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

Estimated construction cost: $875,000.00 The work is to renovate the existing Barker Hall Room 101 and associated areas as indicated in the construction documents. The project area is approximately 1,560 sq ft of classroom and support spaces, public lobby, single stall restrooms and includes but is not limited to: new interior walls, ceilings, finishes, compliance with current life safety codes and modifications to building systems including HVAC, electrical, Fire Alarm, lighting, telecommunications, audio visual, plumbing and fire sprinklers. The project scope includes the removal of asbestos containing materials by contractor. Refer to bidding documents. This work must be performed by a certified asbestos abatement contractor.BIDDER QUALIFICATIONS: To allow the University to evaluate bidders, each bidder must submit with its bid, a Contractor's Special Statement of Experience. This Contractor's Special Statement of Experience must be provided on the Contractor's letterhead. If your firm provides inaccurate or incomplete information your firm will be found non-responsive. If your firm receives negative project references they may be found non-responsive. To be eligible for consideration of award, the Contractor's Special Statement of Experience must include: 1. Documentation that the bidder has successfully completed the following: a. A minimum of three (3) and a maximum of five (5) comparable Higher Education Classroom projects, with a construction value of $875,000 or greater, completed in the past seven (7) years that demonstrate the bidder's ability to successfully complete the project with respect to project size, cost, use, complexity, etc. DO NOT include projects currently under construction. All submitted projects must be within the immediate nine Bay Area counties. 2. Include the following for each project: (a) project name, (b) project address, (c) owner's name, (d) contract value at award, (e) total Change Order value, (f) completion date, (g) Owner's Representative email address and current phone number and (h) brief scope. 3. All higher education classroom projects on all UC Campuses and National Labs (LBNL, LLNL) within the last 5 years. Every effort will be made to ensure that all persons have equal access to contracts and other business opportunities with the University within the limits imposed by law or University policy. Each Bidder may be required to show evidence of its equal employment opportunity policy. The successful Bidder and its subcontractors will be required to follow the nondiscrimination requirements set forth in the Bidding Documents and to pay prevailing wage at the location of the work. The work described in the contract is a public work subject to section 1771 of the California Labor Code. No contractor or subcontractor, regardless of tier, may be listed on a Bid for, or engage in the performance of, any portion of this project, unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5 and 1771. 1. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. The successful Bidder shall pay all persons providing construction services and/or any labor on site, including any University location, no less than the UC Fair Wage (defined as $15 per hour) and shall comply with all applicable federal, state and local working condition requirements.