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CONTRACT DOCUMENTS FOR

CONSTRUCTION

ON-CALL CANAL

GUNITE INSTALLATION

Bid Set

CONTRACT 2026-07

AUBURN, CALIFORNIA

September 2026

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On-call Canal Gunite Installation

Bid Set

CONTRACT NO. 2026-07

AUBURN, CALIFORNIA

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Placer County Water Agency September 2026 On-call Canal Gunite Installation TOC - 1 Table of Contents

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ON-CALL CANAL GUNITE INSTALLATION

CONTRACT NO. 2026-07

PLACER COUNTY WATER AGENCY

144 FERGUSON ROAD

AUBURN, CA 95603

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section Title

DIVISION 0 BIDDING AND CONTRACT DOCUMENTS

00020 Notice Inviting Bids

00100 Instructions to Bidders

1.0 Work to be Done

2.0 Examination of Contract Documents

3.0 Inspection of Project Site and Pre-Bid Access to the Site Not Used

4.0 Interpretation of Contract Documents

5.0 Postponement of Opening

6.0 Opening of Bids

7.0

8.0

9.0 Description of Bid Items

10.0 Erasures and Corrections

11.0 Bid Irregularities

12.0 Modification of Bid

13.0 Withdrawal of Bids

14.0 Bid Protest

15.0 Addenda

16.0 Bid Guaranty

17.0 Mandatory Experience and Qualifications of Bidder

18.0 Local Business License

19.0 Work Percentages Not Used

20.0 Subcontractors

21.0 Contractor Registration with the State of California

22.0 Major Equipment Items Not Used

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Section Title

23.0 Owner Furnished Equipment Not Used

24.0 Contracts to be Transferred Not Used

25.0 Sole-Sourced Items and Substitutions During Bidding Not Used

26.0 Bidders Interested in More than one Bid

27.0 Sheeting, Shoring and Bracing Not Used

28.0 Wage Rates

29.0 Offer of Assignment of Antitrust Actions

30.0 Assignment of Contract

31.0 Rejection of Bids

32.0 Evaluation of Bids and Award of Contract

33.0 Execution of Contract

34.0 Contract and Bonds

35.0 Escrow Bid Documents Not Used

36.0 List of Recipients of Full Sets of Contract Documents

00300 Bid Form

1.0 Enter into Agreement

2.0 Bidder Accepts

3.0

4.0 Bid Schedule

5.0 Completion

6.0 Attached Documents

7.0 Supplemental Information to be Submitted Within Three (3) Business Days After the Owner s Receipt of Bids and Made a Condition of the Bid

8.0 9.0

10.0

00410 Bid Guaranty Bond

00420

00430 Designation of Subcontractors

00480 -Collusion Declaration Submitted with Bid

00500 Notice of Award

00510 Agreement for Construction

Article 1 Work

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Section Title

Article 2

Article 3 Contract Times

Article 4 Contract Price

Article 5

Article 6 Contract Documents

Article 7 Miscellaneous

00515 Certificate of Authorization (Corporation)

00520 Certificate of Authorization (Partnership)

00525 Certificate of Authorization (Joint Venture)

00550 Notice to Proceed

00610 Faithful Performance Bond

00620 Payment Bond

00640 Certification of Drug-Free Workplace

00645

00650 General Liability Endorsement

00660 Auto Liability Endorsement

00680 Agreement and Release of Any and All Claims

00700 General Conditions

1.0 General

2.0 Contract Administration

3.0 Owner

4.0 Contractor

5.0 Control of Work and Material

6.0 Progress of the Work

7.0 Changes in the Work

8.0 Payment

00800 Supplementary General Conditions

1.0 Modifications to the General Conditions

2.0 Liability and Insurance

3.0 Partnering Not Used

4.0 Substantial Completion Not Used

DIVISION 1 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

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Section Title

01060 References

1.0 Codes and Standards

2.0 Definitions of Words and Terms

3.0 Abbreviations

01110 Summary of Work

1.0 The Work Covered by the Contract Documents

2.0 Location of Project

3.0 Owner Assigned Subcontractors and Equipment Suppliers

4.0 Owner Furnished Equipment

5.0 Activities by Others

6.0 Coordination of Work

7.0 Early Occupancy of Portions of Work

01200 Measurement and Payment

1.0 Measurement and Payment

2.0 Description of Bid Items

3.0 Description of Bid Alternates

4.0

01350 Contract Modification Procedures

1.0 General

2.0 Contract Modification Procedures

3.0 Cost Determination

4.0 Increased or Decreased Quantities Not Used

5.0 Cost Pricing Data and Access to Records- Not Used

6.0 Time Extensions for Change Orders Not Used

7.0 Cost-Reduction Incentive (Value Engineering Proposal) Not Used

01360 Environmental Controls

1.0 Site Maintenance

2.0 Dust and Air Pollution Control

3.0 Noise Control

4.0 Tree and Plant Protection

5.0 Water Control

6.0 Oil Spill Prevention and Control

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7.0 Discovery of Cultural Resources

