Eastbluff Elementary School HVAC Replacement

Request for Proposal Published in The Orange County Register on March 3, 2023 Location Orange County, California Due Date Monday, March 27th 2023, 5:30 pm Project Name Eastbluff HVAC Replacement Website https://pbsystem.planetbids.com/portal/46422/portal-home Agency Name Newport-Mesa Unified School District Bid Number 109-23 Notice Text NOTICE INVITING BIDS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Newport-Mesa Unified School District ( District ) invites and will receive sealed Bids up to but not later than 2:00 p.m. on Monday, March 27, 2023 at the office of the Purchasing Department, located at 2985 Bear Street, Costa Mesa, California 92626, for the furnishing to District of all labor, equipment, materials, tools, services, transportation, permits, utilities, and all other items necessary for Bid # 109-23 Eastbluff HVAC Replacement (the Project ). At said time, Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at Purchasing Department. Bids received after said time shall be returned unopened. Bids shall be valid for a period of 90 calendar days after the Bid opening date. Bids must be submitted on the District s Bid Forms. Bidders may obtain a copy of the Contract Documents from the districts PlanetBids Web Portal at: https://pbsystem.planetbids.com/portal/46422/portal-home To the extent required by section 20103.7 of the Public Contract Code, upon request from a contractor plan room service, the District shall provide an electronic copy of the Contract Documents at no charge to the contractor plan room. It is the responsibility of each prospective bidder to download and print all Bid Documents for review and to verify the completeness of Bid Documents before submitting a bid. Any Addenda will be posted on the PlanetBids Web Portal. It is the responsibility of each prospective bidder to check the PlanetBids Web Portal on a daily basis through the close of bids for any applicable addenda or updates. The District does not assume any liability or responsibility based on any defective or incomplete copying, excerpting, scanning, faxing, downloading, or printing of the Bid Documents. Information on the PlanetBids Web Portal may change without notice to prospective bidders. The Contract Documents shall supersede any information posted or transmitted by the PlanetBids Web Portal. Each Bid shall be accompanied by cash, a certified or cashier s check, or Bid Bond secured from a surety company satisfactory to the District, the amount of which shall not be less than ten percent (10%) of the submitted Total Bid Price, made payable to the Newport-Mesa Unified School District as bid security. The bid security shall be provided as a guarantee that within five (5) working days after the District provides the successful bidder the Notice of Award, the successful Bidder will enter into a contract and provide the necessary bonds and certificates of insurance. The bid security will be declared forfeited if the successful Bidder fails to comply within said time. No interest will be paid on funds deposited with District. A MANDATORY Pre-Bid Conference is scheduled for Monday March 13, 2023 at 1:00 PM to review the Project's existing conditions at Eastbluff Elementary School 2627 Vista Del Oro, Newport Beach, CA 92660. Representatives of the District and consulting engineers, if any, will be present. Questions asked by Bidders at the Pre-Bid Conference not specifically addressed within the Contract Documents shall be answered in writing, and shall be sent to all Bidders present at the Pre-Bid Conference. The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a Faithful Performance Bond and a Labor and Material Payment Bond each in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price. Each bond shall be in the forms set forth herein, shall be secured from a surety company that meets all State of California bonding requirements, as defined in California Code of Civil Procedure Section 995.120, and that is a California admitted surety insurer. Pursuant to Section 22300 of the Public Contract Code of the State of California, the successful Bidder may substitute certain securities for funds withheld by District to ensure its performance under the contract. Pursuant to Labor Code Section 1773, the District will obtain the prevailing rate of per diem wages and the prevailing wage rate for holiday and overtime work applicable in Orange County from the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations for each craft, classification, or type of worker needed to execute this Contract. A copy of these prevailing wage rates may be obtained via the internet at: www.dir.ca.gov/dlsr/. In addition, a copy of the prevailing rate of per diem wages will be made available at the District s Purchasing Department upon request. The successful bidder shall post a copy of the prevailing wage rates at each job site. It shall be mandatory upon the Bidder to whom the Contract is awarded, and upon any subcontractors, to comply with all Labor Code provisions, which include but are not limited to the payment of not less than the said specified prevailing wage rates to all workers employed by them in the execution of the Contract, employment of apprentices, hours of labor and debarment of contractors and subcontractors. Pursuant to Labor Code sections 1725.5 and 1771.1, all contractors and subcontractors that wish to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, or enter into a Contract to perform public work must be registered with the Department of Industrial Relations. No Bid will be accepted nor any Contract entered into without proof of the contractor s and subcontractors current registration with the Department of Industrial Relations to perform public work. If awarded a Contract, the Bidder and its subcontractors, of any tier, shall maintain active registration with the Department of Industrial Relations for the duration of the Project. This Project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. In bidding on this Project, it shall be the Bidder s sole responsibility to evaluate and include the cost of complying with all labor compliance requirements under this contract and applicable law in its Bid. Unless otherwise provided in the Instructions for Bidders, each Bidder shall be a licensed contractor pursuant to sections 7000 et seq. of the Business and Professions Code in the following classification(s) throughout the time it submits its Bid and for the duration of the contract: C-20. Substitution requests shall be made within 35 calendar days after the award of the contract. Pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 3400(b), the District may make findings designating that certain additional materials, methods or services by specific brand or trade name other than those listed in the Standard Specifications be used for the Project. Such findings, if any, as well as the materials, methods or services and their specific brand or trade names that must be used for the Project may be found in the Special Conditions. District shall award the contract for the Project to the lowest responsive, responsible Bidder as determined by the District from the BASE BID + ALLOWANCE. District reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to waive any irregularities or informalities in any bids or in the bidding process. For further information, contact Jonathan Geiszler, Director, Purchasing & warehouse , at jgeiszler@nmusd.us or 714-424-5063.

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Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC), Instrumentation and Control for HVAC, HVAC Air Distribution, Central HVAC Equipment.