COUNTY OF MERCED

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Bids open on 2:00 P.M.; August 31, 2023

General Work Description: This park improvement project will add a new walking loop and

incorporate ADA- compliant entrances, improved grading and drainage, as well as substantial picnic

area enhancements, including solar-powered electricity, a shade structure, barbecue grills,

and picnic tables. Upgrades to the playground, drinking fountains, and baseball fields are

also planned, featuring decomposed granite paving, and a refurbished roof for the dugouts. The

project will also install potable water lines, an irrigation system, and optimize lighting

throughout the park. For better accessibility, parking will feature repaired asphalt and clear

signage. Lastly, the baseball dugouts will see the construction of concrete walls, and the soil

will be improved with amendments and turf hydroseeding.

The County will receive sealed bids for the WINTON COMMUNITY PARK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT

Contract Number: 2023159 / 170 - 363 ; State Agreement No. CCL-5939(137). Bid forms for

this work are included in a separate book titled:

COUNTY OF MERCED STATE OF CALIFORNIA

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS BID BOOK

FOR

WINTON COMMUNITY PARK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT

No bid will be received unless it is made on a bid form furnished by the MERCED COUNTY DEPARTMENT

OF PUBLIC WORKS. Copies or facsimiles of the bidder's completed and executed bid forms submitted as

a bid will be rejected. Each bid must be accompanied by a certified check, cashier's check, or

bidder's bond made payable to the COUNTY OF MERCED for an amount equal to at least ten percent

(10%) of the amount of bid, such guaranty to be forfeited should the bidder to whom the contract

is awarded fail to enter into the contract.

The Contractor must have either a Class A license or a combination of Class C licenses that make up

a majority of the work. The Contractor shall have and shall maintain the proper Contractor license

from award of contract through contract acceptance in accordance to Public Contract Code § 10164.

The successful bidder will be required to obtain a Merced County Business License before

execution of the contract at their own expense. Attention is directed to Section 7-1.11C of the

Standard Specifications for Female and Minority Goals for Merced County.

No contractor or subcontractor may be listed on a bid proposal for a public works

project unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code

section 1725.5.

The DBE Contract goal is Zero. However, use of DBE’s are encouraged.

Federal-aid Project No.: N/A

Attention is directed to Section 7-1.11C of the Standard Specifications for Female and Minority

Goals for Merced County.

The Bids must be on a unit price basis. All bids are to be compared on the basis

of the COUNTY OF MERCED’S estimated quantities of work to be done.

Bidders must take necessary and reasonable effort to ensure that DBEs have an opportunity to

participate in the Contract (49 CFR 26).

The estimated cost of construction is $2,800,000.

Copies of plans, special provisions and proposal forms may be obtained online or at the office of

the Merced County Department of Public Works, Road Division, located at 345 W. 7th Street, Merced,

CA 95341- 6685, (209) 385-7601. Said material may be examined at the

MERCED COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF

PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE and at:

Central California Builders Exchange 1244 North Mariposa Street

Fresno, CA 93703

(559) 237-1831/Fax (559) 264-2532

Bay Area Builders Exchange 2440 Stanwell Drive, Suite B Concord, CA 94520

(925) 685-8630/Fax (925)685-3424

Kern County Builders Exchange 1121 Baker Street

Bakersfield, CA 93305

(661) 324-4921/ Fax (661)324-5364

Valley Builders Exchange, Inc. 1118 Kansas Avenue

Modesto, CA 95351

(209) 522-9031/Fax (209) 522-0616

Sacramento Regional Builders Exchange 1331 “T” Street

Sacramento, CA 95811

(916) 442-8991/Fax (916) 446-3117

Mandatory bid walk for this project will take place at the Winton Park located at the corner of

Olive and Winton Way on August 2nd, 2023 at 10:00AM. Pre-bid RFI’s due by August 7, 5:00PM.

The County will receive sealed bids until 2:00 p.m. on the bid open date at the

Merced County Public Works Administration Office, located at 345 W. 7th Street, Merced, CA

95341-6685. Bids received after this time will not be accepted.

The County will immediately open and publicly read the bids at the mentioned location after the

specified closing time.

Present bidders' inquires in writing via email only to:

Gene Benavidez, Deputy Director-Parks and Recreation County of Merced - Department of Public

Works,

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Questions about alleged patent ambiguity of the plans, specifications, or estimate must be

submitted in writing at l e a s t four (4) days before bid opening. After this time,

the County will not consider these questions as bid protests.

Prevailing wages are required on this Contract. The Director of the California Department of

Industrial Relations determines the general prevailing wage rates. Obtain the wage rates at the DIR Web site, http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR/PWD .

If the minimum wage rates as determined by the United States Secretary of Labor differs from the

general prevailing wage rates determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial

Relations for similar classifications of labor, you and your subcontractors must not pay less than

the higher wage rate. The County does not accept lower State wage rates not specifically included

in the federal 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 you and your subcontractors, you and your subcontractors must pay not less than the

Federal minimum wage rate that most closely approximates the duties of the employees in question.

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) provides a toll-free hotline to report bid rigging

activities. Use the hotline to report bid rigging, bidder collusion, and other fraudulent

activities. The hotline number is (800) 424- 9071. The service is available 24 hours 7 days a week

and is confidential and anonymous. The hotline is part of the DOT’s effort to identify and

investigate highway construction contract fraud and abuse and is operated under the direction of

the DOT Inspector General.

California Department of Transportation has made available Notices if Suspension and Proposed

Debarment from the Federal Highway Administration. For a copy of the notices, go to

http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/esd/oe/contractor_info . Additional information is provided in the Excluded

Parties List System at http://www.epls.gov .

The COUNTY OF MERCED reserves the right to reject any or all bid proposals and to waive any

informalities or irregularities in any bid or in the bidding.

Dated this day of July 2023

County of Merced

Dana S. Hertfelder

Director of Public Works