01400 Quality Control and Inspection

1.0

2.0 Inspection and Testing

3.0 Test Water

01500 Construction Facilities and Temporary Controls

1.0 General Not Used

2.0 Quality Assurance Not Used

3.0 Submittals Not Used

4.0 Temporary Utilities Not Used

5.0 Construction Facilities

6.0 Temporary Construction Not Used

7.0 Construction Aids

8.0 Vehicle Access and Parking Not Used

9.0 Temporary Barriers and Enclosures

10.0 Temporary Controls Not Used

11.0 Project Identification Not Used

01999 Reference Forms

Technical Divisions

02000 Technical Specifications

Appendices

A 2027 Gunite Estimate

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Contract No. 2026-07

DIVISION 0

BIDDING AND CONTRACT DOCUMENTS

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On-call Canal Gunite Installation 00020 - 1 Notice Inviting Bids

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00020 Notice Inviting Bids

SECTION 00020

PLACER COUNTY WATER AGENCY

144 FERGUSON ROAD

AUBURN, CA 95603

NOTICE INVITING BIDS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Placer County Water Agency, hereafter referred to as �Owner� or �Agency�, will receive SEALED BIDS at the Owner�s Engineering Division at 144 Ferguson Road, Auburn, California, 95603 until 2:00 p.m. local time, on Tuesday, November 17, 2026, for construction of:

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At said place and time, and promptly thereafter, all Bids that have been duly received in accordance with the Contract Documents, will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Project Description: In accordance with the specifications prepared by PCWA, the Work includes the furnishing of all labor, materials, tax, equipment, and services to complete the installation of gunite throughout Placer County as specified by PCWA personnel and all other work as specified within the Contract Documents.

The total Contract Time will be through December 31, 2027, the contract may be extended through December 2028 at the sole option of the Agency. If such option is exercised, the bid items would be allowed to be increased for 2028 by an amount equal to the Engineering News Record (ENR) Construction Cost Index for San Francisco, during the period of January 1, 2027, through October 31, 2027.

The estimated maximum amount for this contract is $2,000,000.00.

At the time the Contract is bid, awarded and for the duration of the contract, the Owner requires that the General Contractor must possess a valid State of California Class A- General Engineering Contractor�s License, C-8-Concrete or D-06-Concrete Related Services Contractor's License.

Failure to possess the specified license shall render the bid as non-responsive.. The Contractor shall possess a valid Certificate of Reported Compliance in accordance with the California Air Resources Board In-Use Off-Road Diesel-Fueled Fleets Regulation. Bidders must comply with the provisions of the Business and Professions Code Section 7028.15 by setting forth their License number and expiration date on their bid.

The Contract Documents and supplemental project information may be obtained from the Public Purchase website at http://www.publicpurchase.com/gems/pcwa,ca/buyer/public/home.

Registration is required.

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The Bidder is required to register with Public Purchase to obtain the Contract Documents and become a listed holder of these documents to be eligible to bid the Project. Bids received from Bidders not following these procedures may, in the discretion of the Owner, be deemed non-responsive. The Owner, in making copies of the Contract Documents available on the above terms, does so only for the purpose of obtaining Bids for the Work and does not confer license or grant for any other use.

Complete sets of Contract Documents must be used in preparing Bids. The Owner does not assume responsibility for errors or misinterpretations resulting from the use of incomplete sets of Contract Documents.

Written questions regarding the Contract Documents and/or the proposed Work should be sent to Stephanie Wens, Capital Improvement Program Specialist by phone at 530-823-4082, or e-mail at swens@pcwa.net no later than 3:30 P.M. local time on Thursday, November 5, 2026. All emails require verification of receipt by sender in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders.

Bidding procedures are prescribed in the Contract Documents. Bids shall be executed upon the Bid Forms bound and made a part of the Contract Documents. All prescribed Bid Forms may be removed from the Contract Documents for submission in a sealed envelope.

A Bid Guaranty in an amount not less than ten percent (10%) of the total aggregate of the bid, including all Additive and/or Alternate Bid Items shall accompany each bid. This Bid Guaranty is to be forfeited should the Bidder, if awarded the contract, fail to enter into the same, or fails to furnish the bonds and/or proof of insurance as stipulated in the Contract Documents. The checks or bond shall be made payable to the Owner.

The successful Bidder will be required to furnish both a Faithful Performance Bond in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) and a Payment Bond in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract price.

Pursuant to Sections 1770, et seq., of the Labor Code, the successful Bidder shall pay not less than the prevailing rate of per diem wages as determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations. Pursuant to the provisions of Labor Code Section 1773.2, the Contractor is hereby advised that copies of the prevailing rate of per diem wages and a general prevailing rate for holidays, Saturdays and Sundays and overtime work in the locality in which the work is to be performed for each craft, classification, or type of worker required to execute the Contract, are on file in the Owner�s office. These rate determinations may also be found on the State of California Department of Industrial Relations� (DIR) website at http://www.dir.ca.gov/OPRL/dprewagedetermination.htm.

