CITY OF LAGUNA HILLSNOTICE INVITING SEALED BIDS FORON-CALL GENERAL MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND SPECIALTY TRADE SERVICES NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received by the City of Laguna Hills, as AGENCY, for furnishing all materials, equipment, tools, labor, and incidentals as required for the above stated Project in strict accordance with this Notice Inviting Bids, Specifications and Maintenance Services Agreement on file in the City Clerk’s Department of the City of Laguna Hills. Bids will be received by the City Clerk at the City of Laguna Hills until 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, at which time and place the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Bids shall be submitted in sealed envelopes marked on the outside, “SEALED BID FOR ON-CALL GENERAL MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND SPECIALTY TRADE SERVICES – DO NOT OPEN WITH REGULAR MAIL.” DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK: The City seeks to retain the services of qualified and experienced contractors capable of performing on-call general maintenance, repair, and specialty trade services, including, but not limited to, general facility and park maintenance, carpentry, plumbing, HVAC, roofing, flooring, doors, windows and hardware, concrete, asphalt, painting, graffiti removal, playground inspections and repairs, electrical, masonry and stucco, and elevator maintenance and repair services, on an as-needed, Task Order basis (the “Project”). All work shall be performed only upon issuance of a Task Order by the City. AWARD OF CONTRACT: The City intends to pre-qualify and approve multiple contractors per service category, and no single contractor is guaranteed any minimum amount of work under the resulting Agreement. The Agency reserves the right, after opening bids, to reject any or all bids and will procure the services for the Project consistent with the City’s procurement regulations, procedures, and best qualified vendor selection criteria set forth in Sections 3-08.090 and 3-08.100 of the Laguna Hills Municipal Code (LHMC), respectively, as determined solely by the City; to waive any informality in the bidding; to accept any bid or portion thereof; and to take all bids under advisement for a period of ninety (90) days. To facilitate the City’s determination of the Best Qualified Vendor, Bidder shall provide up to ten pages of additional information about their unique qualifications meeting the City’s needs for this Project as a part of the submission of their Bid Proposal. The City may, at its discretion, after the opening of the bids, schedule interviews of the lowest Bidders as a part of its determination of the Best Qualified Vendor. Bidders shall be notified of a schedule of interviews and shall participate upon an invitation issued by the City. CONTRACTOR’S LICENSE CLASSIFICATION: At the time of award of the proposed Maintenance Services Agreement, the Contractor shall possess State of California Contractor’s License(s) as appropriate for the performance of the work herein described. The City requires either the State Compensation Insurance Fund or a carrier rated B+ or above for Workers’ Compensation Insurance. WAGE RATE REQUIREMENTS: The selected Contractor(s) shall enter into the City's Maintenance Services Agreement, which includes the following provision regarding Prevailing Wages: “Contractor is required to know and comply with the requirements of California Labor Code Section 1720, et seq., and 1770, et seq., as well as California Code of Regulations, Title 8, Section 16000, et seq., (“Prevailing Wage Laws”), which requirethe payment of prevailing wage rates and the performance of other requirements on “public works” and “maintenance” projects. Contractor agrees to fully comply with all applicable federal and state labor laws (including, without limitation, if applicable, the Prevailing Wage Laws). It is agreed by the Parties that, in connection with the Work or Services provided pursuant to this Agreement, Contractor shall bear all risks of payment or non-payment of prevailing wages under California law, and Contractor hereby agrees to defend, indemnify, and hold the City, its officials, officers, employees, agents and volunteers, free and harmless from any claim or liability arising out of any failure or alleged failure to comply with the Prevailing Wage Laws. The foregoing indemnity shall survive termination of this Agreement.” Except for any work or services that are considered to be cleaning, custodial, and janitorial in nature, the City has determined that the work or services contemplated herein are Public Works as defined in the State of California Labor Code, therefore such work or services shall be subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). The prevailing wages applicable to this procurement are available on the DIR web page at www.dir.ca.gov. It is the Bidders’ sole responsibility to incorporate the cost of complying with all prevailing wage and labor compliance requirements and all applicable laws for this Project. The successful Bidder and its subcontractors of any tier, if any, shall maintain active registration with DIR, as appropriate, for the duration of this Project. Additional Prevailing Wage requirements are set forth in more detail as terms and conditions in the attached (see Appendix I) Sample Draft Citywide Landscape Maintenance Services Agreement, which is subject to change upon final. OBTAINING OR INSPECTING CONTRACT DOCUMENTS: Contract Documents may be inspected without charge at the Public Works Department, City Hall, 24035 El Toro Road, Laguna Hills, California 92653. Contract Documents are available in portable document form (PDF) on the City’s website https://lagunahillsca.gov/bids.aspx. It is the contractor’s responsibility to ensure they are on the City’s Plan Holder’s List and they obtain any addendums or clarifications that are issued by the City on the City’s website prior to submitting a bid. For any questions regarding acquisition of Contract Documents, contact Matt Durham at mdurham@lagunahillsca.gov.Dated this 27th day of May 2026. Karen Hamman, Interim City ClerkCity of Laguna HillsSaddleback Valley NewsPublished: 6/4, 6/11/26