Renovation of a library in Orange, California. Completed plans call for the renovation of a library.

All bids will be presented to the City Council on April 12, 2022 (Tuesday). This project is federally funded by the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program requiring conformance to Federal Guidelines. All the Federal requirements, the Davis Bacon Act, in particular shall apply for this project. If Federal and State wage rates are applicable, then the higher of the two will prevail. The bidder selected by the City must be properly licensed at the time of award as a General Building Contractor (Class B). The City will reject the bid as non-responsive if the bidder does not hold the requisite contractor's license at the time of award of contract. In addition, each subcontractor listed by the bidder shall possess, at the time of the award and at all times when work is performed, a valid contractor's license for the appropriate classification necessary to perform the work for which that subcontractor is listed. Failure of the bidder to deliver evidence to the City prior to the award of a contract for this Project that each and every subcontractor listed by the bidder is properly licensed shall constitute a failure to execute the contract and may subject the bidder to all legal penalties imposed by law, including, but not limited to, forfeiture of the security of the bidder. A payment bond is required for projects over $25,000. In lieu of retention, the Contractor may deposit qualifying securities under an escrow agreement, as provided in Public Contract Code Section 22300. Answers to questions will be provided in an addendum. No questions or request for information (RFI) will be accepted after 2:00 pm Thursday, March 10, 2021. Questions may be sent via e-mail to jsoliz@cityoforange.org or faxed to (714)744-5573. The Contractor and subcontractors shall be registered with Department of Industrial Relations (DIR), per Labor Code Section 1725.5 at the time of bid. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and job-site posting requirements. The project is a public work subject to prevailing wage requirements, which can be found at http://www.dir.ca.gov/dirdatabases.html. The City of Orange is implementing Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) requirements and has established a mandatory DBE participation goal of 10%. The City reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to reject any item in a bid unless an "all or none" basis is specified or to waive any informality or technicality in the bids received.