a sealed envelope and must be received and time/date stamped by the City Clerk's Office no later than the time and date stated for receipt of bids. Bidders may proceed directly to Window 12 without pulling a service ticket. The bid security shall serve as a guarantee that the Bidder, if awarded the Contract, will execute and deliver to the City Engineer, within 15 calendar days after the date shown on the "Notice of Award, the following items: 1) The Contract for doing the work, and 2) A corporate surety bond in favor of the City of Long Beach in an amount not less than 100 percent of the Contract price for the faithful performance of the Contract, and 3) A corporate surety bond in an amount not less than 100 percent of the Contract price for the payment of all labor and material claims, and 4) Evidence of required insurance coverage. Failure to submit the items noted above when specified may result in the City, in its sole discretion, declaring the Bid Security forfeited and depositing same into the City Treasury. The City will retain the Bid security accompanying all Bids until it awards the Contract. The City will retain the Bid security submitted with the Bid of the Bidder to whom an award of Contract is made, and the Bid security of the next higher Bid, until the Contract between the Bidder to whom award of the Contract is made and the City has been executed. DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS (DIR) COMPLIANCE: This project is a public work and subject to the following: No contractor or subcontractor may be listed on a bid proposal for a public works project unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5 [with limited exceptions from this requirement for bid purposes only under Labor Code section 1771.1(a)]. No contractor or subcontractor may be awarded a contract for public work on a public works project unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. Contractors are further cautioned that prevailing wage rates must be posted at the job site and that certified payrolls shall be submitted electronically directly to the City Labor Compliance representative and the Department of Industrial Relations. CERTIFIED PAYROLL SUBMISSION TO THE CITY OF LONG BEACH: Pursuant to the provisions of Labor Code Section 1776, Contractor shall keep and shall cause each subcontractor performing any portion of the work under this Contract to keep an accurate payroll record, showing the name, address, social security number, work classification, straight time and overtime hours worked each day and week, and the actual per diem wages paid to each journeyman, apprentice, worker, or other employee employed by Contractor or subcontractor in connection with the work. Such payroll records for Contractor and all subcontractors shall be certified and shall be available for inspection at all reasonable hours at the principal office of Contractor pursuant to the provisions of Section 1776 of the Labor Code. Each contractor and subcontractor will be given a Log On identification and password to access the City of Long Beach reporting system. The foregoing is in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other requirements or obligations established and imposed by any department of the City with regard to submission and retention of certified payroll records for Contractor and subcontractors. APPRENTICESHIP EMPLOYMENT: The Contractor shall comply with Section 1777.5 of the Labor Code concerning the employment of apprentices by the Contractor or any subcontractor under the Contractor and, by submitting a Bid and executing the Contract, the Contractor stipulates that it shall so comply. PENALTIES: Contractor and subcontractors are subject to penalties, including, but not limited to, under Labor Code 1775, 1776, 1777.7 and 1813, for failure to comply with Sections 13.28 through 13.31 and/or Labor Code 1720 et seq. RETENTION: In the event the contract to be awarded hereunder, including Specifications and other documents incorporated therein by reference, provides for the withholding of monies by the City to ensure performance of such contract, the Contractor may: a) deposit with the City as a substitute for said monies, securities listed in Section 16430 of the California Government Code or bank or savings and loan certificates of deposit, or both, equivalent to the amount withheld;or b), request payment of retentions earned directly to the escrow agent at the expense of the contractor, provided Contractor requests, in writing, to make such substitution within 5 days of the date of the Notice of Award of the Contract and bears all expenses in connection therewith.