Renovation of a municipal facility in Auberry, California. Completed plans call for the renovation of a municipal facility.

Owens Valley Career Development Center is a Tribal Consortium located in California and organized under the Indian Self Determination Act. OVCDC receives and administers several Federal and State Grants including Early Head Start, California Department of Education Indian Education Center; Tribal TANF and other for the benefit of Tribes and communities in Inyo, Mono, Kern, Tulare, Kings, Fresno and Ventura Counties. OVCDC is seeking bids from qualified vendors to provide: Two new aluminum ADA ramps, stairs, and two landings delivered and installed at 37190 Jose Basin Road, Auberry, CA 93602 located on the Big Sandy Band of Western Mono Indians of California Tribal land. Product delivered on Tribal land is CA sales tax exempt. Ramp length will be determined by the threshold height of 47". Landing A will be 8x8 (threshold is 47"). Ramp B is approximately 6' width, 24" length. Landing C will be 8'x12' (tie in from the back ramp). Height is 15 1/4". Ramp D will be approximately 6' width, 24' length. Stairs E will be 4' wide (height/threshold is 47"). his project will be funded entirely with Government Grant funds All OVCDC Request for Proposals are subject to Section 7(b) of the Indian Self Determination & Education Act (25 USC 450e (b)) which provides to the greatest extent feasible, preference and opportunities be given to American Indians and American Indian owned business enterprises, 2 CFR Section 200.321 requiring OVCDC to take all necessary affirmative steps to assure minority firms, women's business enterprises and labor surplus area firms are used when possible and 45 CFR 75.327 to 75.340. All preference requires documentary proof to be provided with the proposal or preference will not be allowed. For Indian Preference to be applied: proof of enrollment in recognized tribe must be submitted with the proposal. For American Indian owned businesses to receive preference, proof of enrollment in a recognized tribe and more than 50% American Indian ownership of the business must be submitted with the proposal. Indian preference can be allowed with an affirmative statement regarding training and employment of American Indians submitted with the proposal. Preferences may be given to vendors or products that are environmentally-friendly, use recycled materials, are recycled, use energy-saving technology or other ecologically beneficial techniques. In accordance with Public Law 103-333, the "Department of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related Agencies Appropriations Act of 1995," the following provisions are applicable to this purchase: "Section 507: "Purchase of American-Made Equipment and Products-It is the sense of the Congress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products purchased with funds made available in this ACT should be American-made."" LOCAL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM OVCDC encourages the utilization of businesses within its service area. To promote participation of local business enterprises in the competitive selection process, OVCDC provides incentives to local businesses. A Local Business Enterprise is defined as follows: Local Business Enterprise - to be considered as a local business enterprise, a firm must provide evidence the firm is located at a fixed commercial or residential address where administrative, clerical, professional or other productive work is performed relative to its commercial purpose. The firm must be located within the OVCDC's service area for a minimum of one year. A value of three additional points will be added to the evaluation scores of Local Business Enterprises who bid on professional services contracts. In the event that the proposed services will be evaluated on a price basis only, the bids of local business enterprises will be reduced by 3%. If, after this adjustment, the local business enterprise is determined to be the most competitive bid, the actual contract amount will be the amount originally bid by the local business enterprise. After evaluation of Best and Final Offers, the purchase will be awarded to the most responsive and responsible vendor whose offer is the most advantageous to OVCDC. The OVCDC reserves the right not to make any award. An award may be split between multiple firms. To receive preference documentary proof is required to be submitted with the proposal. For example, a copy of valid enrollment card from a federally recognized Tribe or proof of more than 51% Indian ownership in a business is required for Indian Preference. You are invited to review and respond to the Request for Proposals. For questions on this RFP please contact OVCDC: PROPOSALS SHOULD BE SENT TO: CONTACT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Owens Valley Career Development Center Purchasing/Contracts Administrator Purchasing/Contracts Administrator Telephone: 760-873-5107 Ext. 445 P.O. Box 847 (93515) FAX: 760-873-3231 2574 Diaz Lane (93514) E-MAIL: contracts@ovcdc.com Bishop, CA E-MAIL: contracts@ovcdc.com