Project No: PWA #0580 NE Job No: 118-012 Questions from Bidders Due: 5/2/2023 by 2:00 pm All questions about the meaning or intent of the Contract Documents are to be directed via email to the Purchasing Department, at bids@sweetwaterschools.org and copy the Project Manager, Armando Murillo at: Armando.Murillo@sweetwaterschools.org. and the Planning Specialist, Colleen Keeran at: Colleen.Keeran@sweetwaterschools.org. Please provide the project Bid #12-2815-AM and the Project name in the Subject Title of the email. Interpretations or clarifications considered necessary by the District in response to such questions will be issued in writing by Addenda and posted to the District's website at www.demandStar.com. Questions received less than THREE (3) calendar days prior to the date for opening bids may not be answered. Only questions answered by formal written Addenda will be binding. Oral and other interpretations or clarifications will be without legal effect. The successful Bidder: (1) shall be required to furnish a 100% Performance Bond and a 100% Payment Bond if it is awarded the Contract for the Work; (2) may substitute securities for any monies withheld by the District to ensure performance under the Contract, in accordance with the provisions of section 22300 of the Public Contract Code; and (3) will be required to certify that it either meets the Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise ("DVBE") goal of three percent (3%) participation or made a good faith effort to solicit DVBE participation in this Contract if it is awarded the Contract for the Work. The Contractor and all Subcontractors shall be paid not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages and the general prevailing rate for holiday and overtime work as determined by the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations, for the type of work performed and the locality in which the work is to be performed, pursuant to section 1770 et seq. of the California Labor Code. This Project is subject to labor compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code section 1771.4 and subject to the requirements of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations. The Contractor and all Subcontractors under the Contractor shall furnish electronic certified payroll records directly to the Labor Commissioner weekly and within ten (10) days of any request by the District or the Labor Commissioner. The successful Bidder shall comply with all requirements of Division 2, Part 7, Chapter 1, Articles 1-5 of the Labor Code. The District shall award the Contract, if it awards it at all, to the responsive responsible bidder based on the base bid amount only. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids and/or waive any irregularity in any bid received. If the District awards the Contract, the security of unsuccessful bidder(s) shall be returned within sixty (60) days from the time the award is made. Unless otherwise required by law, no bidder may withdraw its bid for ninety (90) days after the date of the bid opening. Any bid that is submitted after this time shall be nonresponsive and returned to the bidder. Any claim by a bidder of error in its bid must be made in compliance with section 5100 et seq. of the Public Contract Code. All bids shall be on the form provided by the District. A bid bond by an admitted surety insurer on the form provided by the District, or a cashier's check or a certified check, drawn to the order of the District, in the amount of 10% of the total bid price, shall accompany the Bid Form and Proposal. After the end of the protest period, contractor will be provided with a "Notice of Pending Award" and all contract documents, and request the contractor have contract documents complete, submitted and ready for execution on the Board award date of: June 12, 2023.