Agricultural INNOVATION Farm Project for San Marcos Unified SD

BID DOCUMENTS

for

BID # 2026-21

Bid Closes Date & Time: Monday, November 2, 2026 at 3:00 pm

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To: Prospective Bidders

* * ATTENTION: Please review this document as soon as you receive it. * * *

* No Bidder questions will be accepted 72 hours prior to bid closing *

Please immediately review our “Bid Process Timeline”, in the Information for Bidders Section.

A MANDATORY Pre-Bid Conference shall be held on Wednesday, October 21, 2026 at 9:30 am at San Marcos USD Ag Farm
99 Cassou Rd
San Marcos, CA 92069

We will meet in the parking lot and walk across together to the site of the project. for further details see the "Bid Process Timeline" in the Information For Bidders Section. Bidders are required to have a valid California Contractor’s License as follows: B-General (required)
Contractor not required to have, but necessary to self perform more than two types of trades: C8, C10, C13, C27, C36 .

This Project is a public work and subject to prevailing wage requirements as set forth in Labor Code §1720 et seq. The bidder/contractor and all subcontractors of every tier are required to pay laborers performing any portion of work on the Project not less than the prevailing wage rate established for the labor provided. Pursuant to Labor Code §1771.4(a)(4), prevailing wage rate monitoring and enforcement shall be by the California Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”). Each bidder must be registered with the DIR pursuant to Labor Code §1725.5 in order to be qualified submit a bid on or to perform work on this Project. Bids submitted by contractors not registered with the DIR will be rejected as non-responsive. All subcontractors listed in the bid also must be registered with the DIR at the time of bid opening. At all times during performance of the Project, the bidder/contractor and all subcontractors, of any tier, must be registered with the DIR.

Any requests for interpretation or corrections must be made in accordance with the Information for Bidders Section, Interpretation of Documents and Addenda” and according to the “Bid Process Timeline.”

The District reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to accept or to reject any one or more items on a bid, or to waive any irregularities or informalities in the bids or in the bidding process.

If you wish to bid, your completed bid must be submitted through the e-procurement portal at https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/smusd , no later than the Bid Opening Date and Time as stated in the Notice to Contractors Calling for Bids.

If you have any questions regarding the bid requirements or timeline, please submit your questions through the e-procurement portal.