Project will install and upgrade various bicycle facilities along Thornton Road, Eight Mile Road, and Lower Sacramento Road. Project will also install Rapid Flashing Beacons at various intersections and a Hawk Signal at Thornton Road, including pavement widening, signage and striping, traffic control, and other work necessary to complete the project. License Required: Class "A" If you would like additional information regarding this project, please contact Rosa Alvarez, Project Manager, at (209) 937-8134, or email at Rosa.Alvarez@stocktonca.gov. The City of Stockton encourages the use of certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) firms to bid this project, and the City encourages bidders to employ certified DBE firms as subcontractors. The City has established a project-specific DBE Goal of 14%. As a condition of award, contractors must either A) meet the project-specific DBE goal, or B) demonstrate Good Faith Efforts as required in the Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) Instructions to Bidders. FAILURE TO MEET EITHER A) OR B) REQUIREMENTS WILL RENDER THE BID AS NON-RESPONSIVE. Refer to the "Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Instructions to Bidders" document for additional information regarding these and other DBE requirements. Bidders are hereby notified that the successful bidder and any subcontractor under them shall pay prevailing wage rates in performing the contract. A contract will be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder as defined in the Stockton Municipal Code; provided, however, that the City Council reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to re-advertise for bids or to provide for the work to be done by the City of Stockton. The successful bidder shall be required to furnish a Labor and Material Bond and a Faithful Performance Bond, each in the sum of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price. Said bonds shall be furnished by a company authorized to issue surety bonds in the State of California. On official forms furnished by City, said bonds shall be executed by the surety and contractor before or concurrently with the signing of the contract.