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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 94-09RESOLUTION NO. 94_09 A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR APPROVING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT DIAMOND BAR BOULEVARD AND FOUNTAIN SPRINGS ROAD AND AT DIAMOND BAR BOULEVARD AND SHADOW CANYON DRIVE 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 Traffic Signal Construction at Diamond Bar Boulevard and Shadow Canyon Drive and Diamond Bar Boulevard and Fountain Springs Road. 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 of the work specified in the aforesaid plans and specifications, which said advertisement shall be substantially in the following words and figures, to wit: "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 2:00 o'clock P.M. on the 22nd day of March, 1994, sealed bids or proposals for the Traffic. Signal Construction at Diamond Bar Boulevard and Fountain Springs Road and Diamond Bar Boulevard and Shadow Canyon Drive in said City. Bids will be opened and publicly read immediately in the office of the City Clerk, Suite 100, 21660 E. Copley Drive, Diamond.Bar, California. Bids must be made on a form provided for the purpose, addressed to the City of Diamond Bar, California, marked, "Bid for Traffic Signal Construction at Diamond Bar Boulevard and Fountain Springs Page 1 Road and Diamond Bar Boulevard and Shadow Canyon Drive" 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 rates 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, 91765-4177, 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 herein before 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 apprenticeship committee has exceeded an average of 15 percent in the 90 days prior to the request for cer- tificate, or B. When the number of apprentices in training in the area exceeds a ratio of one to five, or Page 2 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 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. 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 employ with and be governed by the laws of the State of California having to do with working hours as set forth in Division 2, 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 herein before 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 Page 3 Diamond Bar for an amount equal to at least ten 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, certified check, or bond shall become the property of the City of Diamond Bar. 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°x) of the contract price thereof, and an additional bond in an amount equal to one hundred percent (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-10 contractor at time of bid 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 profiles, 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 and payment of $15.00, said $15.00 is nonrefundable. Upon written request by the bidder, copies of the plans and specifications will be mailed when said request is accompanied by payment stipulated above, together with an additional non reimbursable payment of $5.00 to cover the cost of mailing charges and overhead. The successful bidder will be required to enter into a contract satisfactory to the City of Diamond Bar. Page 4 In accordance with the requirements of Section 93 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 Engineer's Estimate for this project is $145,778.00. The City of Diamond Bar, California, reserves the right to reject any and all bids. By order of the City Council of the City of Diamond Bar, California. Dated this 1st day of March, 1994. PASSED, ADOPTED and APPROVED by the C' ty Council of the City of Diamond Bar, California, this 1st day of Mjch, 191R4. ATTEST: City Clerk yor 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 Council of the City of Diamond Bar, California, at its regular meeting held on the 1st day of March, 1994, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Papen, Miller, Ansari, MPT/Harmony and M/Werner NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ' ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSTAINED: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None Page 5