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

The work consists of providing all materials, labor, tools, equipment, facilities, transportation and incidentals necessary to construct: Rehabilitation of 11 Monitoring/ Test Wells at the District's Hesperia Farm Site including brush/ bail well of debris, chemically treat, agitate and pump to waste per the Inspection & Reports (Appendix A of these Specifications). The site of the work is located in: Hesperia, California The site address is: 6727 Arrowhead Lake Road Hesperia, CA 92345 Copies of the specifications will be mailed upon request for an additional $10.00 each to cover handling and mailing. To the extent required by Section 20103.7 of the Public Contract Code, upon request, the District will provide an electronic copy of the Contract Documents at no charge to a contractor plan room service. Prospective bidders who obtain a copy through a plan room, or by other means, must register with the District in order to be added to the planholders' list and receive addenda to the Bid or Contract Documents. Only registered planholders will receive addenda to the contract documents. Bidders shall not be relieved of bids due to the failure to register or receive addenda. Bidders assume all risks of submitting bids without registering, including but not limited to the risk of forfeiture of the bid security and the risk that the bid will be deemed nonresponsive. To offset the District's administrative costs, there shall be a registration fee of $100 or 50% of the cost of the plans and/or specifications, whichever is less. Registration will not be effective unless and until the registration fee is paid. The registration fee will be waived for Planholders who purchase plans directly from the District. Pursuant to Section 1770 and following, of the California Labor Code, the successful bidder shall not pay less than the general prevailing wage rates, as determined by the Director of the State of California Department of Industrial Relations for the locality in which the work is to be performed and for each craft or type of worker needed to execute the work contemplated under the Contract. In accordance with the Labor Code, the District has on file a schedule of prevailing wage rates for the types of work to be done under the specifications. The award of the Contract shall be made to the lowest responsive responsible bidder. All prospective bidders are hereby alerted that a waiting period of up to ninety (90) calendar days from time of bid opening may be required before proceedings are completed and written Notice of Award is made. Bidders shall assume full responsibility for the effect of the waiting period delay on the bid price and make certain the time period is stated in and does not restrict their bid guarantee bond. See part 10.0, "Bid Guarantee" herein. In accordance with Bidding and Contract Requirements, Section B - Instructions to Bidders, Part 20.0, "Execution of Contract", the Contractor shall execute the Contract within ten (10) working days after he has received the Notice of Award and Contract forms from the District. In accordance with Bidding and Contract Requirements, Section B - Instructions to Bidders, Part 16.0 "Rejection or Award of Bids", the District hereby reserves the right to act in the best interest of the District by rejecting any or all bids and/or to waive any irregularity in the bids. Per General Conditions, Section B - Preliminary Matters, the Contractor will be required to furnish with the Contract a performance bond in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) on the aggregate amount of the bid, and a labor and material bond in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the bid. The Contractor shall also furnish certificate(s) of insurance evidencing that all insurance coverage, along with applicable endorsements as required by the specifications, has been so secured. A warranty bond shall be furnished by the Contractor upon completion of the work for maintenance and guarantee of all work. The warranty bond can be furnished by an extension of the faithful performance bond after completion of the work. All bids shall be accompanied by a cashier's or certified check, payable to the order of the District (Lake Arrowhead Community Services District), amounting to ten percent (10%) of the bid, or by a bond in said amount and payable to said District, signed by the bidder and a Corporate Surety, or by the bidder and two sureties who shall justify before any officer, competent to administer an oath, in double said amount and over and above all statutory exemption. Said check shall be forfeited or said bond shall become payable to said District in case the bidder depositing the same does not, within ten (10) calendar days after written notice, sign the Contract. Additional bond forms are available at the District office. If a bid bond is submitted, satisfactory bid bond payable to District executed by the bidder as principal and an admitted surety approved to conduct business in the State of California as surety, in an amount not less than 10% of the maximum amount of the bid. Personal sureties and unregistered surety companies are unacceptable. The California admitted surety insurer, as defined in California Code of Civil Procedure Section 995.120, shall be a satisfactory corporate surety. The cash, check or bid bond shall be given as a guarantee that the bidder shall execute the Contract if it be awarded to the bidder in conformity with the Contract Documents and shall provide the surety bond or bonds as specified therein within ten (10) calendar days after notification of the award of the Contract to the bidder. Failure to provide an appropriate bid bond shall cause the bid to be rejected. All work shall be completed within Ninty (90) calendar days after the date of Contract Notice to Proceed by the District. After all documents, bonds, and required support materials have been submitted as required by the project specifications, the District will issue a Notice to Proceed giving the Contractor ten (10) working days to start. This Notice to Proceed shall be delivered to the Contractor electronically, deposited in the United States mail or provided to the Contractor at the preconstruction conference at the latest. A preconstruction conference will be convened by the District regarding the project. It has been determined that the damage sustained by the District as a result of Contractor's breach of his agreement to complete work within the time agreed upon may result in damages of $250.00 per calendar day. As described in the Special Conditions, Part 11.0, "Liquidated Damages", are AS PART OF THIS NOTICE DECLARED TO THE CONTRACTOR. Further, by SUBMISSION OF A BID BY THE CONTRACTOR TO THE DISTRICT TO PERFORM THE WORK, THE CONTRACTOR DECLARES THAT HE HAS CONSIDERED THE AMOUNT OF SAID LIQUIDATED DAMAGES AND that he has determined, after specific evaluation thereof, either independently or in connection with the District, that the amount of such liquidated damages is fair and reasonable and acceptable under the circumstances.