As of 8/3/2021 all bids are rejected. The Project includes: 1. Purchase and installation of new generator at ESC District offices. Modify existing electrical systems as required to accommodate new backup generator. Provide new transfer switches, concrete pads, panel board, transformers, conduit, wire, breakers, fences and other miscellaneous appurtenances as required for a complete working functioning installation. 2. Provide points of connections for mobile generators at twelve (12) school sites. Modify Existing Electrical systems as required to accommodate new points of connections. Provide new Cam Lock dis connect switches, pads, conduit, wire, breakers, fences, and other miscellaneous appurtenances as required for a complete working functioning installation. RFI Last Day (5:00 p.m.) June 28, 2021 RFI Response (5:00 p.m.) July 1, 2021 Award Contract August 4, 2021 Failure to attend this mandatory Pre-Bid Conference may disqualify the non-attending bidder from the bid. Each bid must conform and be responsive to this notice and all other documents comprising the contract documents. All interested parties may obtain additional information by contacting the Director of Facilities Construction, via email requests at facilitiesprojects@nhusd.k12.ca.us. All forms must be completed, signed, and returned with the bid. No bidder may withdraw its bid for a period of sixty (60) calendar days after the date set for the receipt of bids. The successful bidder shall file a payment bond issued by an admitted Surety authorized to conduct business in the State of California approved by the District. A performance bond will also be required. This Project is a public works project and is subject to the payment of prevailing wages. The Director of Industrial Relations has determined the general prevailing rate of per diem wages in the locality in which this work is to be performed for each craft or type of worker needed to execute the contract that will be awarded to the successful bidder, copies of which are available to the public on the internet or from the District Business Department, upon request. The successful bidder and all subcontractor(s) shall comply with all applicable Labor Code provisions, which include, but are not limited to, the payment of not less than the required prevailing rates to all workers employed by them in the execution of the Contract, the employment of apprentices, the hours of labor and the debarment of contractors and subcontractors. Each Bidder submitting a bid must be a Department of Industrial Relations registered contractor pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5 ("DIR Registered Contractor"), unless an exception expressly provided in the Labor Code applies. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR. If awarded the Contract, at all times during performance of the work, the Bidder and all Subcontractors of any tier shall be DIR Registered Contractors and continue to comply with all DIR requirements. Each bidder shall be a licensed contractor pursuant to the Business and Professions Code and shall be licensed in the following classifications: A, B, C-10. No bid will be accepted from a contractor who has not been licensed in accordance with the California Business and Profession Code at the time the bid is submitted. The District reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to accept or reject any one or more items of a bid, or to waive any irregularities or informalities in the bid or in the bidding process.