Site work and paving for a mixed-use development in East Palo Alto, California. Completed plans call for site work for a road / highway; for paving for a road / highway; sidewalk / parking lot; sidewalk / parking lot; and water / sewer project.

**As of September 3rd, 2025, this project has not yet been awarded. A timeline for the award has not yet been established.** The City of East Palo Alto is seeking a contractor to construct the University Avenue Safety Enhancements Project. 2. Project Information. 2.1 Location and Description. The Project is located at the intersection of University Avenue and Runnymede Street, and is described as follows: Traffic Signal modifications that include demolition of existing sidewalk and curb ramps, installation of corner bulbouts and ADA accessible curb ramps, traffic signal equipment removal, relocation, and installation; new signal poles, conduit and conductors, video detection system, accessible pedestrian signals; modifications to signing and striping; modification to storm drainage system, and erosion control. 2.2 Time for Final Completion. The Project must be fully completed within 45 calendar days from the start date set forth in the Notice to Proceed. License. This Project requires a valid California contractor's license for the following classification(s): "A" license. Class "C" license is required for electrical work. 5. Bid Security. The Bid Proposal must be accompanied by bid security of ten percent of the maximum bid amount, in the form of a cashier's or certified check made payable to City, or a bid bond executed by a surety licensed to do business in the State of California on the Bid Bond form included with the Contract Documents. The bid security must guarantee that within ten days after City issues the Notice of Potential Award, the successful bidder will execute the Contract and submit the payment and performance bonds, insurance certificates and endorsements, valid Certificates of Reported Compliance as required under the California Air Resources Board's In-Use Off-Road Diesel-Fueled Fleets Regulation (13 CCR 2449 et seq.) ("Off-Road Regulation"), if applicable, and any other submittals required by the Contract Documents and as specified in the Notice of Potential Award. Performance and Payment Bonds. The successful bidder will be required to provide performance and payment bonds, each for 100% of the Contract Price, as further specified in the Contract Documents Disadvantage Business Enterprise (DBE): DBE utilization goal for this project is 12%. If you need assistance with searching for DBE services, please contact the City's DBE liason at 408-730-7605. Question Deadline 07/17/2025 Questions or requests for clarifications regarding the Project, the bid procedures, or any of the Contract Documents must be submitted in writing to Batool Zaro, Senior Engineer, bzaro@cityofepa.org. Oral responses are not authorized and are not binding on the City. Bidders should submit any such written inquiries at least five Working Days before the scheduled bid opening. Questions received any later might not be addressed before the bid deadline. An interpretation or clarification by City in response to a written inquiry will be issued in an addendum. Work under this section shall include mobilization; furnishing, maintaining and removing sanitary restroom facilities; and temporary use of a portion of paved public roadways as a construction staging area. Sanitary restroom facilities shall not be stored on the project site and shall be removed outside of working hours. Just prior (ten calendar days maximum) to beginning work at the subject site, the Contractor shall jointly with the Engineer photograph and videotape the project site in sufficient detail to show the existing site conditions, including but not limited to the proposed alignment, staging areas, routes of ingress and egress for hauling and delivering, and all other areas that the contractor believes are appropriate. Contractor shall provide copy of video(s) to the City. The Contractor shall arrange for and develop temporary construction staging areas for the storage and operation of construction equipment and supplies. The staging area shall be located outside of public right-of-way. No staging of equipment or material will be permitted on any public right-of-way. The Contractor must obtain written permission from the property owners to use their property in any fashion and provide copy of permission to City. All contractor, subcontractor, and supplier employees shall park at the temporary construction staging area only. The Contractor shall submit a plan describing the construction staging area to the Engineer for approval. The Contractor shall not permit any waste or damage to be done to the staging area and shall maintain the area in good condition, free of litter and debris. Upon completion of the work, the area shall be restored to its pre-construction or better condition, including the repair of any damaged pavement, curbs, markings, or other public infrastructure components. Traffic control shall conform to the latest edition of "California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices" issued by Caltrans, or State Standard Plan RSP T13, "Traffic Control System for Lane Closure on Two Lane Conventional Highways." Any deviation in traffic control from the references mentioned above will not be allowed unless advance written approval is granted by the Engineer. Attention is directed to Sections 7-1.03, "Public Convenience," 7-1.04, "Public Safety," and 12, "Temporary Traffic Control," of the Standard Specifications and to the Section SP-08 entitled "Public Safety." Nothing in these Special Provisions shall be construed as relieving the Contractor from his/her responsibility as provided in said Section 7-1.04. Minor deviations from the traffic requirements of this section, which do not significantly change the cost of the work, may be permitted upon the written request of the Contractor, if in the opinion of the Engineer public traffic will be better served and work expedited. Such deviations shall not be adopted until the Engineer has indicated his written approval. All other modifications will be made by contract change order. Contractor shall provide all markers, signs, delineators, barricades, portable flashing beacons, flaggers, etc. necessary to ensure the safe passage of traffic through the work zone. This work shall be done in accordance with Section 17-2, "Clearing and Grubbing," of the Standard Specifications, these Special Provisions, and as directed by the Engineer. This work includes, but is not limited to: clearing, grubbing, demolition, removal of all objectionable material such as debris, trees (including stumps and roots), and disposal of material at the end of each working day from within the specified work area as shown on the plans and as specified herein. Vegetation shall be cleared and grubbed only within the excavation and embankment slope lines. Existing vegetation outside the areas to be cleared and grubbed shall be protected from injury or damage resulting from the Contractor's operations. Activities controlled by the Contractor, except cleanup or other required work, shall be confined within the graded areas of the roadway. Nothing herein shall be construed as relieving the Contractor of the Contractor's responsibility for final cleanup of the highway as provided in Section 4-1.13, "Cleanup," of the Standard Specifications. All tree and stump removal shall be approved by the Engineer. Roots 1/2 inch diameter and larger shall be removed 2 feet below existing ground surface. Fill all stump and root holes and excavations with on-site soil and compact to a minimum of 90% relative compaction. The work described in this section shall be done in accordance with Section 86 and Section 87 of the 2023 edition of the State Standard Specifications, the 2023 edition of the State Standard Plans, the City Standard Plans and Specifications, Construction Plans, the subsequent revisions to said specifications and plans, and these Special provisions unless otherwise specified. In case of conflict between any of the contract documents, the document, which takes precedence over and shall be used in lieu of such conflicting portions, shall be as specified in Section 5-1.02 of the State of California Standard Specifications. If a discrepancy exists, The governing ranking of Contract parts in descending is: 1. Special provisions 2. Project Plans 3. Revised standard specifications 4. Standard specifications 5. Revised standard plans 6. Standard plans 7. Supplemental project information