Portsmouth Square Improvement Project (Rebid) [Citywide PLA]

Location: California
Posted: Dec 3, 2025
Due: Jan 7, 2026
Agency: City and County of San Francisco
Type of Government: State & Local
Category:
  • Y - Construction of Structures and Facilities
Solicitation No: 0000011131
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Request for Bids or Qualifications/Proposals

Estimated Cost/Contract Amount:
Approximately $42,000,000.00

Due Date:

01/07/2026

Due Time:
02:30PM

Bid/Proposal Submission Location:

Bids shall be submitted online via ShareFile until 2:30:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, after which the bid opening will be conducted live online via Microsoft Teams. Contract Administration will email the Microsoft Teams meeting information to all Plan Holders approximately 24 hours prior to Bid opening.

Duration:

760 consecutive calendar days
Project Zip Code:

Advertisement Date:

10/20/2025
Contacts

Contact Type

Contact Name

Contact Email

Project Manager

Noah Levy

Noah.Levy@sfgov.org

Contract Compliance Officer

Ivan Oldenkamp

Ivan.Oldenkamp@sfgov.org

City’s Contractor Development Program

City’s Contractor Development Program

cdp@imwis.com
Pre-Bid/Pre-Proposal Conference

Location:

A pre-bid meeting will be held on site on Wednesday, October 29, 2025, at 10:00 AM at Portsmouth Square, 733 Kearny Street, San Francisco. Meet at the Upper Plaza area

Date:

10/29/2025

Time:

