Department of Public Works A-1 Specification # R-7213 City of Long Beach Division A – Notice Inviting Bids

DIVISION A

NOTICE INVITING BIDS

FOR

MULTI-SERVICE CENTER ENERGY EFFICIENCY UPGRADE

RECEIPT OF BIDS: Bids will be accepted on behalf of the City, Owner of the Work, until 10:00a.m. July 10th, 2024 for Multi-Service Center Energy Efficiency Upgrade, via the City’s online portal:

https://longbeachbuys.buyspeed.com/bso/ Keyword: R-7213 Multi-Service Center Energy Efficiency Upgrade

MANDATORY ONLINE PRE-BID CONFERENCE AND JOB-SITE WALK-THROUGH:

The City will conduct a mandatory pre-bid conference to review Bidding processes, Project Labor Agreement (PLA) on June 18th, 2024 at 9:30 a.m. Prospective Bidders must attend this meeting.

Microsoft Teams:

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_Y2M3MmRmNTktNWIzOS00ZGUwLWI3YWUtZTYwM2UxMGY4M zcz%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22da3c8f56-f9af-471e-aeb5-f3d0cdc4b303%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%228ea2c0a7-3061-4ed2-8d6a-d1501df388df%22%7d

Meeting ID: 232 381 139 285 Passcode: qpNLNr

Dial in by phone +1 951-344-4988 Phone conference ID: 175 211 477#

The job-site walk-through will be conducted on site on June 18th, 2024 at 11:30 a.m. Site address is 1301 & 1327 W 12th St, Long Beach CA 90813. Job-site walk-through is mandatory. Prospective Bidders must also attend this meeting.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK: The work for Multi-Service Center consists of removing existing rooftop mechanical equipment, replacing it with new equipment, remove and replace existing building roofing system with new system, infill skylights as required, remove all existing equipment screen walls and replace with new screen walls as indicated on Construction Documents.

PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT (PLA): The Work will be covered by a Citywide Project Labor Agreement (PLA) entered into by the City of Long Beach with the Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council and the signatory Craft Unions. The PLA establishes the labor relations Policies and Procedures for the City, the Contractor and subcontractors awarded contracts for the work and for the craft

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CONTRACTOR'S LICENSE: The Contractor shall possess either a valid California Class B Contractor license or a C-20 license, or a C-39 at the time of contract award. The City may deem any Bidder who fails to possess the required license to be non-responsive.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Please note that for this work, minimum qualifications apply. Information concerning these requirements can be found in Division C of the Specifications.

PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS: Plans and specifications are posted on the City’s website at the URL http://www.longbeach.gov/finance/business-info/purchasing-division/ on the “Bids/RFPs” tab and available for free download, however, you must be registered (registration is free and may be accomplished at the same URL) and logged in to view or download the documents.

BID SECURITY: Bidders must scan and upload with their bid documents located in Division C of this specification a certified check or bank draft payable to the City of Long Beach, drawn on a solvent bank in the United States of America, or a satisfactory bond in an amount not less than 10 percent of the Bid. The original of the above instrument shall be submitted to the City Clerk in a sealed envelope and must be received and time/date stamped by the City Clerk’s Office no later than the time and date stated for receipt of bids. The outside of the envelope shall clearly state “Bid Security for R7213 3005010145 Multi-Service Energy Efficiency Upgrade DO NOT OPEN WITH REGULAR MAIL.” The City Clerk’s Office is located at 411 W. Ocean Blvd, 1st Floor, Long Beach, CA 90802, but the City is not responsible for lost or misdirected mail. The original bid security document may be submitted through certified mail or in-person. Bidders may proceed directly to Window 12 without pulling a service ticket. The City Clerk’s time-stamp clock is the official time for receipt of documents. Bidders are responsible for ensuring timely receipt.

The bid security shall serve as a guarantee that the Bidder, if awarded the Contract, will execute and deliver to the City Engineer, no later than fifteen (15) calendar days after the date shown on the “Notice of Award,” the following items:

1. The Contract for doing the work, and

2. A corporate surety bond in favor of the City of Long Beach in an amount not less than 100 percent of the Contract price for the faithful performance of the Contract, and

3. A corporate surety bond in an amount not less than 100 percent of the Contract price for the payment of all labor and material claims, and

4. Evidence of required insurance coverage.

Failure to submit the items noted above when specified may result in the City, in its sole discretion, declaring the Bid Security forfeited and depositing same into the City Treasury.

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The City will retain the Bid security accompanying all Bids until it awards the Contract.

The City will retain the Bid security submitted with the Bid of the Bidder to whom an award of Contract is made, and the Bid security of the next higher Bid, until the Contract between the Bidder to whom award of the Contract is made and the City has been executed.

