Plumbing Contractor

Plumbing Contractor The City of Santa Monica is seeking at least one (1) qualified plumbing contractor to provide citywide plumbing contractor services at various City facilities. Work may include, but is not limited to, water, sewer and gas line repairs, excavations, re-piping, and replacements, installations and repairs of various plumbing fixtures. Jobs shall be quoted individually and requested as required. Most work will generally take place during daytime working hours; however, short-notice or weekend work may be necessary. It is desirable that contractors have the ability to respond to same-day and after-hours work requests. There will not be a job walk held for this project. Responses to inquiries received will be posted online by Tuesday, October 4, 2022, 5:00 pm Pacific Time. Bidders are hereby notified that pursuant to provisions of Section 1770, et seq., of the Labor Code of the State of California, the Contractor shall pay its employees the general prevailing rate of wages as determined by the Director of Department of Industrial Relations. In addition, the Contractor shall be responsible for compliance with the requirements of Section 1777.5 of the California Labor Code relating to apprentice public works contracts. No contractor or subcontractor may be listed on a bid proposal for a public works project (submitted on or after March 1, 2015) unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5 [with limited exceptions from this requirement for bid purposes only under Labor Code section 1771.1(a)]. No contractor or subcontractor may be awarded a contract for public work on a public works project (awarded on or after April 1, 2015) unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. In the event the contractual services agreement issued as a result of this Notice Inviting Bids the Contractor shall pay its employees the general prevailing rate of wages as determined by the Director of Department of Industrial Relations, the Living Wage or the Minimum Wage, whichever is higher. Question Submission Deadline:September 20, 2022, 3:00pm Question Response Deadline:October 4, 2022, 5:00pm The City reserves the right to award the bid to separate bidders on any of the items as provided in and set forth in the bidder's proposal form furnished by the City. It is further understood that if the bidder to whom any award is made fails to enter into a contract with the City, award may be made to the next best bidder, who shall be bound to perform as if she, he or it received the award in the first instance. Bids submitted may be withdrawn by written request received before the hour set for the opening. After that time, no bidder may withdraw a bid for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of opening. A successful bidder may not withdraw his, her or its bid at any time. It is the bidder's responsibility to ensure that any bid submitted shall have sufficient time to be uploaded into the CITY'S ONLINE VENDOR PORTAL prior to bid opening time. They must be received by the specified date and bid opening time. Late bids will not be accepted. Before submitting bids, bidders shall fully inform themselves as to the conditions, requirements and specifications of the work or materials specified. Failure to do so will be at bidders' own risk. Bidders cannot secure relief on the plea of error or mistake. Bidders may submit multiple bids, if desired. The City is not recommending or suggesting that bidders submit multiple bids. The City is merely stating an available option. If a bidder chooses to submit multiple bids, each must be entirely separate from the others. The City will not collate, merge, or otherwise manipulate the bidder's bids. Any material changes and addenda will be issued in writing. Do not rely upon oral explanations on the meaning of the specifications or interpretations of the terms. The submit time and date will be the governing time for acceptability of bids. Bids will not be accepted by telephone, email or facsimile machine. They must be received by the specified date and bid opening time. Bidders must submit any requested exceptions to the City of Santa Monica's Terms and Conditions and/or Contractual Services Agreement during the question period. The City may, in it's sole discretion, elect to allow for exceptions to the standard terms and conditions and/or Contractual Services Agreement through an addendum to this Bid. Any exceptions requested after the bid question period will not be considered. The Goods must be shipped and must arrive at the destination specified on the Purchase Order as "Ship/Bill To" by or before the request date specified therein ("Required Delivery Date"). Work must be completed by the date specified. This Purchase shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of California. The purchase of Goods shall take place in Santa Monica, California. The Vendor assumes all responsibility for, and agrees to undertake, to protect, indemnify, defend and hold harmless the City, from any and all liabilities, losses, claims, suits, judgments and causes of action for damage to property and injuries to persons, including death, and from any cost and expense, including recall expenses and attorney fees, arising out of or related to (i) Vendor's negligence; (ii) allegations that the Goods are defective in manufacture or design; and (iii) any patent related to the Goods. The Vendor warrants that all Goods will conform to applicable specifications, drawings, description, and samples, and will be merchantable, of good workmanship in material, and free from defect. Unless manufactured pursuant to detailed design furnished by the City, the Vendor assumes design responsibility and warrants the Goods to be free from design defect and suitable for the purposes intended by the City, and that such Goods shall conform to applicable specifications. The Vendor's warranties, together with its service guarantees, must run to the City and its customers or users of the Goods and must not be deemed exclusive. The City's inspection, approval, acceptance, use of, and payment for all or any part of the Goods must in no way affect its warranty rights whether or not a breach of warranty had become evident in time. Contractor shall be held responsible for any breakage, loss of City's equipment or supplies through negligence of the contractor or his, her or its employee while working on the City's premises. Contractor shall be responsible for restoring/replacing any equipment, facilities, etc. so damaged. Contractor shall immediately report to the City any damages to the premises resulting from services performed under a contract awarded pursuant to this Notice Inviting Bids. All orders will be F.O.B. destination if not otherwise specified. Risk of loss or damage to the Goods shall remain with the Vendor until the Goods have been delivered to and accepted by the City. The City may reject any Goods that do not conform to the terms and conditions of the Bid Documents. Any Goods rejected may be returned to the Vendor at the Vendor's risk and expense.

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Plumbing, Common Work Results for Plumbing.