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NOTICE INVITING BIDS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the BEVERLY HILLS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (“District”) invites and will receive sealed bids (“Bids”) from general contractors (“Contractor(s)” or “Bidder(s)”) for the furnishing to District of all labor, equipment, materials, tools, services, transportation, permits, utilities, and all other items necessary for the following project (“Project”):
SECURITY DEVICES INSTALLATION AT THREE SCHOOL SITES
Contractor to install Owner-furnished and Contractor-furnished security devices throughout three campuses (Beverly Hills High School, Beverly Vista Middle School & Horace Mann Elementary School) as indicated in provided drawings and specifications. Contractor is responsible for installation of corresponding equipment accessories and for coring and drilling required to install wire conduits. Contractor to install complete structured cabling system, and patch/repair walls and floors in relation to the work.
Bids must be received no later than 1:00 p.m. on THURSDAY, MAY 29, 2025 at the office of the Former Beverly Hills Unified School District, located at 255 S. Lasky Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90212 (“Due Date”). At said time, Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Bids received after said time shall be returned unopened. Bids shall be valid for a period of 90 calendar days from the Due Date.
Unless otherwise provided in the Instructions for Bidders, each Bidder shall be a licensed contractor pursuant to sections 7000 et seq. of the Business and Professions Code in the following classification(s) throughout the time it submits its Bid and for the duration of the contract: C-7 – Low Voltage Systems and/or C-10 – Electrical.
Bidders may obtain a copy of the Contract Documents from the District website at:
https://www.bhusd.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=41863&type=d&pREC_ID=205743
For reasons of confidentiality, electronic Plans corresponding to the project must be requested in writing via e-mail request to Joy Jacobs, Bond Program Coordinator, at [email protected]. To the extent required by section 20103.7 of the Public Contract Code, the District shall provide an electronic copy of the Contract Documents at no charge to the contractor. Hard copies of Plans and Contract Documents will not be provided by the District.
Bids must be complete and responsive to all portions of the Contract Documents. Bids must be submitted on the District’s Bid Forms. Any addenda will be posted on the District website at:
https://www.bhusd.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=41863&type=d&pREC_ID=205743
Bidders must check the Website on a daily basis through the Due Date for any applicable addenda or updates. The District does not assume any liability or responsibility based on any defective or incomplete copying, excerpting, scanning, faxing, downloading or printing of the Bid Documents. Information on the District website may change without notice to prospective bidders. The Contract Documents shall supersede any information posted or transmitted by the District website.
Each Bid shall be accompanied by cash, a certified or cashier’s check, or Bid Bond as bid security secured from a California admitted surety company the form provided by the District in the Contract Documents (“Bid Security”). The amount of the Bid Security shall be at least ten percent (10%) of Bidder’s Total Bid Price, made payable to the Beverly Hills Unified School District. The Bid Security shall be provided as a guarantee that within five (5) working days after the District provides the successful Bidder the Notice of Award, the successful Bidder will enter into a contract and provide the necessary bonds and certificates of insurance. The successful bidder will forfeit the Bid Security if the Bidder fails to comply. No interest will be paid on funds deposited with District.
A MANDATORY pre-bid conference and/or site visit (“Conference”) is scheduled for Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at 8:30 a.m. to review the Project's existing conditions as follows:
Physical attendance at Beverly Hills High School, 241 S. Moreno Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90212 at 8:30 a.m. The pre-bid conference/site visit is expected to take three (3) hours and will begin at Beverly Hills High School, continue onto Beverly Vista Middle School, and end at Horace Mann Elementary School. Transportation to each site will not be provided by the District. Contractors must provide their own transportation between sites. Street parking only.
Representatives of the District and consulting engineers, if any, will be present. Questions asked by Bidders at will be answered in writing by written addenda. Bids will not be accepted from any bidder who did not attend the mandatory Pre-Bid Conference.
The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a Performance Bond and a Labor and Material Payment Bond, from a California admitted surety company and on the forms provided in the Contract Documents, each in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price.
The successful Bidder and all Bidder’s Subcontractors must pay all workers on work performed pursuant to a contract for the Project not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages and the general prevailing rate for holiday and overtime work as determined by the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations, State of California (“DIR”), for the type of work performed and the locality in which the work is to be performed, pursuant to sections 1770 et seq. of the Labor Code. Copies of the general prevailing rates of per diem wages for each craft, classification, or type of worker needed to execute the Contract, as determined by Director of the DIR, are on file at the District’s administrative office. Prevailing wage rates are also available from the District or on the internet at (http://www. dir.ca.gov).
Pursuant to Labor Code sections 1725.5 and 1771.1, all contractors and subcontractors that wish to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, or enter into a contract to perform public work must be registered with the Department of Industrial Relations. No Bid will be accepted nor any contract entered into without proof of the contractor’s and subcontractors’ current registration with the Department of Industrial Relations to perform public work. The Project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR. The successful Bidder must post job site notices, as prescribed by regulation. The successful Bidder must comply with all requirements of Labor Code section 1771.4, except the requirements that are exempted by the Labor Commissioner of California (“Labor Commissioner”) for the Project. All Bidders must comply with the registration and compliance monitoring provisions of Labor Code section 1771.4, including furnishing its certified payroll records to the Labor Commissioner and complying with enforcement by the DIR.
District shall award the contract for the Project to the lowest responsive, responsible Bidder as determined by the District from the Total Bid Price ONLY. District reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to waive any irregularities or informalities in any bids or in the bidding process.
Any claim by Bidder that its Bid contains an error, or request for relief from its Bid, made after the time for opening of Bids, must be made in compliance with Public Contract Code section 5100 et seq. Upon written request, Bidder may withdraw its Bid prior to the time for opening of Bids without forfeiting its Bid Security. Upon written request, Bidder may withdraw its Bid prior to the time for opening of Bids without forfeiting its Bid Security. Any request to withdraw a Bid must be executed by the Bidder or its duly authorized representative. Bidder’s withdrawal of its Bid does not prejudice the Bidder’s right to submit a new Bid before the time of Bid opening.
All communications with, or questions to, District in any way concerning the Project, Contract Documents, or Bid, must be in writing and submitted via e-mail to Joy Jacobs, Bond Program Coordinator, at [email protected], Questions must be received NO LATER THAN TUESDAY MAY 20, 2025, at 12:00 p.m.
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