Civic Plaza Building Exterior Painting Project

The City of Watsonville is soliciting bids for the exterior painting of the Civic Plaza Building located at 275 Main Street, Watsonville, CA, with a response deadline of August 11, 2026. The scope of work requires the selected contractor to provide all labor, materials, equipment, and supervision necessary to paint the building’s exterior in strict accordance with the existing color scheme, while avoiding any painting of the tile mosaic art installation on the adjacent parking garage. The contract is structured as a fixed-price arrangement under a sealed bid process, with award based on the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, consistent with a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable approach. The project falls under NAICS code 238320 and is administered by the City’s Public Works & Utilities Department, with key contacts including Danielle Green and Marco Diaz. Compliance with prevailing wage laws under California Labor Code §1775 is mandatory, and payment penalties of $50 per day apply for wage underpayments. The contractor must submit performance and payment bonds equal to 100% of the contract value, along with a one-year guaranty bond covering defective work, and provide proof of liability insurance. If the contract amount exceeds $600,000 and involves three or more trades, a Project Labor Agreement becomes binding, requiring adherence to union hiring halls, apprenticeship ratios, and payroll reporting. The contractor is required to indemnify the City against third-party claims, comply with non-discrimination and affirmative action requirements, and complete all work at the designated site without FOB or delivery terms specified. No formal line-item pricing or contract value is provided, though all documentation requires completion of placeholder fields during contract preparation, and submissions must be made manually to the City’s Public Works office by the stated deadline, using Microsoft Word-formatted documents with a two-page limit on the Notice to Contractors. Final payment is contingent upon satisfactory completion, inspection, and issuance of required bonding documentation.