NOTICE INVITING SEALED BIDSPROJECT NO. N2M25-36MAIN STREET AND FOURTH STREETSEWER MAIN REPLACEMENT PROJECT – PHASE 2IN THE CITY OF ALHAMBRAPUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Alhambra (CITY) invites sealed bids for theabove stated project and will receive such bids in the office of the City Clerk, 111 South FirstStreet, Alhambra, California 91801, up to the hour of 10:30 A.M. on May 15, 2025. They will bepublicly opened at 11:00 a.m. in the City Council Chambers. There is no pre-bid meeting.Copies of the Plans & Specifications are available for free via email. If potential bidders would liketo receive an electronic copy, please contact Kip Su (Engineering Associate –Utilities) For security reasons, you must enable JavaScript to view this E-mail address. or call
+1 (555) 000-0000.The PROJECT is comprised of the construction of approximately 2,260 linear feet of 10” and 18”diameter Extra Strength Vitrified Clay Pipe (VCP) sewer mains and related appurtenances,including PVC-lined manholes, reestablishment of all existing service connections, pavementrehabilitation, etc. It includes the abandonment, or removal and disposal, of approximately 3,350linear feet of existing 8”, 10”, 12” and 18” diameter sewer mains and manholes in Fourth Street andMain Street.Any contract entered into pursuant to this notice will incorporate the provisions of the State LaborCode. Compliance with the prevailing rates of wages and apprenticeships employment standardsestablished by the State Director of Industrial Relations and the Federal government will berequired.The City hereby notifies all qualified bidders that it will affirmatively insure that minority businessenterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will notbe discriminated against on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, religion orhandicap in any consideration for an award. Shall conform to the provisions of Section 1777.5(Chapter 1411, Statutes of 1968) and 1777.5 of the Labor Code concerning the employment ofapprentices by the Contractor shall not allow discrimination in employment practices on the basisof race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, religion or handicap.The City will deduct five percent (5%) retention from all progress payments.In entering into a public works contract, or a subcontract, to supply goods, services, or materialspursuant to a public works contract, the Contractor, or subcontractors, offers and agrees to assignto the awarding body all rights, title and interest in, and to, all causes of action it may have underSection 4 of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. Section 15) or under the Cartwright Act (Chapter 2[commencing with Section 16700] of Part 2 of Division 7 of the Business and Professions Code),arising from purchases of goods, services, or materials pursuant to the public work’s contract orsubcontract. This assignment shall be made and become effective at the time the awarding bodytenders final payment to the Contractor, without further acknowledgment by the parties.Bids must be prepared on the approved Proposal forms in conformance with the Instructions toBidders and submitted in a sealed envelope plainly marked on the outside. Bids must beaccompanied by a bid bond, made payable to the City of Alhambra for an amount no less thanten (10) percent of the amount bid.No bid will be accepted from a Contractor who has not been licensed in accordance with theprovisions of the Business and Professions Code. The successful Contractor and hissubcontractors will be required to possess business licenses from the City. The City reserves theright to reject any or all bids, to waive any irregularity, and to take all bids under advisement for aperiod of sixty (60) calendar days.For the purpose of determining the lowest responsible bidder the City will reduce the total amountof any bid submitted by an amount equal to one (1) percent of that portion of the bid which issubject to sales or use tax if it is determined that the City would receive a refund of sales or usetax on that portion of the bid. Payment, however, will conform to the provisions of Section 7 ofthe Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction, 2021 Edition (GREENBOOK) and willnot be reduced by the aforementioned one (1) percent.This project shall comply with the requirements of the COMMUNITY WORKFORCEAGREEMENT (CWA) by and between the City of Alhambra and Los Angeles / Orange CountiesBuilding and Construction Trades Council and The Signatory Craft Council and Local Unions.Under California Labor Code, Section 1771.1, as amended by SB 854, unless registered with theDepartment of Industrial Relations (DIR), a contractor may not bid, nor be listed as asubcontractor, for any bid proposal submitted or for public work on or after March 1, 2015.Additionally, a public entity cannot award a public works contract to a non-registered contractor,effective April 1, 2015.Any contract entered into pursuant to this notice shall become effective or enforceable againstthe City of Alhambra only when the formal written contract has been duly executed by theappropriate officers of the City.THE CONTRACTOR SHALL COMPLETE THE WORK WITHIN ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY(180) CALENDAR DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF CITY’S NOTICE TO PROCEEDWITH CONSTRUCTION.Pre-Bid Inquiries shall be received in written form by the City contact no later than 4:00 P.M., onMay 1, 2025. No questions received after this date shall be considered. For questions regardingthis project, please contact:Thomas AmareEngineering Project SpecialistUtilities DepartmentCity of Alhambra111 S. First Street. Alhambra, California91801 For security reasons, you must enable JavaScript to view this E-mail address.
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