NOTICE INVITING BIDSfor the 11th and B Bank Stabilization Project
Engineer's Estimate: $275,000 - $325,000
City of Arcata (“City”) will accept sealed bids for its 11th and B Bank Stabilization Project (“Project”), by or before Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. at its City Manager’s Office, located at 736 F Street, Arcata, California 95521, at which time the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.
The Project is located near the intersection of 11th St and B St, Arcata, CA in the City of Arcata CA, and is described as follows: Demolition, excavation, grading, drainage inlets and pipes, placement of rock slope protection, asphalt and PCC concrete & detectable warnings. The Project must be fully completed within Ninety (90) working days from the start date set forth in the Notice to Proceed. City anticipates that the Work will begin on or about 11/09/2026, but the anticipated start date is provided solely for convenience and is neither certain nor binding.
A bidders’ conference will be held on Thursday, October 1, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. at the following location: Arcata City Hall, Council Chambers, 736 F Street, Arcata CA 95521 to acquaint all prospective bidders with the Contract Documents and the Worksite. The bidders’ conference is mandatory. A bidder who fails to attend a mandatory bidders’ conference may be disqualified from bidding.
This Project requires a valid California contractor’s license for the following classification(s): Class A - General Engineering.
City may not accept a Bid Proposal from or enter into the Contract with a bidder, without proof that the bidder is registered with the California Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) to perform public work pursuant to Labor Code § 1725.5, subject to limited legal exceptions.
Each Subcontractor must be registered with the DIR to perform work on public projects. Each bidder must submit a completed Subcontractor List form with its Bid Proposal, including the name, location of the place of business, California contractor license number, DIR registration number, and portion of the Work to be performed for each Subcontractor that will perform Work or service, or fabricate and install Work, for the prime contractor in excess of one-half of 1% of the total bid price, using the Subcontractor List form included with the Contract Documents.
Pursuant to California Labor Code § 1720 et seq., this Project is subject to the prevailing wage requirements applicable to the locality in which the Work is to be performed for each craft, classification or type of worker needed to perform the Work, including employer payments for health and welfare, pension, vacation, apprenticeship and similar purposes. The prevailing rates are on file with the City and are available online at http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR. Each Contractor and Subcontractor must pay no less than the specified rates to all workers employed to work on the Project. The schedule of per diem wages is based upon a working day of eight hours. The rate for holiday and overtime work must be at least time and one-half. The Contract will be subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR, under Labor Code § 1771.4.
The Bid Proposal must be accompanied by bid security of ten percent of the maximum bid amount, in the form of a cashier’s or certified check made payable to City, or a bid bond executed by a surety licensed to do business in the State of California on the Bid Bond form included with the Contract Documents. The bid security must guarantee that within ten (10) days after City issues the Notice of Potential Award, the successful bidder will execute the Contract and submit the payment and performance bonds, insurance certificates and endorsements, valid Certificates of Reported Compliance as required under the California Air Resources Board’s In-Use Off-Road Diesel-Fueled Fleets Regulation (13 CCR § 2449 et seq.) (“Off-Road Regulation”), if applicable, and any other submittals required by the Contract Documents and as specified in the Notice of Potential Award.
The successful bidder will be required to provide performance and payment bonds, each for 100% of the Contract Price, as further specified in the Contract Documents.
The percentage of retention that will be withheld from progress payments is 5%. Substitution of appropriate securities in lieu of retention amounts from progress payments is permitted under Public Contract Code § 22300.
All bidders should carefully review the Instructions to Bidders for more detailed information before submitting a Bid Proposal. The definitions provided in Article 1 of the General Conditions apply to all of the Contract Documents, as defined therein, including this Notice Inviting Bids.
