REQUEST FOR BIDS FOR PARK AVENUE ES - FIRE ALARM UPGRADES PROJECT#2023-24-003 PESD

Perris Elementary School District, acting by and through its Governing Board, hereinafter referred to as “District”, will receive prior to 2:00PM PST on the 16th day of April, 2024 sealed bids for the award of a Contract for the following: BID NO. 2024-23-003 Park Avenue ES - Fire Alarm Upgrades Project All bids shall be made and presented only on the forms presented by the District. Bids shall be received at the District Board Room located at 143 East First Street, Perris, CA 92570 and shall be opened and publicly read aloud at the above state time and place. Any bids received after the time specified above or after any extensions due to material changes shall be returned unopened. The Contract Time is 90 calendar days from the date of the Notice to Proceed. CONTRACTOR should consult the General Conditions, Supplementary General Conditions, and General Requirements regarding milestones and liquidated damages. Prequalification of Bidders As a condition of submitting a bid for this

Project, and in accordance with California Public Contract Code section 20111.6, prospective prime bidders, which hold any of the following licenses listed below are required to submit to the District a completed set of prequalification documents on forms provided by the District. These documents will be the basis for determining which bidders are qualified to bid on this Project. Prime bidders that hold any of the following licenses must be prequalified: A, B, C-4, C-7, C-10, C-16, C-20, C-34, C-36, C-38, C-42, C-43 or C-46. Bids will not be accepted if a Contractor has not been prequalified where prequalification is required. Prequalification documents are available from the Perris Elementary School District Website at https://pqbids.com/perris-elementary-school-district/, and at 143 East First Street, Perris, CA 92570. Prequalification documents must be submitted by the 1st of April, 2024. Contractors will be notified by telephone, fax or by mail of their prequalification rating within a reasonable period of time after submission of their prequalification documents, but not less than five business days prior to the bid opening date. If this Project includes work that will be performed by mechanical, electrical or plumbing (“MEP”) subcontractors (contractors that hold C-4, C-7, C-10, C-16, C-20, C-34, C-36, C-38, C-42, C-43 or C-46 licenses), such MEP subcontractors must also be prequalified. A list of prequalified MEP subcontractors will be made available by the District to all bidders at least five business days prior to the bid opening date. It is the responsibility of the bidder to ensure that all MEP subcontractors holding any of the licenses listed above are properly prequalified before submitting a bid. This prequalification requirement applies even if the subcontractor will perform, or is designated to perform, work that does not require one of the licenses listed above, but the subcontractor holds one of the licenses listed above. Miscellaneous Information Bids shall be received in the place identified above and shall be opened and publicly read aloud at the above-stated time and place. YEA Fire Alarm Upgrades Project Notice Inviting Bids Perris Elementary School District Page 6 The bid documents are available at https://www.perrisesd.org/Page/719. There will be a Mandatory Pre-Bid Conference on March 14, 2024, at 445 Park Ave., Perris, CA 92570 at 10:00 AM PST [Park Avenue Elementary School – Staff Parking Lot]. Any Contractor bidding on the Project who fails to attend the entire mandatory job walk and conference will be deemed a non-responsive bidder and will have its bid returned unopened. Each bidder shall be a licensed contractor pursuant to the California Business and Professions Code and be licensed to perform the work called for in the Contract Documents. The successful bidder must possess a valid and active Class B California State Contractor’s License at the time of bid and