Site work and paving for a civil project in Lompoc, California. Completed plans call for site work for a road / highway; for paving for a road / highway; and water / sewer project.

GENERAL WORK DESCRIPTION: The Water Line Replacement Project includes, but is not necessarily limited to the following: Pothole existing utilities; furnish and install temporary water services and bypass line; pavement saw cutting, removal and disposal; structure excavation; disposal of structure excavation (including AC pipe to be handled as hazardous asbestos material, see minimum conditions for handling in Trench Excavation section of Special Provisions); trench shoring, sheeting, and bracing; furnish and install polyvinyl chloride (P.V.C.) C900 or ductile iron pipe (D.I.P.) waterline; furnish and install valves, fittings, thrust blocks, tracer wire, water services, fire hydrants, meter boxes and yokes; trench bedding and backfill; hydrostatic and sterilization testing; coordination, removal and replacement of existing utility vaults; removal & disposal of existing concrete, furnish and construct PCC improvements; furnish and construct hot mix asphalt trench paving and patching; clean-up and related work as required, to complete the work as specified by the Plans, Standard Specifications, City Standard Requirements, and these Special Provisions. BONDS: Each proposal must be accompanied by cash, a certified or cashier's check, or bidder's bond of the prescribed form and made payable to the City of Lompoc for an amount equal to at least ten percent (10%) of the amount bid, such guaranty to be forfeited, should the bidder to whom the contract is awarded fail to furnish the required bonds and to enter into a contract with the City within the period of time provided by the Proposal Requirements. LICENSE REQUIREMENTS: In accordance with provisions of California Public Contract Code Section3300, the City has determined that the Contractor shall possess a valid Class A or C-34 License at the time of award. The Contractor shall be properly licensed at the time the contract is awarded. No contract will be awarded from a Contractor who has not been licensed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 9 of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code. DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES: The City of Lompoc hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, or national origin in consideration for an award. RETENTION: The Contractor may elect to receive 100 percent of payments due under the Contract Documents from time to time, without retention from any portion of the payment by the City, by depositing securities of equivalent value with the City in accordance with the provisions of Section 22300 of the California Public Contract Code. Such securities, if deposited by the Contractor, shall be valued by the City, whose decision on evaluation of the securities shall be final. Securities eligible for investment under this provision shall be limited to those listed in Section 22300 and Section 16430 of the California Government Code. ENGINEER'S COST ESTIMATE: The Design Engineer has calculated an estimate of probable construction costs for this project. The City does not wish to publicize the engineer's estimate of the project cost since that information may tend to influence the number and nature of bids received. However, for bidder's convenience, the City will publicize that the engineer's estimate for the base bid falls within a range of $1,800,000 - $2,100,000. PRE-BID CONFERENCE: A pre-bid conference will not be held for this project.