California Senate Bill 854 (Stat. 2014, chapter 28) made several changes to the laws governing how the DIR monitors compliance with prevailing wage requirements on public works projects:

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No Contractor or subcontractor may be listed on a bid proposal for a public works project unless registered with the DIR 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 unless registered with the DIR pursuant to Labor Code Section 1725.5.

This Project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR.

The Contractor and all subcontractors must furnish electronic certified payroll records directly to the DIR Labor Commissioner�s office (aka Division of Labor Standards Enforcement).

Bidders will be required to provide active DIR registration number(s) for themselves and all listed subcontractors with their bid.

The successful contractor and its subcontractors shall employ the appropriate number of apprentices, in each apprenticeable craft, on the project site as stipulated in Labor Code Section 1777.5.

The successful Bidder must ensure that its policies and practices provide equal opportunity to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, creed, sex, age, religion, ancestry, citizenship, national origin, handicap, mental condition, veteran or marital status. The successful Bidder must comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Pursuant to California Public Contract Code Section 22300, for monies earned by the Contractor and withheld by the Owner to ensure the performance of the Contract, the Contractor, may, at its option, choose to substitute securities meeting the requirements of Public Contract Code Section 22300, or have the retained, earned monies deposited in an escrow account at a federal or state chartered bank.

No bid received and read aloud may be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days after the bid opening date, except pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 5101 et seq.

Telephones will not be available to Bidders at the Owner�s offices for the preparation of bids or for communicating bid results. Bid forms received after the designated time will not be opened and will be returned to the Bidder unopened.

Bidders shall develop and submit Bids at their own expense. The Owner will not reimburse any costs associated with the development and submittal of any and all Bids.

The Owner reserves the right to award the Contract, to reject any and all Bids, to waive irregularities, and to reject nonconforming, nonresponsive or conditional Bids.

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DATED: __________________________ ____________________________________

Stephanie Wens Capital Improvement Program Specialist Technical Services Department

DATED: __________________________ ____________________________________

Heather Knutson, PE Engineering Services Manager

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00100 Instructions to Bidders

SECTION 00100

PLACER COUNTY WATER AGENCY

144 FERGUSON ROAD

AUBURN, CA 95603

INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS

1.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

Work to be Done

It is the intention of the Owner to construct improvements as shown and set forth in the Contract Documents titled: On-call Canal Gunite Installation, dated September 2026 as prepared by PCWA. All of the Work is particularly set forth in the Contract Documents, permits, plans and specifications, and all of said Work, together with all other work incidental thereto, is included. The Work includes the furnishing of all labor, materials, taxes, supervision, equipment, tools, incidentals, transportation and services necessary for completion of the Project. Codes and standards, definition of words and terms, and abbreviations shall be as specified in Section 01060, References. A summary of the Project Work is located in Section 01110, Summary of Work.

Examination of Contract Documents

Each Bidder shall thoroughly examine and be familiar with those Contract Documents and addenda (if any). The submission of a Bid shall constitute an acknowledgement upon which the Owner may rely that the Bidder has thoroughly examined and is familiar with the Contract Documents and that, except as provided in the Bid Protest Procedures in Paragraph 14.0 below, the Bidder has waived any objections or contentions regarding the Bid Documents and/or the bidding requirements in the Contract Documents. The failure or neglect of a Bidder to receive or examine any of the Contract Documents shall in no way relieve it from any obligation with respect to its Bid or to the Contract. No claim for additional compensation will be allowed which is based upon a lack of knowledge of any Contract Documents.

Inspection of Project Site and Pre-Bid Access to the Site Not Used

Interpretation of Contract Documents

Prior to receipt of Bids, should a Bidder find discrepancies, ambiguities, or conflicts in the Contract Documents, or should there be doubt as to the meaning of a provision or requirement, the Bidder shall at once notify the Owner in writing. Questions shall be delivered by e-mail or U.S. Mail by 3:30 P.M. local time on Thursday, , 2026 to:

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Stephanie Wens Placer County Water Agency

Engineering Division P.O. Box 6570

Auburn, CA 95604 e-mail: swens@pcwa.net

All questions submitted via electronic telecommunication (e-mail) shall be submitted in the time set forth herein. For e-mail to be effective, it shall have a date and time receipt acknowledgement from the Owner and shall be clearly identified with the following title in the Subject line:

On-call Canal Gunite Installation

-mail question is received by the Owner in a timely manner. Upon receipt of an e-mail question, the Owner shall provide acknowledgement of receipt within 1 business day. If the Bidder does not receive an acknowledgement of receipt of an e-mail question from the Owner within the above referenced timeframe, Bidder shall assume the e-mail transmission was not received by the Owner, and shall be responsible for resubmitting the same in a timely manner.

Requests to clarify the source of materials, equipment, suppliers or any other such matter which does not modify, change, increase, or decrease the scope of work requires no action by the Owner other than a response to the Bidder requesting the clarification.

Requests to clarify possible ambiguous or incomplete statements or designs, or any other such clarification which modifies, changes, increases or decreases the scope of work, requires issuance of an addendum signed by the Owner and transmitted to all recipients of complete sets of Contract Documents. No other interpretation or information concerning the Contract Documents issued prior to the date specified for opening of bids will be binding. No oral representations or interpretations will be made to any Bidder as to the meaning of the Contract Documents.

