Site work for a municipal facility in Rancho Cordova, California. Completed plans call for site work for a municipal facility.

Response: The written, signed and sealed complete document(s) submitted according to the bid instructions. Response does not include any verbal or documentary interaction apart from submittal of a formal Response. Request/Proposal/Bid: The completed and released solicitation document, including all subsequent addenda, made publicly available to all prospective bidders. We/Us/Our: Terms that refer to the County of Sacramento, a duly organized public entity. They may also be used as pronouns for various subsets of the County organization, including, as the context will indicate: Purchasing - the Contracts and Purchasing Services Division of the Department of General Services. Department/Division - The department or division requesting the goods or services contained in this request, for which this bid is prepared and which will be the end user of the requested goods or services. Constituency - the client base or County population which may benefit from the procurement of goods and/or services requested herein. You/Your: Terms that refer to businesses/individuals submitting a response. The term may apply differently as the context will indicate. Supplier - A business entity engaged in the business of providing goods, equipment and/or services. Bidder - A business entity submitting a Response to this bid. Suppliers which may express interest in this bid, but who do not submit a Response, have no obligations with respect to the bid requirements. Contractor - The Bidder(s) whose Response to this bid is evaluated as meeting the needs of the County. Contractor(s) will be selected for award, and will enter into a contract(s) for provision of the services described in this bid. Contractor's Employee - All persons who can be offered to provide the goods, equipment and/or services described in the bid. All employees of the Contractor shall be covered by the insurance programs normally provided to persons employed by a company (ex: Worker's Comp, SDI, etc.). Mandatory: A required element of this request/proposal/bid. Failure to satisfy any element of this request/proposal/bid defined as "mandatory" will disqualify the particular response. Default: A failure to act as required by any contract resulting from this request, which may trigger the right to sue or may excuse the other party's obligation to perform under the contract. Cancellation/Termination: A unilateral or mutual decision to not complete an exchange or perform an obligation under any contract resulting from this request. "Or Equal": A statement used for reference to indicate the character or quality desired in a requested product or service. When specified in a bid document, equal items will be considered, provided the response clearly describes the article. Offers of equal items must state the brand and number, or level of quality. When brand, number, or level of quality is not stated by bidder, the offer will be considered exactly as specified. The determination of the Purchasing Agent as to what items are equal is final and conclusive. Award will be made to the bidder whose offer provides the greatest value, in our view, to the County from the standpoint of suitability to purpose, quality, service, previous experience, life cycle, cost, ability to deliver, or for other reasons deemed by Purchasing to be in the best interest of the County. Public Bid Opening: As soon as possible after the date and time specified by the Request for Bid, pricing information will made public to all bidders. The responses will remain sealed during the bid evaluation period, and will be made available for public inspection upon notice of bid award. This bid award will be determined by lowest responsive and responsible bidder. Bid responses will be considered valid for a period of 120 calendar days after bid closing date above. Award will be made to the bidder whose offer provides the greatest value, in our view, to the County from the standpoint of suitability to purpose, quality, service, previous experience, life cycle, cost, ability to deliver, or for other reasons deemed by Purchasing to be in the best interest of the County. This bid award will be determined by factors other than price alone. Note: All specifications, terms and conditions of this request will apply to any resulting order. (California Labor Code, sections 1720, 1725.5, 1770, 1771.1(a), 1771.5) No contractor or subcontractor may be listed on a bid proposal for a public works project unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5 [with limited exceptions from this requirement for bid purposes only under Labor Code section 1771.1(a)]. No contractor or subcontractor may be awarded a contract for public work on a public works project unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5. LABOR COMPLIANCE PROGRAM The County of Sacramento received final approval from the Director of California Department of Industrial Relations as a Labor Compliance Program effective March 15, 1994. All questions regarding this Labor Compliance Program and prevailing wage requirements should be directed to the Labor Compliance Section at (916) 875-2711. In accordance with Section 1771.5 of the California Labor Code, the payment of the general prevailing rate of per diem wages or the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for holiday and overtime is not required for any public works project of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or less when the project is for construction work, or for any public works project of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) or less when the project is for alteration, demolition, repair, or maintenance work. This is a maintenance project in accordance with Section 1771.5 of the California Labor Code. Pursuant to California Labor Code Section 1720 and following, and Section 1770 and following, the successful bidder shall pay not less than the prevailing rate of per diem wages as determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations. Copies of the prevailing wage determinations are on file at the office of the County of Sacramento Labor Compliance Program, 9700 Goethe Road, Suite D, Sacramento, CA 95827, and are also available portal. Pursuant to California Contract Code Section 22300, the contractor may, at its own expense, substitute securities for any money being withheld by the County to ensure performance under this contract. The County reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive any informality in any bid, and to determine which bid, in their judgment, is the lowest responsive bid of a responsible bidder. Question Submission Deadline:February 10, 2023, 3:00pm Addendum Issued (if necessary):February 16, 2023, 3:00pm