SONOMA
COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS
SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA
NOTICE
TO CONTRACTORS
FOR CONSTRUCTION OF
FEDERAL
AID PROJECT NO. CML 5920(099)
OLD
REDWOOD HIGHWAY
(COUNTY ROAD NO. 7812)
BIKE LANES
FROM
NORTH OF EASTSIDE ROAD
TO
NORTH OF TOWN LIMITS OF WINDSOR
FROM
P.M. 18.93 TO P.M. 19.48
NET LENGTH 0.55 MILE
COUNTY
PROJECT NO. C05013
Sealed
bids will be received at the office of the Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors, Room 100A, 575 Administration
Drive, Santa Rosa, California 95403 on August 30 ,
2007, until the hour of 2:00 p.m. (according
to the wall clock in the reception area of the office of
the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors). They then will be transferred to the County Counsel's conference room where they will
be publicly opened and read aloud by the Sonoma County
Director of Transportation and Public Works or his
designee. Said
bids will be referred to the Director of Transportation
and Public Works for award.
General Work Description: The work
to be done consists in general, of shoulder widening and
overlay of roadway and construct retaining walls.
Bidders
are advised that, as required by federal law, the State
has established a statewide overall DBE goal. This County Federal-aid contract is considered to
be part of the statewide overall DBE goal. The County is required to report to Caltrans on
DBE participation for all Federal-aid contracts each
year so that attainment efforts may be evaluated.
THIS
PROJECT IS SUBJECT TO THE "BUY AMERICA"
PROVISIONS OF THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE ACT
OF 1982 AS AMENDED BY THE INTERMODAL SURFACE
TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCY ACT OF 1991.
The
contractor shall possess a Class A license with a
Hazardous Substance Removal Certification.
Bids
are required for the entire work described herein.
This
contract is subject to state contract nondiscrimination
and compliance requirements pursuant to Government Code
§12990.
Plans,
specifications, and proposal forms for bidding this
project can only be obtained at the Sonoma County
Department of Transportation and Public Works, 2300
County Center Drive, Suite B100, Santa Rosa, California
95403, upon payment of a nonrefundable printing service
charge in the following amounts:
half-size
plan set (specifications & proposal forms included) = $20.00 (including sales tax)
full
size plans (only) = $35.00
(including sales tax)
full
size plans & half-size plan set = $55.00(including
sales tax)
Checks
shall be made payable to the County of Sonoma, and shall
be mailed or delivered in person to the Department of
Transportation and Public Works.
Technical
questions should be faxed to Mark Wein at the Department
of Transportation and Public Works, FAX: (707) 565-2620. Only faxed requests will receive a response.
The
successful bidder shall furnish both a payment bond and
a performance bond for the full amount of the contract.
The
County of Sonoma hereby notifies all bidders that it
will affirmatively ensure that in any contract entered
into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged
business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity
to submit bids in response to this invitation and will
not be discriminated against on the grounds of race,
color, sex, national origin or other prohibited basis in
consideration for an award.
Liquidated
damages in the amount of Nine Hundred Twenty-Five
Dollars ($925) will be assessed for each and every
calendar day's delay in finishing the work in excess of
the number of working days prescribed in the contract.
Pursuant
to Section 1773 and following of the Labor Code, the
general prevailing rate of wages in the county, or
counties, in which the work is to be done has 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 the
California Department of Industrial Relations' Internet
web site at http://www.dir.ca.gov. The federal minimum wage rates for this project
as predetermined by the United States Secretary of Labor
are set forth in the books issued for bidding purposes
entitled "Proposal and Contract," and in
copies of this book that may be examined at the offices
described above where project plans, Special Provisions,
and proposal forms may be seen. Addenda to modify the Federal minimum wage rates,
if necessary, will be issued to holders of
"Proposal and Contract" books. 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.
Attention
is directed to the federal minimum wage rate
requirements in said books issued for bidding purposes
entitled "Proposal and Contract." If there is a difference between the minimum wage
rates predetermined by the Secretary of Labor and the
general prevailing wage rates determined by the Director
of the California Department of Industrial Relations for
similar classifications of labor, the contractor and
subcontractors shall pay not less than the higher wage
rate. The
department will not accept lower state wage rates not
specifically included in the federal minimum wage
determinations. This
includes "helper" (or other classifications
based on hours of experience) or any other
classification not appearing in the federal wage
determinations. Where
federal wage determinations do not contain the state
wage rate determination otherwise available for use by
the contractor and subcontractors, the contractor and
subcontractors shall pay not less than the federal
minimum wage rate which most closely approximates the
duties of the employees in question.
The
U. S. Department of Transportation (DOT) provides a
toll-free "hotline" service to report bid
rigging activities. Bid rigging activities can be reported Mondays
through Fridays, between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.,
eastern time, Telephone No. 1-800-424-9071. Anyone with knowledge of possible bid, bidder
collusion, or other fraudulent activities should use the
"hotline" to report these activities. The "hotline" is part of the DOT's
continuing effort to identify and investigate highway
construction contract fraud and abuse and is operated
under the direction of the DOT Inspector General. All information will be treated confidentially
and caller anonymity will be respected.
The
Board of Supervisors of the Sonoma County reserves the
right to reject any or all bids and to waive any defect
or irregularity in bidding.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SONOMA COUNTY
By: Robert
Deis
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of the County
of Sonoma, State of California
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