NOTICE INVITING BIDS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Joaquin, State of California, at General Services Department - Capital Projects, San Joaquin County Capital Projects Administration Building, 4000 W Eight Mile Road, Stockton, CA 95209, until 2:00 PM PDT, on April 11, 2025, for furnishing all labor, material, tax, transportation, equipment, and services necessary for Job Order Contracts (JOC-045, JOC-046, JOC-047, JOC-048, JOC-049, JOC-050) in accordance with the specifications and working details and other contract documents now on file with the County of San Joaquin General Services Department - Capital Projects, located as noted above. This solicitation consists of up to six (6) separate Job Order Contracts. Only one (1) Bid may be submitted by a bidder. A bidder may be awarded at most one (1) Contract from this solicitation. If a single Job Order Contract is to be awarded, it will be awarded to the lowest, responsive, responsible bidder. If multiple (up to six) Job Order Contracts are to be awarded, they will be awarded to the lowest, responsive, responsible bidders. A successful bidder will be awarded only one (1) contract from this Bid Solicitation. A Job Order Contract: Is an indefinite quantity contract pursuant to which the Contractor may perform an ongoing series of individual Projects at different locations throughout the County. The bid documents include a Construction Task Catalog(r) containing construction tasks with preset Unit Prices. All Unit Prices are based on local labor, material and equipment prices and are for the direct cost of construction. The Contractor will bid four Adjustment Factors to be applied to the Unit Prices. One Adjustment Factor is for performing work at General Facilities during Normal Working Hours, a second Adjustment Factor is for performing work at General Facilities during Other Than Normal Working Hours, a third Adjustment Factor is for performing work at Secure Facilities during Normal Working Hours, and a fourth Adjustment Factor is for performing work at Secure Facilities during Other Than Normal Working Hours. The same four Adjustment Factors shall apply to every Pre-priced Task in the Construction Task Catalog(r). NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that a Non-Mandatory Pre-Bid Conference for all bidders is scheduled for 1:30 PM PDT on March 26, 2025, to be held virtually via Teams. Failure to attend the Pre-Bid Conference will not exclude you from submitting your bid. To confirm attendance via Microsoft Teams, please email jhzavala@sjgov.org no later than Tuesday, March 25, 2025, at 2:00 P.M. PDT. NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that Bids will be opened and tabulated by or on behalf of the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors at General Services Department - Capital Projects Division immediately after 2:00 PM PDT, on April 11, 2025. The County will be opening any received bids with no attendance from the public. The County will release the bid tally on our Capital Projects website at: https://sjgov.link/recent-bid-results . The County will post the bid opening at our San Joaquin County General Services Department - Capital Projects Administration YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/@SJC-GSD-Capital-Projects . NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that copies of the contract documents may be viewed, printed or downloaded via the Internet at the San Joaquin County General Services Department - Capital Projects website at: https://sjgov.link/projects-currently-bidding . At the cost to the Contractor, prints of the contract documents may also be purchased through ARC Document Solutions-Stockton (formerly Stockton Blueprint) at http://www.e-arc.com/ca/stockton, or at the ARC Document Solutions-Stockton offices at 440 North El Dorado Street, Stockton, CA 95202, (209) 464-8724. It is the Contractor's responsibility to download the contract documents through the San Joaquin County General Services Department - Capital Projects website mentioned above. In addition, notices regarding the contract documents for the project are on file with the Builders' Exchange of San Joaquin at https://bxsj.org/ , or at the Builders' Exchange of San Joaquin offices at 4561 Quail Lakes Drive, Suite B-2, Stockton, CA 95207, (209) 478-1000 (main) or (209) 478-1005 (plan room). If you have any questions or problems obtaining the contract documents, please call Joshua Hernandez Zavala, General Services Department - Capital Projects at (209) 953-7046 or jhzavala@sjgov.org (preferred). NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that Bids must be from contractors holding a State of California B-General Building Contractor License. Bids must be sealed and accompanied by certified check, cashier's check, or bid bond made payable to the County of San Joaquin in the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000). The check or bonds shall be given as a guarantee that the successful bidder will enter into a written contract within ten (10) calendar days after being requested to do so and will be considered as the stipulated amount of liquidated damages in the event the bidder is unable to or refuses to execute a contract for the work. NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that as part of a Bid submittal, the bidder is required to provide references for at least three (3) projects involving remodel, renovations, or tenant improvements completed within the last five (5) years. NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that the general prevailing wage rates have been determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) and it shall be mandatory upon the contractor to whom the contract is awarded, and upon