SEALED PROPOSALS will be received by the Purchasing Agent in the City Hall, 29l N. Main Street, Porterville, California, 93257, until 2:30 pm on Tuesday, February 11, 2025, and promptly thereafter all proposals that have been duly received will be publicly opened and read aloud for furnishing to said City all labor, materials, equipment, transportation, and services for the installation of the foundation and drainage system per plans and specifications for the future installation of a Draeger fire prop. Instructions to Bidders, plans, project manual, and proposal forms may be inspected at City Hall, 29l N. Main Street, Porterville, California. Proposal forms may be inspected and electronically downloaded with no cost, at the Public Purchase website, https://www.publicpurchase.com. No copies of said documents will be provided by the City. All addenda and correspondence during the bid process will be handled electronically through the Public Purchase website. No bid shall be received from a Bidder who has not registered as a plan holder on the Public Purchase website. A Certified Check, Cashier's Check, or Bidder's Bond in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the bid made payable to the City of Porterville will be required to accompany each proposal. Any contract entered into pursuant to this notice will incorporate only the applicable provisions of the State Labor Code. Compliance with the prevailing rates of wages and apprenticeship employment standards established by the State Director of Industrial Relations will be required. 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. These wages are set forth in the General Prevailing Wage Rates for this project, available at City of Porterville address and available from the California Department of Industrial Relations’ Internet web site at http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR/PWD . Future effective general prevailing wage rates, which have been predetermined and are on file with the California Department of Industrial Relations, are referenced but not printed in the general prevailing wage rates. Special attention is directed to Section 1720.9 of the Labor Code which now provides that the hauling and delivery of ready-mix concrete for a Public Works project is subject to prevailing wage rates and other related requirements. Contractor is required to be in compliance with the Labor Code including sections 1771, 1774-1776, 1777.5, 1813, and 1815. As per SB854, passed by California State Senate on June 20, 2014, contractors and subcontractors will now be required to register with the California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) to be eligible to be awarded a public works project or listed in a bid proposal. Affirmative action to ensure against discrimination in employment practices on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, disability, gender, age, sexual orientation, or religion will also be required. No qualified disabled person shall, on the basis of disability, be excluded from participating in, be denied the benefits of, or otherwise be subject to discrimination. The City hereby affirmatively ensures that minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this notice and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, disability, gender, age, sexual orientation, or religion in any consideration leading to the award of contract. No bid will be accepted from a Contractor who is not duly licensed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 9, Division III, of the Business and Professions Code, and has a current Class B, General Contractor, State of California Contractor's license. The right is reserved by the City of Porterville to reject any or all bids, to evaluate the bids submitted and to award the contract according to the proposal which best serves the interests of said City. The successful bidder will be required to furnish the City of Porterville with a "Performance Bond" in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract and a "Labor and Materials Bond" in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract amount. Upon receiving the "NOTICE OF AWARD," the successful bidder has TEN (10) DAYS to submit the signed contract together with all required bonds, insurance and licenses to the Project Manager, and meet with the City in a PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING to discuss any problems or questions pertaining to this project. It is the Contractor's responsibility to contact the City's Project Manager immediately, to arrange for the PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING during the TEN (10) DAY PERIOD. The Contractor shall have thirty (30) working days from the effective date of the NOTICE TO PROCEED to complete the required work. The Contractor shall pay the City LIQUIDATED DAMAGES in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500) a day for each calendar day the project is delayed beyond the "TIME OF COMPLETION DATE." The City will withhold five percent (5%) retention from payments due the Contractor until thirty-five (35) days after date of recordation of the Notice of Completion. The Contractor may elect to receive one hundred percent (100%) of payments due under the contract by depositing securities of equivalent value with the City in accordance with the provisions of the California Public Contract Code Section 22300. Such securities, if deposited by the Contractor, shall be valued by the City, whose decision on valuation of the securities shall be final. Securities eligible for investment under this provision shall be limited to those listed in Section 22300 and Section 16430 of the California Government Code. Dated at Porterville, California, this 11th day of January, 2025. /s/Janie Rodriguez, Purchasing Agent City of Porterville, California First Publication: January 11, 2025 Second Publication: January 18, 2025
