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

sealed bids will be received by the Ventura Port District, Ventura, California for furnishing all plant, labor, services, materials, tools, equipment, supplies, transportation, utilities, and all other items and facilities necessary therefore, as provided in Contract Documents described in Section 8 below, for Ventura Harbor Village New Trash Enclosure at Buildings 1559 and 1691 in the Ventura Harbor Village, with all appurtenances thereto, in strict accordance with the specifications on file at the Office of the General Manager, Ventura Port District, 1603 Anchors Way Drive, Ventura, Ventura County, California. The work to be constructed hereunder is located at the Ventura Harbor Village, at 1575 Spinnaker Drive, approximately one-half mile north of the Santa Clara River and westerly of Harbor Boulevard in the City of San Buenaventura. The work consists of: 1. The construction of a new trash enclosure at buildings 1559 and 1691, and demolition of the existing trash enclosures at 1559, 1575, and 1583. 2. Modification to the approach to the trash enclosures from the sidewalk, to enhance the handicap accessibility. Bidder understands, acknowledges, and agrees that bids for the work described herein are for one (1) trash enclosure identified in Section 4, above, as the Owner determines in its sole and absolute discretion. Bidder understands that Owner will award the contract to only one (1) lowest responsible bidder as selected by the Owner in its sole and absolute discretion. The Owner reserves the right, after opening bids, to reject any or all bids, or to make award to one (1) lowest responsible bidder on the bid items set forth on the Bid Sheet attached to the Bid and reject all other bids on any of said bid items, in the manner set forth under the California Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 22000 et seq. Bids will be compared on the basis of the Districts Engineers estimate of the quantities of the several items of work as shown on the Bid Sheet(s). A good faith determination by the Owner as to whether a bid is responsive or whether a bidder is responsible shall be final, conclusive and binding, and shall not be the basis of a claim for lost profits or damages of any kind whatsoever by a bidder to whom the contract is not awarded. The Owner will award a contract or reject all bids within 90 days of the bid opening and no bid may be withdrawn during that period. The Owner reserves the right to waive or seek correction of immaterial errors in a bid, in Owner's sole discretion. The Owners determination that an error is immaterial shall be final, conclusive and binding on all bidders. Each bid shall be accompanied by cash, a certified cashiers check, or by a corporate surety bond on the form furnished by the District, as a guaranty that the bidder will, if an award is made to bidder in accordance with the terms of bidder's bid, promptly secure worker's compensation insurance and liability insurance, execute a contract in the required form, and furnish satisfactory bonds for the faithful performance of the contract and for the payment of claims of materialmen and laborers thereunder. Said cash, check, or surety bond shall be in an amount not less than 10 percent of the total highest amount of any bid item set forth on the Bid Sheet (see illustrations provided on page B-1 of Bid). Faithful Performance Bonds and Payment Bonds shall each be for not less than 100 percent of the amount set forth by the Contractor on Contractors Bid Sheet The Owner reserves the right to reject any bond if, in the opinion of the Owners Legal Representative, the Surety's acknowledgement is not in the form included in the contract documents or in another substantially equivalent form as prescribed by law. The bid security of unsuccessful bidders shall be returned to such bidders within sixty (60) days of the time the award of contract is made. 8 PREVAILING RATES OF WAGES. In accordance with the provisions of the California Labor Code, the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations of the State of California has ascertained and determined the general prevailing rates of wages for general, holiday and overtime work in the locality in which the work is to be performed. These wages are published and available for inspection at the District's office. It shall be mandatory upon the contractor to whom the contract is awarded and upon any subcontractor under the contractor to pay not less than the prevailing specified rates to all workers employed by them in the execution of the contract. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. Job site notices required by Labor Code Section 1771.4 shall be posted. Contractors and subcontractors failing to comply with the prevailing wage requirement are subject to debarment by the Labor Commissioner, as provided in Labor Code Section 1771.1. Debarred contractors are declared ineligible to perform work on any public works project, either as the prime contractor or a subcontractor. Questions about how to obtain and procure the documents may be directed to Ian Fitzgerald of CyberCopyUSA at (805) 642-3292 or dfs@cybercopyusa.com. The Contractor shall certify that the license(s) specified are the classification(s) required to perform the Work contemplated under the Contract Documents. Contractor shall provide Owner with their Contractor's license number and expiration date as provided in the Proposal, and shall present satisfactory evidence that they are licensed in good standing. Contractors submitting proposals shall be registered with the Department of Industrial Relations, as provided in Labor Code Section 1725.5, and shall include evidence that they are so registered with their proposal.