Renovation of a water / sewer project in Lakeport, California. Completed plans call for the renovation of a water / sewer project.

Questions about alleged patent ambiguity of the plans, specifications, or estimate must be submitted electronically through the City's OpenGov portal prior to 5:00 pm on Thursday, July 18, 2024 Project is for the turnkey exchange of spent Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) with new virgin GAC. Project is located at the Water Treatment Plant, 590 Konocti Ave., Lakeport, CA 95453. The work shall be completed within 10 working days (Time of Completion) after the date the City issues a Notice to Proceed to the successful contractor. For unauthorized delays, Liquidated Damages are Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per day. The estimated cost of the work is $90,000.00. The bid must be accompanied by a bid guarantee in the amount of 10% of the total bid .More specifically, pursuant to Public Contract Code 20170 and 20171, all bids for the project shall be presented, under sealed cover and shall be accompanied by one of the following forms of bidder's security in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the bid: (a) cash; (b) a cashier's check made payable to the City of Lakeport; (c) a certified check made payable to the City of Lakeport; or (d) a bidder's bond executed by an admitted surety insurer made payable to the City of Lakeport. Such security shall be forfeited should the successful bidder to whom the contract is awarded fails to timely execute the contract and to deliver the necessary bonds and insurance certificates as specified in the contract documents. Pursuant to California Civil Code 9550, a payment bond is required to be submitted for all projects estimated in excess of $25,000.00 In accordance with the provisions of California Public Contract Code 3300, and Business and Professions Code 7028.15(e), the Agency has determined that the contractor shall possess a valid Class none contractor's license at the time that the contract is awarded. Failure to possess the specified license shall render a bidder's bid as non-responsive and shall bar award of the contract to any bidder not possessing the specified license at the time of the award. (contractors are required by law to be licensed and regulated by the contractors' state license board. Any questions concerning a contractor may be referred to the registrar, contractors' state license board, p.O. Box 2600, sacramento, ca 95826. At the time the contract is awarded, the contractor shall be properly licensed in accordance with the laws of this state. The first payment for work or material shall not be made unless and until the registrar of contractors verifies to the agency that the records of the contractors' state license board indicate that the contractor was properly licensed at the time the contract was awarded. Any bidder or contractor not so licensed shall be subject to all legal penalties imposed by law including, but not limited to, any appropriate disciplinary action by the contractors' state board. Failure of the bidder to obtain proper and adequate licensing for an award of a contract shall constitute a failure to execute the contract and shall result in the forfeiture of the security of the bidder. (public contract code 20103.5) Contractors and subcontractors are also required to be registered with the california department of industrial relations for any bid proposal submitted on or after march 1, 2015, and for any contract for public work entered into on or after april 1, 2015. A contractor or subcontractor shall not be qualified to bid on, be listed on a bid proposal for, or perform any public work contract unless it is currently registered with the california department of industrial relations as described in labor code 1725.5. Question Submission Deadline: July 18, 2024, 5:00pm Question Response Date: July 24, 2024 If applicable, this project is subject to the skilled and trained workforce requirements of the Public Contracts Code 2600 - 2602. To the extent applicable, at any time during the term of the Agreement for the proposed project, the successful bidder may, at its own expense, substitute securities equivalent to the amount withheld as retention (or the retained percentage) in accordance with Public Contract Code 22300. The Agency has determined that the proposed project is a public works subject to the provisions of Labor Code 1720 thereby requiring the Contractor to pay the prevailing wage rates for all work performed under the Contract. Accordingly, the proposed project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the California Department of Industrial Relations. The Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations determines the general prevailing wage rates. Obtain the wage rates at the DIR Web site, or from the City's Engineering Division. The project is subject to Department of Labor prevailing wages and requires the payment of the highest wage between the DIR and DOL rates. All provisions of the Department of Labor must be followed and other funding requirements as provided in the Contract Documents. The City of Lakeport reserves the right to reject any and all bids. The contract shall be awarded based on the lowest responsible bid.