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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