SECTION 00 10 00 NOTICE INVITING SEALED PROPOSALS (BIDS) FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF: East Ames-Reche Recharge Basin (No. 0562) FOR THE: MOJAVE WATER AGENCY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Directors of the Mojave Water Agency (hereafter AGENCY) invites bids to be submitted electronically via bid portal, Bidnet Direct. The AGENCY will receive sealed proposals (bids) up to the hour of 1:00 PM on the 24th day of March 2026, for the furnishing to said AGENCY of all transportation, labor, materials, tools, equipment, services, permits, utilities, and other items necessary to construct said work. At said time, said proposals will be made public via Bidnet Direct for viewing. Hardcopy, oral, telegraphic, faxed or telephone Bids or modifications will not be considered. Bids shall conform to and be responsive to the Contract Documents for the work. Copies of the Contract Documents are on file and may be examined via Bidnet Direct. The AGENCY reserves the right to amend and/or modify said Contract Documents at any time before three (3) days prior to Bid Opening. Contract Documents (Specifications and Drawings) can be downloaded from the Mojave Water Agency's bid portal, Bidnet Direct (www.bidnetdirect.com/california/mojavewateragency). Bidders are required to provide company and contact name, street address (no PO Box), state, zip code, daytime phone, and email address. All questions and addenda to the Request for Bids (RFB) & Contract Documents will be answered and issued, respectively, on the Agency's bid portal and will not be made available through any other source. For more information regarding the Agency's bid portal, contact: Tony Winkel TWinkel@MojaveWater.org Mojave Water Agency 13846 Conference Center Drive Apple Valley, CA, 92307 Phone: 760-946-7030 Description of Work: The work involves the construction of two recharge basins and associated civil site improvements, as well as a 12-inch PVC water supply pipeline extending from the existing 12-inch HDPE pipeline located along Winters Road near the City of Landers, CA, and associated work to complete and restore the site to good condition. Project Funding – DWR Requirements: The Project is partially funded by the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) through the Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) Program (“DWR Grant”). The selected Bidder must comply with all requirements of the DWR Grant, including all state contracting, labor, reporting, and documentation requirements as outlined in the Contract Documents, including, but not limited to, completing construction of the Project and making it operational by December 30, 2026. Refer to the Special Provisions and Contract Documents for detailed DWR Grant Requirements applicable to this Project. Prevailing Wages: Pursuant to California Labor Code Sections 1770, 1773, 1773.1, 1773.6, and 1773.7, as amended, the applicable prevailing wage rates for this project have been determined. It shall be mandatory upon the contractor to whom the contract is awarded and upon any subcontractor under them to pay not less than the higher of the Federal and the State prevailing wage rates to all workers employed by them in the execution of the contract. The applicable Federal prevailing wage rates are those that are in effect ten (10) calendar days prior to bid opening; they are set forth on the U.S. General Services Department website: https://sam.gov/content/wage-determinations, but are not printed in the Specifications. Lower State wage rates for work classifications not specifically listed in the Federal wage decision are not acceptable. The applicable State prevailing wage rates are set forth on the California Department of Industrial Relations website: http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR/PWD, but are not printed in the Specifications; these rates are subject to predetermined increases. Bidders are advised that a copy of these rates must be posted by the successful Bidder at the job site(s). Mandatory Pre-Bid Conference: A mandatory pre-bid conference will be held at 1:00 PM on the 3rd day of March 2026, via MS Teams meeting or in person at the office of the AGENCY, 13846 Conference Center Drive, Apple Valley, CA 92307. An optional job walk will follow the mandatory pre-bid conference at the project location on Winters Road, approximately 1,500 feet west of the intersection of Winters Road and Warren Vista Avenue, near the City of Landers, CA. Requests for Information (RFI) or questions regarding the type of work required shall be submitted only through the AGENCY's bid portal, Bidnet Direct. RFI or questions received less than seven (7) days prior to Bid opening may not be answered. Addenda will be issued no later than three (3) days prior to Bid Opening. All questions and addenda to the RFB & Contract Documents will be answered and issued, respectively, on the AGENCY's bid portal and will not be made available through any other source. Each bid shall be electronically submitted via Bidnet Direct on a form furnished as part of the Contract Documents and must be accompanied by a Bidder's bond executed by an admitted surety insurer or substitute pursuant to Section 995.710 of the Code of Civil Procedure, in an amount not less than 10% of the amount of the bid, made