Site work and paving for a mixed-use development in El Segundo, California. Completed plans call for site work for a road / highway; for paving for a road / highway; sidewalk / parking lot; and sidewalk / parking lot.

Construction activities will include: Removal and replacement of existing curb ramps. Installation of brand-new curb ramps. Installation of full-depth, 3-foot-wide asphalt slot paving. Installation of truncated domes onto existing curb ramps. As described in the Bidding Documents, the bids are for a public works project ("Project") which consists of furnishing all labor, materials, tools, equipment, and incidentals for the CDBG ADA CURB RAMP INSTALLATION PROJECT and related work. Work shall include traffic control, licensed-surveyor tie-out and re-establishment of intersection centerline tie monuments and benchmarks after construction is complete, removal of existing non-standard curb ramps, installation of new ADA-compliant curb ramps with yellow truncated domes, installation of hotmix-asphalt slot paving, and replacement of damaged striping as necessary. Contractors bidding the project shall provide a minimum of five government agency, preferably municipal, references. The references shall be for the contractors' building similar projects (in terms of scope, size, type, magnitude, and complexity), as the prime contractor in the past five (5) years. Bidders shall include references, etc. to demonstrate qualification. All questions regarding the project are due to Electronically by Tuesday, June 26, 2024, at 4:00 PM. The terms and conditions for bidding on the Project are described in the attached Bidding Instructions. This project is funded in whole or in part with Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Federal Labor Standards Provisions, including prevailing wage requirements of the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts will be enforced. In the event of a conflict between Federal and State wages rates, the higher of the two will prevail. This project requires payment of State prevailing rates of wages for Los Angeles County. The contractor must post copies of the prevailing schedule at each job site. Copies of these rates of wages are available from the State of California Department of Industrial Relations Prevailing Wage Unit, Telephone No. (415) 703-4774. Note that the Project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by California Department of Industrial Relations. Pursuant to California law, the City must find bids failing to comply with all applicable Labor Code requirements including, without limitation, Labor Code 1725.5 and 1771.4 to be nonresponsive. The contractor to whom the contract is awarded must assist in locating, qualifying, hiring, and increasing the skills of minority group employees and applicants for employment, as set forth in Executive Order 11246 and 11375. Any contract entered into pursuant to this notice will incorporate the provisions of the State Labor Code. Compliance with the prevailing rates of wages and apprenticeship employment standards established by the State Director of Industrial Relations will be required. Affirmative action to ensure against discrimination in employment practices on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, or religion will also be required. The City of El Segundo hereby affirmatively ensures that minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this notice and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, or religion in any consideration leading to the award of contract. The Contractor's duty to pay State prevailing wages can be found under Labor Code Section 1770 et. Seq. and Labor Code Sections 1775 and 1777.7 outline the penalties for failure to pay prevailing wages and employ apprentices including forfeitures and debarment. Five percent (5%) will be deducted from each progress payment and retained by the City. The remainder less the amount of all previous payments will be paid to the Contractor. Pursuant to Public Contracts Code ("PCC") 22300, the Contractor may substitute securities for retention monies held by the City or request that the City place such monies into an escrow account. The Contractor is notified, pursuant to PCC 22300, any such election will be at the Contractor own expense and will include costs incurred by the City to accommodate the Contractor's request. In entering into a Public Works contract, or a subcontract, to supply goods, services, or materials pursuant to a public works contract, the Contractor, or Sub-Contractor, offers and agrees to assign to the awarding body all rights, title and interest in, and to, all causes of action it may have under Section 4 of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. Section 15) or under the Cartwright Act (Chapter 2 [commencing with Section 16700] of Part 2 of Division 7 of the Business and Professions Code), arising from purchases of goods, services, or materials pursuant to the public works contract or the subcontract. This assignment shall be made and become effective at the time the awarding body tenders final payment to the Contractor, without further acknowledgment by the parties. The bid must be accompanied by a bid bond, made payable to the City of El Segundo for an amount no less than ten percent (10%) of the amount bid for the base contract. No bid will be accepted from a Contractor who has not been licensed in accordance with the provisions of the State Business and Professions Code. For these projects, those acceptable classes of license shall be "A", "C-8", or "C-12". The successful Contractor and his Sub Contractors will be required to possess the correct license for their project classifications, and valid City Business Licenses from the City of El Segundo. The City of El Segundo reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive any irregularity, and to take all bids under advisement for a period of ninety (90) calendar days. Any contract entered into pursuant to this notice shall become effective or enforceable against the City of El Segundo only when the formal written contract has been duly executed by the appropriate officer(s) of the City of El Segundo. The work under this Contract shall be performed entirely within the City of El Segundo, and consists of furnishing all labor, materials, equipment, and services, and performing all work necessary for the ADA curb ramp installations or truncated dome installations and repairing/replacing existing public and private improvements in kind. Construction shall be ADA-compliant. The work includes traffic control; the posting and removal of Housing -and-Urban-Development-required signage; demolition and removals; minor excavation and grading; tree root and plant root removals down to two feet below grade; the removal and reconstruction of existing concrete curb ramps; the installation of new concrete curb ramps; the installation of yellow truncated domes at each curb ramp; the removal and replacement of sidewalk, curb, and gutter, as needed; the adjustment to grade of utility meters in ramp or sidewalk areas as needed; the removal and replacement of 3'-wide asphalt concrete slot paving; the replacement of any damaged striping or property as needed; and licensed-surveyor tie-out and re-establishment of intersection centerline tie monuments and benchmarks after construction is complete. All work shall conform to all applicable State, local, regional, and Federal building codes, ADA standards, ordinances, and regulations as prescribed by the City. All compaction in the project areas shall be to 95% compaction.