Site work for a water / sewer project in Long Beach, California. Completed plans call for site work for a water / sewer project.

Notice is hereby given that the city of long beach, california, acting by and through the city's board of harbor commissioners ("City") will receive, before the bid deadline established below, bids for the following work: pier b on-dock rail support facility locomotive facility at 3000 e. I street, los angeles, ca 90744 los angeles and long beach, california state of california ctc road repair & accountability act of 2017 trade corridor enhancement program (g-23-46) u.S. Dot marad 2021 port infrastructure development program (#693jf722450027) Project contact person: Lan saadatnejadi; lan.Saadatnejadi@associates.Polb.Com Pre-bid questions. All questions, including requests for interpretation or correction, or comments regarding the contract documents, must be submitted no later than 08/20/2024 at 5:00 PM PT Questions received after the pre-bid question deadline will not be accepted. Questions must be submitted electronically through the pb system. Emails, phone calls, and faxes will not be accepted. Questions submitted to city staff will not be addressed and bidder will be directed to the pb system. The city makes no guarantee that existing construction and site conditions matches construction depicted on record reference documents. It shall be the bidder's responsibility to identify existing conditions during the site visit. Each bidder must have a valid picture identification card (driver's license or twic card), hard hat, steel-toed boots, and safety traffic vest to attend the site visit. Should a bidder elect not to attend the pre-bid meeting, the bidder shall not be relieved of its sole responsibility to inform itself of all conditions at the project site and the content of the contract documents. Each bidder must attend the mandatory pre-bid meeting. Failure to attend the mandatory prebid meeting shall disqualify your bid. Bidders are encouraged to rsvp for the pre-bid meeting through the pb system; located under the "Rsvp" tab of the prospective bidder detail. Following the meeting a list of pre-bid meeting signed-in attendees will be available on the pb system. Summary description of the work. The work required by this contract includes, but is not limited to, the following: construction of six new tracks to service up to 30 locomotives, consisting of track work, railroad signalization, water line, communication casings, storm drainage system with drip pans, fire hydrants, sewer main, utility duct banks, light poles, control panels, landscaping and irrigation; modification of cp perry for the installation of a new power operated switch machine and wayside signal cantilever. See section 01 11 00, summary of work in the technical specifications. Contract time and liquidated damages. The contractor shall achieve substantial completion of work within 389 calendar days and affidavit of final completion of the project within 480 calendar days as provided in paragraph sc - 6.1 of the special conditions, from a date specified in a written "Notice to proceed" issued by the city and subject to adjustment as provided in section 8.2 of the general conditions. Failure of the contractor to complete the work within the contract time and other milestones set forth in the special conditions, including the engineer's approval of affidavit of final completion, will result in assessment of liquidated damages in the amounts established in the special conditions. Contractor performed work. The contractor shall perform, with its own employees, contract work amounting to at least 30% of the contract price, except that any designated "Specialty items" may be performed by subcontract. The amount of any such "Specialty items" so performed may be deducted from the contract price before computing the amount required to be performed by the contractor with its own employees. "Specialty items" will be identified by the city on the schedule of bid items. The bid price of any materials or equipment rental costs from vendors who are solely furnishing materials or rental equipment and are not performing work as a licensed subcontractor on this project shall also be deducted from the contract price before computing the amount required to be performed by the contractor with its own employees. Mandatory sbe/vsbe participation. This project is subject to the port of long beach (polb) small business enterprises (sbe)/very small business enterprises (vsbe) program. The combined sbe/vsbe participation requirement for this project is twenty percent (20%) of total bid value. The combined sbe/vsbe participation requirement shall include a minimum 5 percent (5%) of total bid value as vsbe. Polb expects all bidders to achieve the combined sbe/vsbe participation requirements. Responsiveness of the bid will be conditioned on the bidder submitting an sbe-2c commitment plan demonstrating the bidder's intent to meet the combined sbe/vsbe participation requirement. If the bidder's commitment plan does not demonstrate intent to meet the combined requirements, the bid will be deemed non-responsive. The port's sbe program staff is available to provide information on the program requirements, including sbe certification assistance. Please contact the sbe office at (562) 283-7598 or sbeprogram@polb.Com. You may also view the port's sbe program requirements at website. Bid security, signed contract, insurance and bonds. Each bid shall be accompanied by a satisfactory bidder's bond or other acceptable bid security in an amount not less than ten percent (10%) of the base bid as a guarantee that the bidder will, if conditionally awarded a contract by the board, within thirty (30) calendar days after the contract is conditionally awarded to the contractor by the city, execute and deliver such contract to the chief harbor engineer together with all required documents including insurance forms, a payment bond for one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price, and a performance bond for one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price. All bonds shall be on forms provided by the city. Conditional award of contract and reservation of rights. The board, acting through the chief executive officer, reserves the right at any time before the execution of the contract by the city, to reject any or all bids, and to waive any informality or irregularity. The conditional award of the contract, if any, will be to the responsible bidder submitting the lowest responsive and responsible bid. If the lowest responsive responsible bidder fails to submit the required documents including insurance forms, bonds and signed contract within thirty (30) calendar days after conditional award of contract, the board reserves the right to rescind the conditional award and conditionally award the contract to the next lowest responsive and responsible bidder. Period of bid irrevocability. Bids shall remain open and valid and bidder's bonds and other acceptable bid security shall be guaranteed and valid for ninety (90) calendar days after the bid deadline or until the chief executive officer executes a contract, whichever occurs first. Estimated Bid Value $24,200,000.00