5.0 Postponement of Opening

The Owner reserves the right to postpone the date and time for receiving and/or opening of bids at any time prior to the date and time established in the Notice of Invitation to Bid. Postponement notices will be issued in the form of addenda. Addenda shall be posted at http://www.publicpurchase.com, registration is required.

6.0 Opening of Bids

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All Bids, irrespective of any irregularities or informalities, if received on time, will be opened and publicly read aloud at the time and place set forth in the Notice Inviting Bids, provided that, if the Agency has adopted a prequalification process and listed prequalified bidders in its Notice Inviting Bids, Bids not from prequalified Bidders will not be opened.

Bidders, their representatives and other interested persons may be present at the opening and reading of Bids.

Any Bids received after the time for receiving and opening bids as set forth in the Notice Inviting Bids or as postponed by addenda will not be opened. Any such Bids will be returned, unopened, to the Bidder.

The public reading of each Bid will include at least the following:

A. Name and address of Bidder.

B. The total amount of Bid.

C. The nature and amount of the security furnished with the Bid.

7.0

Bids shall be made on the separately bound blank bid forms, Sections 00300 through 00480, and must be submitted at the time and place stated in the Notice of Invitation to Bid. All blanks in the bid forms must be appropriately filled in, in permanent ink or typed, and all prices must be stated in figures.

All Bids must be submitted in sealed envelopes bearing on the outside the name of the Bidder, its address, and the name of the Project for which the Bid is submitted. It is the sole responsibility of the Bidder to see that its Bid is received before the time stipulated in the Notice Inviting Bids. A Bid will not be accepted after the date and time designated in the Notice Inviting Bids. Any Bid received after said date and time designated in the Notice Inviting Bids will be returned to the Bidder unopened. Owner shall not be responsible for errors or omissions in the Bid. Bidders shall write their names on each bid form in the space provided.

The checklist shown below has been prepared and furnished to aid Bidders in including but are not limited to, the following:

ITEMS SHOWN BELOW MUST BE SUBMITTED AT TIME OF THE BID

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ITEM CHECKED

1. Bid Form and Evidence of Authority to Sign (Section 00300)

2. Bid Guaranty Bond (Section 00410)

3. Section 00420)

4. Designation of Subcontractors (Section 00430)

5. Non-Collusion Affidavit (Section 00480)

6.

ITEMS SHOWN BELOW MUST BE SUBMITTED WITHIN THREE (3) BUSINESS DAYS AFTER

THE BID OPENING AS REQUIRED IN THE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS

ITEM CHECKED

1. Section 00420-D.)

2. CARB Certificate(s) of Reported Compliance for Fleet Vehicles

(Section 01360)

8.0 shown.

If the Bid is made by a corporation; the Bid shall show the name of the state under the laws of which the corporation is chartered, the name and post office address of the corporation, and the title of the person who signs on behalf of the corporation.

If the Bid is made by a partnership; the name and mailing address of the firm or partnership, a list of the partners, and the signature of at least one of the general managing partners must be shown.

If the Bid is made by a joint venture; the Bid shall be signed by an authorized representative of the sponsoring partner of the joint venture.

All signatures on the Bid shall be in longhand. Signature stamps are unacceptable and shall not be used.

9.0 Description of Bid Items

Refer to Section 01200-2.0, Description of Bid Items, for complete description of each Bid Item.

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10.0 Erasures and Corrections

The Bid submitted must not contain any erasure, interlinear additions, or other corrections unless each such correction is authenticated. Authentication may be made by affixing in the margin, immediately opposite the correction, the signature or initials of the person submitting the Bid.

11.0 Bid Irregularities

Changes in or additions to the bid form, recapitulations of the work bid upon, alternative bids, or any other modifications of the bid form which are not specifically called for in Section 00300, Bid Form The Owner, at its sole discretion, may treat all such Bids as not being responsive to the Invitation to Bid. The Owner will consider no oral, telephonic or email modification of any Bid submitted.

12.0 Modification of Bid

Upon written request, a Bid already received may be modified or withdrawn at any time before the time established for receiving Bids. The request must be executed by the Bidder or its authorized representative as described in Section 00100- Signature and Authority. Modifications shall be made in writing, executed, and submitted in the same form and manner as the original Bid. Withdrawal of a Bid does not prejudice

No Bid may be withdrawn after the time established for receiving Bids except as provided in Section 00100-13.0, Withdrawal of Bids.

13.0 Withdrawal of Bids

In accordance with Public Contract Code Section 5103, a Bidder may withdraw its Bid with the consent of the Owner. A Bidder desiring to withdraw its Bid, after the time of opening the Bids, shall give written notice to the Owner within five (5) days after opening of the Bids (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, or Owner holidays) of the alleged mistake. The Bidder shall provide documentation in accordance with Public Contract Code Section 5103. Bids cannot be changed after the Bid receipt deadline because of mistake.

