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NOTICE INVITING BIDS
TRAFFIC SIGNAL INSTALLATION
CAMINO CAPISTRANO AND AVENIDA PADRE
Public notice is hereby given that the City of San Juan Capistrano will, up to 2:00 p.m., on the
19th day of May 1997, receive sealed proposals or bids for the TRAFFIC SIGNAL
INSTALLATION - CAMINO CAPISTRANO AND AVENIDA PADRE in accordance with the
approved Plans, Specifications, Special Provisions, and the Standard Specification for Public
Works Construction, 1995 Edition, including all supplements therefore, on file in the office of the
City Clerk of the City of San Juan Capistrano, California. Bids will be received until the time
hereinbefore stated at the City Clerk's Office, San Juan Capistrano City Hall, 32400 Paseo
Adelanto, San Juan Capistrano, California.
No bid will be received unless it is made on a proposal provided within these specifications. Each
proposal or bid must be accompanied by a certified check, cash, cashier's check, or bidder's bond
payable to the City of San Juan Capistrano in the sum of not less than ten percent of the total bid
amount.
The bid check, cashier's check or bidder's bond of the successful bidder will be forfeited to the
City of San Juan Capistrano in the event such successful bidder fails to enter into the required
contract within 15 days after the written notice that said contract has been awarded to him for the
work.
A pre-bid conference is scheduled at 10:00 a.m. on the 12 th day of May 1997, at the City
offices. The Contractor shall have the opportunity for clarification or interpretation of any point or
points of question within the plans and contract documents or specifications. It is the Contractor's
responsibility to be in attendance at this conference to receive any information disclosed during the
proceedings, for the City of San Juan Capistrano shall not disseminate any records of the
conference. Exclusive of written addenda and this pre-bid conference, the City of San Juan
Capistrano shall not be responsible for any instructions, explanations, or interpretation of the plans,
specifications, and contract documents presented to the bidders in any manner.
The successful bidder, simultaneously with the execution of the contract, will be required to furnish
a Faithful Performance Bond equal in the amount of one-hundred percent (100%) of the contract
price. The surety bond company must be selected from among the surety companies set forth in the
Standard Specifications.
The City Council reserves the right to reject any and all bids received and to compare the relative
merits of the respective bids and to choose that, which in the opinion of the City of San Juan
Capistrano, will best serve the interests or needs of the City of San Juan Capistrano.
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A time limit of ninety (90) calendar days has been set for the completion of the work, from the
date of the Notice to Proceed.
BIDDERS ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT, pursuant to the Labor Code of the State of
California, copies of the prevailing rate of per diem wages, as determined by the Director of the
State Department of Industrial Relations, are on file in the office of the City Clerk and shall be
made available to any interested party on request.
Copies of plans and specifications are on file in the office of the City Clerk of San Juan
Capistrano, 32400 Paseo Adelanto, San Juan Capistrano, California. Copies of the plans and
specifications for use in preparing bids may be obtained at the Office of the City Clerk, San Juan
Capistrano, at the address shown above. One set of plans and specifications is available for each
general contractor proposing to submit a bid for said work. A charge in the amount of $30,
non-refundable, is required for obtaining each set of plans and specifications. There will be a
$5 charge for postage and handling on all plans and specifications mailed.
Each bidder shall state the California Contractor's License Number and Classification of such
bidder so bidding, as no bid will be accepted from a Contractor who has not been licensed in
accordance with the provisions of the laws of the State of California relating to the licensing of
Contractors.
This Notice is hereby given and published by order of the Councilmembers of the City of San
Juan Capistrano and is dated this 45 #1 day of Apr./
CITY CLERK
CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO
ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA