RFB 23-24-16 Landscape & Irrigation of Basin G at the East Side Regional Park (ESRP)

Agency:	City of Visalia
State:	California
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	Y - Construction of Structures and Facilities Z - Maintenance, Repair or Alteration of Real Property
Posted:	Mar 27, 2024
Due:	Apr 2, 2024
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RFB 23-24-16 Landscape & Irrigation of Basin G at the East Side Regional Park (ESRP) Deadline: 04/02/2024 @ 2pm The City of Visalia is seeking bids for furnishing materials, supplies, equipment, and labor for performing the work as specified in the bid document for the Landscape & Irrigation of Basin G at the ESRP. Bids are required for the entire work, complete, and in place. This public works project is supported by the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014 (Proposition 1), California Urban Rivers Grant Program. The awarded contractor must comply with all state and federal regulations listed in the bid document. For more information click here.

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City of Visalia, CA

707 W. Acequia Avenue Visalia, CA 93291

Purchasing Division

Tel. (559) 713-4334 Fax. (559) 713-4801

February 26, 2024

REQUEST FOR BIDS

RFB-23-24-16

LANDSCAPE & IRRIGATION

BASIN G at the EAST SIDE REGIONAL PARK (ESRP)

SEALED BIDS will be received at the office of the Purchasing Division, City Hall West, 707 W. Acequia, Visalia,

California 93291, until 2:00 P.M., on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, for furnishing materials, supplies, equipment and

labor for performing the work as specified in the approved Plans, the Standard Specifications, the Construction

Specifications and other Contract Documents for the Landscape & Irrigation of Basin G at the ESRP. Bids are

required for the entire work, complete and in place.

This project is funded in whole or in part by the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014

(Proposition 1), California Urban Rivers Grant Program.

TO OBTAIN SPECIFICATIONS AND BID DOCUMENTS: Plans, forms of proposals, bonds, and other contract

documents may be requested from the office of the Purchasing Division, 707 W. Acequia, Visalia, California 93291,

by telephone (559) 713-4334, or by emailing your request to: purchasing@visalia.city. If documents do not exceed

our email capacity, they will be emailed to the requestor. Otherwise, an electronic version (flash drive) will be sent at

no charge via U.S. Mail. A copy of the plans and bidding documents are also available at various builders’ exchanges

or can be downloaded by registered users of BidNetDirect.

If electronic documents are requested to be shipped overnight via Fed-ex, the Contractor will be responsible for all

shipping charges incurred and will be billed by the shipping company directly.

PRE-BID MEETING: There will be a non-mandatory Pre-Bid meeting held at 9:00am, Thursday, March 7, 2024.

The meeting will be held at the jobsite: N/W corner of the intersection of E. Mineral King Avenue & Road. 152 in

Visalia.

QUESTIONS: Direct Questions regarding this Project to the Purchasing Department, at fax (559) 713-4801 or

email: purchasing@visalia.city, Questions must be received by Thursday, March 14, 2024, at 4:00 PM.

ENGINEER’S ESTIMATE FOR TOTAL PROJECT COST: The City of Visalia does not provide an Engineer’s

Estimate; however the total Project Budget is $500,000 which is an estimate of the total project delivery costs

including, but is not limited to, construction, design, construction support, city project management and administrative

costs. Bids are required for the entire work, complete and in place.

CONTRACT DATES: Tentative date of award date: April 2024. TIME OF COMPLETION DEADLINE: 110

working days.

This project requires the Contractor to have a Class A or combination of Class C licenses to perform all aspects of

work.

Only one bid may be submitted as a “prime contractor” for the same work by any firm, individual, partnership,

corporation, or combination thereof. A contractor submitting a bid as a prime contractor may not also submit

sub-bids to other competing prime contractors. Reasonable grounds for believing that any individual, firm,

partnership, corporation, or combination thereof is interested in more than one proposal for the work contemplated

will cause the rejection of all proposals in which such individual, firm, partnership, corporation, or combination thereof

is interested. A contractor who is not submitting a bid as a prime contractor may submit any number of sub-

bids to competing prime contractors.

THE CITY HEREBY AFFIRMATIVELY ENSURES that Minority Business Enterprises and Disadvantaged

Business Enterprises (DBE) will be afforded full opportunity to submit proposals in response to this notice and will

not be discriminated against on the basis of age, race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental

disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual

orientation, or military and veteran status in any consideration leading to the award of contract.

All Contractors and/or subcontractors shall be required to obtain a City of Visalia Business Tax Certificate. No

payment will be made to any Contractor until such license is obtained.

PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT: Bidders/Contractors must be registered with the State of California Department of

Industrial Relations in compliance with SB854 which states: 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. Awarded Contractor will be required to furnish electronic payroll

records for project to the Labor Commissioner.

Executive Order N-6-22 – Russia Sanctions On March 4, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order

N-6-22 (the EO) regarding Economic Sanctions against Russia and Russian entities and individuals. “Economic

Sanctions” refers to sanctions imposed by the U.S. government in response to Russia’s actions in Ukraine, as well as

any sanctions imposed under state law. By submitting a bid or proposal, Contractor represents that it is not a target of

Economic Sanctions. Should the State determine Contractor is a target of Economic Sanctions or is conducting

prohibited transactions with sanctioned individuals or entities, that shall be grounds for rejection of the Contractor’s

bid/proposal any time prior to contract execution, or, if determined after contract execution, shall be grounds for

termination by the State.

