Muir and Winchell Elementary Schools and Sequoia Middle School HVAC/EMS Replacement

JOIN BELOW FOR BID OPENING: Microsoft Teams meeting Join on your computer, mobile app or room device Click here to join the meeting Meeting ID: 276 867 596 270 Passcode: vikAPR Download Teams | Join on the webOr call in (audio only) +1 559-512-2623,,296401281# United States, Fresno FRESNO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTNOTICE TO BIDDERS NOTICE INVITING BIDS PURSUANT TO PUBLIC CONTRACT CODE 22000, ET SEQ.(THE UNIFORM PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION COST ACCOUNTING ACT) Notice is hereby given that the Fresno Unified School DISTRICT (“DISTRICT”) will receive sealed bids for Bid No. 23-54, Muir and Winchell Elementary Schools and Sequoia Middle School HVAC/EMS Replacement, to replace HVAC equipment, EMS, and roofing. This is an ESSER funded project to improve indoor air quality . DISTRICT hereby notifies all bidders that they will affirmatively ensure that in any Contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disabled veteran business enterprises (DVBE) will be afforded full opportunity to submit

proposals in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, creed, sex or national origin in consideration for award. The DVBE goal for the project is as follows: three percent (3%) of the dollar amount of the Contract. Notice is hereby given pursuant to the provisions of Section 1770 et seq of the California Labor Code, each worker of the contractor and any of its subcontractors engaged in work on the Project shall be paid not less than the prevailing wage rate. The project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). Pursuant to Labor Code Section 1725.5, the DIR established a Contractor Registration Program, in which no contractor or subcontractor shall bid on, be listed in a bid, or engage in the performance of any public work contract without being registered. Prime Contractor must have a valid Class “B” or “C-20” Contractor’s License. A MANDATORY pre-bid conference has been scheduled at 1:00 PM, March 24, 2023 10:00 AM, March 22, 2023 in front of the Administration Office at Muir Elementary School, 410 E. Dennett Ave, Fresno, CA 93728, for Section B. A Mandatory pre-bid conference will be held at 2:30 PM, March 24, 2023 11:30 AM, March 22, 2023, in front of the Administration Office at Winchell Elementary School, 3722 E. Lowe Ave, Fresno, CA 93702 and immediately after at the Administration Office at Sequoia Middle School, 4050 E. Hamilton Ave, Fresno, CA 93702, for Section A. Contractors bidding as a Prime Contractor for the project must attend in order for their bid to be “responsive”. Immediately following the pre-bid conference will be a mandatory job-walk of the site(s). School sites are using the Raptor visitor management system that requires all visitors to show either a government-issued identification card or driver’s license to receive a badge and enter the campus. Bidders may arrive earlier than the scheduled time to obtain their badge. This Project is subject to prequalification, pursuant to Public Contract Code 20111.6. Contractors submitting bids to perform as both Prime Contractor/General Contractor or Electrical, Mechanical, and Plumbing Subcontractor must be prequalified prior to bidding on the project. Prime Contractors must list prequalified mechanical, electrical and plumbing subcontractors or in order for their bid to be “responsive”. Electrical, Mechanical, and Plumbing subcontractors are contractors holding either: C-4, C-7, C-10, C-16, C-20, C-34, C-36, C-38, C-42, C-43, and C-46 contractor’s license. Prequalified Prime Contractor may self-perform electrical, plumbing, mechanical work if prequalified under applicable licenses. Prequalification applications are to be submitted through Quality Bidders at https://www.qualitybidders.com/ no later than 11:59 PM, March 29, 2023. Prequalification status is valid for one (1) calendar year for any subsequent projects requiring prequalification. Sealed Bids and the DVBE Declaration must be received prior to 2:01 PM on April 19, 2023 on Procureware, the DISTRICT’s online bidding portal, after which time the bids will be opened and bid results posted. Bids shall be accompanied by a certified check, cashier’s check, or a bidder’s bond in an amount not less than ten percent (10%) of total bids made payable to Fresno Unified. The substitution of appropriate securities in lieu of retention amounts from progress payments in accordance with Public Contract Code Section 22300 is permitted. The Bid documents are on file at Fresno and Tulare Builders Exchanges; and Fresno Reprographics. Pursuant to Public Contract Code 3400(c)(2), Fresno Unified School DISTRICT finds that it is in the best interest of the DISTRICT to standardize the products, equipment, and materials listed in Exhibit A-1 and Exhibit A-2 in order to match other products/equipment in use on a particular work of improvement either completed or in the course of completion. Where a specific brand, trade name, material, or product identified in the bid documents is also listed in Exhibit A-1 or Exhibit A-2, it shall be deemed to be followed by the words “No Substitutions,” and CONTRACTOR shall not make or request substitutions regarding any such product, equipment or material. Exhibit A-1 and Exhibit A-2 may be obtained from DISTRICT Purchasing Department web page under public works CUPCCAA menu: https://purchasing.fresnounified.org/cupccaa/.Copies of the bid documents may be downloaded at no charge: https://fresnousdpurchasing.procureware.com/home Refer questions to Panhia Moua (559) 457-6042. Published: March 15, 2023 Number 23-54 Title Muir and Winchell Elementary Schools and Sequoia Middle School HVAC/EMS Replacement Available Date 3/15/2023 10:00 AM Clarification Deadline 4/5/2023 5:00 PM Due Date 4/19/2023 2:01 PM Contact Information Please use the Clarification tab to submit Bid questions. Otherwise please call 559-457-6042 for Technical Support. Bid Type Formal Bid