Project will add a truck climbing lane along an approximately three-mile segment of Interstate 10 starting near the 6th Street Bridge overcrossing in the City of Yucaipa through the County Line Road Interchange in the City of Calimesa. The project will pave the freeway median, construct a lane to the inside, stripe the existing outside lane as a truck lane, and construct a concrete barrier along the project limits. The project will also widen the Oak Glen Creek and construct erosion control measures within the streambed. As of January 1, 2015, all contractors and subcontractors bidding and performing work on Public Works Projects must register on an annual basis with the California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR), and effective April 1, 2015, furnish electronic payroll records for new projects to the Labor Commissioner. The San Bernardino County Transportation Authority, ("SBCTA"), acting in the capacity designated in the contract attached to this IFB as Attachment A, invites sealed bids for construction of the Interstate 10 East Bound Truck Climbing Lane, hereinafter referred to as "Project". The engineer's estimate for this project is approximately Twenty Million, One Hundred Forty Thousand dollars ($20,140,000). The IFB, including the plans, special provisions, and bid forms for bidding this project, can be found on PlanetBids. Firms intending to submit a bid should note the "Key IFB Dates" on the cover of this IFB. SBCTA intends, subject to contract approval to have the selected firm under contract by October 2023. The IFB and IFB schedule updates and addenda, together with other important information are available on SBCTA's website. Firms are requested to check the website periodically, and no less frequently than weekly, for IFB updates, addenda and other information. All bidders will be held accountable for compliance with all updates, addenda and other information posted on the website. Please note that SBCTA will not be responsible for mailing any addenda, schedule updates or other information to any firm. +16694449171,,83901700753#,,,,*210861# US Dial by your location o +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) o +1 669 444 9171 US o +1 719 359 4580 US o +1 253 205 0468 US o +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) o +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) o +1 689 278 1000 US o +1 929 436 2866 US (New York) o +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) o +1 305 224 1968 US o +1 309 205 3325 US o +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) o +1 360 209 5623 US o +1 386 347 5053 US o +1 507 473 4847 US o +1 564 217 2000 US o +1 646 931 3860 US Meeting ID: 839 0170 0753 Passcode: 210861 Find your local number website. Questions received after the date and time specified may or may not be responded to, at the sole discretion of SBCTA. SBCTA is not responsible for failure to respond to questions that are not appropriately marked. SBCTA's responses to the questions received by the date and time identified herein, including SBCTA's answers will be posted on the Vendor Portal on SBCTA's website at click on "Doing Business", which will take you to the "Bids & RFPs" page. There, click on the tab "Vendor Portal". The procurement will be conducted electronically through SBCTA's PlanetBids Vendor Portal webpage. SBCTA will not accept paper copies for any part of this procurement, including the bid submittal. A firm must accept the Terms and Conditions in order to proceed. Firms will have a series of tab and may save their bid at any time as a draft. Firms may edit the bid as often as they need to until the Invitation for Bids (IFB) closes. The PlanetBids system will not accept bids after the due date and time specified for this procurement and SBCTA will not give any further consideration. Please note that where two or more firms, persons or entities wish to submit one bid in response to this IFB, they should do so on a prime/sub-consultant basis rather than as a joint venture. SBCTA will contract with a single firm, person, or entity only, and not with a joint venture. A contractor or subcontractor shall not be qualified to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, subject to the requirements of Section 4104 of the Public Contract Code, or engage in the performance of any contract for public work, as defined in this chapter, unless currently registered and qualified to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5 . It is not a violation of this section for an unregistered contractor to submit a bid that is authorized by Section 7029.1 of the Business and Professions Code or by Section 10164 or 20103.5 of the Public Contract Code, provided the contractor is registered to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5 at the time the contract is awarded. If the contract is awarded, the contractor will be required to comply with all applicable laws and regulations, whether or not specifically listed in this IFB or the contract. Award of this contract is subject to the availability, appropriation and receipt of federal, State and/or local funds sufficient to carry out the work identified in this IFB. Bidders must not discuss this IFB with any official, Board Member or employee of SBCTA, other than the staff identified herein. Neither bidders, nor anyone representing the bidder, are to discuss this IFB with any consultant or contractor engaged by SBCTA for assistance in preparing a response to the IFB. Violation of this prohibition may result in disqualification of the bidder.