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

The work site is located in Santa Ynez, east of the town of Ballard, near the intersection of Refugio Road and Baseline Road. The purpose of this project is to install approximately 55 feet of 12-inch water line, fittings, and other appurtenances, and install a concrete vault with 6-inch water line and pump, as part of the District s pump replacement project. The District will furnish all pipeline construction materials with the exceptions listed in Technical Specifications of the Contract Documents. All construction will be subject to the provisions contained within a Santa Barbara County Encroachment Permit. The District reserves the right in its sole and absolute discretion to reject any or all bids, to waive any informality in a bid, and to make an award to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder as determined by the District. Each bid shall be accompanied by a certified or cashier s check or bid bond in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the total bid price, payable to the District, as a guarantee that the bidder, if its bid is accepted, will promptly execute all necessary Contract Documents and provide the required submittals for approval, all within ten (10) calendar days of the date of written Notice of Award. A bid shall not be considered unless one of the forms of bidder security is enclosed with the bid. Project work will begin as soon as possible following contractor selection and issuance of a Notice of Award. All work must be completed in an expeditious manner. No liquidated damages will be imposed under the Contract, but the District reserves the right to terminate the Contract if the work is not being pursued diligently and expeditiously, in accordance with the contractor s submitted and approved schedule. All work must be completed and accepted by the District before final payment is issued to the contractor. All bonds shall be in the form prescribed by the Contract Documents except as provided otherwise by law or regulation, and shall be executed by such sureties as are named in the current list of companies holding certificates of authority as acceptable sureties on federal bonds and as acceptable reinsuring companies as published in Circular 570 (amended) by the audit staff, Bureau of Government Financial Corporations, U.S. Treasury Department. A certified copy of such agent s authority to act must accompany all bonds signed by an agent. The contractor shall be required to possess a valid Class A General Engineering License or a C34 Pipeline Contractors License issued by the California Contractor's State License Board at the time of its bid, when the Contract is awarded, and for the entire duration of the work. Failure to possess one of the specified licenses at all required times shall constitute a default and breach by the contractor and give rise to District remedies. The selected contractor may elect to receive one hundred percent (100%) of payments due under the Contract Documents at the completion of the work, without retention of any portion of the payment by the District, by depositing proper security of equivalent value with the District in accordance with the provisions of Section 22300 of the Public Contract Code. Payment shall be made by the District, to ninety-five (95) percent of the work completed in monthly progress payments and a final payment. The five (5) percent retention will be paid 35 days following final acceptance of the work by the District. Inspection of the work site is required for a bidding contractor to satisfy itself, by personal examination, of the location of the proposed work and the actual conditions of the work site. If during the course of its examination a bidding contractor finds facts or conditions which appear to conflict with the letter or spirit of the Contract Documents (including Drawings and Specifications), or with any other data furnished by the District, the contractor may request additional information and/or explanation from the District before submitting a bid. The submission of a bid by a contractor shall constitute acknowledgment that, if awarded the Contract, said contractor has relied and is relying on its own examination and understanding of (a) the Contract Documents, (b) the work site conditions, (c) access to the work site, (d) all other data, matters, and things requisite to the fulfillment of the work, and (e) existing services and utilities on and in the vicinity of the work site, and that said contractor is not relying on any representation or warranty of the District that is not contained in the Contract Documents. No claim for additional work or compensation will be allowed which is based upon a lack of knowledge of the above items.