14.0 Bid Protest

The lack of a prompt procedure to resolve disputes regarding the bidding process would manner. Therefore, to the maximum extent authorized by law and notwithstanding any other procedures specified in documents referenced herein, all disputes and/or protests regarding the bidding process shall be subject to the following procedures. In submitting

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A. Pre-Bid

If any potential Bidder believes that any part of the form or content of the Contract Documents, including, without limitation, the bidder experience and qualification requirements, is vague, ambiguous, gives an unfair advantage or unfairly limits competition, such Bidder must give notice and protest on such grounds to the Director of Technical Services of the Placer County Water Agency as soon as practical, but in no event later than ten (10) working days before the original noticed date for receiving Bids. The Director of Technical Services of the Placer County Water Agency, within five (5) working days upon receiving any such protest(s), review the same and publish a written response thereto.

Any pre-bid protest shall include:

(1) The protest document shall contain a complete and detailed statement of the factual and/or legal basis for the protest and, with respect to any authority relied upon, a copy of said authorities shall be provided.

(2) The protest shall identify the specific portion(s) of the Bidding or Contract Documents that form the basis for the protest.

(3) The protest shall include the name, address, telephone number, fax number and email address of the protestant, and if applicable, the person representing the protesting party.

The procedure and time limits set forth in these Bid protest procedures are mandatory -bid protest related to the form or content of the Contract Documents. Failure to comply with these procedures shall constitute a waiver of any right to further pursue the protest, including, without limitation, filing a Bid or award protest on the grounds applicable to a pre-bid protest, filing a Government Code claim or filing legal proceedings.

B. Bid or Award Protest

Any protest relating to any particular Bid opened by the Owner or the award of the Contract must be submitted in writing to the Director of Technical Services of the Placer County Water Agency before 5:00 p.m. on the fifth (5th) working day after the Owner has received and opened bids.

The initial protest document must contain a complete statement of the basis for the protest, and all supporting documentation. The protest must state the facts and refer to the specific portion(s) of the document that forms the basis for the protest.

The party filing the protest must have actually submitted a Bid for the Work. A subcontractor of a party submitting a Bid for the Work may not submit a Bid protest. A

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The protest must include the name, address, telephone number, fax number and email address of the person representing the protesting party.

The party filing the protest must concurrently transmit a copy of the initial protest document and any attached documentation to all other parties with a direct financial interest which may be adversely affected by the outcome of the protest. Such parties shall include all other Bidders who appear to have a reasonable prospect of receiving an award depending upon the outcome of the protest, and delivery to all such parties must be in a manner to ensure their receipt on the same day the protest is filed.

The Owner will give the protested Bidder five (5) working days from the date the protest is filed and served to submit a written response. The responding Bidder shall transmit the response to the protesting Bidder concurrent with delivery to the Owner.

The procedure and time limits set forth in this paragraph are mandatory and are the failure to comply with these procedures shall constitute a waiver of any right to further pursue the Bid or award protest, including filing a Government Code Claim or legal proceedings.

The Owner will review all timely protests prior to award of the Contract. The Owner will issue a prompt decision on the protest. The Owner will not be required to hold an administrative hearing to consider any protests, but may do so at its option. At the time also consider the merits of any timely protests in its determination of the lowest responsible responsive Bidder. Nothing in these procedures for protesting a particular Bid bids.

15.0 Addenda

Addenda issued during the time of bidding shall become a part of the Contract Documents furnished Bidders for the preparation of Bids, shall be covered in the Bids, and shall be made a part of the Contract. Each Bid shall include specific acknowledgement in the space provided of receipt of all Addenda issued during the bidding period. Failure to so acknowledge may result in the Bid being rejected as not responsive. Failure of any Bidder to receive such Addenda shall not be grounds for non-compliance with the terms of the instructions.

Addenda will be issued such that they should be received by each recipient of a complete set of Contract Documents no later than three (3) working days prior to the specified bid

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16.0 Bid Guaranty

The bid form shall be accompanied by a Bid guaranty bond provided by a surety company

(10%) of payable to the Owner in the sum of at least ten percent (10%) of the total amount of the bid price. The Bid guaranty bond shall be provided on the form included in Section 00410, Bid Guaranty Bond, of this Project Document. The amount payable to the Owner under case may be, shall be forfeited to the Owner as liquidated damages in case of a failure or neglect of the Bidder to furnish, execute, and deliver to the Owner the required performance and payment bonds, evidences of insurance; and to enter into, execute, and deliver to the Owner the Agreement on the form provided herewith, within fifteen (15) calendar days after receiving written notice from the Owner that the award has been made and the Agreement is ready for execution.

The Bid guarantees of the three lowest bidders will be retained until the Agreement is signed, evidence of insurance provided, and satisfactory bonds furnished or other disposition made thereof. The Bid guarantees of all Bidders except the three lowest, responsive Bids will be returned within ten (10) calendar days after the Bids are opened.

If all Bids are rejected and no award is made, all Bid guarantees will be returned within ten (10) calendar days of the decision by the Owner not to award the Contract.

