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Public Legal NoticesNOTICE INVITING BIDS The Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District (District) is soliciting bids from qualified firms for Contract No. 2022-B-084, Suicide Deterrent System Rescue Training Net. Bids must be uploaded to the District's Procurement Portal: https://ggbhtd.bonfirehub.com by December 6, 2022, at 2:00 p.m., Pacific Time, at which time bids will be publicly opened and read online. Hard copy submissions will NOT be accepted. Hard copies received will be returned (unopened) to Bidders without consideration. The bid opening will be conducted online only, and the District will be utilizing Microsoft Teams to conduct the meeting. Below is the Microsoft Teams Meeting information for Bidders who wish to participate in the bid opening. If you have not used Microsoft Teams before, please refer to the link: Join a Meeting in Teams prior to the meeting to ensure that you are able to join without technical difficulties. On the date and time of the meeting, press Ctrl+Click on the hyperlink, “Join Bid Opening.” This meeting is specifically for the bid opening relative to the above Contract. Bidders may also call the telephone number and enter the Conference ID number provided below. Click here to join the meeting Meeting ID: 221 729 857 109 Passcode: BZ8iWt Download Teams | Join on the web Join with a video conferencing device goldengate@m.webex.com Video Conference ID: 113 814 851 8 Alternate VTC instructions Or call in (audio only) +1 628-212-0729,,802017605# United States, San Francisco Phone Conference ID: 802 017 605# This public works project consists of, in general, furnishing and installing net support frame, install District furnished stainless border cables, District furnished stainless steel net and District furnished hardware; existing concrete wall removal, furnishing and installing wood deck, furnishing and installing steel railings and guard rail; and all other related work items as required to complete the project titled , as shown on the Contract Drawings and as specified in the Contract Documents. A pre-bid conference will be held on November 16, 2022 at 10:00 a.m., Pacific Time, at the Administration Building, Golden Gate Bridge Toll Plaza, San Francisco, CA, 94129. A job site tour will be conducted immediately after the conference. While attendance at this conference and the job site tour is not mandatory, the District highly recommends you attend. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, bidders are notified that all state and local public health orders will be followed during the pre-bid conference. Depending on such requirements then in force, wearing of face masks and social distancing may be required. Parties interested in attending either the pre bid conference or the bid opening shall notify the District 24 hours prior to attending either event by contacting dmoore@goldengate.org. Bidders bidding as the prime contractor shall possess a valid State of California Class A, General Engineering Contractor's License with a minimum experience of three (3) similar projects in scope and size, and three (3) public works projects in the past five (5) years at the time of Contract award. All subcontractors, if any, shall be properly licensed by the State of California to perform specialized trades and shall have a minimum experience of three (3) similar project in scope and size and one (1) public project in scope and size in the past five (5) years at the time of Contract award. Pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 4104, each Bid Proposal must include the name and location of the place of business of each subcontractor who shall perform work or service, or install work for the prime contractor in excess of one-half of one percent (1/2 of 1%) of the bid price. Bids must be accompanied by a deposit either in the form of cash, a certified or cashier's check, or Bidder's Bond, as described in the Contract Documents, which shall be applied to damages sustained by the District if the successful Bidder fails or refuses to enter into a contract awarded to it. Bids shall be submitted on the District's Proposal Forms, including all attachments, and uploaded to the District's Procurement Portal: https://ggbhtd.bonfirehub.com and plainly marked with Bidder's name. The District reserves the right to reject any and all bids or to waive any irregularities or informalities in any bid or in the bidding procedure. No Bidder may withdraw its bid for a period of ninety (90) days after the date of opening bids. Within two (2) working days of bid opening, a summary of Bidders' quotes will be available at the District's Procurement Portal website. To review the bid results, go to the District's Procurement Portal website: https://ggbhtd.bonfirehub.com and look for Contract No. 2022-B-084. Each Bidder will be notified of award, if award is made. The successful Bidder shall furnish a Performance Bond and a Payment Bond in amounts equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the total price of the Contract. District will retain five percent (5%) from each invoice/billing