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

Rancho Santiago Community College District (RSCCD) of Orange County, California, acting by and through its Board of Trustees ("District"), will, in accordance with Public Contract Code 22034, receive, sealed bids for an award of a Contract for Bid Bldg. M Electrical Reroute at Santa Ana College. SUMMARY A. The Project consists of interior improvements for Rancho Santiago Community College District, in compliance with the Contract Documents and Code requirements. B. The furnishing of all labor, materials, equipment, services, and incidentals necessary for Work of Building M Electrical Reroute Project at Santa Ana College, 1530 W. 17th Street, Santa Ana, California 92869. Contractors' License Classification. Bidders must possess the following classification(s) of California Contractors License at the time that the Bid Proposal is submitted and at time the Contract for the Work is awarded: C-10 Electrical. The Bid Proposal of a Bidder who does not possess a valid and in good standing Contractors' License in the classification(s) set forth above will be rejected for non-responsiveness. Any Bidder not duly and properly licensed is subject to all penalties imposed by law. No payment shall be made for the Work unless and until the Registrar of Contractors verifies to the District that the Bidder awarded the Contract is properly and duly licensed for the Work. Contract Time. The Contract Time is 40 calendar days from date of Notice to Proceed to Final Completion. Failure to achieve the Contract Time will result in the assessment of Liquidated Damages as set forth in the Contract. Any bid received after the scheduled closing time for receipt of bids shall be returned to the bidder unopened. Bid Summary will be posted electronically. CUPCCAA. This Project is being let in accordance with the California Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act ("CUPCCAA") set forth in Public Contract Code section 22000 et seq. Contractors are invited to complete and submit the Contractors Letter of Interest Application to Purchasing Services Department as instructed on the application. The Contractors Letter of Interest Application is available electronically. During the course of bidding, the District may issue addenda ("Addenda") or issue responses to bidder questions that do not result in issuance of Addenda ("Bidder Questions Responses"). The District will not distribute Addenda or Bidder Questions Responses; Addenda and Bidder Questions Responses will be posted electronically. The District's posting of Addenda and/or Bidder Questions Responses on electronically is deemed the District's distribution of Addenda and/or Bidder Questions Responses to all bidders. Each Bid Proposal shall be accompanied by Bid Security in an amount equal to Ten Percent (10%) of the maximum amount of the Bid Proposal, inclusive of any additive Alternate Bid Item(s). Failure of any Bid Proposal to be accompanied by Bid Security in the form and in the amount required shall render such Bid Proposal to be non-responsive and rejected by the District. Accompanying this proposal is a cashier's check payable to the order of the Rancho Santiago Community College District or a certified check payable to the order of the Rancho Santiago Community College District in an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the base bid and alternates Labor & Materials Payment Bond; Performance Bond. Prior to commencement of the Work, the Bidder awarded the Contract shall deliver to the District two (2) each of Labor & Material Payment Bond and a Performance Bond issued by a California Admitted Surety in the form and content included in the Contract Documents each of which shall be in a penal sum equal to One Hundred Percent (100%) of the Contract Price. No Withdrawal of Bid Proposals. Bid Proposals shall not be withdrawn by any Bidder for a period of 90 calendar days after the opening of Bid Proposals. During this time, all Bidders shall guarantee prices quoted in their respective Bid Proposals. Award of Contract. The Contract for the Work, if awarded, will be by action of the District's Board of Trustees to the responsible Bidder submitting the lowest priced responsive Bid Proposal. If the Bid Proposal requires Bidders to propose prices for Alternate Bid Items, the District's selection of Alternate Bid Items, if any, for determination of the lowest priced Bid Proposal and for inclusion in the scope of the Contract to be awarded shall be in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders. The District reserves the right to waive immaterial irregularities or informalities in any Bid Proposal or in the bidding process. Additionally, the District reserves the right to reject all Bid Proposals. The lowest responsive bid for the Work shall be determined as follows: Base Bid Amount plus District Allowance. Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises ("DVBE") Participation Goal. Pursuant to Military & Veterans Code 999.2 and the District's Board Policy, the District has established a Good Faith Participation Goal for DVBEs of Three Percent (3%) of the value of the Work. American Disabilities Act (ADA). It is the intention of the Rancho Santiago Community College District to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Acts (ADA) in all respects. If, as an attendee or a participant at this meeting, you will need special assistance, the Rancho Santiago Community College District will attempt to accommodate you in every reasonable manner. Please contact the Rancho Santiago Community College District, Facility Planning, Construction and District Support Services at 2323 N. Broadway, Suite 112, Santa Ana, California, 714-480-7510, three business days prior to the meeting to inform us of your particular needs so that appropriate accommodations may be made. Questions : All Bidder questions about the meaning or intent of the Contract Documents shall be directed to the District in writing by email to facilitiesbid@rsccd.edu ("Pre-Bid Questions") by utilizing the District's Pre-Bid Clarification Form provided within. Pre-Bid Questions and requests for clarifications must be submitted to the District by 5:00 P.M. February 20, 2024. Bidders are solely responsible for submission of Pre-Bid Questions prior to such time/date; the District will not respond to Pre-Bid Questions submitted after such time/date. Responses to timely submitted Pre-Bid Questions will be in the form of Addenda posted electronically. Bidders are solely responsible for review of the District's Purchasing Department webpage to obtain Addenda issued during the bidding process. No person is authorized to: (i) render an oral interpretation, correction or modification of any portion of the Contract Documents; or (ii) provide oral responses to Pre-Bid Questions. No Bidder may rely on any such oral interpretation, correction, modification or response. The District reserves the right to reject any or all bids, including without limitation, the right to reject any or all nonconforming, non-responsive, unbalanced, or conditional Bids, to re-bid, and to reject the Bid of any Bidder if the District believes that it would not be in the best interest of the District to make an award to that Bidder, whether because the Bid is not responsive or the Bidder is unqualified or of doubtful financial ability or fails to meet any other pertinent standard or criteria established by the District. The District also reserves the right to waive inconsequential deviations not involving price, time, or changes in the Work. For purposes of this paragraph, an "unbalanced bid" is one having nominal prices for work item(s) that represent substantive work and/or overly-enhanced prices for nominal work item(s).