any subcontractor, to pay not less than these specified rates to all laborers, workmen, mechanics and apprentices employed by them in execution of the contract, all in accordance with the provisions of Labor Code Sections 1770 through 1781, inclusive. Prevailing wage rates are available at the DIR's website at: https://www.dir.ca.gov/oprl/dprewagedetermination.htm . The contractor shall also meet the registration and qualification requirements of Labor Code Sections 1771.1 and 1725.5, which became effective on June 20, 2014, as part of Senate Bill (SB) 854. Additional information about these requirements, SB 854, and the new public works program regarding compliance monitoring, administration, and enforcement of prevailing wage law is available on the DIR's website at: http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/dlsepublicworks.html. California Labor Code Section 1771.1(a): A contractor shall not be qualified to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, subject to the requirements of Section 4104 of the Public Contract Code or engage in the performance of any contract for public work, as defined in the chapter, unless currently registered and qualified to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5. It is not a violation of this section for an unregistered contractor to submit a bid that is authorized by Section 7029.1 of the Business and Professions Code or by Section 10164 or 20103.5 of the Public Contract Code, provided the contractor is registered to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5 at the time the contract is awarded. Prevailing Wage Rates: In accordance with the provisions of Labor Code Sections 1770 through 1781, the general prevailing rate of wages, as determined by the Director of the DIR, shall be paid to all trades performing work under this Contract. The work is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR. No contractor or subcontractor may be awarded a contract, on a public works project, after April 1, 2015, unless registered with the DIR pursuant to Labor Code Section 1725.5. Additionally, after January 1, 2016, contractor and subcontractor shall be required to furnish electronic certified payroll record to the Labor Commissioner for all public works projects, new or ongoing. Additional information about these requirements, SB 854, and the new public works program regarding compliance monitoring, administration, and enforcement of prevailing wage law is available on the DIR's website at: https://www.dir.ca.gov/oprl/dprewagedetermination.htm and https://www.dir.ca.gov/Public-Works/Enforcement.html . Proof of DIR Registration: Contractor will be required to submit DIR registration numbers for their company and all subcontractors. Contractor shall provide for each subcontractor the DIR PWC100 contractor/subcontractor registration number or registration page confirming the subcontractors' registration with DIR. NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that San Joaquin County has adopted a goal to strongly encourage local hire participation in the construction workforce in accordance with Board of Supervisors policy. a. Local Hire Information Form and Checklist is not required with the bid but will be required during the Job Order Proposal process to demonstrate their attempts to employ local hire. NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that Bids shall be made upon the form provided by the County and shall be properly completed with all items filled out; numbers shall be in writing and figures; the signatures of all persons signing shall be in longhand. No bidder may withdraw his bid for a period of 60 calendar days after the time set for the opening of bids, and the Board will act to accept or reject bids within that period of time. NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that upon the Contractor's request, the County will make payment of funds withheld from progress payments pursuant to the requirements of Public Contract Code Section 22300 if the contractor deposits in escrow with the County's Treasurer-Tax Collector, or with a bank acceptable to the County, securities eligible for the investment under Government Code Section 16430, bank or savings and loan certificates of deposit, interest-bearing demand deposit accounts, standby letters of credit, or any other security mutually agreed to by the Contractor and the County. The escrow agreement between the Contractor and the County in this regard shall be substantially similar to the form set forth in Public Contract Code Section 22300(f). NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that the County selected The Gordian Group's (Gordian) Job Order Contracting (JOC) Solution for their JOC program. The Gordian JOC SolutionTM includes Gordian's proprietary JOC Information Management System ("JOC IMS"), construction cost data, and Construction Task Catalog(r) which shall be used by the Contractor solely for the purpose of fulfilling its obligations under this Contract, including the preparation and submission of Job Order Proposals, Price Proposals, subcontractor lists, and other requirements specified by the Owner. The Contractor shall be required to execute Gordian's General Terms of Use and pay a 1% JOC System License Fee to obtain access to the Gordian JOC SolutionTM. The JOC System License Fee applies to all Job Orders issued to the Contractor under the terms of this Contract. The Contractor shall include the JOC System License Fee in the Adjustment Factors. NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN THAT the Board of Supervisors reserves the right to reject any or all bids, and further reserves the right to waive any informalities or irregularities in the bids. March 12, 19, 2025 ET#25-033