Location: SR-210 Pepper Avenue Interchange The San Bernardino County Transportation Authority (SBCTA) will utilize the services of consultant to support the four (4) year highway landscaping maintenance contract of the SR-210 Pepper Avenue Interchange as constructed per the landscape as-built plans and specifications Total duration of contract is anticipated to be 51 months including approximately one month to initiate the work and two months for closeout. EEP is anticipated to begin in August 2019 and conclude in September 2023.Consultant shall provide qualified landscape inspection personnel to perform a wide variety of maintenance management, inspection and contract administration duties as outlined in this Scope of Services for the Project. The SBCTA Project Manager (Designee) for this contract will be: Mr. Tim Kirkley, SBCTA Construction Manager The Consultant shall report to and receive direction from SBCTA through the SBCTA Project Manager, or his designees. The SBCTA Project Manager is responsible for oversight of all SBCTA construction activities and for directing the efforts of the total construction team. He/she will be the main contact and primary source of information between SBCTA, Caltrans, cities, outside agencies, supporting consultants and the public. All questions related to this RFP must be put in writing and submitted to SBCTA no later than 4:00 p.m., on Tuesday, March 19, 2019. All questions must be clearly labeled, Written Questions and submitted electronically to: Jeffery Hill Procurement Manager procurement@gosbcta.com RFP 19-1002072 Questions received after the deadline may or may not be responded to at the sole discretion of SBCTA. Questions received by the deadline or responded to after the deadline at the discretion of SBCTA, and the written responses will be posted via written addendum. The California Labor Code section 1770, et seq., requires that certain consultants on public works projects pay their workers based on the prevailing wage rates There is a new public works Contractor Registration Program, which requires all consultants, contractors and subcontractors bidding and performing work on Public Works Projects based on the prevailing wage rates, to register on an annual basis (each July 1 through June 30 state fiscal year) with the California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). Per this program, Proposers 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 this 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 Proposer 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 Proposer is registered to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5 at the time the contract is awarded. Effective March 1, 2015, any consultant or subconsultant who submits a proposal or performs work that requires the payment of prevailing wages under state law must be registered with Department of Industrial Relations. This includes not only work performed by the building and construction trades, but also other types of work, including trucking, surveying, and testing, if that work is subject to prevailing wage requirements. If the contract is awarded, the firm awarded the contract will be required to comply with all applicable laws and regulations including but not limited to, equal opportunity laws and regulations. Firms using subconsultants are encouraged to subcontract with small and disadvantaged businesses to the maximum extent possible. The award of this contract is subject to the availability, appropriation and receipt of federal, State and/or local funds sufficient to carry out the work identified in this RFP. The award of this contract may be subject to Pre-Award Audit required by applicable funding agencies, including the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), and/or SBCTA itself. The selected firm shall have a recent audit of their Indirect Cost Rate (ICR) for the most recent completed fiscal year and an approved state Department of Transportation Cognizant Letter of Approval.