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NOTICE TO BIDDERS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT sealed bids will be received in the office of the Tuolumne County Community Resources Agency at the A.N. Francisco Building, Fourth Floor, 48 W. Yaney, (mail: 2 South Green Street) Sonora, California until 2:00 p.m. on June 7, 2012 (“Bid Date”) after which said bids will be publicly opened and read in the Third Floor Conference Room at 48 West Yaney, in accordance with the contract documents referred to as: Jamestown Landfill Storm Damage Repair Any bid received after the time and date listed above will be returned unopened. Bids are required for the entire work described in accordance with the provisions of the contract documents on the proposal forms furnished therein, and in accordance with these Special Provisions and with the Standard Specifications and Standard Plans published by the State of California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), dated May 2006. DESCRIPTION OF WORK: The work to be done consists, in general, of providing all material, labor, and equipment necessary to construct reinforced shotcrete facing anchored to soil nails. Work shall include, but not limited to: Mobilization, developing site acess, removing and replacing existing pipe, clearing and grubbing, slope facing, geocomposite drains behind shotcrete facing and in trenches, shotcrete drainage inlet, and plastic pipe downdrain. PRE-BID INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS: A mandatory pre-bid meeting will be scheduled on Friday June 1, 2012 from 2:00pm-3:00pm at the Jamestown Landfill, Campo Seco Terrace, Jamestown, California. Bidders shall address any questions in writing to the County. The County will circulate the questions, along with written responses, to the bidders list by email. Except for questions that might render the award of this contract invalid, the County will not respond to any questions submitted five (5) days prior to the Bid Date. Any oral responses to questions are not binding on the County. Any communications relative to this project should be directed in writing to: Tanya Allen, P.E., Senior Civil Engineer Community Resources Agency 2 South Green Street Sonora, CA 95370 CONTRACT DOCUMENTS: Plans, specifications, proposal forms, and reduced plans for bidding this project may be examined or obtained at the Community Resources Agency, located at 48 West Yaney Street (mail to: 2 S. Green St.), Sonora, California 95370 (209-533-5601). A non-refundable charge of $25.00 will be made for each set of specifications and half size set. A non-refundable $30.00 charge will be made for each set of full size plans. COMPLETION OF WORK: The Bidder is referred to Section 8 of the Special Provisions which allows 30 working days for completion of the work. Liquidated damages of $950 per calendar day will be assessed for each day of delay in completion of the work. QUANTITY OF WORK: The quantities shown in the proposal forms are approximate only and given as a basis for the comparison of bids. The County of Tuolumne does not expressly or by implication assert that the actual amount of work will correspond herewith and reserves the right to increase or decrease the amount of any portion of the work or to omit portions of the work as may be deemed necessary. BID SECURITY: All bids shall be accompanied by cash or a certified or cashiers check payable to the order of the County of Tuolumne amounting to ten percent (10%) of the bid or a bond in said amount payable to the County as liquidated damages. Said amount shall be retained by, or said bond shall become payable to, the County if the bidder depositing same does not, within ten (10) working days after written notice that the contract has been awarded to him, enter into a contract with the County. BONDS: The successful bidder shall furnish a payment bond and a performance bond, each in the amount of one hundred (100) percent of the contract price, and a maintenance warranty bond in an amount equal to twenty five (25) percent of the contract price. ADDENDUMS TO BID DOCUMENTS: The Engineer may issue addendums to the project plans and specifications as he deems necessary to modify the project documents prior to opening of bids. Addendums will be in writing and may modify the content of the project documents as well as the date that bids are accepted by the County. LOCAL VENDORS: The County encourages bidders to consider using local vendors when putting together their proposals. Be advised that the inclusion or exclusion of local vendors will not be taken into consideration when the County reviews the submitted bid proposals. CONTRACTOR LICENSE REQUIRED: The successful bidder, before contract award, shall possess a current Class A Engineering Contractor license issued by the State of California Licensing Board. Failure of the bidder to obtain the required license before award of the contract shall constitute a failure to execute the contract and shall result in the forfeiture of the security of the bidder. WAGE RATES: Pursuant to Section 1773 of the Labor Code, the general prevailing wage rates in the County in which the work is to be done have been determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations. These wages are set forth in the General Prevailing Wage Rates for this project, available at the County of Tuolumne Community Resources Agency and available from the California Department of Industrial Relations Internet web site at http://www.dir.ca.gov. BUY AMERICA REQUIREMENT: This project is subject to the Buy America provisions of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 as amended by the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991. PAYMENT RETENTION: Upon the Contractors request, the County will make payment of funds withheld from progress payments, pursuant to the requirements of Public Contracts Code section 22300 if, the Contractor deposits, in escrow with the County Treasurer or with a bank acceptable to the County, securities eligible for the investment of State of California funds under Government Code section 16430 or bank or savings and loan certificates of deposit in accordance with the conditions of the Special Provisions. AWARD OF CONTRACT: The award of the contract, if it is to be awarded, will be to the lowest responsible bidder whose proposal complies with all the requirements prescribed. Such award, if made, will be made within sixty (60) days after the opening of the proposals. The award of the contract will be subject to the availability of funds. The County of Tuolumne reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any irregularities in the bidding. Alicia Jamar Chief Deputy Clerk of the Board of Supervisors Dated: May 15, 2012 Publication Dates: May 18 & June 1, 2012. The Union Democrat, Sonora, CA 95370

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Drawing heavily on the rich aeronautical archives of the Library of Congress, including personal correspondence, “Locomotive to Aeromotive: Octave Chanute and the Transportation Revolution” is the first detailed examination of French-born and self-trained civil engineer Octave Chanute’s life and his immeasurable contributions to engineering and transportation, from the ground-transportation revolution of the mid-19th century to the early days of aviation.

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