Site work for a golf course in Palm Desert, California. Completed plans call for site work for a golf course.

Per the owner, as of May 30, 2024, this project is under construction and is anticipated to be completed in the fall of 2024. Closed solicitation has been included below for reference. .............. The City of Palm Desert has determined that all contractors bidding on its Greens/Tee Boxes Renovation and Turf Reduction at Desert Willow Golf Resort (“Project”) must be prequalified prior to submitting a bid on the Project. As will be described more specifically in any future Invitation to Bids (IFB) for the Project, the work to be done may include furnishing all necessary labor, equipment, and materials for the removal of existing grass and organic material on 19 greens and removal of all grass on tees. Some tees will be enlarged, and irrigation adjustments are required. Greens will be enlarged as shown on the plans. Grading and shaping are included as part of the work. Turf removal areas include new landscaping with extension of existing drip irrigation systems behind five (5) greens. Anticipated Construction Dates: May 2024 to September 2024 The construction cost of the project is estimated at $3,827,000. Subject to the Invitation to Bids for the Project, the contract for construction of the Project will be awarded, if at all, to the responsible, prequalified contractor submitting the lowest responsive bid. Neither issuing the Notice nor any other activity related to the prequalification process, obligates City to award any contract for construction of the Project to a particular contractor, or at all. City reserves the right to cancel this Notice or to reject any and all responses and Prequalification Packages, if it determines, in its sole discretion, that such cancellation or rejection is in the best interest of City. City reserves the right to bid construction of the Project without use of the Prequalified Vendors List. Answers to questions contained in the Prequalification Package, information about current bonding capacity, a notarized statement from surety, and the most recent reviewed or audited financial statements, with accompanying notes and supplemental information, will be used by City in order to rate contractors with respect to their qualifications to bid on the Project. City reserves the right to check any other sources available to verify, among other things, contractor’s statements, prior performance and veracity. City’s decision will be based on objective evaluation criteria. While the prequalification process is intended to assist City in determining bidder responsibility prior to bid and aid City in selecting the lowest responsible bidder for construction of the Project, neither the fact of prequalification, nor any prequalification rating, will preclude City from a post-bid consideration and determination of whether a bidder has the quality, fitness, capacity and experience to satisfactorily perform the proposed work, and has demonstrated the requisite trustworthiness. As provided for in Public Contract Code section 20101, the Prequalification Packages submitted by contractors are not public records and are not open to public inspection. All information provided will be kept confidential to the extent permitted by law. However, the contents may be disclosed to third parties for purpose of verification or investigation, or in the appeal hearing. State law requires that the names of contractors applying for prequalification status shall be public records subject to disclosure, and the first page of the Prequalification Package will be used for that purpose. City reserves the right to adjust, increase, limit, suspend or rescind the prequalification rating based on subsequently learned information. Contractors whose rating changes sufficient to disqualify them will be notified and given an opportunity for a hearing consistent with the hearing procedures contained herein. Except where information related to former entities is expressly required herein, for purposes of evaluation, scoring and prequalification, all required contractor’s information, including but not limited to experience, personnel and finances, must be provided for the entity holding the contractor's license. Information related to parent companies, subsidiaries, and any other related entity or proposed subcontractors will not be considered. City reserves the right to the right to reject any or all Prequalification Packages and to waive any irregularities and omissions in the information contained in a Prequalification Package submittal and to make all final determinations. City may refuse to grant prequalification where the requested information and materials are not provided. There is no appeal from City’s decision not to prequalify a contractor due to an incomplete or late application. City will notify all respondents of the result of the prequalification process in writing. Where a timely and completed Prequalification Package results in a rating below that necessary to prequalify, the City will inform the contractor of the basis for its prequalification determination and an appeal can be made by the contractor. To appeal, the contractor must send an email notice to City of its appeal of the decision with respect to its prequalification rating, no later than five (5) calendar days after City staff issues its recommendation of the qualified bidders list of contractors for the Project. Without a timely appeal, the contractor waives any and all rights to challenge the decision of City, whether by administrative process, judicial process, or any other legal process or proceeding. If a contractor provides the required notice of appeal and requests a hearing, the hearing shall be conducted so that it is concluded no later than ten (10) calendar days after City’s receipt of the notice of appeal. Depending on the basis for a rating below that necessary to prequalify, contractor may submit additional information in an email to the City for consideration and if such information results in a rating above that necessary to prequalify, the hearing may be waived. The hearing shall be an informal process conducted by City’s City Manager or designee, who is delegated responsibility to hear such appeals (the “Appeals Panel”). The contractor will be given the opportunity to present information and reasons opposing the rating. Within ten (10) business days after the conclusion of the hearing, the Appeals Panel shall render its decision, which will be final and binding. It is the intention of City that the date for the submission and opening of any bids will not be delayed or postponed to allow for completion of an appeal process. The Prequalification Package, its completion and submission by the contractor, and its use by City, shall not give rise to any liability on the part of City to the contractor or any third party or person. This is not a solicitation for bid. No guarantees are made or implied that any projects will be constructed, either in part or whole. The contractor accepts all risk and cost associated with the completion of the Prequalification Package without financial guarantee. All questions must be submitted through the City's online bid management system ("OpenGov"). Any oral explanations or instructions will not be binding unless issued as a formal addendum to the Prequalification Package. Any information provided to any contractor concerning a solicitation will be furnished to all contractors who requested a Prequalification Package. All contractors must acknowledge the receipt of any/all addenda on the form and in the manner required with each addendum.