Sidewalk and Paving Project

The project consists of installing new sidewalk along the frontage of the property owned by Redwoods Rural Health Center on West Coast Road. New driveway approaches will be constructed at each of the 3 parking lots on the property. Each of the 3 parking lots on the property will be re-paved by first removing the existing asphalt. A new secondary driveway is to be installed off the north end of Parking Lot #1. New handrails are to be added to the existing ramp at the Dental Building. The Project must be completed within 90 calendar days from the start date set forth in the Notice to Proceed. RRHC anticipates that the Work will begin on or about January 9, 2023, but the anticipated start date is provided solely for convenience and is neither certain nor binding. The percentage of retention that will be withheld from progress payments is 5%. This Project requires a valid California contractors license for the following classification(s): Class A General Engineering Contractor and a California State or Humboldt County Business License. SAM.gov Registration. RRHC may not accept a Bid Proposal from or enter a Contract with a bidder without proof that the bidder is registered with the General Services Administrations System of Award Management (SAM). Bidders must provide their Unique Entity Identifier before bid award. The Bid Proposal must be accompanied by bid security of ten percent of the maximum bid amount, in the form of a cashiers or certified check made payable to RRHC, 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 RRHC issues the Notice of Potential 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 Potential Award. This project is funded by federal monies and as such it is subject to Davis Bacon and Related Acts (DBRA). This Project is subject to the state prevailing wage rates if the state rate is higher than the federal rate in 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. This Project is subject to federal prevailing wage requirements. In addition to California prevailing wage requirements, Contractor and its Subcontractors are required to pay the higher of the currently applicable state or federal prevailing wage rates. 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. Bidders, if selected, will be responsible for prevailing wage compliance and for the reporting of their subcontractors. The Labor Compliance Officer for this project will be Andrew Whitney, awhitney2@co.humboldt.ca.us . HUD Regulation, 24 CFR Part 75 established benchmark goals for (a) 25% of total labor hours worked by Section 3 workers, and (b) 5% of total labor hours worked by Targeted Section 3 workers. Section 3 workers are those workers earning 80% or less of the area median income. If section 3 goals are not met contractors must report additional efforts to reach those goals. Section 3 clause for construction contracts over $100,000 are included in Appendix D with contractor and employee reporting forms and income limits. Equal Opportunity Contract Requirements: The equal opportunity language contained in Appendix A and Appendix B of the attached draft construction contract, and incorporated by reference into this invitation for bids, will be included in any contract resulting from this invitation for bids. The successful bidder will be required to provide performance and payment bonds, each for 100% of the Contract Price, as further specified in the Contract Documents. Substitution of appropriate securities in lieu of retention amounts from progress payments is permitted under Public Contract Code 22300. Each Subcontractor must be registered with SAM to perform work on Federal funded 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, SAM registration number, and percentage of the Work to be performed (based on the base bid price) 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. All bidders should carefully review the Instructions to Bidders for more detailed information before submitting a Bid Proposal. The definitions provided in Article 1 of the General Conditions apply to all the Contract Documents, as defined therein, including this Notice Inviting Bids.

Division 31 -	Earthwork, Earthwork Methods.
Division 32 -	Exterior Improvements, Bases, Ballasts, and Paving, Flexible Paving, Asphalt Paving, Rigid Paving, Concrete Paving, Curbs, Gutters, Sidewalks, and Driveways.