City Wide Pedestrian Enhancements

GENERAL WORK DESCRIPTION The work, in general, to be done under this contract consists of the installation of City-supplied Audible Pedestrian Detectors at various locations within the City of Chico, along with accompanying equipment in the traffic signal control cabinet. FUNDING SOURCE This project is funded with State Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) ENGINEER’S ESTIMATE The Engineer’s Estimate for this Contract is $75,000 CONTRACT TIME The Project has 25 Working Days. PREBID OUTREACH MEETING No prebid outreach meeting will be held. OBTAINING OR INSPECTING CONTRACT DOCUMENTS The Project Bid Book and Construction Plans may be obtained from the Public Purchase on-line bidding service. Registration is required to use the service. There is no charge to register or obtain bid documents in digital format. Log onto: https://chico.ca.us/Business-and-Development/Request-for-ProposalsQualificationsor www.publicpurchase.com Once you have registered, search for the project title identified on the cover of this Bid Book. The Project Bid Book and Construction Plans may be available for viewing at a Contractor’s Exchange. Contact Exchanges directly to inquire about availability. All addenda notifications will be emailed to plan holders by Public Purchase. All questions and requests for information regarding the project must be submitted through Public Purchase on the project link. Responses to questions will be distributed to plan holders via Public Purchase. Questions and Requests for Information must be submitted five (5) business days prior to bid opening. LICENSING REQUIREMENTS At the time the City awards the contract for this project, the Contractor shall possess either a Class A Contractor License or a combination of classes required by the categories and types of work included in this contract. This contract is subject to state contract nondiscrimination and compliance requirements pursuant to Government Code, Section 12990. FEDERAL AND CALIFORNIA PREVAILING WAGES REQUIREMENTS This project requires the payment of prevailing wage rates to be paid to members of each craft or classification performing work on this project. Pursuant to Section 1773 of the Labor Code, the general prevailing wage rates in the county, or counties, in which the work is to be done have been determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations. A copy of the California State minimum wage rates is not included in the Specifications advertised for Bid. They may be obtained online at: www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR/statistics_research.html If this is a federally funded project, the Federal minimum wage rates have been predetermined by the United States Secretary of Labor. A copy of the Federal minimum wage rates is not included in the Specifications advertised for Bid. They may be viewed, at City of Chico, Public Works Engineering Department at 411 Main Street, 2nd and obtained online at: https://sam.gov/content/wage-determinations. In accordance with the policy contained in 29 CFR 1.6(c) (3), an Addenda to modify the Federal minimum wage rates, if necessary, will be issued no less than 10 days before the opening of Bids. If there is a difference between the minimum wage rates predetermined by the Secretary of Labor and the general prevailing wage rates determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations for similar classifications of labor, the Contractor and subcontractors shall pay not less than the higher wage rate. The Department will not accept lower State wage rates not specifically included in the Federal minimum wage determinations. This includes "helper" (or other classifications based on hours of experience) or any other classification not appearing in the Federal wage determinations. Where Federal wage determinations do not contain the State wage rate determination otherwise available for use by the Contractor and subcontractors, the Contractor and subcontractors shall pay not less than the Federal minimum wage rate, which most closely approximates the duties of the employees in question. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) provides a toll-free “hotline” service to report bid rigging activities. Bid rigging activities can be reported Mondays through Fridays, between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, (800) 424-9071. Anyone with knowledge of possible bid rigging, bidder collusion, or other fraudulent activities should use the “hotline” to report these activities. The “hotline” is part of the DOT’s continuing effort to identify and investigate highway construction contract fraud and abuse and is operated under the direction of the DOT Inspector General. All information will be treated confidentially, and caller anonymity will be respected. REGISTRATION WITH DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS 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 this chapter, unless currently registered and qualified to perform public work pursuant to 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. PAYMENT RETENTIONS; SUBSTITUTION OF SECURITIES Five Percent (5%) will be withheld from each progress payment made to the contractor for work performed and will be held until completion of the work, its acceptance and the expiration of the period provided by law for filing liens by laborers or materialmen. In accordance with the provisions of Section 22300 of the Public Contract Code of the State of California, securities may be substituted for the monies which the City withholds, or the Contractor may request that retention be paid to an escrow agent.