Install wildlife exclusionary fencing and outriggers.

The California Department of Transportation is soliciting proposals to install wildlife exclusionary fencing and outriggers along Route 101 in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, with work focused on specific segments LA-101-31.1/38.2 and LA-101-32.8/33.8. The contract has an estimated value of $1,060,000 and requires the installation of 6,520 linear feet of Type CL-12 wildlife fencing, 4,490 linear feet of Type CL-14 wildlife fencing, and 1,100 wildlife outriggers, with a corresponding removal of 7,740 linear feet of existing fencing. The project must be completed by November 16, 2026, and demands strict adherence to Caltrans specifications including the California MUTCD, ASTM standards for materials and testing, and MASH Test Level 2 or 3 requirements for temporary barriers based on roadway speed. Full-scale mock-ups of all fencing installations must be constructed and approved by the Engineer prior to proceeding, and fence layouts must be staked and approved four weeks in advance. Environmental Product Declarations for hot mix asphalt and concrete must be registered in the DIME system, and compliance with Buy America provisions is mandatory. Contractors are required to submit a resource-loaded Critical Path Method schedule and biweekly activity updates, and must promptly pay subcontractors within seven calendar days of receiving progress payments, reporting all such disbursements electronically via Caltrans’s monitoring system. Compliance with reporting obligations for Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises and Small Businesses is mandated, including submission of weekly working days reports and baseline schedules for eligible participation. Packaging and marking requirements include permanent labeling on temporary steel barrier segments with manufacturer name, serial number, lot number, and month/year of manufacture, all centered on the top width and not exceeding six inches in height and twelve inches in length. Inspection and acceptance occur on-site, with the Engineer holding final authority, and all material testing must be performed by SWRCB-ELAP certified laboratories using approved methodologies including ProUCL software for statistical analysis. Payment is processed electronically through Caltrans’s system, with payment terms of seven days for motor carriers and thirty days for material suppliers. No unit prices are provided, and the contract includes no options, extensions, or explicit contract type determination, but operates under federal-aid compliance with no identified solicitation response deadline beyond the posted date of July 29, 202