17.0 Mandatory Experience and Qualifications of Bidder

Each Bidder shall complete and submit with their Bid Section 00420, Certification of

18.0 Local Business License

If required by City or County, the Contractor shall have a local business license for the Work contemplated before the Contract can be executed. All subcontractors will be required to secure the appropriate local business license before they commence work on the Project.

19.0 Work Percentages Not Used

20.0 Subcontractors

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In accordance with Public Contract Code Section 4100, , each general bid shall have listed in Section 00430, Designation of Subcontractors, work to be performed, the contractor license number and classification, DIR registration number, name and address, by each subcontractor who will perform work or labor or render service to the Bidder in or about the construction of the work or improvement, or of any subcontractor licensed by the State of California who, under subcontract to the Bidder, will specially fabricate and install a portion of the Work or improvement according to detailed drawings contained in the plans and specifications, in an amount in excess of one-

Failure to list subcontractors may render the bid non-responsive and may be grounds for e sanctions as set forth in the Act.

Alternate subcontractors shall not be listed for the same work.

21.0 Contractor Registration with the State of California

In order to subcontractors in Section 00430, Designation of Subcontractors, must be registered with the State of California, Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) in accordance with California Labor Code Section 1725.5. Bidders shall list all applicable DIR registration information on Section 00430 subcontractor listing form.

Failure by a listed subcontractor to be registered shall be grounds under Section 4107 of the Public Contract Code for the Bidder, with the consent of the awarding authority, to substitute a subcontractor who is registered to perform public work pursuant to Section

1725.5 in place of the unregistered subcontractor.

22.0 Major Equipment Items Not Used

23.0 Owner Furnished Equipment Not Used

24.0 Contracts to be Transferred Not Used

25.0 Sole-Sourced Items and Substitutions During Bidding Not Used

26.0 Bidders Interested in More than one Bid

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No person, firm, or corporation, under the same or different name, shall make, file, or be interested in more than one Bid for the same work unless alternate Bids are called for. A person, firm, or corporation may, however, submit sub-proposals or quote prices on materials to more than one Bidder.

Pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 7106, Bidders shall execute and furnish with their bids Section 00480, Non-Collusion Declaration. Reasonable grounds to believe that any individual, partnership, corporation, or combination is interested in more than one Bid for the proposed work may cause rejection of all Bids in which that individual, partnership, corporation, or combination is interested.

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28.0 Wage Rates

Pursuant to provisions of the Labor Code Section 1770, et seq., of the State of California, the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations has ascertained the prevailing rate of per diem wages of the locality in which the Work is to be performed and applicable to the work to be done.

Bidders shall promptly notify the Owner, in writing, of any and all classifications of labor not listed in the prevailing wage determinations but necessary for the performance of the Work, before bids are submitted.

29.0 Offer of Assignment of Antitrust Actions

As provided by Government Code Section 4552, in submitting a Bid to the Owner, the Bidder offers and agrees that if the Bid is accepted, it does assign to the Owner all rights, title, and interest in and to all causes of action it may have under Section 4 of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. Section 15) or under the Cartwright Act (Chapter 2 [commencing with Section 16700] of Part 2 of Division 7 of the Business and Professions Code), arising from purchases of goods, materials, or services by the Bidder for sale to the Owner pursuant to the Bid. Such assignment shall be made and become effective at the time the Owner tenders final payment to the Bidder.

30.0 Assignment of Contract

Any attempted assignment by the Contractor of any Contract to be entered into hereunder, or any part thereof, or of funds to be received thereunder by the Contractor, is void unless such assignment has prior written approval of Owner, and the Surety has been given due notice of such assignment in writing and has consented thereto in writing.

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31.0 Rejection of Bids

The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all Bids and further reserves the right to reject any Bids which are nonresponsive, incomplete, obscure, or irregular; any Bids which omit a Bid on any one or more items on which the Bids are required; any Bids in which unit prices are unbalanced in the opinion of the Owner; any Bids accompanied by insufficient or irregular Bid guaranty; Bids from Bidders who failed to perform properly or complete on time past Agency projects; and Bids from Bidders who fail to meet the experience and qualification requirements set for in the Contract Documents as determined by the Owner.

The Owner also reserves the right to waive any irregularity or informality in a Bid or bidding procedure.

32.0 Evaluation of Bids and Award of Contract

After the Proposals have been opened and read, they will be checked for accuracy and compliance with the Contract Documents. If a Contract is awarded, it will be awarded to the lowest responsive, responsible, qualified Bidder whose Bid complies with the specified requirements, as it may best serve the interests of the Owner. All Bids will be compared on the basis of The selection of any or all alternates or bid schedules shall be at the sole discretion of the Owner. The Owner reserves the right to reject an unbalanced Bid which is a Bid having nominal prices for some bid items and enhanced prices for other bid items.

The criteria which will be used to determine the lowest responsive and responsible Bidder are as follows:

Responsive Bidder: Means a Bidder who has submitted a Bid which conforms in all material respects to the Contract Documents.

