Renovation of an educational facility in Fresno, California. Completed plans call for the renovation of a educational facility.

Fresno Unified School District(District) will receive sealed bids for Bid No. 23-17, Fremont Elementary School HVAC/EMS Replacement, to replace unit ventilators, chiller, heat pumps, and EMS. This is an ESSER funded project to improve indoor air quality. District hereby notifies all bidders that they will affirmatively ensure that in any Contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disabled veteran business enterprises (DVBE) will be afforded full opportunity to submit proposals in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, creed, sex or national origin in consideration for award. The DVBE goal for the project is as follows: three percent (3%) of the dollar amount of the Contract. Notice is hereby given pursuant to the provisions of Section 1770 et seq of the California Labor Code, each worker of the contractor and any of its subcontractors engaged in work on the Project shall be paid not less than the prevailing wage rate. The project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). Pursuant to Labor Code Section 1725.5, the DIR established a Contractor Registration Program, in which no contractor or subcontractor shall bid on, be listed in a bid, or engage in the performance of any public work contract without being registered. Prime Contractor must have a valid Class C-20 Contractors License. School sites are using the Raptor visitor management system that requires all visitors to show either a government-issued identification card or drivers license to receive a badge and enter the campus. Bidders may arrive earlier than the scheduled time to obtain their badge. This Project is subject to prequalification, in accordance with Public Contract Code 20111.6. All Bidders performing as either a General Engineering Contractor (A license), General Building Contractor (B license), Electrical Contractor, Mechanical Contractor, or Plumbing Contractor utilized as a Prime Contractor or Subcontractor must be prequalified prior to submitting bids on this project. For purpose of prequalification, Electrical, Mechanical, and Plumbing Contractors are Contractors pursuant to Section 7058 of the Business and Professions Code inclusive of: C-4, C-7, C-10, C-16, C-20, C-34, C-36, C-38, C-42, C-43, and C-46 licenses. Prequalified Prime Contractor may self-perform electrical, plumbing, mechanical work if prequalified under applicable licenses. Prequalification applications are to be submitted no later than 11:59 PM, May 8, 2023. Prequalification status is valid for one (1) calendar year for any subsequent projects requiring prequalification. Bids shall be accompanied by a certified check, cashiers check, or a bidders bond in an amount not less than ten percent (10%) of total bids made payable to Fresno Unified. The substitution of appropriate securities in lieu of retention amounts from progress payments in accordance with Public Contract Code Section 22300 is permitted. Pursuant to Public Contract Code 3400(c)(2), Fresno Unified School District finds that it is in the best interest of the District to standardize the products, equipment, and materials listed in Exhibit A-1 and Exhibit A-2 in order to match other products/equipment in use on a particular work of improvement either completed or in the course of completion. Where a specific brand, trade name, material, or product identified in the bid documents is also listed in Exhibit A-1 or Exhibit A-2, it shall be deemed to be followed by the words No Substitutions, and contractor shall not make or request substitutions regarding any such product, equipment or material. Exhibit A-1 and Exhibit A-2 may be obtained from District Purchasing Department web page under public works CUPCCAA Refer questions to Panhia Moua (559) 457-6042.