CONSTRUCTION OF THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR FREIGHT AND EXPRESS LANE PROJECT

Location:	California
Posted:	Mar 26, 2026
Due:	May 27, 2026
Agency:	San Bernardino County Transportation Authority(SBCTA)
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	Y - Construction of Structures and Facilities
Solicitation No:	IFB 25-1003328
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SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY

INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) 25-1003328

FOR

CONSTRUCTION OF THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR FREIGHT AND EXPRESS

LANE PROJECT – CONTRACT 2B

KEY IFB DATES

IFB Issue Date:

March 26, 2026

Pre-Bid Conference Date:

N/A

Written Questions/Approved Equal

Request Deadline:

April 16, 2026 @ 4:00 p.m.

Bid Due Date:

May 27, 2026 @ 2:00 p.m.

Good Faith Efforts Due:

N/A

Contract Award/Notice of Award Date: INSERT DATE: July 1, 2026

Notice To Proceed:

INSERT DATE: July 2026

*ALL DATES ARE TENTATIVE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE, EXCEPT

BID DUE DATE WHICH IS A FINAL AND FIRM DATE

Federal Project No. 6507(053)

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SUBJECT:

NOTICE INVITING SEALED BIDS INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)

25-1003328 “CONSTRUCTION OF THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR

FREIGHT AND EXPRESS LANE PROJECT – CONTRACT 2B”

The San Bernardino County Transportation Authority, (“SBCTA”), acting in the capacity designated

in the contract attached to this IFB as Attachment A, invites sealed bids for Construction of the

Interstate 10 Corridor Freight and Express Lane Project – Contract 2B, hereinafter referred to

as “Project”.

The plans and specifications for this project may only be obtained by signing the “SSI Document

Release Form” included in this solicitation as Attachment C. The deadline for requesting the plans

and specifications is 5:00p.m. on May 7, 2026. Firms may request this by emailing the form to

Natalie Lopez at nlopez@gosbcta.com. Please allow up to three (3) business days for a response.

Firms intending to submit a bid should note the “Key IFB Dates” on the cover of this IFB. SBCTA

intends, subject to contract approval, to have the selected firm under contract by July 2026. The IFB

and IFB schedule updates and addenda, together with other important information are available on

SBCTA’s website at www.gosbcta.com (“Bids & RFPs” under “DOING BUSINESS”). Firms are

requested to check the Vendor Portal periodically, and no less frequently than weekly, for IFB

updates, addenda and other information. All bidders will be held accountable for compliance with all

updates, addenda and other information posted on the Vendor Portal. Please note that SBCTA will

not be responsible for mailing any addenda, schedule updates or other information to any firm.

All questions and requests for clarifications to this IFB or approved equal requests, must be put in

writing and submitted to SBCTA electronically via Planet Bids, and they must be received by SBCTA

no later than 4:00 p.m. on April 16, 2026. All questions received after the date and time specified

may or may not be responded to, at the sole discretion of SBCTA. SBCTA’s responses to the

questions received by the date and time identified herein will be posted on the Vendor Portal on

SBCTA’s website at www.gosbcta.com: click on “Doing Business”, which will take you to the “Bids

& RFPs” page. There, click on the tab “Vendor Portal”.

The procurement will be conducted electronically through SBCTA’s PlanetBids Vendor Portal

webpage. SBCTA will not accept paper copies for any part of this procurement, including the bid

submittal.

Bids are due at or before 2:00 p.m. on May 27, 2026 (This is a firm date and will not be extended

due to project/funding constraints). Bids must be submitted electronically through SBCTA’s

Vendor Portal PlanetBids. All bids will be publicly opened at the date and time stated above, via

PlanetBids, and the Bid Results will be available to the public at the Bid Deadline, or immediately

thereafter, on PlanetBids, and posted on SBCTA’s website. Additionally, SBCTA shall, at the time

stated above or as soon thereafter as practicable, publicly open bids via PlanetBids, and read aloud

such bids via Microsoft Teams at the following web address:

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To bid on this project, vendors must be registered with SBCTA’s PlanetBids Vendor Portal website.

A firm must accept the terms and conditions in order to proceed. Firms may save their bid at any time

as a draft. Firms may edit the bid as often as they need to until the IFB closes. The PlanetBids system

will not accept bids after the due date and time specified for this procurement and SBCTA will not

consider any late submittals.

Please note that where two or more firms, persons or entities wish to submit one bid in response to

this IFB, as a joint venture or partnership, each joint venture, partner, or member shall be jointly and

severally liable for any and all of the duties and obligations of the contractor that are assumed under

or arise out of the contract. In the case of a joint venture. SBCTA provides all applicable notices

under the contract to the joint venture contractor only, and not to individual joint venturers, partners,

or members. Each of such joint venturers, partners, or members waives individual notice of the breach

or non-performance of any undertaking or obligation of the contractor contained in resulting from or

assumed under the contract, and the failure to give any such individual notice shall not affect or impair

such venturer’s, partner’s, or member’s joint and several liability under the contract.

General description of work:

The Interstate 10 Corridor Freight and Express Lane Project – Contract 2B (Project), located in San

Bernardino County, proposes to construct a single express lane with price-managed/tolled facilities

in both directions of Interstate 10 (I-10) from approximately 0.3 miles east of Sierra Avenue to Pepper

Avenue, with construction work through the cities of Ontario, Fontana, Rialto, and Colton (including

unincorporated area), and the unincorporated community of Bloomington.