Responsible Bidder: Means a Bidder who has the qualifications, fitness, capacity and experience in all respects to perform fully the Contract requirements and who has the integrity and reliability to assure good faith performance, including:

A. Financial, material, equipment, facility, and personnel resources and expertise necessary to meet contractual requirements;

B. A record of integrity;

C. A record of Successful Project Completions defined as:

1. Completion of project on time and without liquidated damages.

2. Completion of project without excessive defective work issues.

3. Completion of project without excess claims or disputes issues;

D. Qualified legally to contract with the Owner, and;

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E. Has not failed to supply any necessary information in connection with the inquiry concerning responsibility, and;

F. Bidder has the experience and qualifications required by the Contract Documents, including, but not limited to, the Certifications of Experience and Qualifications in Section 00420.

Bidder understands and acknowledges that compliance with these requirements and related sections of the Contract Documents go to the responsibility of Bidder. Bidder must be found responsible to be eligible for award of the Contract.

In the evaluation of any Bid, the Owner shall have the right to consider information provided by sources other than Bidder.

Within sixty (60) days after the time of opening of the Bids, the Owner will act either to accept a Bid, to reject all Bids or with the consent of the Bidders and their sureties to extend the time in which the Owner may act. The acceptance of a Bid will be evidenced by a Notice of Award of Contract in writing, delivered in person or by mail to the Bidder whose Bid is accepted. No other act of Owner will constitute acceptance of a Bid. The Award of Contract shall obligate the Bidder whose Bid is accepted to furnish performance and payment bonds and evidences of insurance, and to execute the Agreement in the form set forth in the Contract Documents. The Contract will require the completion of the Work according to the Contract Documents.

Only one Contract will be awarded.

33.0 Execution of Contract

The Agreement shall be executed by the successful Bidder and returned, together with the Contract bonds and evidences of insurance, within fifteen (15) calendar days after receiving written Notice of Award of the Contract. Time is of the essence in this regard.

After execution by Owner, one copy of the Agreement shall be returned to Contractor.

The failure to execute the Contract Documents or to furnish the bonds or insurance required by these instructions within fifteen (15) calendar days after receiving written notice of the Award of the Contract constitutes default. In case of default, the Owner may, at its sole discretion, award the Contract to the next lowest Bidder or may re-advertise the Project for new bids. If a more favorable Bid is received by re-advertising, the defaulting Bidder shall have no claim against the Owner for a refund.

If a Bidder to whom an award is made fails or refuses for any reason to execute the Contract or fails to furnish any or all of the required insurance or Contract Bonds in proper form, within the time stated, it is agreed and stipulated between Owner and the Bidder to whom any award is made that damage has been and will be sustained by the Owner.

It is further agreed by the Owner and any and all Bidders that it will be impractical and

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Revised 02.14.2024 extremely difficult to fully ascertain and determine the actual damage that the Owner will sustain by such delay. Therefore, the Owner and all parties who submit a Bid under the Notice Inviting Bids shall be deemed to have jointly studied and attempted to estimate the damages suffered by the Owner by such delay under these circumstances and agree eld by the Owner as the sole property of the Owner for full compensation for the damages suffered by the Owner Bonds and Insurance as required.

34.0 Contract and Bonds

The successful Bidder, simultaneously with the execution of the Agreement, will be required to furnish a Payment Bond equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price, a Faithful Performance Bond equal to one hundred (100%) of the Contract Price, the in Section 00645 and evidences of required insurance. Said insurance and bonds shall be secured from a surety company

The form of Agreement, as provided in Section 00510, Agreement for Construction, which the successful Bidder as Contractor will be required to execute, and the forms of bonds as provided in Section 00610, Faithful Performance Bond, and Section 00620, Payment Bond, which it will be required to furnish, shall be carefully examined by the Bidder. The Faithful Performance Bond is to secure the faithful performance of the Contract, and the Payment Bond is to secure payment for those to whom the Bidder may become legally indebted for labor, materials, tools, equipment, or services of every kind used or employed by the Bidder in performing the Work.

35.0 Escrow Bid Documents Not Used

36.0 List of Recipients of Full Sets of Contract Documents

Bidders may obtain a current Plan Holder List from the Public Purchase website at http://www.publicpurchase.com/gems/pcwa,ca/buyer/public/home. Registration is required. Procedural questions regarding the Contract Documents and/or plan holders list should be directed by phone to the Placer County Water Agency Engineering Division at (530) 823-4886.

Name of Bidder: __________________________________

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00300 Bid Form

SECTION 00300

BID FORM

NAME OF PROJECT: On-call Canal Gunite Installation

CONTRACT NO.: 2026-07

THIS BID IS SUBMITTED BY:

Name of Bidder: ________________________________________________________________

THIS BID IS SUBMITTED TO:

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE PLACER COUNTY WATER AGENCY

c/o PLACER COUNTY WATER AGENCY ENGINEERING DIVISION

IF BID IS SUBMITTED BY U.S. MAIL IT MUST BE MAILED TO P.O. BOX 6570, AUBURN, CA 95604

THE BID IS SUBMITTED ON: ______________________________ , 20____

Date

1.0 Enter into Agreement

The undersigned Bidder proposes and agrees, if this Bid is accepted, to enter into an agreement with Owner in the form included in the Bidding Documents to perform all Work as specified or indicated in the Bidding Documents within the specified time and for the price indicated in this Bid and in accordance with the other terms and conditions of the Bidding Documents.

