HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 95-05RESOLUTION NO. 95-05
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR
APPROVING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF
HANDICAP ACCESS RAMPS, IN SAID CITY AND AUTHORIZING AND
DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO ADVERTISE TO RECEIVE BIDS.,
WHEREAS, it is the intention of the City of Diamond Bar to
construct certain improvements in the City of Diamond Bar.
WHEREAS, the City of Diamond Bar has prepared plans and
specifications for the construction of certain improvements.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the plans and
specifications presented to the City of Diamond Bar be and are
hereby approved as the specifications for the Construction of
Handicap Access Ramps at various locations in Diamond Bar.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk is hereby
authorized and directed to advertise as required by law for the
receipt of sealed bids or proposals for doing the work specified in
the aforesaid plans and specifications, which said advertisement
shall be in the form and content as approved by the Interim City
Attorney and a copy of this Resolution shall be contained in each
specification package for the work:
"NOTICE INVITING SEALED BIDS OR PROPOSALS"
Pursuant to a Resolution of the City Council of the City of
Diamond Bar, Los Angeles County, California, directing this notice,
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the said City of Diamond Bar will
receive at the office of the City Clerk in the City Hall of Diamond
Bar, on or before the hour of 10:00 o'clock A.M. on the 2nd day of
March, 1995, sealed bids or proposals for the "Construction of
Handicap Access Ramps at various locations in Diamond Bar."
THIS IS A FEDERALLY ASSISTED CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AND FEDERAL
LABOR STANDARDS, INCLUDING THE 'DAVIS-BACON' REQUIREMENTS, WILL BE
ENFORCED. IF FEDERAL AND STATE WAGE RATES ARE APPLICABLE, THEN THE
HIGHER OF THE TWO WILL PREVAIL.
Bids will be opened and publicly read immediately in the
office of the City Clerk, Suite 100, 21660 E. Copley Drive, Diamond
Bar, California 91765-4177.
Bids must be made on a form provided for the purpose,
addressed to the City of Diamond Bar, California, marked,
"Construction of Handicap Access Ramps in Diamond Bar."
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PREVAILING WAGE: Notice is hereby given that in accordance
with the provisions of California Labor Code, Division 2, Part 7,
Chapter 1, Articles 1 and 2, the Contractor is required to pay not
less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for work of
a similar character in the locality in which the public work is
performed, and not less than the general prevailing rate of per
diem wages for holiday and overtime work. In that regard, the
Director of the Department of Industrial Relations of the State of
California is required to and has determined such general
prevailing rate of per diem wages are on file in the office of the
City Clerk of the City of Diamond Bar, Suite 100, 21660 E. Copley
Drive, Diamond Bar, California, and are available to any interested
party on request. The Contracting Agency also shall cause a copy
of such determinations to be posted at the job site.
The Contractor shall forfeit, as penalty to the City of
Diamond Bar, not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) for each laborer,
workman, or mechanic employed for each calendar day or portion,
thereof, if such laborer, workman, or mechanic is paid less than
the general prevailing rate of wages hereinbefore stipulated for
any work done under the attached contract, by him or by any
subcontractor under him, in violation of the provisions of said
Labor Code.
In accordance with the provisions of Section 1777.5 of the
Labor Code as amended by Chapter 971, Statutes of 1939, and in
accordance with the regulations of the California Apprenticeship
Council, properly indentured apprentices may be employed in the
prosecution of the work.
Attention is directed to the provisions in Sections 1777.5 and
1777.6 of the Labor Code concerning the employment of apprentices
by the Contractor or any subcontractor under him.
Section 1777.5, as amended, requires the Contractor or
subcontractor employing tradesmen in any apprenticeable occupation
to apply to the joint apprenticeship committee nearest the site of
the public works project and which administers the apprenticeship
program in that trade for a certificate of approval. The
certificate will also fix the ratio of apprentices to journeymen
that will be used in the performance of the contract. The ratio of
apprentices to journeymen in such cases shall not be less than one
to five except:
A. When unemployment in the area of coverage by the joint appren-
ticeship committee has exceeded an average of 15 percent in
the 90 days prior to the request for certificate; or
B. When the number of apprentices in training in the area exceeds
a ratio of one to five; or
C. When the trade can show that it is replacing at least 1/30 of
its membership through apprenticeship training on an annual -
basis statewide or locally; or
D. When the Contractor provides evidence that he employs
registered apprentices on all of his contracts on an annual
average of not less than one apprentice to eight journeymen.
