NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS CALLING FOR BIDS

School District: COAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
 
Bid Deadline: April 20, 2005 at 3:00 p.m.
Place of Bid Receipt: Office of Director of Purchasing
Coast Community College District, Bldg. "D"
1370 Adams Avenue, Costa Mesa, CA 92626
 
Project Identification Name:

Orange Coast College Watson Hall Renovation, Phase I; Bid No. 1889

Placed Bids are on file
and available at:
Office of the Physical Facilities Coordinator, Ardith Richey
Coast Community College District; 1370 Adams Ave., Bldg. "D", Costa Mesa, CA (714) 438-4673
Walk Through: The job walks are not mandatory. Dates: March 21, 2005 at 9:00 a.m., March 23, 2005 and March 25 at 9:00 a.m. at Orange Coast College Watson Hall Construction Site (2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa, CA 92626)
For directions, call 714-668-9252 or email: jtemplin@cwdriver.com
Web Site: http://www.cccd.edu/measurec/facilities/
Publish Date: March 7, 2005 and March 14, 2005
Board Date: May 4, 2005
  

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

This project is a multi-prime construction project with C.W. Driver. This bid includes the following construction trades: (A) Concrete; (B) Concrete Piles; (C) Steel; (D) Glass & Glazing, (E) Fiberwrap (Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composite System) and (F) Underground Utilities.

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 Professions Code Section 7028.15 and California Public Contract Code Section 3300, the District requires that the bidder posses the following classification(s) of contractor’s license(s) at the time the Bid is Submitted: REQUIRED LICENSE. Any bidder not so licensed at the time of Bid Opening will be rejected as Non-Responsive.

Contractor: (A) Concrete C8, B (B) Concrete Piles C61, D09 or D30 (C) Steel C-51; (D) Glass & Glazing C-17; (E) Fiberwrap C-61 or D-12; and (F) Underground Utilities C-36 

1. Bid and Contract Documents. The Bid and Contract Documents are available at the location stated above for a non-refundable payment of Seventy-Five Dollars ($75) per set. Payment shall be made by check payable to Coast Community College District. 

  • Documents Accompanying Bid Proposals. 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 Bid Proposals shall be submitted on forms furnished by the District. All information or responses of a Bidder in its 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: (A) Concrete C8,B (B) Concrete Piles C61, D09, D30 (C) Steel C-51; (D) Glass & Glazing C-17; (E) Fiberwrap C-61 or D-12 and (F) Underground Utilities C-36 . Any Bidder not so duly and properly licensed 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 the Work. 

4. Contract Time. Time is of the essence. Substantial Completion of the Work shall be achieved within the consecutive calendar days noted in Construction Schedule 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 than TEN PERCENT (10%) of the maximum amount of the Bid Proposal, inclusive of any additive Alternate Bid Items(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 Proposals. 

7. Job-Walk Through. Two job walks will be conducted by the District and C.W. Drive. The job walks are not mandatory for the Work and will be conducted on March 21, 2005 at 9:00 a.m. and March 23, 2005 at 9:00 a.m. at Orange Coast College Watson Hall Construction Site ( 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa, CA 92626) For directions, call 714-668-9252 or email: jtemplin@cwdriver.com 

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 submit 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 said 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 Contractor 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 per trade category. If the Bid Proposal requires Bidders to propose prices for Alternate Bid Items, the District’s selection of Alternate Bid Items, if any, for 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 District’s 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 provided by their respective workers in execution of the Work. Certified Payroll records are required and must be sent to the District weekly for the duration of the project. 

12. Owner Controlled Insurance Program: The District may elect to implement an Owner Controlled Insurance Program (OCIP) provided by the Statewide Educational Wrap Up Insurance Program Joint Powers A

Governing Board

By___________________
William M. Vega, Ed. D., Chancellor
Coast Community College District