This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Poway, California. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

Governing Board of the Poway Unified School District ("DISTRICT") is inviting qualified and experienced contractors to submit sealed bids for the project described below: Annual Asphalt and Concrete Bid The class(es) of California contractor's license(s) required in order to bid on and perform the contract for this Project is: CSLB Class A General Engineering Contractor license or C-12 Earthwork and Paving Contractors license. Each Bidder shall also have no less than five (5) experience in the magnitude and character of the work bid. Pursuant to Labor Code sections 1725.5 and 1771.1, all contractors and subcontractors that wish to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, or enter into a contract to perform public work must be registered with the Department of Industrial Relations. No bid will be accepted, nor any contract entered into without proof of the contractor's and subcontractors' current registration with the Department of Industrial Relations to perform public work. If awarded a Contract, the Bidder, and its subcontractors, of any tier, shall maintain active registration with the Department of Industrial Relations for the duration of the Project. This Project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. In bidding on this project, it shall be the Bidder's sole responsibility to evaluate and include the cost of complying with all labor compliance requirements under this contract and applicable law in its bid. Wage rates can be found online. Each bid must be submitted with security in an amount not less than ten percent (10%) of the maximum bid amount as a guarantee that the bidder will enter into the proposed contract, if awarded to the bidder, and will provide the performance and payment bonds, insurance certificates and other documents described in the Contract Documents. Such security must be in one of the following forms: (1) a cashier's check made payable to the District; (2) a certified check made payable to the District; or (3) a bond made payable to the District in the form set forth in the Contract Documents. The successful bidder will be required to provide both a performance bond and a separate payment bond, each in the amount of twenty five thousand dollars ($25,000.00), prior to the execution of the Contract. If any one project or accumulation of projects exceeds $25,000.00, the Contractor will be required to increase the existing Performance and Payment Bonds to one hundred percent (100%) pf the project(s) total. The forms of the bonds are set forth in the Contract Documents and all bonds must be issued by a California admitted surety as defined in California Code of Civil Procedure Section 995.120. The District reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any irregularities or informalities in any bids or in the bidding. No Bidder may withdraw their bid for a period of thirty (30) days after the date set for the opening of the bids. For questions, please contact Jeff Johnson at jefjohnson@powayusd.com. Questions: Discrepancies in, and/or omissions from the Plans, Specifications or other Contract Documents or questions as to their meaning shall be immediately brought to the attention of the District by submission of a written request for an interpretation or correction to the District. Such submission, if any, must be sent to Purchasing by e-mailing Jeff Johnson at jefjohnson@powayusd.com no later than 10:00am on May 24, 2024. Any interpretation of the Contract Documents will be made only by written addenda duly issued via e-mail, and posted electronically. The District will not be responsible for any explanations or interpretations provided in any other manner. No person is authorized to make any oral interpretation of any provision in the Contract Documents to any bidder, and no bidder should rely on any such oral interpretation. Bids shall include complete compensation for all items that are noted in the Contract Documents as the responsibility of the Contractor. Award or Rejection of Bids: Once all Bids are opened and reviewed to determine the lowest responsive and responsible Bidder, the District may award the contract. The apparent successful Bidder should begin to prepare the following documents: (1) the Performance Bond; (2) the Payment Bond; and (3) the required insurance certificates and endorsements. Once the District notifies the Bidder of the award, the Bidder will have seven (7) consecutive calendar days from the date of this notification to execute the Contract and supply the District with all of the required documents and certifications. Regardless of whether the Bidder supplies the required documents and certifications in a timely manner, the Contract time will begin to run ten (10) calendar days from the date of the notification. Once the District receives all of the properly drafted and executed documents and certifications from the Bidder, the District may issue a Notice to Proceed to that Bidder. The Governing Board of the Poway Unified School District, however, reserves the right to reject any/or all bids if the District determines that it would be in its best interest to cancel the solicitation, to accept or reject any one or more items of a bid, and to waive any informality or irregularity in the bid(s) or in the bidding process. If a bid fails to conform to requirements set forth in the Notice to Bidders, or any of the other Contract Documents (including, without limitation, if the District determines that the bid is unintelligible, internally inconsistent, or ambiguous), the District may reject the bid as not responsive to the Notice to Bidders. The District may, but is not required to, seek information from any vendor that may resolve an ambiguity in the vendor's bid. The term of this contract shall be for the term of one-year, July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025. By mutual agreement between the District and the Awardee, this contract may be renewed for two (2) additional one-year periods (not to exceed a total of three (3) years). Contract renewals shall be approved in one-year increments under the same terms and conditions as the original agreement. If work under this contract is not ready for the intended use within the specified time period, the agreed liquidated damages established in Article 42 of the General Conditions and Article 4 of the Agreement is one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00) per day for each calendar date completion is delayed. Contract Price: The pricing submitted for the initial term of the contract will remain fixed through June 30, 2025. Pricing agreed to for each additional one-year period will remain fixed throughout each contract period ending June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027, respectively. The Awardee may only petition for an increase in pricing annually 120 calendar days before the end date of each contract period, as long as price increases do not exceed the rate of inflation determined by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) San Diego-Carlsbad Index, published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. If the Awardee requests price increases that exceed the rate of inflation determined by the CPI, the contract may not be renewed. The District reserves the right to accept or reject the price increase and may choose to re-bid the contract if it is deemed to be in the best interest of the District.