statement submitted in connection with the Contract. Pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 22300, the successful Bidder may submit certain securities in lieu of the District withholding funds from progress payments (retention) during the Project. The District hereby notifies all Bidders that it is the policy of the District to ensure nondiscrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, or sex in the award and administration of contracts. Bidders are strongly encouraged to obtain Disadvantaged and Small Business Enterprise (DBE/SBE) participation on this Project. DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES (DBEs) ARE, BY DEFINITION, CONSIDERED TO BE SBEs, AND ARE COVERED BY THE REFERENCES TO SBEs IN THIS DOCUMENT. In order to achieve such participation, the District has developed procedures to remove barriers to DBE participation in the bidding and award process and to assist DBEs to develop and compete successfully outside of the DBE Program. These procedures include the establishment of a SBE Element of the District's Diversity Program for Contracts. The District has evaluated subcontracting opportunities for this Contract and determined that such opportunities exist and has established an SBE contract-specific goal of 9.2%. Bidders must meet the contract-specific SBE goal or demonstrate good faith efforts to do so. Bidders are encouraged to attend the pre-bid meeting to better understand the applicable DBE/SBE requirements. For DBE/SBE assistance, contact Artemisé Davenport, DBE Program Administrator, at (415) 257-4581. In accordance with Section 1720 et seq. of the Labor Code, the general prevailing wage rates, as established by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations, will apply to this Contract. Information about prevailing wage rates for this Project is set forth in the Special Provisions. The prevailing wage rates established by the California Department of Industrial Relations are available at http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR/PWD. Hard copies can be viewed at the District's Engineering Office or requested by mail, addressed to: Prevailing Wage Unit, Division of Labor Statistics and Research, Department of Industrial Relations, P.O. Box 420603, San Francisco, CA 94142. Minimum wage rates for this Project, as determined by the U.S. Secretary of Labor, are set forth in Section 7-1.11E. If there is a difference between the minimum wage rates determined by the Secretary of Labor and the prevailing wage rates determined by the State for similar classifications of labor, Contractor and its subcontractors shall pay no less than the higher wage rate. Contractor and subcontractors must be registered with the California Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code Section 1725.5. This Agreement is subject to monitoring and enforcement by the DIR pursuant to Labor Code Section 1771.4. The Contractor must post job site notices, as prescribed by regulation. The Contractor shall furnish the records specified in Labor Code Section 1776 directly to the Labor Commissioner, monthly in a format prescribed by the Labor Commissioner. Bidders' attention is directed to the requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor, which requirements shall apply to all work to be done under this Contract. Bid documents are available at no charge on the District's Procurement Portal at https://ggbhtd.bonfirehub.com. In order to download and respond to posted solicitations, Bidders are required to register on the District's Procurement Portal. Once registered the documents may be downloaded. Click on the “Open Public Opportunities” page, click View Opportunity next to the desired project. Any revision to the Bid Documents will be made by a written addendum and be available on the District's Procurement Portal for download at no charge. Such addendum will become a part of the Bid Documents and be binding on all Bidders. Bidder's receipt of the addendum shall be acknowledged and so noted by each Bidder in the space provided on the Proposal Form. It is the responsibility of Bidder to check the District's Procurement Portal website for any Addenda that may be issued relative to this Contract. Questions regarding technical information and clarifications shall be submitted in the District's Procurement Portal by clicking on the Opportunity Q & A tab of the message section of the project page. Such submissions shall be sent no later than eight (8) calendar days before bid opening. Note that only written clarifications issued by the District are binding on the District. The District will post all pre-bid questions and the District's responses on the District's Procurement Portal website under Reference Number 2022-B-084. Bidders are encouraged to check the procurement portal website regularly. Ewa Z. Bauer-Furbush, P.E., District Engineer Dated at San Francisco, this 25th day of October 2022 11/3, 11/10, 11/17/22 CNS-3638516# SMALL BUSINESS EXCHANGE GGBD - Contract No. 2022-B-084, Suicide Deterrent System Rescue Training Net Email To Friend« Go Back |
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