Site work for a playground / park / athletic field in El Centro, California. Completed plans call for site work for a playground / park / athletic field.

Question Deadline 11/07/2022 Questions may be submitted until [10 days before bid opening] via email to Javier Villaverde. Any responses will be posted as addenda to the bid documents. No oral responses will be given. The City of El Centro ( the City ) is inviting bids for the McGee Park Phase 3 Project located at 375 S. 1st Street, El Centro, California. The work involves all site work as marked on the approved set of plans to renovate an existing basketball court and field lighting at McGee Park located at 375 S. 1st Street. The work involves demolition, concrete footings, concrete flat work, electrical, fencing, landscaping and painting. To be completed within ninety (90) calendar days after the issuance of a Notice to Proceed. All days set out in this Bid Packet are calendar days unless otherwise specified. Each bid must be accompanied by a guaranty of cash, certified check, cashiers check or bid bond made payable to the City of El Centro for an amount equal to at least ten percent (10%) of the bid. Such guaranty will be forfeited should the bidder to whom the contract is awarded fail to enter the contract. All guaranties are to be returned after the contract is awarded. In addition to the required documents listed on page 4, the bid may be considered incomplete and be disqualified if any of the following information is not provided. On the bid form(s), the unit price items must be written in figures and total contract price must be written in words and figures. The words and figures shall appear on the blank spaces provided. On pages 23-24 the Subcontractors Listing shall be completed. If no subcontractor will be used, indicate an X mark on the space provided for No subcontractor. The contractor shall possess a Class A or B license at the time this contract is awarded. The salary and wage for any classification shall be the higher of the current applicable State of California or Federal wage rates. In accordance with the provisions of Labor Code 1770 to 1781 as duly enacted by the State of California, the City Council has ascertained the general prevailing rate of wages applicable to the work to be done as those shown in the specifications of the work. Information on the current state prevailing wages can be obtained by contacting the State of California, Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Statistics and Research, 45 Fremont Street, Suite 1160, San Francisco, California, 94105, (415) 972-8628 or electroniccally. The Federal minimum wage rates for this project as predetermined by the United States Secretary of Labor are set forth in the books issued for bidding purposes entitled Proposal and Contract, and in copies of this book that may be examined at the offices described above where project plans, special provisions and proposal forms may be seen. Addenda to modify the Federal minimum wage rates, if necessary, will be issued to holders of Proposal and Contract books. Future effective general prevailing wage rates, which have been predetermined and are on file with the California Department of Industrial Relations are referenced but not printed in the general prevailing wage rates. If there is a difference between the minimum wage rates predetermined by the Secretary of Labor and the general prevailing wage rates determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations for similar classifications of labor, the contractor and subcontractors shall pay not less than the higher wage rate. The City will not accept lower State wage rates not specifically included in the Federal minimum wage determinations. This includes helper (or other classifications based on hours of experience) or any other classification not appearing in the Federal wage determinations. Where Federal wage determinations do not contain the State wage rate determination otherwise available for use by the Contractor and subcontractors, the contractor and subcontractors shall pay not less than the Federal minimum wage rate, which most closely approximates the duties of the employees in question. All bids are to be compared on the basis of the Engineer estimate of the quantities of work to be done. A bid will only be accepted from a contractor who is licensed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 9, Division 3, of the Business and Professions Code of the State of California as amended. Liquidated damages: As set out in Section XVI of the Construction Services Agreement, CONTRACTOR shall pay to the CITY the sum of Five Hundred ($500.00) for each and every calendar day of delay beyond the Contract Time, or beyond any completion schedule, construction schedule or Project milestones established in or pursuant to the Project Schedule, or beyond the time indicated in the Project Schedule for any individual Contract activity. Contractor and Subcontractor Registration with Department of Industrial Relations. A contractor or subcontractor shall not be qualified to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, subject to the requirements of Public Contract Code 4104, or engage in the performance of any contract for public work, as that term is defined in Division 2, Part 7, Chapter 1 of the Labor Code, unless currently registered and qualified to perform public work pursuant to Labor Code 1725.5. It is not a violation of Labor Code 1771.1 for an unregistered contractor to submit a bid that is authorized by Business and Professions Code 7029.1 or by Public Contract Code 10164 or 20103.5, provided the contractor is registered to perform public work pursuant to Labor Code 1725.5 at the time the contract is awarded. A bid shall not be accepted nor any contract or subcontract entered into without proof of the contractors and all subcontractors current registration to perform public work pursuant to Labor Code 1725.5. The contract will be awarded based on the lowest responsive and responsible base bid as shown in the bid proposal form. See bid proposal form for further clarification. Special attention of all prospective bidders is called to Proposal Requirements and General Conditions annexed to the blank form of the proposal for full directions as to bidding, etc. If bidder is a corporate entity and is awarded the contract, prior to execution of the contract, the contractor shall submit satisfactory, documentary proof that the person(s) executing said contract on the behalf of said corporation has authority to do so. Pursuant to California Public Contract Code 22300, the Contractor has the option of substituting securities for any money that is withheld by the City. Refer to section 1-23 of the General Conditions for further information. THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED WITH Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) FUNDS AND THUS IS SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL STATE AND FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS CITYS RIGHTS RESERVED: The City reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive any informality in a bid, and to make awards in the interest of the City.