West Elevator Improvements at B Street Cruise Ship Terminal.pdf

NOTICE INVITING BIDS

Notice is hereby given that the Procurement Services Department, of the San Diego Unified Port District will receive electronic bids at 3165 Pacific Hwy, San Diego, California, until 2:00 P.M. on the 9TH day of SEPTEMBER 2026 for:

Specification No. 2025-35 - Drawing No. EM-2025-07

WEST ELEVATOR IMPROVEMENTS AT

B STREET CRUISE SHIP TERMINAL

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA

SCOPE OF WORK:

1. In accordance with Contract Documents, the Contractor shall furnish all labor, materials, equipment, supplies, transportation, and disposal as necessary to complete the construction of West Elevator Improvements at B Street Cruise Ship Terminal, San Diego, California.

2. The work shall include, but not be limited to, the following as shown on the

Plans Drawing No. EM-2025-07 and as described in these Specifications No. 2025-35 of the San Diego Unified Port District.

a. Furnish all labor, materials, power, equipment, tools, transportation and supervision necessary to construct and complete modernization of the existing hydraulic passenger elevator (West Elevator). The modernization will provide a fully code-compliant hoistway, elevator car, machine room, and associated systems.

b. Modernize the hydraulic passenger elevator (West Elevator) at the B

Street Pier Cruise Ship Terminal Building.

c. Replace the following components and any related elements to ensure a complete functioning elevator:

1) Elevator cab, car frame, and platform

2) Buffers and safeties, car guide shoes, guide rails, wiring, jacks, supply piping and fittings

3) Hoistway entrance frames, doors, and signal fixtures

SAN DIEGO UNIFIED PORT DISTRICT

Procurement Services Department

P.O. Box 120488 San Diego, CA 92112-0488

(619) 686-6392

4) Elevator pit structure below pier deck including submersible pump

5) Elevator and Machine Room equipment

d. Perform structural repairs including temporary shoring.

e. Perform electrical upgrades related to elevator equipment to ensure a code-compliant hoistway, elevator car, and machine room.

f. Upgrade the existing fire alarm system associated with the elevator to meet current code requirements.

g. Maintain existing cab interior dimensions.

h. Replace all lobby call buttons and cab call buttons with new, code-compliant devices.

i. Install non-proprietary elevator equipment.

j. Testing and commissioning.

k. Provide warranty maintenance on the West Elevator. Warranty maintenance will proceed upon issuance of Final Acceptance of Base Bid Schedule for a duration of one (1) year.

It is intended that the Work be completed in every respect under the Contract Document, and such items or details not mentioned above or not included in the Bid Schedule that are required by the Contract Documents shall be furnished, performed, placed, constructed, or installed by the Contractor.

The total contract duration is 365 calendar days. The Engineer’s Construction estimate for this work is $800,864.00.

The bidder must possess a valid California State Contractors License, Classification A, at the time the contract is submitted.

In accordance with the provisions of the California State Labor Code, the Port has obtained the general prevailing rate of wages (which rate includes employer payments for health and welfare, vacation, pension and similar purposes) applicable to the work to be done, for straight time, overtime, Saturday, Sunday and holiday work. All labor employed on this project shall be paid no less than such minimum rates of wages. These wage rates are available for inspection at the office of the Procurement Services Department of the Port of San Diego.

It is the policy of the Port of San Diego that certified Small Business Enterprises (SBEs) shall have the maximum opportunity to participate in the performance of District

Contracts. Certified SBEs with qualifying experience are encouraged to respond to the request for bids

A Notification Regarding Environmental Conditions has been included as Exhibit A in the project specifications. This notification will serve as the District’s disclosure regarding potential hazardous materials that may be encountered during grading, excavation, trenching, and/or other ground penetration.

Bidders must register as a vendor at the following website, https://pbsystem.planetbids.com/portal/13982/portal-home, in order to download specification, Bid Proposal Package, plans, and prospective bidders list, and to receive addendea and notifications when issued.

Plans and specifications are available for download on the Port of San Diego website, https://pbsystem.planetbids.com/portal/13982/bo/bo-search. For assistance in downloading these documents feel free to contact the Procurement Services Department at 619-686-6392.

A pre-bid conference will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. on August 12, 2026 VIRTUALLY ONLY. This meeting can be accessed by dialing (619) 535-7686, and using Conference ID: 418 922 043# or by using the following link:

https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/219880484359137?p=DW4FiXUv6ulJx2CCUb The Port’s representative will be present at the pre-bid conference. At the end of the conference, interested parties may visit the job site or, if indicated in the Supplementary Requirements, make an appointment to visit the site. Submission of a Bid Proposal Package shall be evidence that the bidder has visited the jobsite and is satisfied with the conditions to be encountered if awarded the contract.

Mandatory Site Visit. The District will conduct a mandatory site visit on August 13, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. Bidders are required to RSVP for the Site Visit using the following link:

Sign-In Sheet for Site Visit Spec No. 2025-35: West Elevator Maintenance at B Street Ship – Fill out form. Deadline to sign-in is August 12, 2026, by 4:00pm. A maximum of 2 people per company will be allowed at the Site Visit.

The Site visit is expected to take approximately 1hr and 30 minutes. Prospective

Bidders will be required to sign-in at the beginning of the Site Visit and sign out at the of the Site Visit. Any Bidders not shown to have attended the Site Visit will have their Bid deemed non-responsive.

For security protocol purposes we ask that you bring a valid government issued identification. We ask that your company RSVP’s for no more than (2) representatives.

No questions will be accepted during the Site Visit. We will meet at the following address:

o 1140 N. Harbor Dr. San Diego, CA 92101 (Port of San Diego Cruise Ship Terminal, West Elevator)

Attendance at the Site Visit is mandatory. Bids from firms not in attendance at the Site Visit will be considered non-responsive.

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Questions or comments regarding this specification must be submitted electronically to our eBid system where the specification was downloaded and must be received by the Port no later than August 20, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. Questions received after the date stated here will not be accepted. Emails and faxes will not be accepted. Responses from the Port will be communicated via the electronic eBid system to all recipients of this specification.

Bidder shall submit their original Bid Proposal Package to the Procurement Services Department, 3165 Pacific Hwy, San Diego, California 92101 within the date stated on the Contract Documents page after electronic bidding (See Section 4.0, Instruction to Bidders).

Bids will be opened in public at or about that hour at 3165 Pacific Hwy, San Diego, California, all as more particularly contained in Document No.79873 on file in the Office of the District Clerk of the Port. No Bidder may withdraw a bid after the date set for bid opening.

Award of the contract, if made, will be within 120 calendar days after bid opening date. A bid guarantee in accordance with Subsection 5.6.2 of the General Condition is required with submission of a bid. No Bidder may withdraw a bid after the date set for bid opening.

Bidder shall file the bonds as required by the Contract and Civil Code section 9554. The provisions of Public Contract Code section 22300 apply to this Contract.

Bidders are hereby notified that the successful Bidder will be required to provide insurance in accordance with Subsection 5.6.1, “Contractor’s Insurance,” of the Section 5.0, General Condition.

In the public interest, the Port reserves the right to reject any or all bids, or to waive any informality in a bid.

DATE: July 28, 2026

Spec. No. 2025-35

Advertised: July 29, 2026