This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Visalia, California. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

DIR-registered contractors who have a proven record of experience in performing boiler maintenance and repairs. This public works project is subject to DIR registration, payment of state prevailing wages and other requirements. At the conclusion of this meeting, vendors will have an opportunity to visit the job sites. The City hereby affirmatively ensures that Minority Business Enterprises and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) shall have the maximum opportunity to participate in the performance of contracts and will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this notice and will not be discriminated against. No person will be discriminated against on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or military and veteran status in any consideration leading to the award of contract. The right is reserved by the City of Visalia to reject any or all bids, to waive any irregularities or informalities not affected by law, to evaluate the bids submitted and to award the contract according to the bid which best serves the interests of said City. PER CALIFORNIA LABOR CODE (CLC) THE FOLLOWING IS HEREBY INCORPORATED IN RFB-21-22-39 As set forth in CLC section 1771.1(a), all contractors and subcontractors must be currently registered and qualified to perform public work pursuant to CLC section 1725.5 to be qualified to bid, be listed in a bid proposal, or perform any public work for the COV. Proof of registration for each contractor and subcontractor listed on the bid is required. As set forth in CLC section 1771.4(a)(1), notice is given that this project is a public work, subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. As set forth in CLC section 1773, the COV shall obtain the general prevailing rate per diem wages and the general prevailing rate for holiday and overtime work in the locality in which the public work is to be performed for each craft, classification, or type of worker needed to execute the contract from the Director of Industrial Relations. In accordance with labor code section 1773.2, this information is to be included in the bid specifications and in the contract itself. PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT: This project will be subject to all applicable State Wage Determinations. The Contractor will be responsible for paying wages from the State Wage Determinations for all trades. The wages are set forth in the General Prevailing Wage Rates for this project, available at City of Visalia address and available from the California Department of Industrial Relations' Internet web site: portal. In accordance with the provisions of Section 1770 of the Labor Code, the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations of the State of California has ascertained the general prevailing rate of wage: and employer payments for health and welfare, pension, vacation, travel time and subsistence pay as provided in Section 1773.8, apprenticeship or other training programs authorized by Section 3093, and similar purposes applicable to the work to be done. These rates shall be a part of the Contract and are on file in the office of the City Engineer and will be made available to any interested person on request. The Contractor must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of their race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Pursuant to Section 22300 of the California Public Contract Code (Section 10263 of the Public Contract Code for State Agencies), the Contractor may substitute securities for any money held by the Owner to insure performance of the contract. At the request and expense of the Contractor, securities equivalent to the amount withheld shall be deposited with the Owner or with a State or federally-chartered banks as an escrow agent, who shall return such securities to the Contractor upon satisfactory completion of the contract. Deposit of securities with an escrow agent shall be subject to written agreement in accordance with the provisions of Section 22300. The Owner shall not certify that the contract has been completed until at least 35 days after filing by the Owner of a Notice of Completion. Securities eligible for investment under this Section shall be limited to those listed in Section 16430 of the California Government Code, bank or savings and loan certificates of deposit, interest bearing demand deposit accounts, standby letters of credit, or any other security mutually agreed upon by the Contractor and the public agency.