SECTION 00020 PLACER COUNTY WATER AGENCY 144
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SECTION 00020 PLACER COUNTY WATER AGENCY 144
SECTION 00020 PLACER COUNTY WATER AGENCY 144 FERGUSON ROAD AUBURN, CA 95603 NOTICE INVITING BIDS NOTICE IS HEREBY GI VEN that Placer County Water Agency, hereafter referred to as "Owner" or "Agency", will receive SEALED BIDS at the Owner's Engineering Division at 144 Ferguson Road , Auburn , California 95603 until 2:00 p.m. local time, on September, 16th, 2015, for construction of: Bowman WTP Trimite Filter Rehabilitation Project Contract No. 2015-12 At said place and time, and promptly thereafter, all Bids that have been duly received in accordance with the Contract Documents, will be publicly opened and read aloud. Project Description: In accordance with plans and specifications prepared by Water Works Engineers, LLC, the Work includes the furnishing of all labor, materials, tax, equipment and services for the construction and completion of the rehabilitation of (4) Trimite packaged water treatment units, including but not limited to the following general improvements : )> Removal and disposal of existing multi-layer filter media and support gravel )> Replacement of filter underdrain header and lateral piping )> Replacement of filter air scour header and lateral piping )> Removal and temporary storage of buoyant adsorption clarifier media )> Replacement of adsorption clarifier air scour header and lateral piping and air distribution nozzles )> Replacement of buoyant adsorption clarifier media retaining screen and gaskets )> Abrasive blasting of all treatment unit interior surfaces and pipe supports )> Hand tool preparation of select exterior unit surfaces )> Existing tank metal thickness testing )> Painting of all interior surfaces, and select exterior surfaces )> Replacement of filter media and support gravel with new media )> Reinstallation of existing adsorption clarifier buoyant media )> Replacement of (2) air scour blowers and blower accessories )> Filter startup and disinfection The total Contract Time to achieve Final Completion is 240 calendar days. The estimated cost of construction is $600,000. At the time the Contract is bid, awarded and for the duration of the contract, the Owner has determined that the General Contractor shall possess a valid State of California Class AGeneral Engineering Contractor's License. Failure to possess the specified license shall render the bid as non-responsive. Bidders must comply with the provisions of the Business and Professions Code Section 7028.15 by setting forth their license number and expiration date on their bid . A full set of Contract Documents and all information available to Bidders, as further defined in Section 00200, INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO BIDDERS, may be examined at the Owner's Placer County Water Agency Bowman WTP Trimite Filter Rehabilitation Revised 111612015 00020- 1 August 2015 Engineering Division during regular business hours. Bidders are encouraged to examine qualification requirements contained within the Contract Documents. Bidders may purchase a copy of the Contract Documents and related information from the Owner on the following basis: Document Description Non-Refundable Charges Complete full-size set of Contract Documents (specifications and full-size drawings). $50 Complete half-size set of Contract Documents (specifications and half-size drawings). $40 Procedural questions regarding the purchase of Contract Documents and/or obtain a plan holders list should be directed to Zach Hylton at the Placer County Water Agency Engineering Division at (530) 823-4886. Mailed in requests with payment for Contract Documents shall be mailed to: Placer County Water Agency Engineering Division P.O. Box 6570 Auburn, CA 95604 Attn: Zach Hylton Checks should be made payable to: Placer County Water Agency. Charges are not refundable , regardless of whether the documents are returned or not. Complete sets of Contract Documents must be used in preparing Bids. The Owner does not assume responsibility for errors or misinterpretations resulting from the use of incomplete sets of Contract Documents. The Owner, in making copies of the Contract Documents available on the above terms, does so only for the purpose of obtaining Bids for the Work and does not confer license or grant for any other use. The Bidder shall purchase the Contract Documents and become a listed holder of these documents in accordance with these procedures to be eligible to bid the Project. Bids received from Bidders not following these procedures may, in the discretion of the Owner, be deemed non-responsive. A mandatory pre-bid walk-through meeting will be held on September 2nd, 2015 at 10:00 a.m . at the Bowman Water Treatment Plant, at 595 Christian Valley Road, Auburn, CA 95602. At this meeting, representatives of Owner and the Design Engineer will discuss the bid documents, site constraints, order of work and other items specific to this project. A project walk-through will follow. A sign-in sheet will be available up until 10:30 a.m. only. Attendance at the entire prebid meeting and walk-through is mandatory for bidding. Bids received from Bidders who did not sign the sign-in sheet and attend the meeting and walk-through will be returned to the Bidder unopened. Attendance by subcontractors is not mandatory, but all interested prospective painting subcontractors are highly encouraged to attend. The Owner will