INVITATION TO BID - Soccer Field Netting Installation at El Rodeo Elementary School

Update: Pre-Bid Conference Time Changed from 11:30am to 11:00am 

 

 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN through this Invitation to Bid that Beverly Hills Unified School District (“District”) invites and will receive sealed bids (“Bid(s)”)) from licensed contractors (“Contractor(s)” or “Bidder(s)”) for the furnishing to District of all labor, equipment, materials, tools, services, transportation, permits, utilities, and all other items necessary for the construction of (“Work”):

Soccer Field Netting Installation at El Rodeo Elementary School (FAC-2024-25-002) (“Project” or “Contract”)
The Project consists of installation of District provided athletic field netting system. Refer to Exhibit A to Contract for complete Scope of Work.

Sealed Bids will be received until 1:00 p.m., August 28, 2024, at the Board Room at Beverly Hills Unified School District, located at 255 S. Lasky Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90212, at or after which time Bids will be opened and publicly read aloud. Bids received after said time shall be returned unopened. Any claim by a Bidder of error in its Bid must be made in compliance with Public Contract Code section 5100, et seq.

Bids received after said time shall be returned unopened. Any claim by a Bidder of error in its Bid must be made in compliance with Public Contract Code section 5100, et seq.

Bids must be submitted on the District’s forms, including the Bid Form. Each Bid must conform and be responsive to all pertinent Contract Documents, including, but not limited to, the Instructions to Bidders.

To Bid on this Project, 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 Project: A or B or D-34. The Bidder's license(s) must be active and in good standing at the time of the Bid opening and must remain so throughout the term of the Contract.

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 “Beverly Hills Unified School District” as bid security. The bid security shall be provided as a guarantee that within five (5) calendar days after the District provides the successful Bidder a Notice of Award, the successful Bidder will enter into a Contract and provide the documents required by the Contract Documents within that time. No interest will be paid on funds deposited with District.

 

A voluntary pre-bid conference and site visit (“Pre-Bid Conference”) will be held on Wednesday, August 21, 2024, at 11:00 am 11:30 a.m. at El Rodeo Elementary School, 605 Whittier Drive, Beverly Hills,, California 90210. Please confirm attendance by e-mail to Joy Jacobs ([email protected]). All participants are required to present identification and sign in at the Front Gate on Whittier Drive. All participants must remain with the job-walk leader(s) at all times. Only street parking will be available. The Pre-Bid Conference is expected to take approximately one half hour. Questions asked by Bidders at the Pre-Bid Conference not specifically addressed within the Contract Documents shall be answered in writing by written addendum(a), and shall be sent to all Bidders present at the Pre-Bid Conference.

The successful Bidder shall be required to furnish a Performance Bond and a Payment Bond (Labor and Materials) each in the amount of 100% of the Contract Price on the forms included in the Contract Documents.
Pursuant to Section 22300 of the Public Contract Code, the successful Bidder may substitute certain securities for funds withheld by District to ensure its performance under the contract.

The successful Bidder and its subcontractors shall pay all workers on the Project not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages and the general prevailing rate for holiday and overtime work as determined by the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations, State of California, for the type of work performed and the locality in which the work is to be performed within the boundaries of the District, pursuant to sections 1770 et seq. of the California Labor Code. Prevailing wage rates are available from the District or on the Internet at: <http://www.dir.ca.gov>. Bidders and Bidders’ subcontractors shall comply with the registration and qualification requirements pursuant to sections 1725.5 and 1771.1 of the California Labor Code.

 

Contract Documents are available for review on the District’s website:
https://www.bhusd.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=41863&type=d&pREC_ID=205743

Any addendum(a) will be posted on the District’s website:
https://www.bhusd.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=41863&type=d&pREC_ID=205743

It is the responsibility of each Bidder to check that website on a daily basis through the close of bids for any applicable addendum(a) or updates.

The Contract will be awarded, if at all, to the lowest responsive and responsible Bidder based on the based bid amount.

The District’s Governing Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids and/or waive any irregularity in any Bid received. If the District awards the Contract, the security of unsuccessful bidder(s) shall be returned within sixty (60) days from the time the award is made. Unless otherwise required by law, no Bidder may withdraw its Bid for ninety (90) days after the date of the Bid opening, during which time the Bid, and any pricing therein, shall remain open.

The District shall award the Contract, if it awards it at all, to the lowest responsive responsible Bidder based on the base Bid amount only.