Relocatable Classrooms & Toilet Building - BCSD - Helen F. Chavez Elementary School

Bakersfield City School District is soliciting sealed bids for seven relocatable classrooms, one new relocatable toilet building, and related site work at Helen F. Chavez Elementary School in Kern County, California, with bids due November 19, 2026. Bidders must hold a State of California General Building Contractor (B) license, be registered as public works contractors with the Department of Industrial Relations, and complete mandatory AB 1565 prequalification for general contractors and specified mechanical, electrical, and plumbing subcontractors. Prequalification must be completed at least ten business days before bid opening through www.qualitybidders.com.

The project spans three DSA-numbered components (03-126207, 03-126208, and 03-126270) covering relocation of existing relocatable classrooms, a new toilet building, site and infrastructure improvements, miscellaneous concrete replacement, fencing gates, and landscaping. The successful bidder must furnish 100% performance and payment bonds and comply with prevailing wage requirements set by the California Department of Industrial Relations. The bid must include a bid bond equal to 10% of the total bid price.

The contract carries a three percent Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) participation goal, and bidders may instead demonstrate good faith efforts to meet it. Award goes to the lowest responsive responsible bidder based on the base bid amount only.

Contract documents became available October 13, 2026, through the District's website and at Trek Imaging. A mandatory pre-bid conference and site visit was scheduled for October 21, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. at 4201 Mesa Marin Drive, Bakersfield. Sealed bids are due by 2:00 p.m. on November 19, 2026, at the District Maintenance, Operations & Transportation Office, 1501 Feliz Drive, Bakersfield, California 93307, with public bid opening immediately following. Unsuccessful bidders' security is returned within sixty days of award.