Attachment_F_-_Notice_Inviting_Bids_(NIB)_for_Structured_Cabling_Installation_and_Serv.pdf

ATTACHMENT F

NOTICE INVITING BIDS

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Supervisors of Orange County, California will receive sealed bids from pre-qualified bidders up to 10:00 AM, on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, in the office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, County Administration North (CAN), 400 W. Civic Center Drive, Room 102, Santa Ana, California, 92701 at which time said bids will be publicly opened and read in Room 102 on the first (1st) floor for the following:

Project: OCSD Job Order Contracting (JOC) for Structured Cabling Installation and Services Location: Various Total Contract Amount Not-to-Exceed: $3,000,000

2. All questions must be posted at https://opengov.com/products/procurement/suppliers/ and are due by 4:00 PM on August 17, 2026.

3. The classification of contractor’s license required in the performance of these contracts is a Class C-7 (Low Voltage) OR C-10 (Electrical) contractor’s license issued by the California State Contractor’s License Board and verified as current and active at the time of bid. ONLY PRE-QUALIFIED CONTRACTORS WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO SUBMIT A BID.

4. All of said work to be performed in accordance with the requirements of OCSD JOC Bid Document, including the Construction Task Catalog. The Construction Task Catalog (CTC) online access link will be provided at the Mandatory Virtual Pre-Bid Meeting.

The Invitation for Bids will be available for download after Monday, July 27, 2026, through the County’s online bid system at https://opengov.com/products/procurement/suppliers/. It is the responsibility of each Bidder to periodically check the County’s on-line bid system to ensure that they have received and reviewed any and all addenda to this solicitation. The County will not be responsible for any other explanations, corrections to, or interpretations of the documents, including any oral information.

5. A Mandatory Virtual Pre-Bid Meeting will be conducted on Monday, August 10, 2026, at 10:00 AM sharp using MS Teams. At least one representative from each prospective bidding firm must attend. No one will be admitted after 10:10 AM. The pre-bid meeting will allow bidders to acquaint themselves with the terms and conditions under which the JOC services will be conducted.

Failure of any prospective bidder to have a representative from their firm attend the mandatory virtual pre-bid meeting shall constitute a substantial variation from the requirements of the contract and the bid of a prospective bidder who fails to have a representative from their firm in attendance at said meeting shall be rejected. All prospective bidders must sign-in to verify their attendance via rollcall. Prospective Bidders must confirm the planned attendance of their respective firm’s representative by 2:00 PM, Thursday, August 6, 2026, by sending an email to Maria Vera at mvera@ocsheriff.gov. Online access will be provided at time of their firms planned attendance.

6. All contractors and subcontractors must comply with the requirements of Labor Code Section 1771.1(a), pertaining to registration of contractors pursuant to Section 1725.5. Bids cannot be accepted from unregistered contractors except as provided in Section

1771.1. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. After award of the contracts, Contractor and each Subcontractor shall furnish electronic payroll records directly to the Labor Commissioner in the manner specified in Labor Code Section 1771.4.

7. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1773 of the Labor Code of the State of California, these contracts require payment of not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages. The Board of Supervisors has obtained the general prevailing rate of per diem wages and the general prevailing rate for holiday and overtime work in this locality for each craft, classification, or type of workman needed to execute the contracts from the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations. These rates are on file with the Board of Supervisors or visit the website of Department of Industrial Relations, Prevailing Wage Unit at www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR/PWD.

8. Each bidder must submit with his bid a certified or cashier’s check, cash or an original bidder’s bond issued and executed by an admitted Surety insurer (authorized to transact surety insurance in California), made payable to the order of the County of Orange in an amount not less than ten percent of the Total Contract Amount (as stated above) as a guarantee that the bidder will enter into the proposed contract if the same is awarded him. (e.g., if the bidder’s bond is issued through a surplus line broker, both the surplus line broker and the insurer with whom he is doing business for purposes of this project must be licensed in California to issue such bonds.) In the event of failure to enter into such contract, the said amount will be forfeited to County of Orange.

9. The successful bidder shall be required to furnish an initial Performance Bond in the amount of $500,000.00 and an initial Payment Bond in the amount of $500,000.00, said bonds to be first approved by the County Counsel and the Risk Manager of Orange County.

10. Pursuant to Section 22300 of the Public Contract Code of the State of California, the contracts will contain provisions permitting the successful bidder to substitute securities for any monies withheld by the County of Orange to ensure performance under the contracts.

11. The Board of Supervisors reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any informality in any bid received.

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