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2.0 Bidder Accepts

The undersigned Bidder accepts all of the terms and conditions of the Invitation to Bid and Instructions to Bidders, including without limitation those dealing with the disposition of Bid security. The Bid will remain subject to acceptance for sixty (60) days after the Bid opening, or for such longer period of time that Bidder may agree to in writing upon request of Owner.

3.0 ons

In submitting this Bid, the undersigned Bidder represents that:

A. Bidder has downloaded a complete set of Contract documents from Public Purchase and carefully examined and studied the Contract Documents.

Addendum Number

Addendum Date Signature of Bidder

Bidder

Bidder is familiar with and has satisfied itself as to all Federal, state, and local Laws and Regulations and Permits that may affect cost, progress, and performance of the Work.

Bidder and all named subcontractors have registered with DIR pursuant to Labor Code Section 1725.5.

Bidder does not consider that any further examinations, investigations, explorations, tests, studies, or data are necessary for the determination of this Bid for performance of the Work at the price(s) bid and within the times and in accordance with the other terms and conditions of the Bidding Documents.

Bidder is aware of the general nature of work to be performed by Owner and others at the Site that relates to the Work as indicated in the Bidding Documents.

Bidder has correlated the information known to Bidder, information and observations obtained from visits to the Site, reports and drawings identified in the Bidding Documents, and all additional examinations, investigations, explorations, tests, studies, and data with the Contract Documents.

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H. Bidder has given Owner written notice of all conflicts, errors, ambiguities, or discrepancies that Bidder has discovered in the Contract Documents, and the written resolution thereof by Owner is acceptable to Bidder, and where said conflicts, etc., have not been resolved through the interpretations or clarifications by Owner because of insufficient time or otherwise, Bidder has included in the Bid the greater quantity or better quality of Work, or compliance with the more stringent requirement resulting in a greater cost.

I. The Bidding Documents are generally sufficient to indicate and convey understanding of all terms and conditions for the performance of the Work for which this Bid is submitted.

4.0 Bid Schedule

The undersigned Bidder proposes and agrees to contract with the Placer County Water Agency to perform all of the above work, including subsidiary obligations as defined in the Contract Documents for the prices indicated in the BID SCHEDULE below.

Further in submitting its Bid, the undersigned Bidder understands and agrees that the Total Base Bid amount is determined by the sum total of all bid item amounts in the Bid Schedule shown below. Bid Items include all work as defined in Section 01200, Measurement and Payment. No base bid items will be excluded from the awarded Contract.

BID SCHEDULE

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$100,000 $100,000

TOTAL BASE BID PRICE (Items 1 through 11) $ _________________________________

TOTAL BASE BID PRICE (in words) ____________________________________________

The Bid amount of each of the above Bid items must be filled in and completed.

Bid prices shall include everything necessary for the completion of the work stipulated in the Contract Documents, including but not limited to providing the materials, equipment, tools, plant and other facilities, and the management, superintendence, labor and services. Bid prices shall include all federal, state and local taxes.

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In the event that the product of a unit price and an estimated quantity does not equal the extended amount stated, the unit price will govern and the correct product of the unit price and the estimated quantity shall be deemed to be the amount bid. In the event the addition of the bid item extended amounts does not equal the Total Base Bid Price, the corrected addition of all bid item extended amounts will govern and the Owner will correct the Total Base Bid Price accordingly.

Should the Bid Schedule contain only a total price for an item and the item price is omitted, the Owner shall determine the item price by dividing the total price for the item by estimated quantity of work to be performed.

If the Bid Schedule contains neither the item price nor the total price for an item, then it shall be deemed incomplete and the Bid shall be deemed non-responsive by the Owner.

In case of discrepancy between words and figures, words will prevail.

5.0 Completion

In accordance with the Specifications, the undersigned Bidder agrees to plan the work and to prosecute it with such diligence that said work shall be commenced within ten (10) days after the date of Notice to Proceed and shall be substantially completed within the time specified in Section 00800-1.1, Time Allowed for Completion. Furthermore, the undersigned Bidder accepts the provisions of Section 00800-1.2, Damages for Delays in the event of failure to complete the work within the specified times.

6.0 Attached Documents

The undersigned Bidder agrees that the following Contract Documents are attached to and made a condition of this bid:

SECTION_ TITLE________________________________________

00300 Evidence of Authority to Sign 00410 Bid Guaranty Bond 00420 00430 Designation of Subcontractors 00480 Non-Collusion Declaration

7.0 Supplemental Information to be Submitted Within Three (3) Business Days After the

A. The undersigned Bidder understands that a Bidder will be ineligible for an award of

Contract unless the Bidder has furnished the required financial credit rating

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B. Valid Certificate of Reported Compliance in accordance with the California Air Resources Board In-Use Off-Road Diesel-Fueled Fleets Regulation.

8.0

The undersigned Bidder is licensed in accordance with Chapter…