District Wide Infrastructure Physical Access Controls Phase I Project

Bid No 86516
San Mateo County Community College District  

SECTION 00100

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the San Mateo County Community College District (“District”) of San Mateo, California, acting through its Governing Board, hereinafter referred to as the District, will accept sealed bids for the award of the contract for the following public work:

BID NUMBER 86516

DISTRICT WIDE INFRASTRUCTURE PHYSICAL ACCESS CONTROLS PHASE I PROJECT

District Office, Cañada College, College of San Mateo & Skyline College

San Mateo, Redwood City, San Mateo, & San Bruno, CA

Each bid must conform to and be responsive to the contract documents and be submitted on a form furnished by the District.  Bids can only be submitted by those C10 Electrical contractors who are able to prequalify with the District per specification section 00450 Statement of Qualifications for Construction Work, a required part of the bid document submittal.

Description of the work.  The Work generally consists of the full deployment of a Global Edition Group 4 AMAG Headend physical access controls system at the District Office, to provide a turnkey ACAMS system at the District Office, and to provide Regional Servers and ACAMS monitoring of select doors at each campus: Cañada College, College of San Mateo, and Skyline College.  Bidding documents contain the full description of the Work.

PREQUALIFCATION SUBMITTALS must be marked clearly on the envelope with your firm name and “Prequalification for THE DISTRICT WIDE INFRASTRUCTURE PHYSICAL ACCESS CONTROLS PHASE I  PROJECT,” and filed with Swinerton Management & Consulting, the District’s Program Manager, at 1700 West Hillsdale Blvd. Building 6, San Mateo, California, 94402 no later than 2:00 p.m., Thursday, December 8, 2005.

PROCUREMENT OF PREQUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS:  Questionnaires will be available starting November 19, 2005, at http://www.smccd.edu/accounts/facilities/planconstruct/DW_NTC.html, or by contacting Swinerton Management & Consulting at (650) 306-3169 or (650) 378-7337. 

Bids due: Sealed Bids will be received by Swinerton Management & Consulting at their office located at 1700 W. Hillsdale Blvd., Building 6, San Mateo, CA 94402 no later than 2:00 PM, on January 12, 2006.  Main contact for this project is Peter Hempel, telephone: 650-306-3169, facsimile: 650-306-3455, and email: hempelp@smccd.edu.

THIS IS A LABOR AGREEMENT PROJECT: This project is subject to the terms of the Program Stabilization Agreement (PLA) Executed between the San Mateo County Community College District and the San Mateo County Buildings and Trades Council.   Copies of the PLA are available on the Web at: http://www.smccd.edu/accounts/facilities/planconstruct/Downloads/PROJ%20STABILIZATION%20AGMNT%20SIGNED%20081503%20FINAL.pdf

Prevailing Wage: The successful bidder shall be required to pay its workers on this project a sum not less than the general prevailing wage rate of per diem wages and not less than the general prevailing rate for holiday and overtime work for work of a similar character in the locality in which the project is performed as provided under California Labor Code section 1770 et sec. The District has determined the prevailing rate of per diem wages and the general prevailing rate for holidays and overtime work in the locality in which this project is to be performed for each craft, classification or type of work needed to execute the work.

Contractor shall be required to post, at each job site, a copy of such prevailing rate of per diem wages as determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations.

SUBSTITUTION OF SECURITIES.  District will permit successful Bidder to substitute securities for retention monies withheld to ensure performance of Contract, as set forth in Document 00680 (Escrow Agreement for Security Deposits in Lieu of Retention), in accordance with California Public Contract Code, Section 22300.  By this reference, Document 00680 (Escrow Agreement for Security Deposits in Lieu of Retention) is incorporated in full in this Document 00100.

RESTRICTIONS ON SUBSTITUTIONS AND SOLE SOURCE ITEMS.  As a limitation on Bidder's privilege to substitute “or equal” items, District has found that certain items are designated as District standards and certain items are designated to match existing items in use on a particular public improvement either completed or in the course of completion or are available from one source.  As to such items, District will not permit substitution.  Such items are described in the Bidding Documents.

Procurement of bidding documents: The District will not be a distribution point for plans. Each prequalified Contractor may obtain two complete sets of bid documents free of charge by calling San Jose Blue at 408-295-5770 or through their internet website at https://order.e-arc.com/arcEOC/PWELL_PublicList.asp starting at 8:00 AM on 11/28/05.  Request “District Wide Infrastructure Physical Access Controls Phase I Project”  documents for printing. Additional sets may be obtained upon payment of a non-refundable fee to San Jose Blue. Documents will also be available in the following Bay Area plan rooms:

Company

Phone

Peninsula Builders Exchange

650-591-4486

Santa Clara Builders Exchange

408-727-4000

San Francisco Builders Exchange

415-282-8220

Contra Costa Builders Exchange

925-685-8630

San Leandro Dodge Plan Room

510-636-1812

Alameda County Builders Exchange

510-483-8880

Reed Construction Data

510-636-2480

A MAndatory Pre‑Bid Conference will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday November 29, 2005 and on Thursday December 1, 2005 at the District Office, Board Room, 3401 CSM Drive, San Mateo, CA 94402.  Attendance of at least one of the two conferences is Mandatory and failure to attend shall disqualify bidder.  Prospective subcontractors and vendors are encouraged to attend.  Interested parties are advised to arrive early in order to park and secure a parking pass.  Doors will be locked at 2:10 PM.

The San Mateo County Community College District is an equal opportunity employer.

Board of Trustees

San Mateo County Community College District

Dave Mandelkern, Vice President-Clerk  

Published:  November 19, 2005
  November 22, 2005

        

                               

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