City Of Albany: Washington Ave. Rehab Project Phase 2

Press release from the City of Albany:

10/21/2021 9:00 AM

Notice Inviting Bids

Notice Inviting Bids C21-49 - signed

1. Bid Submission.  City of Albany (“City”) will accept sealed bids for its Washington Avenue Rehabilitation Project Phase 2  (“Project”), by or before Tuesday, December 7, 2021, at 2:00p.m., at its City Hall, located at 1000 San Pablo Avenue, Albany, California, at which time the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. 

2. Project Information.  

2.1 Location and Description.  The Project is located at Washington Avenue in Albany, California, and is described as follows: 

The work done under these specifications includes but is not limited to: traffic control, environmental protections, clearing and grubbing, restore City survey monuments, adjustment of valve boxes and utility boxes, manhole frames, and covers, protection and potholing of underground utility services (e.g. gas, water sewer, storm), concrete curbs and gutters, sidewalk, curb ramps, valley gutters, cold milling asphalt pavement, wedge grinding asphalt pavement, removal and disposal of pavement surface and base, subgrade preparation, proof rolling including over-excavation, roadway base grading and compaction, hot mix asphalt paving, curb paint, pavement markings, striping, and markers as specified. Roadway work includes 2,484 square yards of pavement reconstruction and 216 square yards of pavement milling and overlay along Washington Avenue and its cross streets. 

2.2 Time for Completion.  The planned timeframe for commencement and completion of construction of the Project is: 40 working days. 

3. License and Registration Requirements. 

3.1 License.  This Project requires a valid California contractor’s license for the following classification(s): Class A, General. 

3.2 DIR Registration.  City may not accept a Bid Proposal from or enter into the Contract with a bidder, without proof that the bidder is registered with the California Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) to perform public work under Labor Code section 1725.5, subject to limited legal exceptions.

4. Contract Documents.  The plans, specifications, bid and contract documents for the Project (“Contract Documents”) are available for a nonrefundable payment of $80.00 per set from BPXpress Reprographics in Richmond, California, by logging on to on to www.blueprintexpress.com/albany, by email to Richmond@blueprintexpress.com, or by calling 510-559-8299.  Only bidders that purchase a full set of the Contract Documents from BPXpress Reprographics will be added to the planholder list maintained by BPXpress to receive addenda notifications. City does not maintain a separate planholder list.  

5. Bid Security.  The Bid Proposal must be accompanied by bid security of ten percent of the maximum bid amount, in the form of a cashier’s or certified check made payable to City, or a bid bond executed by a surety licensed to do business in the State of California on the Bid Bond form included with the Contract Documents. The bid security must guarantee that within ten days after City issues the Notice of Award, the successful bidder will execute the Contract and submit the payment and performance bonds, insurance certificates and endorsements, and any other submittals required by the Contract Documents and as specified in the Notice of Award.

6. Prevailing Wage Requirements.

6.1 General.  This Project is subject to the prevailing wage requirements applicable to the locality in which the Work is to be performed for each craft, classification or type of worker needed to perform the Work, including employer payments for health and welfare, pension, vacation, apprenticeship and similar purposes.  

6.2 Rates.  These prevailing rates are on file with the City and are available online at http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR. Each Contractor and Subcontractor must pay no less than the specified rates to all workers employed to work on the Project. The schedule of per diem wages is based upon a working day of eight hours. The rate for holiday and overtime work must be at least time and one-half. 

6.3 Compliance.  The Contract will be subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR, under Labor Code section 1771.4.  

7. Performance and Payment Bonds.  The successful bidder will be required to provide performance and payment bonds, each for 100% of the Contract Price.

8. Substitution of Securities.  Substitution of appropriate securities in lieu of retention amounts from progress payments is permitted under Public Contract Code section 22300.

9. Subcontractor List.  Each Subcontractor must be registered with the DIR to perform work on public projects. Each bidder must submit a completed Subcontractor List form with its Bid Proposal, including the name, location of the place of business, California contractor license number, DIR registration number, and percentage of the Work to be performed (based on the Base Bid) for each Subcontractor that will perform work or service or fabricate or install work for the prime contractor in excess of one-half of 1% of the bid price, using the Subcontractor List form included with the Contract Documents.

10. Instructions to Bidders.  All bidders should carefully review the Instructions to Bidders before submitting a Bid Proposal.

11. Bidders’ Conference.  A bidders’ conference will be held on Thursday November 18, 2021 at 2:00p.m., at the City Public Works Department: 540 Cleveland Avenue, Albany, California to acquaint all prospective bidders with the Contract Documents and the Worksite. The bidders’ conference is not mandatory. 

12. Estimated Cost.  The estimated construction cost is $540,000.

This press release was produced by the City of Albany. The views expressed here are the author’s own.