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NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR PREQUALIFICATION OF GENERAL CONTRACTORS Notice is hereby given that the General Services Department, County of Santa Barbara will receive responses to prequalification submittals for: COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, NORTHERN BRANCH JAIL PROJECT PHASE 1 BID PACKAGE 1, ONSITE IMPROVEMENTS 2301 BLACK RD, SANTA MARIA, CA 93455 PROJECT 8600 Notice is hereby given that the County of Santa Barbara has determined that all Prime Contract bidders on Northern Branch Jail Project – Phase 1, Bid Package 1, Onsite Improvements, to be undertaken by the County of Santa Barbara must be pre-qualified prior to submitting a bid on that project. It is mandatory that all Contractors who intend to submit a bid, fully complete the prequalification questionnaire, provide all materials requested herein, and be approved by the County of Santa Barbara to be on the final qualified Bidders list. No bid will be accepted from a Contractor that has failed to comply with these requirements. If two or more business entities submit a bid as part of a Joint Venture, or expect to submit a bid as part of a Joint Venture, each entity within the Joint Venture must be separately qualified to bid. The last date to submit a fully completed questionnaire is February 12, 2015. Contractors are encouraged to submit prequalification packages as soon as possible. The County’s competitive selection process will proceed in two steps: Step 1: The construction General Contractor prequalification phase. Step 2: Submittal of bids according to the requirements of the bid documents. Only those successfully qualified in step 1 will be allowed to participate in step 2. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT The Northern Branch Jail Project - Phase 1 (NBJP), located at the intersection of Betteravia Road and Black Road near the city of Santa Maria, California, will be a 376-bed facility built on a 50-acre site. The facility will house both male and female inmates and will include a health care housing unit. All necessary supporting infrastructure for the facility to independently operate will be provided, including booking/transportation/release, medical clinic with outpatient housing, inmate programming and exercise areas, administration, staff support, kitchen, laundry, maintenance facilities. Notice to Proceed for construction is anticipated to be summer 2015 with project completion scheduled for fall 2017. Bid Package 1, Onsite Improvements, with a bid-day construction budget of approximately $67 million, is primarily funded through a conditional award under State of California Assembly Bill (AB) 900 lease-revenue bond financing of new detention facilities. The scope of the NBJP also includes Bid Package 1, Offsite Improvements. Bid Package 1 has no prequalification requirements but will have licensing, bonding and other requirements that will be defined within the bidding documents. PREQUALIFICATION CONFERENCE A prequalification conference is scheduled for January 28, 2015 at 10:00 A.M. PDT. Interested parties are to meet in the Joseph Centeno Betteravia Government Administration Building, Board Hearing Room, 511 East Lakeside Parkway, Santa Maria, CA. The meeting will include a presentation of the Project, and will allow for questions regarding the prequalification submittal. Attendance at this conference is not mandatory, but highly recommended. ANTICIPATED MILESTONE SCHEDULE Prequalification conference January 28, 2015 Last day for Contractor questions February 6, 2015 Deadline for receipt of prequalification submittals February 12, 2015 Announcement of prequalified bidders list March 6, 2015 The following dates are subject to change; all prequalified bidders will be notified of the final schedule which will include a mandatory Pre-Bid Conference: Release of bid documents anticipated April 20, 2015 Bid opening anticipated June 4, 2015 REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBMITTAL Prospective bidders must possess a current California contractor’s license - General Building License Classification, License Code “B”. It is mandatory that all General Contractors who intend to submit a bid for the construction contract first submit a Prequalification Submittal and all materials requested, and be approved by the County to be on the Qualified Bidders List. The Prequalification submittal contains all submission requirements including procedure for appeals. The County must receive one (1) original (notarized and signed in ink where required), and five (5) copies of the Prequalification Submittal, no later than 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 12, 2015. Contractors are encouraged to submit as early as possible. The completed Prequalification Submittals must be sealed and marked: “CONFIDENTIAL - Prequalification for County of Santa Barbara, Northern Branch Jail Project - Phase 1, Bid Package 1, Onsite Improvements” And shall be accepted at the following address: County of Santa Barbara General Services, Support Services Capital Projects 1105 Santa Barbara St. (Santa Barbara Historic Courthouse E. Wing 2nd Fl), Santa Barbara, California 93101 Attention: John Green, Project Manager To request a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire, contact Leann Anderson at (805) 568.3063 or [email protected]. Additional information can be found at http://cosb.countyofsb.org/gs/default.aspx?id=41510