NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS CITY OF WALNUT CREEK STATE OF CALIFORNIA NEW AQUATIC AND COMMUNITY CENTER AT HEATHER FARM PARK PHASE 2 Notice is hereby given that the City of Walnut Creek ("CITY") has determined that all bidders on the NEW AQUATIC AND COMMUNITY CENTER AT HEATHER FARM PARK PHASE 2 ("PROJECT") to be undertaken by the CITY must be pre- qualified before submitting a bid on that project. It is mandatory that all Contractors who intend to submit a bid, fully complete the pre-qualification questionnaire, provide all materials requested herein, and be approved by CITY to be on the final qualified bidders list. No bid will be accepted from a Contractor that has failed to comply with these requirements. If two or more business entities submit a bid as part of a Joint Venture, or expect to submit a bid as part of a Joint Venture, each entity within the Joint Venture must be separately qualified to bid. The PROJECT includes demolition of the existing community center and construction of the approximately 28,000 sf Aquatic and Community Center and an outdoor in-ground 50-meter competition level swimming pool, a separate in-ground recreational swimming pool, and an array of under and above ground site improvements. The estimated cost is approximately $58,000,000. FILING OF SUBMITTALS Contractors seeking prequalification must file the fully completed prequalification questionnaire in a sealed package with the City of Walnut Creek, Office of the City Clerk, 3rd floor, 1666 North Main Street, Walnut Creek, CA 94596 on or before 4:00 PM, August 18, 2025. Failure to provide a completed pre-qualification questionnaire before the time and date specified above will preclude prequalification and subsequent participation in the bidding and construction of the PROJECT. Prequalification packages may be obtained by contacting: Michael Hawthorne 1666 North Main Street, Walnut Creek, CA 94596 (Telephone: 925-943-5899, ext. 2245 or e-mail: hawthorne@walnutcreekca.gov) Or https://vendors.planetbids.com/portal/64254/portal-home PRE-QUALIFICATION CONFERENCE Applicants may attend a pre-qualification conference on Monday August 4, 2025, at 1:00 pm, at 1666 North Main Street, Walnut Creek, CA, 3rd Floor Large Conference Room, at which time the City and Construction Manager will review the requirements of the PROJECT and will address comments and questions. Attendance at this conference is MANDATORY. Contractors that submit prequalification submittals will be notified in a Notice of Determination regarding the firm's status, whether or not they pre-qualify to bid on the PROJECT. Contractors are advised that the act of providing a pre-qualification questionnaire is not, in itself, a guarantee that the CITY will determine that the Contractor is prequalified. A list of pre-qualified Contractors will be available during the bid period from the CITY's project manager. SUZIE MARTINEZ, City Clerk CCT 6909679; July 25, 31, 2025