RETENTION: In the event the contract to be awarded hereunder, including Specifications and other documents incorporated therein by reference, provides for the withholding of monies by the City to ensure performance of such contract, the Contractor may: a) deposit with the City as a substitute for said monies, securities listed in Section 16430 of the California Government Code or bank or savings and loan certificates of deposit, or both, equivalent to the amount withheld; or b), request payment of retentions earned directly to the escrow agent at the expense of the contractor, provided Contractor requests, in writing, to make such substitution within 5 days of the date of the Notice of Award of the Contract and bears all expenses in connection therewith. Either option shall be in accordance with Public Contract Code Section 22300.

CALIFORNIA WAGE RATE REQUIREMENTS: This project is a public work under Labor Code § 1720 et seq. Pursuant to Division 2, Part 7, Chapter 1 of the Labor Code of the State of California, the Director of Public Works of the City by and on behalf of the City Council has obtained from the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations of the State of California the general prevailing rate of per diem wages, and the general prevailing rate of holiday and overtime work in the locality in which the public work is to be performed for each craft, classification or type of workers needed to perform the Work. Copies of prevailing rate of per diem wages are on file in the office of the City Engineer, 5th floor, City Hall, 411 West Ocean Boulevard, Long Beach, California 90802, and shall be made available upon request. Copies may also be obtained on the California Department of Industrial Relations website http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlsr. This project will be subject the 2024-1 prevailing wage rate, as determined by the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations for the State of California. Contractor to whom the Contract is awarded, and its subcontractors are directed to pay not less than the general rate of per diem wages for each craft, classification, or type of worker needed to execute the contract. Contractor is required to post a copy of the determination of the director of the prevailing rate of per diem wages at each job site. Contractors are required to pay at least the California minimum wage for the basic hourly rate in all cases where the published prevailing wage rate is below the California minimum wage. Any and all employer payments required by the prevailing wage determinations must also be paid. If the California minimum wage is increased in the future to an amount above that shown in the prevailing wage determination, the basic hourly rate in that determination automatically increases to the new minimum wage.

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS (DIR) COMPLIANCE: This project is subject to the following: No contractor or subcontractor may be listed on a bid proposal for a public works project (submitted on or after March 1, 2015) unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5 [with limited exceptions from this requirement for bid purposes only under Labor Code section 1771.1(a)]. No contractor or subcontractor may be awarded a contract for public work on a public works project (awarded on or after April 1, 2015) unless registered with the

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Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. Contractors are further cautioned that certified payrolls shall be submitted electronically directly to the Department of Industrial Relations.

CERTIFIED PAYROLL SUBMISSION TO THE CITY OF LONG BEACH: Pursuant to the provisions of Labor Code Section 1776, Contractor shall keep and shall cause each subcontractor performing any portion of the work under this Contract to keep an accurate payroll record, showing the name, address, social security number, work classification, straight time and overtime hours worked each day and week, and the actual per diem wages paid to each journeyman, apprentice, worker, or other employee employed by

Contractor or subcontractor in connection with the work. Such payroll records for

Contractor and all subcontractors shall be certified and shall be available for inspection at all reasonable hours at the principal office of Contractor pursuant to the provisions of

Section 1776 of the Labor Code. Contractor's failure to furnish such records to City or

City’s authorized Labor Compliance representative in the manner provided herein for notices shall entitle City to withhold the penalty prescribed by law from progress payments due to Contractor.

Each contractor and every subcontractor and supplier shall be required to submit certified payrolls and labor compliance documentation electronically at the discretion of and the manner specified by the City of Long Beach. Electronic submittal will be a web-based system, accessed on the World Wide Web by a web browser. Each contractor and subcontractor will be given a Log On identification and password to access the City of

Long Beach reporting system. The foregoing is in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other requirements or obligations established and imposed by any department of the City with regard to submission and retention of certified payroll records for Contractor and subcontractors.

APPRENTICESHIP EMPLOYMENT (CONTRACTS OVER $30,000 ONLY): The

Contractor shall comply with Section 1777.5 of the Labor Code concerning the employment of apprentices by the Contractor or any subcontractor under the Contractor and, by submitting a Bid and executing the Contract, the Contractor stipulates that it shall so comply. Contractors employing apprentices or trainees under approved programs shall maintain written evidence of the registration of apprenticeship programs and certification of trainee programs, the registration of the apprentices and trainees, and the ratios and wage rates prescribed in the applicable programs.

PENALTIES: Contractor and subcontractors are subject to penalties, including, but not limited to, under Labor Code §§ 1775, 1776, 1777.7 and 1813, for failure to comply with

Labor Code § 1720 et seq. The Awarded Consultant expressly agrees to comply with the penalty provisions of California Labor Code section 1776.

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(SEAL) /s/ MONIQUE DE LA GARZA

CITY CLERK, CITY OF LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA

_____________ /s/ THOMAS B. MODICA

DATE ACTING CITY MANAGER

End of Division A – Notice Inviting Bids