Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements Project.pdf

NOTICE INVITING SEALED BIDS

FOR THE

WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT

IN THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO

PROJECT NO.: PW 25-20

The City of El Segundo is accepting sealed bids in the City Clerk’s office, 350 Main Street, El

Segundo, California 90245, until 11:00 a.m. on:

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2026

at which time they will be publicly opened. Bids will not be accepted after that time.

As described in the Bidding Documents, the bids are for a Public Works Project (“Project”) which consists of furnishing all supervision, materials, labor, tools and incidentals, as required in the specifications and contract documents for the following project: “Wastewater

Infrastructure Improvements Project”, which is filed with the Public Works Department. The work will take place at various locations in El Segundo CA, 90245.

Work on the Project must be performed in strict conformity with Specifications No. PW 25-

20: Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements Project as adopted by the El Segundo City

Council on August 18, 2026 which is filed with the Public Works Department. Contractors bidding the project shall provide a minimum of five government agency references, preferably municipal, for building similar projects (in terms of scope, size, type, magnitude and complexity) as the prime contractor in the past five (5) years. Bidders shall include references, etc. to demonstrate qualifications.

Copies of the Plans, Specifications, Contract Documents and Engineer’s estimate are available for request electronically via https://www.elsegundo.org/government/departments/public-works/request-public-works-bid

A pre-bid meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, September 9, 2026, at 10:00 am, at City

Courtyard, 350 Main Street, El Segundo, CA 90245. Bidders’ attendance at this meeting is mandatory. Questions regarding the bid shall be submitted by 4:00 pm on Tuesday, September 15, 2026 to https://www.elsegundo.org/government/departments/public-works/request-public-works-bid

The terms and conditions for bidding on the Project are described in the attached Bidding

Instructions.

This project requires payment of State prevailing rates of wages for Los Angeles County. The contractor must post copies of the prevailing schedule at each job site. Copies of these rates of wages are available from the State of California Department of Industrial Relations Prevailing

Wage Unit, Telephone No. (415) 703-4774. The website for this agency is currently located at http://www.dir.ca.gov.

Note that the Project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by California

Department of Industrial Relations. Pursuant to California law, the City must find bids failing https://www.elsegundo.org/government/departments/public-works/request-public-works-bid https://www.elsegundo.org/government/departments/public-works/request-public-works-bid https://www.elsegundo.org/government/departments/public-works/request-public-works-bid https://www.elsegundo.org/government/departments/public-works/request-public-works-bid http://www.dir.ca.gov/ to comply with all applicable Labor Code requirements including, without limitation, Labor

Code §§ 1725.5 and 1771.4 to be nonresponsive.

The contractor to whom the contract is awarded must assist in locating, qualifying, hiring and increasing the skills of minority group employees and applicants for employment, as set forth in Executive Order 11246 and 11375.

Any contract entered into pursuant to this notice will incorporate the provisions of the State

Labor Code. Compliance with the prevailing rates of wages and apprenticeship employment standards established by the State Director of Industrial Relations will be required.

Affirmative action to ensure against discrimination in employment practices on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, or religion will also be required.

The City of El Segundo hereby affirmatively ensures that minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this notice and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, or religion in any consideration leading to the award of contract.

The Contractor’s duty to pay State prevailing wages can be found under Labor Code

Section 1770 et. Seq. and Labor Code Sections 1775 and 1777.7 outline the penalties for failure to pay prevailing wages and employ apprentices including forfeitures and debarment.

Five percent (5%) will be deducted from each progress payment and retained by the City. The remainder less the amount of all previous payments will be paid to the Contractor. Pursuant to

Public Contracts Code (“PCC”) § 22300, the Contractor may substitute securities for retention monies held by the City or request that the City place such monies into an escrow account.

The Contractor is notified, pursuant to PCC § 22300, any such election will be at the

Contractor own expense and will include costs incurred by the City to accommodate the

Contractor’s request.

In entering into a Public Works contract, or a subcontract, to supply goods, services, or materials pursuant to a Public Works contract, the Contractor, or Sub-Contractor, offers and agrees to assign to the awarding body 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, services, or materials pursuant to the public works contract or the subcontract. This assignment shall be made and become effective at the time the awarding body tenders final payment to the Contractor, without further acknowledgment by the parties.

Bids must be prepared on the approved Proposal forms in conformance with the Instructions to

Bidders and submitted to the City Clerk, 350 Main Street, City of El Segundo, in a sealed envelope plainly marked on the outside:

"SEALED BIDS FOR PROJECT NO.: PW 25-20

WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT

IN THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO

DO NOT OPEN WITH REGULAR MAIL"

The bid must be accompanied by a bid bond, made payable to the City of El Segundo for an amount no less than ten percent (10%) of the amount bid for the base contract.

No bid will be accepted from a Contractor who has not been licensed in accordance with the provisions of the State Business and Professions Code. For these projects, those acceptable classes of license shall be “A” or “C-34”. The successful Contractor and his Sub-

Contractors will be required to possess the correct license for their Project classifications, and valid City Business Licenses from the City of El Segundo.

The City of El Segundo reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive any irregularity, and to take all bids under advisement for a period of ninety (90) calendar days.

Any contract entered into pursuant to this notice shall become effective or enforceable against the City of El Segundo only when the formal written contract has been duly executed by the appropriate officer(s) of the City of El Segundo.

DATED this 18th day of August 2026.

CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA

Susan Truax, City Clerk