Site work for a civil project in San Francisco, California. Completed plans call for site work for a bridge / tunnel; and water / sewer project.

The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission authorized the Water System Improvement Program Project Labor Agreement to be extended to the Sewer System Improvement Program and the Auxiliary Water Supply System Pumping Station 2 project. The agreement to extend the WSIP PLA to all SSIP projects and the AWSS project is known as the Extension Agreement. This Project is covered by the WSIP PLA and Extension Agreement (collectively referred to as PLA). A copy of the PLA documents are included as Section 00 73 18.10 in the contract documents. Bidders are advised that the PLA is incorporated into and made a part of any contract awarded for this Project, subject to exceptions in the Extension Agreement. Subcontracting opportunities may include, but not limited, to the following major types of work: tunnel and shaft construction,ventilation shaft, varies utility relocation, trench support of excavation, dewatering and large concrete box sewer related construction. The objective of the project is to construct an auxiliary wet weather combined sewer to mitigate flooding at the lower Alemany area during a LOS storm. The work is to be performed in San Francisco, California. The Engineers Estimate is $277,100,000. There will be no LBE bid discounts for this contract. The Local Business Enterprise (LBE) subcontracting requirement is 3.00%. The LBE subcontracting requirement can only be met with CMDcertified San Francisco Micro and Small-LBEs. The majority of the contract scope is primarily large tunneling work. The tunneling work is a very specialized construction that includes large shafts and trenchless technology. As such, very limited contractors can perform this work nationwide. PUC-LBEs cannot be counted towards meeting the LBE subcontracting requirement(s). All Bidders shall submit documented Good Faith efforts with their Bids as directed on CMDForm 2B, except those who exceed the above-stated subcontracting requirement(s) by at least 35%. Refer to CMDAttachment 1. Failure to comply with Chapter 14B requirements may result in a Bid being deemed non-responsive and ineligible for Contract award. Please contact Jason Chow at 415- 554-0631 or Jason.Chow@sfgov.org for further information about the LBE requirements. Bids, the Bidder shall, no later than the 10th working day prior to the date of Bid opening, provide written notice to the Manager, Contract Administration Bureau, setting forth with specificity the grounds for the objection.