Site work for a playground / park / athletic field in Ventura, California. Completed plans call for site work for a playground / park / athletic field.

Portola ES Playground Replacement. The contract time is 100 days. Where applicable, bidders must meet the requirements set forth in public contract code section 10115 et seq., military and veterans code section 999 et seq. And california code of regulations, title 2, section 1896.60 et seq. Regarding disabled veteran business enterprise ("Dvbe") programs. Forms are included in this bid package. Contractor should consult the general conditions, supplementary conditions, and general requirements regarding milestones and liquidated damages. As a condition of submitting a bid for this project, and in accordance with public contract code section 20111.6, each bidder must: a) submit a prequalification application in accordance with the instructions for bidders at least ten (10) business days prior to the last date for the submission of bid proposals set forth above and be prequalified with ventura unified school district for at least five (5) business day prior to that date. Contractors can prequalify at online.. Bids will not be accepted if a contractor has not been prequalified where prequalification is required. If this project includes work that will be performed by mechanical, electrical or plumbing ("Mep") subcontractors (contractors that hold c-4, c-7, c-10, c-16, c-20, c-34, c-36, c-38, c-42, c-43 or c-46 licenses), such mep subcontractors must also be prequalified. A list of prequalified mep subcontractors will be made available by the district to all bidders at least five business days prior to the bid opening date. It is the responsibility of the bidder to ensure that all mep subcontractors holding any of the licenses listed above are properly prequalified before submitting a bid. This prequalification requirement applies even if the subcontractor will perform, or is designated to perform, work that does not require one of the licenses listed above, but the subcontractor holds one of the licenses listed above. Miscellaneous information. Each bidder's bid must be accompanied by one of the following forms of bidder's security: (1) cash; (2) a cashier's check made payable to the district; (3) a certified check made payable to the district; or (4) a bidder's bond executed by a california admitted surety as defined in code of civil procedure section 995.120, made payable to the district in the form set forth in the contract documents. Such bidder's security must be in an amount not less than ten percent (10%) of the maximum amount of bid as a guarantee that the bidder will enter into the proposed contract, if the same is awarded to such bidder, and will provide the required performance and payment bonds, insurance certificates and any other required documents. In the event of failure to enter into said contract or provide the necessary documents, said security will be forfeited. The contractor and all subcontractors shall comply with the requirements set forth in division 2. Separate payment and performance bonds, each in an amount equal to 100% of the total Contract amount, are required, and shall be provided to the District prior to execution of the Contract and shall be in the form set forth in the Contract Documents. The district has obtained from the director of the department of industrial relations the general prevailing rate of per diem wages and the general prevailing rate for holiday and overtime work in the locality in which this work is to be performed for each craft, classification or type of worker needed to execute the contract. These per diem rates, including holiday and overtime work, as well as employer payments for health and welfare, pension, vacation, and similar purposes, are on file at the district, and are also available from the director of the department of industrial relations. Pursuant to california labor code section 1720 et seq., it shall be mandatory upon the contractor to whom the contract is awarded, and upon any subcontractor under such contractor, to pay not less than the said specified rates to all workers employed by them in the execution of the contract. A contractor or subcontractor shall not be qualified to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, subject to the requirements of section 4104 of the public contract code, or engage in the performance of any contract for public work, as defined in the labor code, unless currently registered and qualified to perform public work pursuant to labor code section 1725.5. It is not a violation of this section for an unregistered contractor to submit a bid that is authorized by section 7029.1 of the business and professions code or by section 10164 or 20103.5 of the public contract code, provided the contractor is registered to perform public work pursuant to section 1725.5 at the time the contract is awarded. All payroll records as detailed in labor code 1776 of the contractor and all subcontractors shall be certified and furnished directly to the labor commissioner in accordance with labor code 1771.4(a)(3) once every thirty (30) days while work is being performed on the project and within thirty (30) days after the final day of work performed on the project (or more frequently if required by the district or the labor commissioner). The contractor and all subcontractors shall submit their own payroll records to the labor commissioner on the internet website of the department of industrial relations and such payroll records shall be in an electronic format prescribed by the labor commissioner. Monitoring and enforcement of the prevailing wage laws and related requirements will be performed by the labor commissioner/ department of labor standards enforcement (dlse). No bidder may withdraw any bid for a period of ninety (90) calendar days after the date set for the opening of bids. Any request for substitutions pursuant to public contract code section 3400 must be made at the time of bid on the substitution request form set forth in the contract documents and included with the bid. No telephone or facsimile machine will be available to bidders on the district premises at any time. It is each bidder's sole responsibility to ensure its bid is timely delivered and received at the location designated as specified above. Any bid received at the designated location after the scheduled closing time for receipt of bids shall be returned to the bidder unopened. The district reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to waive any irregularities or informalities in any bids or in the bidding. Starting at Portola Elementary School, 6700 Eagle St, Ventura, CA 93003. Any Contractor bidding on the Project who fails to attend the entire mandatory job walk and conference will be deemed a non-responsive bidder and will have its bid returned unopened. Any interpretation or correction of the Contract Documents will only be made by Addendum duly issued, and a copy of such Addendum will be made available for each contractor receiving a set of the Contract Documents Contract Starting Date: December 16 th 2025 to facilitate ordering materials, submittal approval, etc. (Board Approval of Bid Acceptance to Issue Notice of Award) Construction Start Date: December 20 th 2025 Construction Completion Date: March 31 st 2026