Installation of chain link and wrought iron fencing to secure the entire campus Golden Oak Fencing Project: C-13 License class Each bid must be submitted with security in an amount equal to 10% of the maximum bid, in one of the following forms: (i) a cashiers or certified check payable to the District; or (ii) a bid bond. Bidders must comply with the requirements of this Section only if made applicable under the Special Provisions. The District has adopted a goal for DVBE participation in the Project of three percent of the overall amount expended for certain new-construction and modernization projects each year. As described in the General Provisions, the successful bidder must provide a Performance Bond and a separate Payment Bond, each in an amount equal to 100% of the total Contract Price, and each issued by a California-admitted surety as defined in Code of Civil Procedure Section 995.120. The William S. Hart Union High School District (District) is seeking informal sealed bids from qualified contractors for construction of the following public-works project. (Project) Golden Oak Fencing Project. Each bid must be submitted with security as described in the instructions for Bidders. The award of the Contract will be based on the following method of determining the lowest bid: NO VALUE. The Wm. S. Hart Union High School District is a participating member of the California Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act pursuant to Public Contract Code section 22030. Last Day for Pre-Bid RFIs - project related questions shall be submitted via the Districts eProcurement Portal :November 6, 2023, 2:00pm Last Addendum Issued:November 9, 2023, 9:44am The District will reject as non-responsive any bids containing irregularities that are not minor irregularities, including, by way of example and not as a limitation, any bid that is materially incomplete and any bid that includes any additions or conditional or alternate bids not permitted pursuant to the Bid Documents. In addition, the District may reject as non-responsive any bid in which component bid amounts are obviously unbalanced or inconsistent. The District may, but is not required to, seek information from any bidder that may resolve an ambiguity in the bidders bid. If a bid fails to conform to requirements set forth in the Notice Inviting Bids, these Instructions For Bidders, or any of the other Bid Documents (including, without limitation, if the District reasonably determines that the bid is unintelligible, internally inconsistent, or otherwise ambiguous), the District may reject the bid as non-responsive. The District may, but is not required to, seek information from any bidder that may resolve an ambiguity in the bidders bid.