Fire Alarm Testing and Inspection Services

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS CALLING FOR BIDS provided therein by a Bidder may be grounds for the
District to reject such Bidder's Bid Proposal for non-
DISTRICT: CHAFFEY JOINT UNION HIGH responsiveness.
SCHOOL DISTRICT
1.04 Job-Walk. The District will conduct a MANDATORY
PROJECT DISTRICT-WIDE FIRE ALARM TESTING [ONE TIME ONLY] PRE-BID JOB WALK for the Work to
IDENTIFICATION: AND INSPECTION SERVICES be held at the location, date and time stated above.
PROJECT NO: Bid No. 26/27-005 1.05 Prevailing Wage Rates, Employment of Apprentices
and Labor Compliance Program. The Project is subject
BIDS DUE BY: Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. to the provisions of Labor Code 1720 et seq. and
regulations set forth in Title 8 16000 et seq. of the
SUBMIT BIDS TO: Chaffey Joint Union High School District California Code of Regulations which govern the payment
Purchasing Department, Room 250 of prevailing wages on public works projects. All Bidders,
211 West Fifth Street and their subcontractors, shall be governed by and
Ontario, CA 91762 required to comply with these statutes and regulations in
(909) 988-8511 connection with the Project including, but not limited to,
the requirement that all Bidders and their
BID AND subcontractors be registered with the California
CONTRACT Mandatory Pre-Bid Job Walk Department of Industrial Relations ("DIR") pursuant
DOCUMENTS to Labor Code 1725.5. Pursuant to Labor Code 1771,
AVAILABLE AT: the Contractor receiving award of the Contract and
Subcontractors of any tier shall pay not less than the
PRE-BID Chaffey Joint Union High School District prevailing wage rates to all workers employed in the
JOB WALK Maintenance Department execution of the Contract. Bidders shall comply with
LOCATION: 404 West Fourth Street applicable statutes and regulations, including but not
Ontario, CA 91762 limited to Labor Code 1771, 1775, 1777.5, 1813 and
1815.
JOB WALK Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 9:00 a.m.
DATE/TIME: Pursuant to Labor Code 1773, the Director of the DIR
has determined the generally prevailing rates of wages in
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Chaffey Joint Union the locality in which the Work is to be performed.
High School District, acting by and through its Board of Trustees, Pursuant to Labor Code 1773.2, copies of these
hereinafter the "District" will receive up to, but not later than the determinations, entitled "PREVAILING WAGE SCALE",
above-stated date and time, sealed Bid Proposals for the Contracts are maintained at the District's offices located at the
for the Work generally described as: District-Wide Fire Alarm above address and are available to any interested party
Testing and Inspection Services. upon request. Copies of rate schedules are also available
on the Internet at: http://www.dir.ca.gov/DIR/S&R/
1.01 Submittal of Bid Proposals. All Bid Proposals shall be statistics_research.html. The Contractor awarded the
submitted on forms furnished by the District. Bid Contract for the Work shall post a copy of all applicable
Proposals must conform with, and be responsive to, the prevailing wage rates for the Work at conspicuous
Bid and Contract Documents, copies of which may be locations at the Site of the Work.
obtained from the District as set forth above. The District
may reject Bid Proposals submitted to the District after the The Project will be subject to labor compliance monitoring
date and time set forth above for the public opening and and enforcement by the Compliance Monitoring Unit
reading of Bid Proposals. within the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement and
the contractors, and all subcontractors, shall be required
1.02 Bid and Contract Documents. The Bid and Contract to furnish certified payroll records directly to the
Documents are available at the location stated above. All Department of Industrial Relations Labor
requests for hard copy documents will be the Commissioner/Compliance Monitoring Unit.
responsibility of the bidder. Each Bid Form shall be in
accordance with the Contract Documents. Bidders are 1.06 Contractor's License Classification. In accordance
responsible for confirmation that they have viewed all with the provisions of California Public Contract Code
addenda prior to the bid deadline and will be required to 3300, the District requires that Bidders possess the
acknowledge addenda on their bid form. following classification(s) of California Contractors
License at the time that the Contract for the Work is
1.03 Bid Proposal. Each Bid Proposal shall consist of at least awarded: "C-7 and/or C-10".
the following components plus any other items identified
in the Instructions for Bidders: 1.07 Bid Security. Each Bid Proposal shall be accompanied
by Bid Security in an amount not less than TEN
A. Bid Form PERCENT (10%) of the maximum amount of the Bid
B. Bid Security Proposal, inclusive of any additive Alternate Bid Item(s).
C. List of Subcontractors Failure of any Bid Proposal to be accompanied by Bid
D. Non-Collusion Declaration Security in the form and in the amount required may
E. Statement of Bidder's Qualifications render such Bid Proposal to be deemed non-responsive
and rejected by the District.