10:00AM
Attendance:
Project Scope

Project Description

Scope of Work: This project involves the renovation of Portsmouth Square, an existing public park located above the Portsmouth Square parking garage in San Francisco’s Chinatown district. The project will demolish nearly all existing park features and the Kearny Street pedestrian bridge. The existing upper-level restrooms and the parking garage below will remain in place. The plaza will be completed with new drainage and waterproofing, new paving, landscape planters, irrigation, decorative walls, stairs, curbs, railings, shade structures, playground structures, lighting, and electrical systems. Architectural work includes the construction of a clubhouse building and select retrofit of structural concrete. The existing Hilton Hotel building at the east side of the pedestrian bridge as well as the parking garage below shall be occupied and used by the public during construction.
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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
CITY & COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO
SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC WORKS
Sourcing Event ID No.: 0000011131
PORTSMOUTH SQUARE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (REBID) [CITYWIDE PLA]
(PW PORTSMOUTH SQ IMP PRJ REBID)
Bids shall be submitted online via ShareFile until 2:30:00 p.m. on December 10, 2025, after which the
bid opening will be conducted live online via Microsoft Teams. Contract Administration will email the
Microsoft Teams meeting information to all Plan Holders approximately 24 hours prior to Bid opening.
Digital files of Bid Documents, Plan Holders Lists, and Addenda may be downloaded at no cost from the
Public Works Electronic Bid Documents Download site at
https://bsm.sfdpw.org/ContractAdmin/Login.aspx.Please visit the Contracts, Bids and Payments webpage
at https://bidopportunities.apps.sfdpw.org for more information. Notices regarding Addenda and other bid
changes will be distributed by email to Plan Holders.
Scope of Work: This project involves the renovation of Portsmouth Square, an existing public park located
above the Portsmouth Square parking garage in San Francisco’s Chinatown district. The project will
demolish nearly all existing park features and the Kearny Street pedestrian bridge. The existing upper-
level restrooms and the parking garage below will remain in place. The plaza will be completed with new
drainage and waterproofing, new paving, landscape planters, irrigation, decorative walls, stairs, curbs,
railings, shade structures, playground structures, lighting, and electrical systems. Architectural work
includes the construction of a clubhouse building and select retrofit of structural concrete. The existing
Hilton Hotel building at the east side of the pedestrian bridge as well as the parking garage below shall be
occupied and used by the public during construction.
The time allowed for completion is 760 consecutive calendar days. The estimated construction cost is
approximately $42,000,000. For more information, contact the Project Manager Noah Levy by phone:
(628) 652-6633 or email: Noah.Levy@sfgov.org.
On July 1, 2014, the registration program under section 1725.5 of the California Labor Code went into
effect. The program requires that all contractors and subcontractors who bid or work on a public works
project register and pay an annual fee to the California Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”).
No contractor or subcontractor may be listed in a bid or awarded a contract for a public works project
unless registered with the DIR as required by Labor Code section 1725.5 [with limited exceptions from
this requirement for bid purposes only under Labor Code section 1771.1(a)].
This Project shall incorporate the required partnering elements for Partnering Level 4. Refer to
Section 01 31 33 for more details.
Pursuant to San Francisco Administrative Code (“Administrative Code”) Section 6.25 and Chapter 25 of
the Environment Code, “Clean Construction” is required for the performance of all work.
The Specifications include liquidated damages. Contract will be on a Lump Sum Bid Items with Unit
Prices basis. Progressive payments will be made.
The Contract will be awarded to the lowest responsible responsive bidder.
A bid may be rejected if the City determines that any of the bid item prices are materially unbalanced to
the potential detriment of the City.
Bid discounts may not be applied as per Administrative Code Chapter 14B. The Micro-LBE
subcontracting requirement is 13.00% and the Small-LBE subcontracting requirement is 8.00%. The total
Micro and Small- LBE Subcontracting Participation Requirement is 21.00%. For details, contact Ivan
Oldenkamp by phone at (415) 554-0630 or by email at Ivan.Oldenkamp@sfgov.org. In accordance with
Administrative Code Chapter 14B requirements,.good faith efforts may apply. Refer to CMD Form 2B.
A pre-bid meeting will be held on site on Wednesday, October 29, 2025, at 10:00 AM at Portsmouth
Square, 733 Kearny Street, San Francisco. Meet at the Upper Plaza area
For information on the City’s Contractor Development Program, call (415) 986-3999 or email
cdp@imwis.com.
A corporate surety bond or certified check for ten percent (10%) of the amount bid must accompany each
bid. Administrative Code Section 6.22(a) requires all construction greater than $25,000 to include
performance and payment bonds for 100% of the contract award.
Class "B" license is required to bid.
In accordance with Administrative Code Chapter 6, no bid is accepted and no contract in excess of
Threshold is awarded by the City and County of San Francisco Department of Public Works until such
time as the General Manager of the Recreation and Park Department recommends the contract for
award, and the Recreation and Park Commission then adopts a resolution awarding the Contract.
Pursuant to Charter Section 3.105, all contract awards are subject to certification by the Controller as to
the availability of funds.
Minimum wage rates for this project must comply with the current General Prevailing Wage as determined
by the State Department of Industrial Relations. Minimum wage rates other than applicable to General
Prevailing Wage must comply with Administrative Code Chapter 12P, Minimum Compensation
Ordinance. In addition, the San Francisco Citywide Project Labor Agreement (PLA) became effective on
July 14, 2020. This Contract is a Covered Project and Bidders are advised that the PLA is incorporated
into the contract documents. More information about the PLA can be found at:
https://sfgov.org/olse/citywide-project-labor-agreement.
This Project is subject to the requirements of the San Francisco Local Hiring Policy for Construction
(''Policy'') as set forth in Administrative Code Section 6.22(g). Bidders are hereby advised that the
requirements of the Policy will be incorporated as a material term of any contract awarded for the
Project. Refer to Section 00 73 30 of the Project Manual for more information.
Bidders are hereby advised that the Contractor to whom the Contract is awarded must be certified by the
Contract Monitoring Division as being in compliance with the Equal Benefits Provisions of Article 131 of
the San Francisco Labor and Employment Code within two weeks after notification of award.
If a bidder objects on any ground to any bid specification or legal requirement imposed by this
Advertisement for Bids, the bidder shall, no later than the 10th working day prior to the date of Bid
opening, provide written notice to the Contract Administration Division, San Francisco Public Works,
setting forth with specificity the grounds for the objection.
Right reserved to reject any or all bids and waive any minor irregularities.
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