Notice Inviting Bids

1.   Bid Submission. The City of Albany (“City”) will accept sealed bids for its 2023 Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation Project (“Project”), by or before September 12, 2023, at 2:00 p.m., at its City Hall office, located at 1000 San Pablo Avenue, Albany, California, at which time the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.
2.  Project Information.

2.1   Location and Description. The proposed project will rehabilitate sewers located beneath unimproved areas, sidewalks and in roadways in various locations in the City of Albany. In general, the work to be done under this contract consists of rehabilitating approximately 7,100 feet of 6” and 21” VCP sewer mains using pipe bursting, open trench, and CIPP lining methods. The project will also involve the installation of new lower laterals for the replaced sewer lines, and installation of new manhole structures, rehabilitation of existing manhole structures, disposal of contaminated soil and restoration of all private and public improvements and landscaping in the City of Albany, including all labor, equipment and materials, together with traffic control.
2.2   Time for Completion. The planned timeframe for commencement and completion of construction of the Project is: 200 Calendar Days.
2.3  Engineer’s Estimate. The City Engineer’s estimated construction cost is $2,960,000 for the Base Bid.

3.  License and Registration Requirements.

3.1   License. This Project requires a valid California contractor’s license for the following classification(s): Class A General Engineering Contractor.

3.2   DIR Registration. City may not accept a Bid Proposal from or enter into the Contract with a bidder, without proof that the bidder is registered with the California Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) to perform public work under Labor Code section 1725.5, subject to limited legal exceptions.

4.   Contract Documents. The plans, specifications, bid forms and contract documents for the Project, and any addenda thereto (“Contract Documents”), are available from BPXpress Reprographics in Richmond, California, by logging on to their website at www.blueprintexpress.com/albany, by email to Richmond@blueprintexpress.com, or by calling 510-559-8299. A hard copy of the Contract Documents may be obtained from BPXpress Reprographics for a nonrefundable payment of $150.00 per set. Only bidders that download or purchase a full set of the Contract Documents from BPXpress Reprographics will be added to the planholder list maintained by BPXpress Reprographics to receive addenda notifications. City does not maintain a separate planholder list.
5.   Bid Security. The Bid Proposal must be accompanied by bid security of ten percent of the maximum bid amount, in the form of a cashier’s or certified check made payable to City, or a bid bond executed by a surety licensed to do business in the State of California on the Bid Bond form included with the Contract Documents. The bid security must guarantee that within ten days after City issues the Notice of Award, the successful bidder will execute the Contract and submit the payment and performance bonds, insurance certificates and endorsements, and any other submittals required by the Contract Documents and as specified in the Notice of Award.

6.  Prevailing Wage Requirements.

6.1   General. This Project is subject to the prevailing wage requirements applicable to the locality in which the Work is to be performed for each craft, classification or type of worker needed to perform the Work, including employer payments for health and welfare, pension, vacation, apprenticeship and similar purposes.

6.2   Rates. These prevailing rates are on file with the City and are available online at http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR. Each Contractor and Subcontractor must pay no less than the specified rates to all workers employed to work on the Project. The schedule of per diem wages is based upon a working day of eight hours. The rate for holiday and overtime work must be at least time and one-half.
6.3  Compliance. The Contract will be subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR, under Labor Code section 1771.4.

7.  Performance and Payment Bonds. The successful bidder will be required to provide performance and payment bonds, each for 100% of the Contract Price.
8.  Substitution of Securities. Substitution of appropriate securities in lieu of retention amounts from progress payments is permitted under Public Contract Code section 22300.
9.  Subcontractor List. Each Subcontractor must be registered with the DIR to perform work on public projects. Each bidder must submit a completed Subcontractor List form with its Bid Proposal, including the name, location of the place of business, California contractor license number, DIR registration number, and percentage of the Work to be performed (based on the Base Bid) for each Subcontractor that will perform work or service or fabricate or install work for the prime contractor in excess of one-half of 1% of the bid price, using the Subcontractor List form included with the Contract Documents.
10.  Instructions to Bidders. All bidders should carefully review the Instructions to Bidders before submitting a Bid Proposal.
11. Non-Mandatory Bidders' Conference. A bidder's conference will be held on August 31, 2023 at 2:00 p.m., for the purpose of acquainting all prospective bidders with the Contract Documents and the worksite. Bidder's conference will be held at the following location: Albany Public Works Building, 540 Cleveland Avenue, Albany, California, to acquaint all prospective bidders with the Contract Documents and the Worksite.

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