Each bid shall be sealed in a plain envelope with the name of the bidder and the name of the project marked plainly on the face of the envelope and filed with the said Board of Trustees prior to the 10:30 A.M., February 5th, 2024, deadline and will be opened and publicly read aloud shortly thereafter on that day in the office of the said Board of Trustees. This contract is for a public work. Contractor and subcontractor shall pay all workers on the project at least the general prevailing rate of per diem wages as determined by the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations ("DIR") pursuant to Labor Code sections 1770 et seq. Prevailing wage rates are available online No contractor or subcontractor may be listed on a bid or awarded a contract for public work unless currently registered with the DIR pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR. Each bidder shall be a licensed contractor at the time the bid pursuant to the Business and Professions Code and such license(s) shall remain active and in good standing for the duration of the contract. The bidder shall be licensed in one or more the following classifications: License Classification: Class C- 15 All questions, inquiries, comments, or exceptions to the Bid materials must be submitted in writing to the attention of Ashley Pele via email at apele@vesd.net no later than Friday January 26, 2024. As a condition of bidding and in accordance with the provisions of Section 20111.5 of the California Public Contract Code, prospective prime contract bidders are required to submit to the District proof of prequalification for the 2024 calendar year OR a completed prequalification questionnaire and financial statement. All prequalification packets are to be submitted on Quality Bidders. All submissions must be completed by 2:00 p.m. on January 26, 2024. Bids shall be received in the place identified above, and shall be opened and publicly read aloud at the above stated time and place. Each Bid must conform and be responsive to the contract documents. The District reserves the right to award the contract less any one or all deduct prices.