Site work for a water / sewer project in New Cuyama, California. Working plans call for site work for a water / sewer project.

***As of October 6, 2022. No bids received. BID SECURITY: Each bid shall be accompanied by a certified or cashier's check or bid bond in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the total bid price, payable to the District as a guarantee that the bidder, if its bid is accepted, will promptly execute the Agreement and provide the required submittals for approval, all within ten (10) calendar days of the date of written Notice of Award. A bid shall not be considered unless one of the forms of bidder security is enclosed with it. DESCRIPTION OF WORK: This project includes the drilling, constructing, developing, pump testing, disinfecting, and equipping a new potable water source, Rehoboth Well No. 4 (Well No. 4). A 6-inch diameter test hole is to be drilled to a depth of 1,180 feet below ground surface with a hydrogeological investigation and discrete zone water quality sampling (up to four zones). Final placement of the casing and screens will be dependent on geophysics and geology encountered. The test well is to reamed out to become a production well drilled into the alluvial deposits of the upper Morales Formation to a depth of approximately 820 feet. The conductor casing is 20-inches in diameter with a nominal 10-inch diameter well casing, with a design flow rate of 300 gallons per minute (gpm). Site work will include test hole drilling, reaming, well construction activities to completion of filter pack installation, and a multi-step pumping test. Work also includes furnishing and installing well discharge piping, chainlink fencing and gates, underground electrical conduits, propane generator, communications with the existing controls system located at the District's existing water treatment facility, and connection to the District's 8-inch diameter existing transmission pipeline. All work not requiring 24-hour operations, shall be conducted between the hours of 7:00 AM and 6:00 PM on weekdays, not including holidays. SITE OF WORK: Well No. 4 is to be constructed within the District's 50-foot by 50-foot easement (Instrument No. 2001-0064548) located on APN 149-290-022, which is approximately 1,900 feet east of Perkins Road and 150 feet north of Washington Street. In order to access this site, there is a locked access gate north of the well site and approximately 2,500 feet south of Highway 166. COMPLETION OF WORK: All work must be completed in an expeditious manner. No liquidated damages will be imposed under this contract with respect to time of completion, but the District reserves the right to terminate the Contract if the work is not being pursued diligently and expeditiously, in accordance with the Contractor's submitted and approved schedule. All work must be completed and accepted by the District before final payment is issued to the Contractor. PAYMENT: District shall pay Contractor, within thirty (30) days of approval of a satisfactory invoice, ninety-five (95) percent of the invoice amount and further reduced by: amounts due to District for equipment, services or materials furnished to Contractor by District; amounts of claims or liens by the District or others, and amounts required to be deducted by federal, state or local governmental authorities. BID TO REMAIN OPEN: The bidder shall guarantee the prices provided in the bid for a period of 120 calendar days from the date of bid submittal. DIR REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS: The Department of Industrial Relations ("DIR") requires that: a. No contactor or subcontractor may be listed on a bid proposal for a public works project unless they are registered with the DIR; b. No contractor or subcontractor may be awarded a public works contract unless registered with the DIR; and c. Work performed on the public works project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR. AWARD OF CONTRACT: Bids will be evaluated and contract awarded when the District has received bids from solicited Contractors showing interest and knowledge of the described work, and will follow the scheduled Board of Directors meeting on the October 14, 2022. Upon written notice of award, the Contractor shall promptly execute the Agreement, provide the required insurance submittals, secure payment of workmen's compensation insurance, and furnish satisfactory Performance Bond and Payment Bond, both in the amount of 100 percent of the bid price. SUBSTITUTION OF SECURITY: The bidder may elect to receive one hundred percent (100%) of payments due under the contract documents from time to time, without retention of any portion of the payment by the District, by depositing securities of equivalent value with the District in accordance of the provisions of section 22300 of the Public Contract Code. Such securities, if deposited by the bidder shall be valued by the District, whose decision on evaluation of the securities shall be final. Securities eligible for