The Contractor is required to make contributions to funds
established for the administration of apprenticeship programs if he
employs registered apprentices or journeymen in any apprenticeable
trade on such contracts and if other Contractors on the public
works site are making such contributions.
The Contractor and subcontractor under him shall comply with
the requirements of Sections 1777.5 and 1777.6 in the employment of
apprentices.
Information relative to apprenticeship standards, wage
schedules, and other requirements may be obtained from the Director
of Industrial Relations, ex -officio the Administrator of
Apprenticeship, San Francisco, California, or from the Division of
Apprenticeship Standards and its branch offices.
Eight (8) hours of labor shall constitute a legal day's work
for all workmen employed in the execution of this contract and the
Contractor and any subcontractor under him shall comply with and be
governed by the laws of the State of California having to do with
working hours as set forth in Division 21 Part 7, Chapter 1,
Article 3 of the Labor Code of the State of California as amended.
The Contractor shall forfeit, as a penalty,to the City of
Diamond Bar, twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each laborer,
workman, or mechanic employed in the execution of the contract, by
him or,any subcontractor under him, upon any of the work
hereinbefore mentioned, for each calendar day during which said
laborer, workman, or mechanic is required or permitted to labor
more than eight (8) hours in violation of said Labor Code.
Contractor agrees to pay travel and subsistence pay to each
workman needed to execute the work required by this Contract as
such travel and subsistence payments are defined in the applicable
collective bargaining agreements filed in accordance with Labor
Code Section 1773.8.
The bidder must submit with his proposal cash, cashier's
check, certified check, or bidder's bond, payable to the City of
Diamond Bar for an amount equal to at least 10 percent (10%) of the
amount of said bid as a guarantee that the bidder will enter into
the proposed contract if the same is awarded to him, and in event
of failure to enter into such contract said cash, cashier's check,
or certified check, or bond shall become the property of the City
of Diamond Bar.
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If the City of Diamond Bar awards the contract to the next
lowest bidder, the amount of the lowest bidder's security shall be
applied by the City of Diamond Bar to the difference between the
low bid and the second lowest bid, and the surplus, if any, shall
be returned to the lowest bidder.
The amount of the bond to be given to secure a faithful
performance of the contract for said work shall be one hundred
percent (100%) of the contract price thereof, and a labor and
material bond in an amount equal to one hundred (100%) of the
contract price for said work shall be given to secure the payment
of claims for any materials or supplies furnished for the
performance of the work contracted to be done by the Contractor, or
any work or labor of any kind done thereon, and the Contractor will
also be required to furnish a certificate that he carries
compensation insurance covering his employees upon work to be done
under contract which may be entered into between him and the said
City of Diamond Bar for the construction of said work.
No proposal will be considered from a Contractor who is not
licensed as a Class A and/or C-8 contractor at time of award in
accordance with the provisions of the Contractor's License Law
(California Business and Professions Code, Section 7000 et seq.)
and rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto or to whom a
proposal form has not been issued by the City of Diamond Bar.
The work is to be done in accordance with the plans and
specifications of the City of Diamond Bar on file in the office of
the City Clerk at the City Hall, Diamond Bar, California. Copies
of the plans and specifications will be furnished upon application
to the City of Diamond Bar.
Upon written request by the bidder, copies of the plans and
specifications will be mailed when said request is accompanied with
a non -reimbursable payment of $10.00 to cover the cost of mailing
charges and overheads.
The successful bidder will be required to enter into a
contract satisfactory to the City of Diamond Bar.
In accordance with the requirements of Section 903 of the
General Provisions, as set forth in the Plans and Specifications
regarding the work contracted to be done by the Contractor, the
Contractor may, upon the Contractor's request and at the
Contractor's sole cost and expense, substitute authorized
securities in lieu of monies withheld (performance retention).
The City of Diamond Bar, California, reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
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By order of the City Council of the City of Diamond Bar,
California.
Dated this seventh day of February, 1995.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City
this 7th day of February, 1995.
ATTEST:
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MAYOR
I, LYNDA BURGESS, City Clerk of the City of Diamond Bar,
California do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly
and regularly passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of
Diamond Bar, California, at its regular meeting held on the seventh
day of February, 1995, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Ansari, Harmony, Miller,
Mayor Pro Tem Werner, Mayor Papen
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAINED: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
City Jerk, City o_ Giamond-Bar
California
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