All information or responses of a Bidder in its Bid
Proposal and other documents accompanying the Bid 1.08 Fingerprinting. The successful Bidder will be required to
Proposal shall be complete, accurate and true; assure that its employees, subcontractors of any tier,
incomplete, inaccurate or untrue responses or information material suppliers, and consultants do not have direct

contact with the District's students during the performance exceeding the Project Budget. The Contract will be
of the Contract in compliance with Education Code awarded, if at all, on the basis of the Base Bid amount
45125.1 and 45125.2. To ensure these provisions, plus the largest possible number of additive Bid Alternates
Bidder's supervisory personnel shall submit their while remaining at or within the Project Budget. If the
fingerprints to the California Department of Justice in Base Bid amount exceeds the Project Budget, deductive
sufficient time to have the application(s) processed prior Bid Alternate amounts will be deducted from the Base Bid
to start of on-site Work. The supervisor(s) will amount in priority order (lowest numbered Alternate to
continuously monitor the workers' conduct while on school highest) until the amount is less than or equal to the
grounds. In addition, the successful Bidders shall Project Budget. The Contract will be awarded, if at all, on
barricade the Work area to separate its workers from the the basis of the Base Bid amount minus the fewest
students. All costs associated with this process are the possible number of deductive Bid Alternates while
responsibility of the successful Bidders. remaining at or within the Project Budget. The District
may award the Contract on the basis of the Base Bid only
1.09 No Withdrawal of Bid Proposals. Bid Proposals shall if no combination of Base Bid amounts plus additive Bid
not be withdrawn by any Bidder for a period of ninety (90) Alternates can be accomplished within Project Budget,
days after the opening of Bid Proposals. During this time, provided that the Base Bid amount is less than or equal to
all Bidders shall guarantee prices quoted in their the Project Budget.
respective Bid Proposals.
1.15 Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises Participation
1.10 Substitute Security. In accordance with the provisions Goals. The District has established a participation goal of
of California Public Contract Code 22300, substitution of three percent (3%) for Disabled Veteran Business
eligible and equivalent securities for any monies withheld Enterprises ("DVBE") for the Work of the Project. The
by the District to ensure the Contractor's performance District's forms of DVBE Participation Program Policy and
under the Contract will be permitted at the request and Report are included in the Contract Documents.
expense of the Contractors. The foregoing
notwithstanding, the Bidders to whom the Contracts are By: Kristine Rangel, Director of Purchasing,
awarded shall have ten (10) days following action by the Chaffey Joint Union High School District, Ontario,
District's Board of Education to award the Contracts to California.
such Bidders to submit their written requests to the PUBLISH: April 20 and April 27, 2026
District to permit the substitution of securities for retention.
The failure of any 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.
1.11 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.
1.12 Award of Contract. The Contracts 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
determination of the lowest priced Bid Proposal and for
inclusion in the scope of the Contract to be awarded shall
be in accordance with this Notice and the Instructions for
Bidders.
1.13 Inquiries and Clarifications. This document is for
informational purposes and shall not relieve the Bidder of
the requirements to fully familiarize itself with all the
factors affecting the Project and the Bid. The Bidder is
advised that all inquiries and clarifications about the Bid
Documents, Drawings, Specifications, etc., shall be
submitted to the District in writing at least five (5) days
prior to the date and time of scheduled bid opening and
receipt of proposals. The District will respond at its
earliest possible opportunity. Oral communication by
either party with regard to this matter is invalid.
1.14 Alternate Bid Items.
SELECTION BY PRIORITIZATION
The Bid Alternates are listed in order of highest priority
(i.e., Alternate No. 1 is the highest priority and so on). If
the Base Bid amount is less than the Project Budget,
additive Bid Alternate amounts will be added in priority
order until another Alternate cannot be added without