Site work for a civil project in Ventura, California. Completed plans call for site work for a bridge / tunnel; and water / sewer project.

**As of January 9, 2023 this project has not yet been awarded. A timeline for award has not yet been established.** For Strain Press Platform which consists of the construction and installation of concrete foundation, drainage system, sludge piping, stainless steel structural platform and connection bridge, and appurtenant work as shown on the plans with Drawing No. 2021-D-018. The said work shall be performed in strict conformity with specifications therefore being Specification No. 2021-018. Each bidder must be on the Citys Plan Holder List of Record. A bid received by a Contractor who is not a "Plan Holder of Record" may be deemed non responsive. A "Plan Holder of Record" is one who has purchased a set of plans and specifications through electronically or the City. Each bid shall be accompanied by a certified or cashier's check payable to the order of the City, or by a bid bond executed by a corporate surety authorized to do business in the State of California in the sum of not less than 10% of the total amount of the bid, as a guarantee that the bidder will enter into the proposed contract if it be awarded him. Bid documents shall be enclosed in an envelope which shall be sealed and clearly labeled with the project title, name of bidder, and date and time of bid opening in order to guard against premature opening of the bid. The bidder to whom the contract is awarded by the City shall execute the contract and furnish a surety bond in the amount of 100% of the contract price guaranteeing the faithful performance of the contract and it shall remain in force for a period of one year after final acceptance. An additional bond for 100% of the contract price shall be furnished to secure the payment of claims for labor and materials furnished for the work. This project is subject to prevailing wage compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. No contractor or subcontractor may be listed on the bid proposal unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations, pursuant to Labor Code Section 1725.5. No bid will be accepted from a Contractor without proof of the Contractor's and subcontractor's current registration. This project requires payment of State prevailing rates of wages for Ventura County. The contractor shall post copies of the prevailing schedule at each job site. Copies of these rates of wages are available from the State of California Department of Industrial Relations Prevailing Wage Unit. The contractor to whom the contract is awarded shall assist in locating, qualifying, hiring and increasing the skills of minority group employees and applicants for employment, as set forth in Executive Order 11246 and 11375. All bids are to be compared on the basis of the Engineer's estimate of the quantities of work to be done. No pre-bid questions and request for information (RFI's) shall be accepted after 5:00 pm on Thursday, November 17, 2022. The City reserves the right to retain all bids for a period of 60 days for examination and comparison, and to delete any portion of the work from the contract. The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any informality in such bids. Pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 7201, five percent (5%) will be deducted from each progress payment and retained by the City and the remainder less the amount of all previous payments will be paid to the Contractor. Pursuant to Public Contracts Code ("PCC") 22300, the Contractor may substitute securities for retention monies held by the City or request that the City place such monies into an escrow account. The Contractor is notified, pursuant to PCC 22300, any such election will be at the Contractor's own expense and will include costs incurred by the City to accommodate the Contractor's request. City and Contractor agree to utilize the approved as to form escrow agreement prepared by the City which is substantially similar to the form within the PCC. A copy may be examined if requested. The City of Ventura gives special consideration to using the services and products of "small local" businesses. In determining the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, the City Engineer or designee will give a credit (reduction) of five percent (5%) of the bid price to a qualified small local business whenever a bid amount submitted (total project bid) is equal to or less than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000). The five percent credit shall be used solely for the purpose of determining the lowest bidder and is not to be applied towards the actual contractual payments that are made to the Contractor for the work. Question Deadline 11/17/2022 at 5:00 PM PT No pre-bid questions and request for information (RFIs) shall be accepted after deadline Contact Alec Roberts, Project Engineer at (805) 654-7743 for technical questions or Pam Baumgardner at (805) 654-7870 for administrative questions The design of this project was completed by the owners in-house design professional.