REQUEST FOR BIDS

The City of Patterson is soliciting bids for construction of Phase I of the Urban Bicycle Trail Project at Salado Creek funded by the State of California Natural Resources Agency Urban Greening Grant Program.

 The City of Patterson hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, Disadvantaged Business Enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, religious creed, sex, or national origin in consideration for an award.

1. In general, the work consists of constructing approximately 1,300 linear feet of new asphalt concrete bike and pedestrian trail along American Eagle Avenue from Calvinson Parkway to Sperry Avenue. An existing concrete culvert will be modified to create an undercrossing for the new trail under Sperry Avenue. Masonry and concrete retaining walls will be constructed along both sides of the approaches to the undercrossing. 273 trees will be planted along the path and a new irrigation system will be installed. Approximately 5 trail lights will be installed along the trail, along with 5 roof-mounted lights in the undercrossing and 4 wall mounted lights along the northern approach to the undercrossing. The new lights will be connected to an existing electrical service. A new storm drain pump station will be constructed at the low point near the undercrossing. Existing water and storm drain pipes will be adjusted to fit the proposed improvements.

2. SEALED BIDS will be received until 2:00 P.M. local time on June 7, 2023, by the Engineering, Building, and Capital Projects Department at the City of Patterson, 1 Plaza, Patterson, California 95363, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud. Bids shall be dropped off or mailed to the Engineering, Building, and Capital Projects Department of the City of Patterson, attention of Tiffany Rodriguez, Capital Projects Manager. Bids shall be submitted in a sealed envelope. The name of the bidder, the bidder’s state registration and DIR number, the name of the project, and the statement “Do Not Open Until the Time of Bid Opening” must be printed on the sealed envelope. Bids received after said deadline or without the required registration number will be returned unopened to the bidder.

3. A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting and project site tour will be held on May 25, 2023 at 10:00am beginning at Patterson City Hall. Contractors shall personally examine the project site prior to bidding.
4.  Questions for this project will be received until May 31, 2023 by 5:00pm.
5.  A full set of Bidding Documents is available online for examination at ciplist.com.
6.  Minimum Wage Rates, as predetermined by the Secretary of Labor, are set forth in the Contract Documents.
7. Pursuant to Section 1770, California Labor Code, the successful Bidder shall pay not less than the prevailing rate of per diem wages as determined by the Director of California Department of Industrial Relations. A copy of such prevailing rates are on file at the offices of the City of Patterson, and will be made available for examination during business hours to any party upon request: State prevailing wage rate information is also available at the following website: http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlsr/PWD.
8. If there is a difference between the minimum wage rates determined by the Secretary of Labor and the prevailing wage rates determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations for similar classifications of labor, the Contractor and his subcontractors shall pay not less than the higher wage rate.
9. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. No contractor or subcontractor may be awarded a contract for public work on a public works project unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5.
10.  Bidders shall furnish a Bid Security with their Bidder’s Proposal in the amount of 10% of the base bid amount.
11. The City of Patterson reserves the right after opening Bids to reject any or all Bids, to waive any informality or non-responsiveness in a Bid, or to make award to the lowest responsive, responsible Bidder and reject all other Bids, as it may best serve the interest of the City of Patterson.