transmit to all recipients of complete sets of Contract Documents such Addenda as Owner considers necessary in response to questions raised at the meeting and walk-through. Oral statements Placer County Water Agency Bowman WTP Trimite Filter Rehabilitation R evised 1116!20 15 00020-2 August 2015 not confirmed by Addenda may not be relied upon and are not binding or legally effective. Except for mandatory walk-through , no other access to the project site will be granted pre-bid without the Owner's approval. During all site visits the Bidder must be accompanied full time by an authorized representative of the Owner. No exceptions to this requirement. Written questions regarding the Contract Documents and/or the proposed Work should be directed to Kelly Shively, Construction Manager, by phone at (530) 823-4883, facsimile at (530) 823-4884, or e-mail at kshively@pcwa.net no later than September 9th, 2015. Bidding procedures are prescribed in the Contract Documents. Bids shall be executed upon the Bid Forms bound and made a part of the Bid Documents. All prescribed Bid Forms may be removed from the Contract Documents for submission in a sealed envelope. A Bid Guaranty in an amount not less than ten percent (1 0%) of the total aggregate of the bid, including all Additive and/or Alternate Bid Items shall accompany each bid. This Bid Guaranty is to be forfeited should the Bidder, if awarded the contract, fail to enter into the same, or fails to furnish the bonds and/or proof of insurance as stipulated in the Contract Documents. The checks or bond shall be made payable to the Owner. The successful Bidder will be required to furnish both a Faithful Performance Bond in the amount of one hundred percent (1 00%) and a Payment Bond in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract price. Pursuant to Sections 1770, et seq., of the California Labor Code, the successful Bidder shall pay not less than the prevailing rate of per diem wages as determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations. Pursuant to the provisions of California Labor Code Section 1773.2, the Contractor is hereby advised that copies of the prevailing rate of per diem wages and a general prevailing rate for holidays, Saturdays and Sundays and overtime work in the locality in which the work is to be performed for each craft, classification , or type of worker required to execute the Contract, are on fi le in the Owner's office. These rate determinations may also be found on the State of California Department of Industrial Relations' website at http://www.dir.ca.gov/OPRL/dprewaqedetermination.htm. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the State Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). Effective March 1, 2015, all contractors and subcontractors shall be registered with DIR pursuant to Labor Code Section 1725.5 to be qualified to bid on this project or to be listed as a subcontractor for this project pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 4104. Bidders will be required to submit proof of registration for themselves and all listed subcontractors prior to award of the contract. The successful contractor and its subcontractors shall employ the appropriate number of apprentices, in each apprenticeable craft, on the project site as stipulated in California Labor Code, 1777.5. The successful Bidder must insure that its policies and practices provide equal opportunity to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, creed, sex, age, religion , ancestry, citizenship, national origin , handicap, mental condition , veteran or marital status. The successful Bidder must comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 3400, the Agency find s that a particular product is Placer County Water Agency Bowman WTP Trimite Filter Rehabilitation Revised 11161201S 00020-3 August 2015 designated by particular manufacturer on a "sole-sourced" basis for the following reasons: In order to match other products in use on a particular public improvement either (1) completed or in the course of completion. Pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 22300, for monies earned by the Contractor and withheld by the Owner to ensure the performance of the Contract, the Contractor, may, at its option, choose to substitute securities meeting the requirements of Public Contract Code Section 22300, or have the retained , earned monies deposited in an escrow account at a federal or state chartered bank. No bid received and read aloud may be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days after the bid opening date, except pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 5101 et seq. Telephones will not be available to Bidders at the Owner's offices for the preparation of bids or for commun icating bid results. Bid forms received after the designated time will not be opened and will be returned to the Bidder unopened. Bidders shall develop and submit bids at their own expense. The Owner will not reimburse any costs associated with the development and submittal of any and all bids. The Owner reserves the right to award the Contract, to reject any and all Bids, to waive irregularities, and to reject nonconforming, nonresponsive or conditional Bids. DATED: --=C~ /If+-/A_ ;J_ _ : :5./_ _ Administrative Aide Technical Services Department DATED: <3 ·- /0 _, I ( Engineering Services Manager Placer County Water Agency Bowman WTP Trimite Filter Rehabilitation Revised 111612015 00020- 4 August 2015