Consultant will be required to furnish the City of Visalia with their DIR registration number. No contract will be awarded unless that contractor and/or subcontractors are registered with the California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). Bids submitted by unregistered contractors or list unregistered subcontractors will be rejected as non-responsive. Consultant must comply with State and Federal Regulations that apply to this contract, including Prevailing Wage requirements as applicable. Pursuant to Sections 1770, et. seq., of the California Labor Code, the selected firm will be required to pay not less than the prevailing wage of per diem wages as determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations. The firm is also required to comply with the DavisBacon and Federal wage rate standards. The standard that results in greater wages and benefits shall prevail. The Professional Design Services for the Highway 198 at Shirk Street Operational Improvement Project will be funded by local funds and construction is anticipated to be locally funded.The City hereby affirmatively ensures that Minority Business Enterprises and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) shall have the maximum opportunity to participate in the performance of contracts and will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this notice and will not be discriminated against. No person will be discriminated against on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or military and veteran status in any consideration leading to the award of contract. The right is reserved by the City of Visalia to reject any or all proposals, to waive any irregularities or informalities not affected by law, to evaluate the proposals submitted and to award the contract according to the proposal which best serves the interests of said City. All products used or developed in the execution of any contract resulting from this RFP will remain in the public domain at the completion of the contract. The Owner shall not certify that the contract has been completed until at least 35 days after filing by the Owner of a Notice of Completion. Securities eligible for investment under this Section shall be limited to those listed in Section 16430 of the California Government Code, bank or savings and loan certificates of deposit, interest bearing demand deposit accounts, standby letters of credit, or any other security mutually agreed upon by the Contractor and the public agency. The method of Contractor Selection has not been Determined at this time.
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