The Project improvements consist of inside and outside roadway widening within the project limits

and will require improvements to local access ramps. These improvements generally include:

• Addition of one Express Lane in each direction between Sierra Avenue and Pepper Avenue,

• Provide one Ingress/Egress (I/E) at-grade access location at Cedar Avenue, one Ingress at-

grade crossing at Pepper Avenue in the WB direction only, and one Egress at-grade crossing at

Pepper Avenue in the EB direction only,

• Coordination with SBCTA's Toll Service Provider (TSP) for tolling equipment, maintaining

operations, and access to existing toll lanes throughout construction,

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• Separation of general purpose (GP) lanes from the proposed express lane with a 2-footwide

buffer and surface mounted channelizers,

• Improve existing auxiliary lanes,

• Extend the existing acceleration and deceleration lanes in the EB direction between Sierra

Avenue and Cedar Avenue,

• Construct a new auxiliary lane in each direction between Riverside Avenue and Pepper

Avenue.

The project proposes adding approximately 4.89 lane miles of new roadway and restriping 5.0 lane

miles of existing roadway in each direction.

Other project improvements include:

 Construction of an AT&T demarcation point connection on the southwest corner of Pepper

Avenue and W. Valley Boulevard to a Type M cabinet on the northwest quadrant of Pepper

Avenue interchange,

 Construction of California Highway Patrol (CHP) observation areas,

 Replacement of existing concrete barriers, temporary railings, metal beam guardrails, and metal

thrie-beam barriers with standard safety systems,

 Construction of maintenance vehicle pullouts (MVP) at various locations,

 Modification of existing stormwater drainage channels, construction of new drainage facilities,

and water quality Best Management Practices (BMPs),

 Construction of median lighting at express lane I/E and other select locations,

 Replacement of overhead sign structures and roadside signs,

 Construction of retaining walls and sound walls.

As of January 1, 2015, all contractors and subcontractors bidding and performing work on Public

Works Projects must register on an annual basis with the California Department of Industrial

Relations (DIR), and effective April 1, 2015, furnish electronic payroll records for new projects to

the Labor Commissioner.

This is a Federal-Aid project: The contract, if awarded, will be financed in part by the U.S.

Department of Transportation (DOT). Bidders are required to certify that they meet all federal

requirements identified in this IFB, including but not limited to all applicable equal opportunity laws

and regulations and all conditions of the Davis-Bacon Act (40 U.S.C. 3141 et seq.) and the Labor

Code of the State of California commencing in section 1770 et seq. The Federal minimum wage rates

for this project are predetermined by the United States Secretary of Labor. If there is a difference

between the minimum wage rates predetermined by the Secretary of Labor and the General Prevailing

Wage rates determined by the Director of the California Department of Indistrial Relations for similar

classifications of labor, the awarded firm shall pay not less than the higher wage rate. Wage schedules

are available at SBCTA’s office or on the internet at www.access.gpo.go/davisbacon/ and

www.dir.ca.gov/DSLR/statistics_research.html.

This project is a Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) funded project subject to Public Law 117-

58, div. G, §§ 70901-27, 49 U.S.C. § 5323(j), and, 23 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 635.410

(“Buy America”), which provide Federal funds may not be obligated unless all steel and iron materials

that are permanently incorporated have been manufactured in the United States, unless a waiver has

been granted by FHWA pursuant to 23 CFR 635.410.

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The bidder shall include the Buy America requirements in all agreements with subcontractors for

Work on this Project. The bidder shall indemnify SBCTA from any loss, liability and expenses arising

out of bidder’s failure to comply with Buy America requirements. In the event that the bidder seeks

a statutory waiver pursuant to 23 CFR 635.410, the bidder may not rely on the anticipated issuance

by FHWA of such waiver to show compliance with Buy America requirements.

This project is subject to to Title 49, CFR Part 26, entitled “Participation of Disadvantaged Business

Enterprises” in the Department of Transportation Financial Assistance Programs (herein referred to

as the “Regulations”). SBCTA plans to receive federal financial assistance from the FHWA through

the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). The Regulations in their entirety and the

Caltrans DBE Program Plan are incorporated into this IFB by this reference. Bidders are to be fully

informed respecting the DBE requirements and the Regulations.

A contractor or subcontractor shall not be qualified to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, subject to

the requirements of Section 4104 of the Public Contract Code, or engage in the performance of any

contract for public work, as defined in this chapter, unless currently registered and qualified to

perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5 . It is not a violation of this section for an unregistered

contractor to submit a bid that is authorized by Section 7029.1 of the Business and Professions Code

or by Section 10164 or 20103.5 of the Public Contract Code, provided the contractor is registered to

perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5 at the time the contract is awarded.

If the contract is awarded, the contractor will be required to comply with all applicable laws and

regulations, whether or not specifically listed in this IFB or the contract.

Award of this contract is subject to the availability, appropriation and receipt of federal, State and/or

local funds sufficient to carry out the work identified in this IFB.

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This is the opportunity summary page. It provides an overview of this opportunity and a preview of the attached documentation.

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