investment under this provision shall be limited to those listed in Section 16430 of the Government Code, bank or savings and loan certificate of deposit, interest bearing demand deposit accounts, standby letters of credit, or any other security mutually agreed to by the bidder and the District. STATE PREVAILING WAGE RATES: As required by the California Labor Code, not less than the general prevailing rates of per diem wages and not less than the general prevailing rate for overtime and holiday work in the locality in which the work is to be performed for each craft or type of worker needed to execute the work contemplated under the Contract, shall be paid to all workmen employed on said work by the Contractor or by any subcontractor performing any part of said work. A list of the prevailing wages, as determined by the Department of Industrial Relations can be found on the web at the following web site http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR/main.htm and shall be posted at the job site by the Contractor. DAVIS-BACON WAGE RATES: Davis-Bacon wage rates are required for this project. A Davis-Bacon wage determination for the project will be distributed via addendum prior to bid opening date. CONTRACTOR'S LICENSE: The District has determined that the Contractor shall possess a valid California Contractor's License Class "A" and a valid California Contractor's License Class-57 at the time of Bid, when the contract is awarded, and for the duration of the contract and during the applicable warranty period. Failure to possess the specified license at the time of submittal and award shall render the Bid as non-responsive. PRESUMPTION OF SATISFACTORY QUALIFICATIONS OF SURETY: All bonds shall be in the form prescribed by the Contract Documents except as provided otherwise by law or regulation, and shall be executed by such sureties as are named in the current list of "companies holding certificates of authority as acceptable sureties on federal bonds and as acceptable reinsuring companies as published in Circular 570 (amended) by the audit staff, Bureau of Government Financial Corporations, U.S. Treasury Department. A certified copy of such agent's authority to act must accompany all bonds signed by an agent. INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACT DOCUMENTS: No oral interpretations will be made to any Bidder as to the meaning of the Contract Documents. Requests for an interpretation shall be made in writing and emailed to Shen Huang, NV5 at shen.huang@nv5.com no later than 4:00pm on September 9, 2022. Interpretations of the Contract Documents will be in the form of an addendum to the Contract Documents and, when issued, will be sent as promptly as practical to all parties holding the Contract Documents for bidding purposes. No questions will be addressed by the District after this date and time. All such addenda shall become part of the Contract. DISTRICT'S RIGHTS RESERVED: The District reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive any informality in a bid, and to make awards to the lowest responsive contractor as it may best serve the interests of the District. REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS: The successful bidder will be required to comply with the provisions of Articles X, XI, XII, XIII, and XIV of the Contract Agreement concerning Davis-Bacon Act compliance, State prevailing wages, usage of Disadvantaged Business Enterprises, American Iron and Steel compliance and compliance with other regulatory requirements, respectively. These requirements are imposed on the District as a condition to its receiving the grant funds for this Project. It is imperative that all required forms, including those specified in the Instructions to Bidders, be accurately and fully completed to the satisfaction of District and the State Water Resources Control Board, which has discretion to withhold funding in the event of any errors in completing those forms. Thus, failure to accurately and fully complete those forms will result in the disqualification of the bid. To request a paper copy of the Contract Documents for a fee of $150 each, please contact the District office during normal business hours at (661) 766-2780, FAX (661) 766-2632. The Engineer's estimate for this work is $985,000. The District anticipates issuing a Limited Notice to Proceed approximately 60 calendar days following receipt of bids. Work under the Limited Notice to Proceed would include submittal preparation and permit acquisition. The District anticipates issuing a Notice to Proceed with an effective date in January 2023. The contract duration is 144 calendar days from the date contained in the Notice to Proceed. Any excavation five feet or deeper requires the submission of a separate shoring plan and an itemized bid. Ground surface disturbance in select work areas must be fully completed between specific calendar dates. In all respects the successful bidder shall comply with requirements of law pertaining to public work contracts.