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PLACER COUNTY WATER AGENCY
144 FERGUSON ROAD
AUBURN, CA 95603
NOTICE INVITING BIDS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GI VEN that Placer County Water Agency, hereafter referred to as
"Owner" or "Agency", will receive SEALED BIDS at the Owner's Engineering Division at 144
Ferguson Road , Auburn , California 95603 until 2:00 p.m. local time, on September, 16th, 2015,
for construction of:
Bowman WTP Trimite Filter Rehabilitation Project
Contract No. 2015-12
At said place and time, and promptly thereafter, all Bids that have been duly received in
accordance with the Contract Documents, will be publicly opened and read aloud.
Project Description: In accordance with plans and specifications prepared by Water Works
Engineers, LLC, the Work includes the furnishing of all labor, materials, tax, equipment and
services for the construction and completion of the rehabilitation of (4) Trimite packaged water
treatment units, including but not limited to the following general improvements :
)> Removal and disposal of existing multi-layer filter media and support gravel
)> Replacement of filter underdrain header and lateral piping
)> Replacement of filter air scour header and lateral piping
)> Removal and temporary storage of buoyant adsorption clarifier media
)> Replacement of adsorption clarifier air scour header and lateral piping and air
distribution nozzles
)> Replacement of buoyant adsorption clarifier media retaining screen and gaskets
)> Abrasive blasting of all treatment unit interior surfaces and pipe supports
)> Hand tool preparation of select exterior unit surfaces
)> Existing tank metal thickness testing
)> Painting of all interior surfaces, and select exterior surfaces
)> Replacement of filter media and support gravel with new media
)> Reinstallation of existing adsorption clarifier buoyant media
)> Replacement of (2) air scour blowers and blower accessories
)> Filter startup and disinfection
The total Contract Time to achieve Final Completion is 240 calendar days.
The estimated cost of construction is $600,000.
At the time the Contract is bid, awarded and for the duration of the contract, the Owner has
determined that the General Contractor shall possess a valid State of California Class AGeneral Engineering Contractor's License. Failure to possess the specified license shall render
the bid as non-responsive. Bidders must comply with the provisions of the Business and
Professions Code Section 7028.15 by setting forth their license number and expiration date on
their bid .
A full set of Contract Documents and all information available to Bidders, as further defined in
Section 00200, INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO BIDDERS, may be examined at the Owner's
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Engineering Division during regular business hours. Bidders are encouraged to examine
qualification requirements contained within the Contract Documents. Bidders may purchase a
copy of the Contract Documents and related information from the Owner on the following basis:
Document Description
Non-Refundable Charges
Complete full-size set of Contract Documents
(specifications and full-size drawings).
$50
Complete half-size set of Contract Documents
(specifications and half-size drawings).
$40
Procedural questions regarding the purchase of Contract Documents and/or obtain a plan
holders list should be directed to Zach Hylton at the Placer County Water Agency Engineering
Division at (530) 823-4886. Mailed in requests with payment for Contract Documents shall be
mailed to:
Placer County Water Agency
Engineering Division
P.O. Box 6570
Auburn, CA 95604
Attn: Zach Hylton
Checks should be made payable to: Placer County Water Agency. Charges are not refundable ,
regardless of whether the documents are returned or not.
Complete sets of Contract Documents must be used in preparing Bids. The Owner does not
assume responsibility for errors or misinterpretations resulting from the use of incomplete sets
of Contract Documents.
The Owner, in making copies of the Contract Documents available on the above terms, does so
only for the purpose of obtaining Bids for the Work and does not confer license or grant for any
other use. The Bidder shall purchase the Contract Documents and become a listed holder of
these documents in accordance with these procedures to be eligible to bid the Project. Bids
received from Bidders not following these procedures may, in the discretion of the Owner, be
deemed non-responsive.
