The contractor shall provide all supervision, labor, equipment, tools, materials, transportation, and incidentals necessary to complete the Project, which will include the demolition and replacement of an existing 220,000-gallon potable bolted water storage tank and replacing it with a new bolted steel water storage tank. The newly installed tank will have an operational volume of 139,112 gallons and be equipped with appurtenances. This replacement of the existing water storage tank includes the installation of the inlet and outlet piping, valves, spools, and fittings, excavation and backfilling, erosion and sedimentation control measures, tank foundation construction, removal of protection posts, and reinstalling electrical and transducer systems, and all other work necessary to complete this project as shown on the Bid Documents, including Plans and Specifications. Please note that the installation of the temporary polyethylene tanks, including the temporary piping, valves, spools, and fittings, will be done "in-house" by the Department of Public Works Special Districts - Water and Sanitation Division or excluded from this bid package. Bids must be accompanied by cash, a certified or cashier's check, or a bid bond in favor of the District in an amount not less than ten percent (10%) of the submitted total bid price. The successful bidder will be required to furnish the District with a Performance Bond and a Payment Bond, each equal to 100% of the successful bid, prior to execution of the contract. All bonds are to be secured from a surety that meets all of the State of California bonding requirements, as defined in Code of Civil Procedure Section 995.120, and is admitted by the State of California. The bid must be accompanied by a certified or cashiers check or bidders bond issued by a surety company acceptable to the District, for not less than ten percent (10%) of the amount of the TOTAL BASE BID, made payable to the order of the District, given as a guarantee the bidder will secure the requisite insurance and bonds and enter into contract within ten (10) calendar days after being requested to do so by the District. If the bid is submitted to the Department of Public Works - Special Districts, the bid security shall be enclosed in the sealed and marked envelope along with the bid proposal. If the bid is submitted through the Electronic Procurement Network (ePro) then scan the bid security (bid bond/check) and submit the scanned copy with your bid submittal in ePro, additionally, mail or submit the original bid security, in a separate sealed envelope labeled "Bid Bond" with the title of the work and the name of the bidder clearly marked on the outside to: Department of Public Works - Special Districts, 222 W. Hospitality Lane, 2nd Floor, San Bernardino, California, 92415-0450. Any mailed or submitted bid security must be received on or before the time set for the opening of the bids. Within sixty (60) calendar days after the award of the Contract, the District will return to each bidder the bid proposal security submitted with the bid proposal in the form of cash, cashiers check or certified check, except such security that may have been forfeited in accordance with the provisions stated herein. Bid bonds will be returned within sixty (60) calendar days after the award of the Contract, upon bidders written request to the District, except such bid bonds which may have been forfeited in accordance with the provisions stated herein. The contract work shall be completed within 245 calendar days after the Notice to Proceed. In case all the work called for under the Contract is not finished or completed within the number of calendar days as set forth in the bid proposal, the Contractor shall forfeit to the District a specified sum of money, to be deducted from any payments due to the Contractor. The sum of money shall be $1,500 per calendar day more than the Contract Time as Liquidated Damages The undersigned agrees that the District reserves the right to reject any or all bids, and reserves the right to waive informalities in a bid not affected by law, if to do so seems to best serve the public interest. The undersigned agrees that this bid will remain valid for 60 days after the bid opening.