Green Pleasure Pier Pile Repair Project - Sealed Bids Requested

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Avalon, a municipal corporation, organized under the laws of the State of California ("City"), invites and will receive sealed Bids up to but not later than Friday, March 28, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. at the Office of Public Works, located at 410 Avalon Canyon Road, Avalon, CA 90704, for the furnishing to City of all labor, equipment, materials, tools, services, transportation, permits, utilities, and all other items necessary for the GREEN PLEASURE PIER PILE REPAIR PROGRAM (the “Project”). At said time, Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at the purchasing office. Bids received after said time shall be returned unopened. Bids shall be valid for a period of 90 calendar days after the Bid opening date. The City is seeking bids from qualified vendors to replace pilings beneath the Green Pleasure Pier located adjacent to Crescent Avenue, Avalon, California. Work consists of five (5) pile replacement packages (listed in order of priority): Pier Package #1 – Five (5) Piles (+ Mobilization/Demolition = Base Bid) Pier Package #2 – Four (4) Piles Pier Package #3 – Five (5) Piles Club Dock – Two (2) Piles Pier Package #4 – Six (6) Piles It is the City’s intent that the scope of work be performed by marine barge. Support activities may be performed from the deck of the Green Pleasure Pier; however, in order to maintain access to commercial operating Pier Facilities no heavy equipment larger than a telehandler will be permitted on the Green Pleasure Pier. Additionally, it is anticipated that only limited deck boards will need to be removed to accomplish this work. A contract will be awarded based on the base bid – Pier Package #1, plus mobilization and demobilization. If the base bid is awarded, then the City may further award each additive bid package in order of priority with consideration given to available budget balanced with demonstrated value to the City relative to the cost of one mobilization/demolition as more additive packages are awarded. The City reserves the right to reject any or all proposals determined not to be in the best interest of the City. Bids must be submitted on City’s Bid Forms. Bidders may obtain a copy of the Contract Documents from www.publicpurchase.com or the City’s web site, www.cityofavalon.gov/rfp . To the extent required by section 20103.7 of the Public Contract Code, upon request from a contractor plan room service, City shall provide an electronic copy of the Contract Documents at no charge to the contractor plan room. Firms that anticipate submitting a bid shall send an email to the City contact acknowledging receipt of the Contract Documents so that the City can add the firm to its notification list. Please include the contact person, the name of the firm, address, phone number, and e-mail address. Addenda will be published on the City’s website and publicpurchase.com. It is the responsibility of each prospective Bidder to download and print all Contract Documents for review and to verify the completeness of Contract Documents before submitting a bid. Any Addenda will be posted on the City’s website www.cityofavalon.gov and publicpurchase.com. It is the responsibility of each prospective Bidder to check www.cityofavalon.gov on a daily basis through the close of Bids for any applicable Addenda or updates. City does not assume any liability or responsibility based on any defective or incomplete copying, excerpting, scanning, faxing, downloading or printing of the Contract Documents. Information on www.cityofavalon.gov may change without notice to prospective Bidders. The Contract Documents shall supersede any information posted or transmitted by www.cityofavalon.gov . Each Bid shall be accompanied by cash, a certified or cashier’s check, or Bid Bond secured from a surety company satisfactory to the City, the amount of which shall not be less than ten percent (10%) of the submitted Total Bid Price, made payable to City of Avalon as bid security. The bid security shall be provided as a guarantee that within ten (10) Days after City provides the successful bidder the Notice of Award, the successful Bidder will enter into a contract and provide the necessary bonds and certificates of insurance. The bid security will be declared forfeited if the successful Bidder fails to comply within said time. No interest will be paid on funds deposited with the City. A Non-Mandatory Pre-Bid Conference is scheduled for Monday, March 17, 2025 at 1 p.m. to review the Project's existing conditions starting at Avalon City Hall, 410 Avalon Canyon Road, Avalon, CA, then proceeding to the work site along Crescent Avenue. Representatives of the City and consulting engineers will be present. Questions asked by Bidders at the Pre-Bid Conference not specifically addressed within the Contract Documents shall be answered in writing, and answers shall be sent to all Bidders present at the Pre-Bid Conference. Interested bidders may visit the project site at their convenience prior to submitting a bid. Bidder shall notify the City at contact@example.gov prior to visiting the site. The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a Performance Bond and a Labor and Material Payment Bond each in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price. Each bond shall be in the forms set forth herein, shall be secured from a surety company that meets all State of California bonding requirements, as defined in California Code of Civil Procedure Section 995.120, and that is a California admitted surety insurer. Pursuant to Section 22300 of the Public Contract Code of the State of California, the successful Bidder may substitute certain securities for funds withheld by City to ensure its performance under the Contract. Pursuant to Labor Code Section 1773, City has obtained the prevailing rate of per diem wages and the prevailing wage rate for holiday and overtime work applicable in Los Angeles County from the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations for each craft, classification, or type of worker needed to execute this contract. A copy of these prevailing wage rates may be obtained via the internet at: www.dir.ca.gov/dlsr/. In addition, a copy of the prevailing rate of per diem wages is available at City’s Planning Counter and shall be made available to interested parties upon request. The successful Bidder shall post a copy of the prevailing wage rates at each job site. It shall be mandatory upon the Bidder to whom the Contract is awarded, and upon any subcontractors, to comply with all Labor Code provisions, which include but are not limited to the payment of not less than the said specified prevailing wage rates to all workers employed by them in the execution of the Contract, employment of apprentices, hours of labor and debarment of contractors and subcontractors. Pursuant to Labor Code sections 1725.5 and 1771.1, all contractors and subcontractors that wish to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, or enter into a contract to perform public work must be registered with the Department of Industrial Relations. No Bid will be accepted nor any Contract entered into without proof of the contractor’s and subcontractors’ current registration with the Department of Industrial Relations to perform public work. If awarded a contract, the Bidder and its subcontractors, of any tier, shall maintain active registration with the Department of Industrial Relations for the duration of the Project. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the contractor registration requirements mandated by Labor Code Sections 1725.5 and 1771.1 shall not apply to work performed on a public works project that is exempt pursuant to the small project exemption specified in Labor Code Sections 1725.5 and 1771.1. This Project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. In bidding on this Project, it shall be the Bidder’s sole responsibility to evaluate and include the cost of complying with all labor compliance requirements under this contract and applicable law in its Bid. Unless otherwise provided in the Instructions for Bidders, each Bidder shall be a licensed contractor pursuant to sections 7000 et seq. of the Business and Professions Code in the following classification(s) throughout the time it submits its Bid and for the duration of the Contract: A. Substitution requests shall be made within 35 calendar days after the award of the Contract. Pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 3400(b), City may make findings designating that certain additional materials, methods or services by specific brand or trade name other than those listed in the Contract Documents be used for the Project. Such findings, if any, as well as the materials, methods or services and their specific brand or trade names that must be used for the Project may be found in the Special Conditions. City shall award the contract for the Project to the lowest responsive, responsible Bidder as determined by City from the BASE BID as calculated on the Bid Schedule. City reserves the right to reject any or all Bids or to waive any irregularities or informalities in any Bids or in the bidding process. For further information, contact City of Avalon CIP Director Robert Greenlaw at contact@example.gov or +1 (555) 000-0000. END NOTICE INVITING BIDS