Per California Labor Code (CLC), the following statements are incorporated into RFB-23-24-15:

As set forth in CLC section 1771.1(a), all contractors and subcontractors must be currently registered and qualified to

perform public work pursuant to CLC section 1725.5 to be qualified to bid, be listed in a bid proposal, or perform any

public work for the COV. Proof of registration for each contractor and subcontractor listed on the bid is required.

As set forth in CLC section 1771.4(a)(1), notice is given that this project is a public work, subject to compliance

monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations.

As set forth in CLC section 1773, the COV shall obtain the general prevailing rate per diem wages and the general

prevailing rate for holiday and overtime work in the locality in which the public work is to be performed for each craft,

classification, or type of worker needed to execute the contract from the Director of Industrial Relations. In accordance

with labor code section 1773.2, this information is to be included in the bid specifications and in the contract itself.

As set forth in CLC section 1777.5(d), contractors awarded public works contracts who employ workers in any

apprenticeable craft or trade in the performance of the contract shall employ apprentices in at least the ratio of one

hour of apprentice work for every five hours of journeyman work. In accordance with CLC section 1777.5, apprentices

are to be paid the prevailing wage for apprentices in the trade to which they are registered. California Labor Law can

be found at: http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes.xhtml

This project will be subject to all applicable Federal and State Wage Determinations. The Contractor will be

responsible for paying wages from the Federal and State Wage Determinations for all trades. The Contractor shall be

responsible for paying the greatest wage between the Federal and State wage determinations. The wages are set forth

in the General Prevailing Wage Rates for this project, available at City of Visalia address and available from the

following website links: http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlsr/PWD/index.htm and http://www.wdol.gov/dba.aspx#0.

Pursuant to Section 1773 of the Labor Code, the general prevailing wage rates in the county, or counties, in which the

work is to be done have been determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations. These

wages are set forth in the General Prevailing Wage Rates for this project, available at the office of the City Engineer

at 315 E. Acequia and will be made available upon request and available from the California Department of Industrial

Relations’ Internet web site at http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR/PWD. The Federal minimum wage rates for this project

as predetermined by the United States Secretary of Labor are set forth in the Bid book and in copies of this book that

may be examined at the offices described above where project plans, special provisions, and bid forms may be seen.

Addenda to modify the Federal minimum wage rates, if necessary, will be issued to holders of Bid book. Future

effective general prevailing wage rates, which have been predetermined and are on file with the California Department

of Industrial Relations are referenced but not printed in the general prevailing wage rates. This RFB document includes

a copy of the most recent State and Federal Wage Rate Determinations for this project.

This contract is subject to state contract nondiscrimination and compliance requirements pursuant to Government

Code, Section 12990.

Pursuant to Section 22300 of the California Public Contract Code (Section 10263 of the Public Contract Code for State

Agencies), the Contractor may substitute securities for any money held by the Owner to insure performance of the

contract. At the request and expense of the Contractor, securities equivalent to the amount withheld shall be deposited

with the Owner or with a State or federally-chartered banks as an escrow agent, who shall return such securities to the

Contractor upon satisfactory completion of the contract. Deposit of securities with an escrow agent shall be subject to

written agreement in accordance with the provisions of Section 22300. The Owner shall not certify that the contract

has been completed until at least 35 days after filing by the Owner of a Notice of Completion. Securities eligible for

investment under this Section shall be limited to those listed in Section 16430 of the California Government Code,

bank or savings and loan certificates of deposit, interest bearing demand deposit accounts, standby letters of credit, or

any other security mutually agreed upon by the Contractor and the public agency.

The City of Visalia reserves the right to reject any or all bids.

CITY OF VISALIA, CALIFORNIA

BID NET REGISTRATION INFORMATION

The City of Visalia utilizes a regional bid notification system created exclusively for the Purchasing Department within

the area. This system allows the City of Visalia to post all information needed by vendors regarding bids, quotes

(informal), request for proposals, construction notices, addenda and awards.

By establishing one centralized bidding and registration system, vendors will now have a single point of contact for

business opportunities throughout our region. The system will save the City of Visalia (and our vendors) time and

money by reducing printing, postage and mailing costs. All vendors who wish to do business with the City of Visalia

are asked to register on this new system.

Vendors may register online by visiting www.bidnetdirect.com/california/cityofvisalia.

Registration options are the following:

Option #1 is paid registration. This option emails notification of all bids and addendums from all participating

agencies. This option also allows the vendor to view award information and any other information that is posted. One

and two-year pricing options are available.

Option #2 is free registration. This allows the vendor to login and search (by agency) all bids, addenda, award

information, and any other information that is listed.

If you are already registered on this system, you do NOT have to register again.

The City of Visalia looks forward to providing you with more bid information, less paperwork and simplifying the entire

bid, proposal and quote processes for everyone involved. We appreciate your cooperation and welcome your

participation. Should you have any questions regarding this new system or registration, please call BidNet at (800)

835-4603 or call the City of Visalia Purchasing Division at (559) 713-4334, email purchasing@visalia.city or visit our

website at www.visaliapurchasing.org

Sincerely,

Purchasing Division

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RFB 23-24-16 Landscape & Irrigation of Basin G at the East Side Regional Park (ESRP)

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