NOTICE INVITING BIDS ALIPAZ STREET REHABILITATION PROJECT, CIP 25101 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of San Juan Capistrano (“City”) invites and will receive sealed Bids up to but not later than 2:00 P.M. on August 21, 2025 through the City’s online bid management system (“PlanetBids”), for the furnishing to City of all labor, equipment, materials, tools, services, transportation, permits, utilities, and all other items necessary for the ALIPAZ STREET REHABILITATION PROJECT, CIP 25101 (the “Project”). After said time, Bids will be publicly posted on PlanetBids. Bids received after said time shall be returned unopened. Bids shall be valid for a period of 90 calendar days after the Bid opening date. Work consists of saw cutting and removal of pavement, cold milling, pavement overlay and reconstruction, construction of ADA ramps, new sidewalk, street lighting, landscaped median islands, curb & gutter repair, traffic signal loop replacement, and installation of pavement striping, marking and markers. Bids must be submitted on the City’s Bid Forms. Bidders may obtain a copy of the Contract Documents from PlanetBids once registered with the City through PlanetBids. To the extent required by section 20103.7 of the Public Contract Code, upon request from a contractor plan room service, the City shall provide an electronic copy of the Contract Documents at no charge to the contractor plan room. It is the responsibility of each prospective bidder to download and print all Contract Documents for review and to verify the completeness of Contract Documents before submitting a bid. Any Addenda will be posted on PlanetBids. It is the responsibility of each prospective bidder to check PlanetBids on a daily basis through the close of bids for any applicable addenda or updates. The City does not assume any liability or responsibility based on any defective or incomplete copying, excerpting, scanning, faxing, downloading or printing of the Bid Documents. Information on PlanetBids may change without notice to prospective bidders. The Contract Documents shall supersede any information posted or transmitted by PlanetBids. Each bid shall be accompanied by: (a) cash; (b) a certified or cashier’s check made payable to City of San Juan Capistrano; or (c) a Bid Bond secured from a surety company satisfactory to the City, the amount of which shall not be less than ten percent (10%) of the Total Bid Price, made payable to City of San Juan Capistrano as bid security. Personal sureties and unregistered surety companies are unacceptable. The surety insurer shall be California admitted surety insurer, as defined in Code of Civil Procedure Section 995.120. The bid security shall be provided as a guarantee that within ten (10) working days after the City provides the successful bidder the Notice of Award, the successful bidder will enter into a contract and provide the necessary bonds and certificates of insurance. The bid security must be submitted in original hard copy in sealed envelope directly to the City Clerk’s office at 32400 Paseo Adelanto San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675, prior to the specified time and date for the Bid opening. The sealed envelope shall be labeled “Bid Guarantee”, bear the title of the Project, and include the name of the Bidder. A Pre-Bid Conference is not scheduled for this project. The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a Faithful Performance Bond and a Labor and Material Payment Bond each in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price. Each bond shall be in the forms set forth herein, shall be secured from a surety company that meets all State of California bonding requirements, as defined in California Code of Civil Procedure Section 995.120, and that is a California admitted surety insurer. Pursuant to Section 22300 of the Public Contract Code of the State of California, the successful Bidder may substitute certain securities for funds withheld by City to ensure its performance under the contract. The Project will be funded in whole or in part by the following funding source in addition to City funds: Community Development Block Grant (“CDBG”). The successful Bidder will be required to comply with all requirements associated with CDGB funding in carrying out the Project, as further set forth in the Contract Documents. Pursuant to Labor Code Section 1773, City has obtained the prevailing rate of per diem wages and the prevailing wage rate for holiday and overtime work applicable in Orange County from the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations for each craft, classification, or type of worker needed to execute this contract. A copy of these prevailing wage rates may be obtained via the internet at: www.dir.ca.gov/dlsr/ In addition, a copy of the prevailing rate of per diem wages is available at the City’s Office of City Clerk and shall be made available to interested parties upon request. The successful bidder shall post a copy of the prevailing wage rates at each job site. It shall be mandatory upon the Bidder to whom the Contract is awarded, and upon any subcontractors, to comply with all Labor Code provisions, which include but are not limited to the payment of not less than the said specified prevailing wage rates to all workers employed by them in the execution of the Contract, employment of apprentices, hours of labor and debarment of contractors and subcontractors. Pursuant to Labor Code sections 1725.5 and 1771.1, all contractors and subcontractors that wish to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, or enter into a contract to perform public work must be registered with the Department of Industrial Relations. No Bid will be accepted nor any contract entered into without proof of the contractor’s and subcontractors’ current registration with the Department of Industrial Relations to perform public work. If awarded a contract, the Bidder and its subcontractors, of any tier, shall maintain active registration with the Department of Industrial Relations for the duration of the Project. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the contractor registration requirements mandated by Labor Code Sections 1725.5 and 1771.1 shall not apply to work performed on a public works project that is exempt pursuant to the small project exemption specified in Labor Code Sections 1725.5 and 1771.1. This Project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. In bidding on this Project, it shall be the Bidder’s sole responsibility to evaluate and include the cost of complying with all labor compliance requirements under this contract and applicable law in its Bid. Unless otherwise provided in the Instructions for Bidders, each Bidder shall be a licensed contractor pursuant to sections 7000 et seq. of the Business and Professions Code in the following classification(s) throughout the time it submits its Bid and for the duration of the contract: Class A. Substitution requests shall be made within 35 calendar days after the award of the contract. Pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 3400(b), the City may make findings designating that certain additional materials, methods or services by specific brand or trade name other than those listed in the Standard Specifications be used for the Project. Such findings, if any, as well as the materials, methods or services and their specific brand or trade names that must be used for the Project may be found in the Special Conditions. City shall award the contract for the Project to the lowest responsive, responsible Bidder as determined by the City from the BASE BID ALONE. City reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to waive any irregularities or informalities in any bids or in the bidding process. For further information, contact: Name: Paul Meshkin, P.E. Title: Senior Civil Engineer E-mail: PMeshkin@sanjuancapistrano.org Phone: (949) 443-6350 End of notice inviting bid. Capistrano Valley NewsPublished: 7/31, 8/14/25