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

Informal bids, in accordance with City of Buellton's Ordinance 14-02, will be received by the City of Buellton, for furnishing all materials, equipment, tools, labor and incidentals as required for the above stated project in strict accordance with the specifications. The project will be carried out annually and include a three (3) year contract agreement with the option to renew for year 4 and year 5. SCOPE OF WORK Vacuum cleaning of all public storm drain system catch basins, drop inlets, area drains, and sidewalk drains, and appropriate traffic control measures required. Please refer to the attached Storm Drain Atlas. Bid amounts shall be all inclusive, including mobilization costs and incidentals for the completion of the project. Contractor will be required to take the necessary steps to protect the storm drain system from further intrusion of materials or "pushing" of materials into the system, as well as adhere to general operational Best Management Practices (BMPs). Contractor must ensure work does not damage any part of the storm drain system, including debris protection devices or trash guards. Each facility type (catch basins, drop inlets, area drains and sidewalk drains) shall be inspected prior to maintenance and after maintenance activities are completed. Appropriate inspection forms shall be completed for each facility which shall include pre-maintenance and post-maintenance structure pictures (including the number of buckets removed of trash/debris, organics and sediment). Inspection forms will be required to be submitted at the end of the project. All work shall be in accordance with the City's Stormwater Management Program. LOCATION OF WORK The location of work is throughout the City of Buellton. Please refer to the attached Storm Drain Atlas. Bidders are required to inspect the sites of the proposed work, in order to satisfy themselves, by personal examination or by other means they prefer. If, during the course of examination, a bidder finds facts or conditions which appear to conflict with the letter or intent of the contract documents, or with any other data furnished, the bidder may submit to the City in writing a request for additional information and explanation before submitting a bid. TIME LIMIT AND NOTICE TO PROCEED All work shall be complete within ten (10) working days from the date on the Notice to Proceed. The Contractor will not be allowed to start work prior to the date of the Notice to Proceed and not until the Contractor has returned the executed contract and submitted contract bonds and liability insurance acceptable to the City as required. A Notice to Proceed will be provided each year of the contract and is estimated to be issued by September for the next two (2) years of the contract. No additional working days will be allowed for material delay once the Contractor commences work. The Contractor will be required to submit a construction schedule prior to the pre-construction meeting. The Contractor shall be ready to commence on an estimated start date of Monday, October 13, 2025 following a pre-construction meeting tentatively scheduled for Thursday, October 9, 2025. Any proposed changes to this date shall be submitted with the bid documents. The City reserves the right to reject any or all bids, or to make award to the lowest responsible bidder and reject all other bids; to waive any informality in the bidding; and to accept any bid or portion thereof; and to take all bids under advisement for a period of forty-five (45) calendar days. Liquidated damages will be assessed for each and every day that any portion of the work remains unfinished after the time fixed for completion in the contract documents. Damages for avoidable delays shall be in the amount of $1,500.00 for each consecutive calendar day in excess of the time specified for completion of the work. At the time of contract award, the contractor must possess a Class A General Engineering Contractor License, or a C-42 Sanitation System Contractor License or a C-34 Pipeline Contractor's License. No bid will be accepted from a Contractor who has not been licensed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 9, Division III, of the Business and Profession code of the State of California at the time the bid is submitted. No contractor or subcontractor may be listed on a bid proposal or awarded a contract for public work on a public works project unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code Section 1725.5 [with limited exception from this requirement for bid purposes only under Labor Code section 1771.1(a)]. The Storm Drain Atlas is provided as Attachment 1. The Storm Drain System Inventory is provided in Attachment 2. Each structure listed on the inventory that is to be cleaned has been assigned an ID number that correlates to the labels on the Storm Drain Atlas Map. The Storm Drain System Inspection Report Form is provided as Attachment 3. The Contractor shall complete this form and provide a hard copy and digital copy to the City for each location work is performed. Attachment 4 contains the standard contract and insurance requirements the Contractor will be required to provide should their bid be awarded the contract. The Contractor shall execute the work and utilize CASQA Best Management Practices as provided during the preconstruction meeting during the entire length of the project. This shall include, but not be limited to, storm drain Inlet protection, and vehicle and equipment maintenance and storage. Questions may be addressed to Craig Ziel at craig.ziel@tetratech.com no later than 12:00 pm on Monday, September 22, 2025.