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

This Notice to Contractors is for the award of a three (3) Job Order Contracts (JOC), which is a competitively bid, firm fixed priced, indefinite quantity contract. The Contract scope of work includes a collection of detailed repair and construction tasks and specifications that have established unit prices. It is awarded to the "Contractor" for the accomplishment of repair, alteration, modernization, maintenance, rehabilitation, demolition and construction of infrastructure, buildings, structures, or other real property. The University issues to the Contractor discrete, fixed-price task or job orders, as needed, under the contract. Under the JOC concept, the Contractor furnishes all management, documentation, labor, materials, and equipment needed to perform the work. Each JOC agreement awarded under this solicitation will have a minimum total contract value of $0.00 and a maximum total contract value of $1,000,000 with the option to increase up to the State maximum of $3,000,000. The term of the contract will be twelve (12) months, unless the maximum value of the contract is achieved prior to the completion of the contract term. No contractor is to be awarded more than one JOC from the bids solicited by the University. The determination for award will be on the basis of which three (3) contractors submitting bids, results in the lowest total overall cost to the University. The Trustees reserve the right to reject any or all bids. In the event that the contractor submitting the lowest responsive and responsible bid refuses to enter into a contract with the CSU if tendered, or, in the event that the contractor materially breaches the JOC contract necessitating its termination, CSU reserves the right to award a second JOC under the same solicitation, provided such award is made within 120 days of the bid opening. This contract is for public works projects and is subject to prevailing wage rate laws (see Contract General Conditions, Article 04.02). All contractors and all tiers of subcontractors bidding on this project shall register to bid public works projects with the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR), and maintain current this registration pursuant to Labor Code Section 1725.5. Small Business Preference: The Trustees shall give a small business a bid advantage of five percent to contracting firms that have been certified as a "Small Business" by the Department of General Services, Office of Small Business and DVBE Services, in accordance with Contract General Conditions (and Supplementary General Conditions) for Job Order Contracts, Article 02.10, Small Business Five Percent Bid Advantage. DVBE Incentive: The Trustees REQUIRE the successful bidder to achieve a required minimum of 3% DVBE participation in each construction project under the Job Order Contract as established in the bidding documents. Additionally, the Trustees are granting a bid incentive for evaluation purposes only to bidders that exceed the three (3) percent DVBE participation requirement. The level of DVBE incentive will correlate to the level of participation; that is, the more DVBE participation proposed, the higher the incentive.