A mandatory pre-bid walk-through meeting will be held on September 2nd, 2015 at 10:00 a.m .
at the Bowman Water Treatment Plant, at 595 Christian Valley Road, Auburn, CA 95602. At
this meeting, representatives of Owner and the Design Engineer will discuss the bid documents,
site constraints, order of work and other items specific to this project. A project walk-through will
follow. A sign-in sheet will be available up until 10:30 a.m. only. Attendance at the entire prebid meeting and walk-through is mandatory for bidding. Bids received from Bidders who did not
sign the sign-in sheet and attend the meeting and walk-through will be returned to the Bidder
unopened. Attendance by subcontractors is not mandatory, but all interested prospective
painting subcontractors are highly encouraged to attend. The Owner will transmit to all
recipients of complete sets of Contract Documents such Addenda as Owner considers
necessary in response to questions raised at the meeting and walk-through. Oral statements
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not confirmed by Addenda may not be relied upon and are not binding or legally effective.
Except for mandatory walk-through , no other access to the project site will be granted pre-bid
without the Owner's approval. During all site visits the Bidder must be accompanied full time by
an authorized representative of the Owner. No exceptions to this requirement.
Written questions regarding the Contract Documents and/or the proposed Work should be
directed to Kelly Shively, Construction Manager, by phone at (530) 823-4883, facsimile at (530)
823-4884, or e-mail at [email protected] no later than September 9th, 2015.
Bidding procedures are prescribed in the Contract Documents. Bids shall be executed upon the
Bid Forms bound and made a part of the Bid Documents. All prescribed Bid Forms may be
removed from the Contract Documents for submission in a sealed envelope.
A Bid Guaranty in an amount not less than ten percent (1 0%) of the total aggregate of the bid,
including all Additive and/or Alternate Bid Items shall accompany each bid. This Bid Guaranty is
to be forfeited should the Bidder, if awarded the contract, fail to enter into the same, or fails to
furnish the bonds and/or proof of insurance as stipulated in the Contract Documents. The
checks or bond shall be made payable to the Owner.
The successful Bidder will be required to furnish both a Faithful Performance Bond in the
amount of one hundred percent (1 00%) and a Payment Bond in the amount of one hundred
percent (100%) of the Contract price.
Pursuant to Sections 1770, et seq., of the California Labor Code, the successful Bidder shall
pay not less than the prevailing rate of per diem wages as determined by the Director of the
California Department of Industrial Relations. Pursuant to the provisions of California Labor
Code Section 1773.2, the Contractor is hereby advised that copies of the prevailing rate of per
diem wages and a general prevailing rate for holidays, Saturdays and Sundays and overtime
work in the locality in which the work is to be performed for each craft, classification , or type of
worker required to execute the Contract, are on fi le in the Owner's office. These rate
determinations may also be found on the State of California Department of Industrial Relations'
website at http://www.dir.ca.gov/OPRL/dprewaqedetermination.htm. This project is subject to
compliance monitoring and enforcement by the State Department of Industrial Relations (DIR).
Effective March 1, 2015, all contractors and subcontractors shall be registered with DIR
pursuant to Labor Code Section 1725.5 to be qualified to bid on this project or to be listed as a
subcontractor for this project pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 4104. Bidders will be
required to submit proof of registration for themselves and all listed subcontractors prior to
award of the contract.
The successful contractor and its subcontractors shall employ the appropriate number of
apprentices, in each apprenticeable craft, on the project site as stipulated in California Labor
Code, 1777.5.
The successful Bidder must insure that its policies and practices provide equal opportunity to all
applicants and employees without regard to race, color, creed, sex, age, religion , ancestry,
citizenship, national origin , handicap, mental condition , veteran or marital status. The
successful Bidder must comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 3400, the Agency find s that a particular product is
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designated by particular manufacturer on a "sole-sourced" basis for the following reasons:
In order to match other products in use on a particular public improvement either
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completed or in the course of completion.
Pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 22300, for monies earned by the Contractor and
withheld by the Owner to ensure the performance of the Contract, the Contractor, may, at its
option, choose to substitute securities meeting the requirements of Public Contract Code
Section 22300, or have the retained , earned monies deposited in an escrow account at a
federal or state chartered bank.
No bid received and read aloud may be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days after the bid
opening date, except pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 5101 et seq.
Telephones will not be available to Bidders at the Owner's offices for the preparation of bids or
for commun icating bid results. Bid forms received after the designated time will not be opened
and will be returned to the Bidder unopened.
Bidders shall develop and submit bids at their own expense. The Owner will not reimburse any
costs associated with the development and submittal of any and all bids.
The Owner reserves the right to award the Contract, to reject any and all Bids, to waive
irregularities, and to reject nonconforming, nonresponsive or conditional Bids.
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