payable to the order of or for the benefit of the AGENCY. The security of unsuccessful Bidders will be returned by the AGENCY no later than sixty (60) days following the date of award. Each bid shall be electronically submitted to the AGENCY via Bidnet Direct at or before the time provided in this notice. The bond shall be given as guarantee that the Bidder will enter into a contract with the AGENCY and furnish the required payment and performance bonds, and certificates of insurance and endorsements if awarded the work and will be declared forfeited if the Bidder refuses to timely enter into said contract or furnish the required bonds or certificates of insurance and endorsements if the Bidder's bid is accepted. In accordance with California Public Contract Code, Section 3400, the successful Bidder is permitted a period of 5 days prior to the award of the contract for submission of data substantiating a request for a substitution of an “or equal” item. In accordance with California Public Contract Code, Section 4104, Owner may request additional subcontractor information from the apparent Successful Bidder and any other bidder to be submitted within 24 hours after the deadline established by Owner for receipt of bids. In accordance with California Public Contract Code, Section 4107.5, in the event Bidder alleges that a clerical error has been made in the list of subcontractors, they will propose a substitution in accordance with California Public Contract Code. Effective March 1, 2015, pursuant to Labor Code Sections 1725.5 and 1771. 1, the Contractor and all subcontractors must be registered with the Department of Industrial Relations. Contractor shall maintain registration for the duration of the contract and require the same of any subcontractors. This contract may also be subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. It shall be the Contractor's sole responsibility to comply with all applicable registration and labor compliance requirements. The Contractor and Subcontractors shall provide proof of current registration with the Department of Industrial Relations prior to Award of Contract. No Contractor or Subcontractor shall be listed on the Bid Proposal unless registered with the Dept. of Industrial Relations. All Contractors and Subcontractors shall furnish electronic certified payrolls directly to the Labor Commissioner and a copy shall also be provided to Owner. The Board of Directors has obtained from the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations a determination of the general prevailing rate of per diem wages and the general prevailing rate for legal holiday and overtime work in the locality in which said work is to be performed for each craft, classification, or type of worker needed. Not less than the determined rates shall be paid to all workers employed in the performance of the contract. Such rates of wages are on file with the Department of Indus trial Relations and in the office of the AGENCY and are available to any interested party upon request. Pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 22300, equivalent securities may be substituted for monies withheld to ensure performance of the contract. The AGENCY reserves the right to solely determine the adequacy of the securities being proposed by the CONTRACTOR and the value of those securities. The AGENCY shall also be entitled to charge an administrative fee, as determined by AGENCY in its sole discretion, for substituting equivalent securities for retention amounts. The AGENCY's decisions with respect to the administration of the provisions of Section 22300 shall be final and shall include, but not be limited to, determinations of what securities are equivalent, the value of the securities, the negotiability of the securities, the costs of administration and the determination of whether or not the administration should be accomplished by an independent agency or by the AGENCY. The AGENCY shall be entitled, at any time, to request the deposit of additional securities of a value designated by AGENCY, in AGENCY's sole discretion, to satisfy this requirement. If the AGENCY does not receive satisfactory securities within twelve (12) consecutive days of the date of the written request, AGENCY shall be entitled to withhold amounts due CONTRACTOR until securities of satisfactory value to AGENCY have been received. The CONTRACTOR's license classification(s) required for this project are as follows: Class A or C12 Contractor License These classifications are provided for information purposes only. The Engineer does not warrant that all classifications required for the project are listed. It is the AGENCY's intent that “plans,” as used in Public Contract Code Section 3300, is defined as the construction contract documents, which include both the drawings and the specifications. The Board of Directors of the AGENCY reserves the right to select the schedule(s) under which the bids are to be compared and contract(s) awarded, to reject any and all bids, and to waive any and all irregularities in any bid. Each bidder is required to sign the attached Non collusion Affidavit and submit it with their bid. BY THE ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE MOJAVE WATER AGENCY Dated: O/S Adnan Anabtawi General Manager 2/22, 3/1/26 CNS-4014012# DAILY PRESS