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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS CALLING FOR BIDS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Coast Community College District of Orange County, California, acting by and through it’s Governing Board, hereinafter referred to as “District”, will receive up to, but not later that the above-stated bid deadline, sealed bids at the place identified above for the award of a contract for the project described as:

Construction of three concrete building pads and erection of two existing metal storage buildings.

Bids shall be received in the place identified above, and those bids shall be opened and publicly read aloud at the above-stated time and place.

In accordance with the provisions of Business and Professional Code Section 7028.15 and California Public Contract Code Section §3300, the District requires that the bidder possess the following classification(s) of contractor’s license(s) at the time the Bid is Submitted. Any bidder not so licensed at the time of Bid Opening will be rejected as Non-responsive.

Contractor: B

1. Submittal of Bid Proposals. All Bid Proposals shall be submitted on forms furnished by the District. Bid Proposals must conform with, and be responsive to, the Bid and Contract documents, copies of which may be obtained from the District as set forth above.

2. Bid and Contract Documents. The Bid and Contract Documents are available at no cost ($0) at the Coast Community College District Office. Each Bid Proposal shall be accompanied by: (a) the required Bid Security; (b) Subcontractors List; (c) Non-Collusion Affidavit; and (d) Statement of Bidder’s Qualifications. All information or responses of a Bidder in it’s Bid Proposal and other documents accompanying the Bid Proposal shall be complete, accurate and true; incomplete, inaccurate or untrue responses or information provided therein by a bidder shall be grounds for the District to reject such Bidder’s Bid Proposal for non-responsiveness.

3. Contractors License Classification. In accordance with the provisions of California Public Code §3300, the District requires that Bidders possess the following classification(s) of California Contractors License at the time that the Contract for the Work is awarded: B. Any Bidder not so duly and properly license shall be subject to all penalties imposed by law. No payment shall be made for work, labor, materials or services provided under the Contract for the Work, unless and until the Registrar of Contractors verifies to the District that the Bidder awarded the Contract is properly and duly licensed to perform Work.

4. Contract Time. Substantial Completion of the Work shall be achieved Ninety (90) days after the date of commencement of the Work as set forth in the Notice to Proceed issued by the District. Failure to achieve Substantial Completion within the Contract Time will result in the assessment of Liquidated Damages.

5. Bid Security. Each Bid Proposal shall be accompanied by Bid Security in an amount not less that TEN PERCENT (10%) of the maximum amount of the Bid Proposal, inclusive of an additive Alternate Bid Item(s). Failure of any Bid Proposal to be accompanied by Bid Security in the form and in the amount required shall render such Bid Proposal to be non-responsive and rejected by the District.

6. No Withdrawal of Bid. No Bidder may withdraw any Bid for a period of Sixty (60) days after the opening of Bids. During this time, all Bidders shall guarantee prices quoted in their respected Bid Proposal.

7. Job-Walk Through. The District will conduct a Non-Mandatory Job-Walk for the Work. The Job-Walk will be conducted beginning at 9:00 a.m. on November 17, 2004. Bidders are to meet at Orange Coast College Maintenance & Operations Complex, located off Merrimac Avenue between Harbor Boulevard the Fairview Road. Call (714) 438-4646 for map.

8. Substitute Security. Provisions of California Public Contract Code §22300, substitution of eligible and equivalent securities for any monies withheld by the District to ensure the Contractor’s performance under the Contract will be permitted at the request and expense of the Contractor and in conformity with California Public Contract Code §22300. The foregoing notwithstanding, the Bidder to whom the Contract is awarded shall have Ten (10) days following action by the District’s Board of Trustees to award the Contract to such Bidder to its written request to the District to permit the substitution of securities for retention under California Public Contract Code §22300. The failure of such Bidder to make such written request to the District within Ten (10) day period shall be deemed a waiver of the Bidder’s rights under California Public Contract Code §22300.

9. Waiver of Irregularities. The District reserves the right to reject any or all Bid Proposals or to waive any irregularities or informalities in any Bid Proposal or in the bidding.

10. Award of Contract. The Contractors for the Work, if awarded, will be by action of the District’s Board of Trustees to the responsible Bidder submitting the lowest responsive Bid Proposal. If the Bid Proposal requires Bidders to propose prices for Alternate Bid Items, the District’s selection of Alternate Bid Items, if any, for the determination of the lowest priced Bid Proposal and for inclusion in the scope of the Contract to be awarded shall be in accordance with the Instruction for Bidders.

11. Prevailing Wage Rates. The California Director of the Department of Industrial Relations has determined the generally prevailing rates of per diem wages in the locality in which the Work is to be performed for this project. Copies of these determinations, entitled “PREVAILING WAGE SCALE” are maintained at the Districts Administrative Offices located at 1370 Adams Ave. Costa Mesa, California 92626, and are available at the following Web Site www.dir.ca.gov. The Contractor awarded the Contract for the Work shall pay not less than the applicable prevailing wage rate for the classification of labor by their respective worker in prosecution and execution of the Work.

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