DOCUMENT 00020

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS CALLING FOR BIDS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Ojai Unified School District of Ventura County, California,  acting  by  and  through  its  Governing  Board,  hereinafter  referred  to as the DISTRICT will receive up to, but not later than 2:00 o'clock p.m. of the 21st day of June, 2019, sealed bids for the award of a contract for:

Landscape Project @ Nordhoff High School, Quad Area
Project Number: 2019-1714

Bids shall be received in the office of the Business Department, OJAI UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT located at 414 E Ojai Ave, Ojai, CA 93023 and shall be opened and publicly read aloud at the above-stated time and place.

A pre-bid walk will  be  held  on  June 11, 2019 at  10:00 am for  the  purpose of acquainting  all prospective bidders with the bid documents and the work sites.   The pre-bid meeting will begin at:

Nordhoff High School Main Office: 1401 Maricopa Highway, Ojai 93023

It is required that all bidders attend the pre-bid walk for the project.

Each bid must conform and be responsive to the contract documents, copies of which are now on file and may be obtained after May 30, 2019 on the Ojai Unified School District
Website (http://www.ojaiusd.org/Projects).

Each bid shall be accompanied by the security referred to in the contract documents, the non-

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

collusion affidavit, the list of proposed subcontractors, and all additional documentation required by the Instructions to Bidders.

In contracts involving an expenditure in excess of $25,000.00, the successful bidder shall file a payment bond issued by an admitted Surety approved to conduct business in the State of California approved by the District in the form set forth in the contract documents.

The District reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to waive any irregularities or informalities in any bids or in the bidding.

The Director of Industrial Relations has determined the general prevailing rate of per diem wages in the locality in which this work is to be performed for each craft or type of worker needed to execute the contract which will be awarded to the successful bidder. The prevailing rate of per diem wages as determined by the State Director of Industrial Relations are AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET  at  the World Wide Website of  the State  Department of Industrial Relations at www.dir.ca.gov under Statistics and Research.

It shall be mandatory upon the Contractor to whom the contract is awarded, and upon any subcontractor under him, to pay not less than the said specified rates to all workers employed by them in the execution of the contract.

Minority, women, and disabled veteran contractors are encouraged to submit bids. This bid is not subject to Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise requirements.

This contract is subject to a labor compliance program, as described in subdivision (b) of Section 1771.5 of the Labor Code.

Each bidder shall be a licensed contractor pursuant to the Business and Professions Code and shall be licensed in the following classifications: California Contractors B License (with C-27 Landscaping License for subcontractor) or C-27 Landscaping License.
No bidder may withdraw a bid for a period of	sixty	( 60) days after the date set for the opening of bids.

Dated this May 30th, 2019

Adam Dutter
Bond Manager
OJAI UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
of Ventura County, California

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