CITY OF EXETER STATE OF CALIFORNIA NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

CITY OF EXETER STATE OF CALIFORNIA NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Project Name: Landscape Maintenance Services, Parks and Public Buildings Project No.: 25-004 RFB No.: 25-004 Sealed bids will be received at City Hall, 137 North F Street or P.O. Box 237, Exeter, California 93221, until 2:00 p.m. on September 30, 2025, and promptly thereafter all bids that have been duly received will be publicly opened and read aloud for furnishing to said City all labor, materials, supplies, equipment, transportation, incidentals, and services necessary to perform work. It is the bidder's responsibility that the sealed bid is received by the City of Exeter by the date and time stated above. Instructions to bidders, specifications and bid forms may be inspected and obtained by visiting https://www.bidnetdirect.com/california/cityofexeter. To prevent misinterpretations, the City would prefer that all questions be sent by email to Public Works Director Zachary Boudreaux, at zboudreaux@exetercityhall.com. Questions must be received no later than 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 23, 2023. A mandatory pre-bid meeting and site walk will be held on Monday, September 15, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. at 137 North F Street, Exeter, California. This project requires the Contractor to have a California (C-27) Landscaping Contractor Classification License. A certified check, cashier's check, or bidder's bond in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the bid made payable to the City of Exeter will be required to accompany each proposal. All Contractors and/or subcontractors shall be required to obtain a City of Exeter Business Tax Certificate. No payment will be made to any Contractor until such license is obtained. The Contractors must be registered with the State of California Department of Industrial Relations in compliance with SB854 which states: A contractor or subcontractor shall not be qualified to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, subject to the requirements of Section 4104 of the Public Contract Code or engage in the performance of any contract for public work, as defined in this chapter, unless currently registered and qualified to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5. Awarded Contractor will be required to furnish electronic payroll records for project to the Labor Commissioner. Per the California Labor Code (CLC), the following statements are hereby incorporated into this Contract: As set forth in CLC section 1771.1(a), all contractors and subcontractors must be currently registered and qualified to perform public work pursuant to CLC section 1725.5 to be qualified to bid, be listed in a bid proposal, or perform any public work for the City of Exeter. Proof of registration for each contractor and subcontractor listed on the bid is required. As set forth in CLC section 1771.4(a)(1), notice is given that this project is a public work, subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. As set forth in CLC section 1773, the City of Exeter shall obtain the general prevailing rate per diem wages and the general prevailing rate for holiday and overtime work in the locality in which the public work is to be performed for each craft, classification, or type of worker needed to execute the contract from the Director of Industrial Relations. In accordance with labor code section 1773.2, this information is to be included in the bid specifications and in the contract itself. This project will be subject to all applicable State Wage Determinations. The Contractor will be responsible for paying wages from the State Wage Determinations for all trades. The wages are set forth in the General Prevailing Wage Rates for this project, available at the California Department of Industrial Relations' Internet web site: http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlsr/PWD/index.htm. In accordance with the provisions of Section 1770 of the Labor Code, the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations of the State of California has ascertained the general prevailing rate of wage: and employer payments for health and welfare, pension, vacation, travel time and subsistence pay as provided in Section 1773.8, apprenticeship or other training programs authorized by Section 3093, and similar purposes applicable to the work to be done. These rates shall be a part of the Contract and are on file in the office of the City Engineer and will be made available to any interested person on request. The Contractor must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of their race, color, religion, sex or national origin. City reserves the right to temporarily retain five percent (5%) from each payment to Contractor pursuant to California Public Contract Code § 7201 until the City determines that all work and other requirements of this Contract are complete. Pursuant to Section 22300 of the California Public Contract Code (Section 10263 of the Public Contract Code for State Agencies), the Contractor may substitute securities for any money held by the City to insure performance of the contract. At the request and expense of the Contractor, securities equivalent to the amount withheld shall be deposited with the City or with a State or federally chartered banks as an escrow agent, who shall return such securities to the Contractor upon satisfactory completion of the contract. Deposit of securities with an escrow agent shall be subject to written agreement in accordance with the provisions of Section 22300. The City shall not certify that the contract has been completed until at least 35 days after filing by the City of a Notice of Completion. Securities eligible for investment under this Section shall be limited to those listed in Section 16430 of the California Government Code, bank or savings and loan certificates of deposit, interest bearing demand deposit accounts, standby letters of credit, or any other security mutually agreed upon by the Contractor and the public agency. September 3 2025 LYRK0362026