Planter installation and landscape improvements Include: The purchase and installation of new planters including soil, rock and planting, removal of existing shrubs in the median, removal of the existing Cal. Ave. Street sign, relocation of existing boulders to Boulware Park and installation of a quick coupler as well as all protective fencing needed in the work zone areas. Work also includes a one year planter maintenance period with weekly visits to hand water and care for plants. Project Schedule It is anticipated that the planters will be purchased and fabricated first upon the Notice to Proceed and take 60-90 day to fabricate and deliver. Upon receiving the planters it's anticipated to take ten working days to completion. Anticipated completion date would be January 2025. Upon completion of the installation a one-year maintenance period will begin. The end date of the maintenance is anticipated to be completed at the first of the year of 2026. A schedule will be submitted by the contractor and agreed upon at the project kick off meeting. Within ten (10) business days of issuance of the Notice of Award, the selected Bidder shall furnish City a Performance Surety Bond, and Payment Surety Bond. Both bonds shall be in the amount of 100% of the Contract Sum, and in accordance with requirements contained in the General Conditions of this IFB. It is anticipated that Work on the Project will be required to commence on or about 11/01/2024. The anticipated time of completion is no later than 1/21/2026. Nothing in this provision is intended to bind the City to require commencement of the Work by the preceding time Pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 7203, if Contractor fails to achieve Final Completion of the entire Work within the Contract Time, including any approved extensions thereto, City may assess liquidated damages on a daily basis for each day of Unexcused Delay in achieving Final Completion, based on the amount of eight hundred ninety-five dollars ($895) per day, or as otherwise specified in the Special Provisions. Liquidated damages may also be separately assessed for failure to meet milestones specified elsewhere in the Contract Documents, regardless of impact on the time for achieving Final Completion. The assessment of liquidated damages is not a penalty but considered to be a reasonable estimate of the amount of damages City will suffer by delay in completion of the Work. The City is entitled to setoff the amount of liquidated damages assessed against any payments otherwise due to Contractor, including, but not limited to, setoff against release of retention. If the total amount of liquidated damages assessed exceeds the amount of unreleased retention, City is entitled to recover the balance from Contractor or its sureties. Occupancy or use of the Project in whole or in part prior to Final Completion, shall not operate as a waiver of City's right to assess liquidated damages. The City reserves the unfettered right to reject all Bids for any reason or for no reason, to re-advertise a Bid, or to cancel a Bid listing and elect to perform the Project and Work with its own forces. The City reserves the right to reject as non-responsive any Bid which is incomplete, modified, unsigned, or illegible or which is not otherwise submitted in accordance with the requirements of this Invitation for Bids. Question Deadline 09/10/2024 at 1:00 PM PT All question must be submitted through Online