NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
INVITING SEALED BIDS
FOR
CENTRAL CONTRA COSTA SANITARY DISTRICT
PROJECT 5946-5949

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Board of Directors of the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District (District), Martinez, California, invites and will receive sealed bids for furnishing all labor, equipment, materials, and services specified for the construction of Central Contra Costa Sanitary District Project 5946-5949, Camino Pablo Trunk Sewer Improvement and Flush Kleen Force Main Renovation Project, in conformance with the Contract.

The work generally consists of the replacement of 1,720 linear feet of 6-inch cast-iron and 10-inch  Permastrand force main with dual 8-inch PVC pipelines using open-;cut method, replacement of 680 linear feet of 10-;inch VCP gravity sewer with 10-inch and 12-inch PVC using open-cut method, and replacement of 2,320 linear feet of 6-;inch, 8-inch, 10-inch VCP with 8-inch, 10-inch, 12-inch HDPE using pipe-bursting method of installation.  The estimated cost of construction is $2,000,000.

A prebid meeting to discuss the Project will be held at 10 a.m., local time, April 30, 2008, at the District’s Wastewater Treatment Plant, 5019 Imhoff Place, Martinez, California.

The District will receive bids at its receptionist area until 2 p.m., local time, May 20, 2008, at

5019 Imhoff Place, Martinez, California, at which time and place, in the District Board Meeting Room, accepted bids will be publicly opened and declared aloud by the Secretary of the District, and before the General Manager, or his representatives.  NO LATE BIDS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Project Documents and geotechnical reports, where applicable, are on file and may be examined without charge at the District office, 5019 Imhoff Place, Martinez, California.

Geotechnical reports are not part of the Project Documents.  Geotechnical reports are provided for the benefit of bidders, and bidders shall assume all risks concerning use of the geotechnical reports in preparing their bids.

Copies of the Project Documents or the plan holder’s list may be obtained at the District’s Permit Counter or by calling Candace Bradley at (925) 229-7100.  The planholder’s list will be available on the Internet at www.centralsan.org/sewersystem/czone.html one week before the bid opening.  The bid results will be available on the Internet after the bid opening.  The first set of Project Documents is free of charge.  Additional copies of the Project Documents may be obtained for a nonrefundable fee of $25.00 per set.  Payment must be made at the time that the documents are obtained.  Make check or money order payable to Central Contra Costa Sanitary District. 

Inquiries regarding further information about the Project may be directed to Paul Seitz at 925-;335-;7743.

Inquiries regarding directions to the District office and the location of the receptionist area may be directed to the District’s receptionist at (925) 228-9500.

Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to Part 7, Chapter 1, Article 2, Section 1770 et. seq. of the Labor Code of the State of California, the successful bidding contractor and its subcontractors shall pay their labor forces not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages as determined by the State of California Director of Industrial Relations, and travel and subsistence pay as such are defined in applicable collective bargaining agreements filed in accordance with Section 1773.8 of said Labor Code, for work needed and performed on this Project.  Said determinations, in effect at the time of publishing this notice, are on file at the above identified District office and may be examined at said office; copies of the prevailing wage rate are available to any interested party on request.  It shall, pursuant to the provisions of Section 1773.2 of said Labor Code, be a requirement of the work for the successful bidding contractor to post and maintain a copy of said wages’ determination at the Project site throughout duration of the work.

Bids to receive consideration must be signed by the bona fide prime contractor who proposes to undertake the work and who is properly licensed in accordance with the Contractor’s License Law as provided beginning at Section 7000 of the Business and Professions Code of the State of California.  The valid license(s) required for the work are as follows:  “A or C34 or C42.”  The bidder shall have the valid, required license(s) at the time the bid is submitted.  Each bid submitted must be on the forms furnished within the Project Manual and must be accompanied by a certified or cashier’s check or bidder’s bond for an amount not less than ten percent (10%) of the aggregate total bid.

Pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedures Section 995.311, the District will verify all bonds for this Project are issued and executed by a California admitted surety.

The Contractor shall be allowed to substitute securities for any monies withheld to ensure performance under this Contract pursuant to Section 22300 of the California Public Contract Code.

The District Board of Directors reserves the right to reject any or all bids for the work and waive any non-material irregularities in bids received.

Dated at Martinez, California, this April 15, 2008.

s/s  Elaine R. Boehme
Elaine R. Boehme
Secretary of the District
Central Contra Costa Sanitary District
County of Contra Costa, State of California