The project will replace the playground equipment at Scott Valley Park, remove and replace existing hardscape areas, and install an earthen swale and bioretention basin. The Contractor shall finish all Base Bid improvements complete and in place within sixty-five (65) working days of the Commencement Date in the Notice to Proceed. If the Base Bid and the Additive Alternate is awarded, the Contractor shall finish all improvements complete and in place within seventy (70) working days of the Commencement Date in the Notice to Proceed. Question Deadline 09/12/2024 at 12:00 PM PT All questions regarding this project shall be submitted through electronically. In order to bid this project, the Contractor must have at the time of bid award a valid Class A State of California Contractorís License in good standing and must maintain said license in good standing throughout the course of the project. The Contractor shall pay to the City of Encinitas the sum of Two Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($2,800) per day for each and every calendar day of unexcused total project delay in completing the work in excess of the number of working days prescribed above. Pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 7203, these liquidated delay damages shall not limit the other express terms of this public works contract. Each bid must be accompanied by cash, certified or cashier's check, or bidder's bond made payable to the City of Encinitas for an amount equal to at least ten percent (10%) of the amount bid, such guarantee to be forfeited should the bidder to whom the contract is awarded fail to enter into the contract. Each bid shall be accompanied by security in a form and amount as required by law. The successful bidder will be required to furnish a Payment Bond for one hundred percent (100%), and a Performance Bond for one hundred percent (100%) of the contract amount prior to execution of the contract. The City reserves the right to reject all bids at its sole discretion and to waive any immaterial irregularities or informalities in the bids received.