HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-175 - Resolutions RESOLUTION NO. 08-175
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO CUCAMONGA APPROVING PLANS AND
SPECIFICATIONS FOR "CITYWIDE TREE MAINTENANCE"
AND AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO
ADVERTISE TO RECEIVE BIDS
WHEREAS, it is the intention of the City of Rancho Cucamonga City Council to
construct certain improvements in the City of Rancho Cucamonga
WHEREAS, the City of Rancho Cucamonga City Council has prepared
specifications for the maintenance of certain improvements
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the specifications presented by the
City of Rancho Cucamonga City Council be and are hereby approved as the specifications for
the "CITYWIDE TREE MAINTENANCE".
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk is hereby authorized and
directed to advertise as required by law for the receipt of sealed bids or proposals for doing the
work specified in the aforesaid specifications, which said advertisement shall be substantially in
the following words and figures, to wit
"NOTICE INVITING SEALED BIDS OR PROPOSALS"
Pursuant to a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, San Bernardino
County, California, directing this notice, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that said City of Rancho
Cucamonga City Council will receive at the OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK IN THE OFFICES
OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, ON OR BEFORE THE HOUR OF 2.00 P.M. ON
September 23, 2008 sealed bids or proposals for "CITYWIDE TREE MAINTENANCE" in said
City
Bids will be publicly opened and read in the office of the City Clerk, 10500 Civic Center Drive,
Rancho Cucamonga, California, 91730
A Pre-Bid Job meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, September 10, 2008, at 9 00 a m at the
City of Rancho Cucamonga Public Works Services Center, 9153 Ninth Street, Rancho
Cucamonga, California, 91730, where bidders may present questions regarding the Bid
Documents Plans, Proposals, Specifications THIS MEETING IS MANDATORY Verification
of attendance at the Pre-Bid Job meeting will be documented by signing in at the meeting Any
bidder not documented as being present at the Pre-Bid Job Walk will be excluded from
the bid process.
Bids must be made on a form provided for the purpose, addressed to the City of Rancho
Cucamonga City Council, California, marked, "BID FOR CITYWIDE TREE MAINTENANCE."
Resolution No 08-175
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PREVAILING WAGE: Notice is hereby given that in accordance with the provisions of California
Labor Code, Division 2, Part 7, Chapter 1, Articles 1 and 2, the Contractor is required to pay not
less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for work of a similar character in the
locality in which the public work is performed, and not less than the general prevailing rate of
per diem wages for holiday and overtime work In that regard, the Director of the Department of
Industrial Relations of the State of California is required to and has determined such general
prevailing rates of per diem wages Copies of such prevailing rates of per diem wages are on
file in the Office of the City Clerk of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, 10500 Civic Center Drive,
Rancho Cucamonga, California, and are available to any interested party on request The
Contracting Agency also shall cause a copy of such determinations to be posted at the fob site
Pursuant to provisions of Labor Code Section 1775, the Contractor shall forfeit, as penalty to the
City of Rancho Cucamonga, not more than twenty-five dollars ($25 00) for each laborer,
workman, or mechanic employed for each calendar day or portion thereof, if such laborer,
workman or mechanic is paid less than the general prevailing rate of wages hereinbefore
stipulated for any work done under the attached contract, by him or by any subcontractor under
him, in violation of the provision of said Labor Code
Attention is directed to the provisions in Sections 1777 5 and 1777 6 of the Labor Code
concerning the employment of apprentices by the Contractor or any subcontractor under him
Section 1777 5, as amended, requires the Contractor or subcontractor employing tradesmen in
any apprenticable occupation to apply to the joint apprenticeship committee nearest the site of
the public works protect and which administers the apprenticeship program in that trade for a
certificate of approval The certificate will also fix the ratio of apprentices to journeymen that will
be used in the performance of the contract The ratio of apprentices to journeymen in such
cases shall not be less than one to five except
1 When unemployment in the area of coverage by the joint apprenticeship committee has
exceeded an average of 15 percent in the 90 days prior to the request of certificate, or
2 When the number of apprentices in training in the area exceeds a ratio of one to five, or
3 When the trade can show that it is replacing at least 1/30 of its membership through
apprenticeship training on an annual basis statewide or locally, or
4 When the Contractor provides evidence that he employs registered apprentices on all of
his contracts on an annual average of not less than one apprentice to eight journeymen
The Contractor is required to make contributions to funds established for the administration of
apprenticeship programs if he employs registered apprentices or journeymen in any
apprenticable trade on such contracts and if other Contractors on the public works site are
making such contributions
The Contractor and subcontractor under him shall comply with the requirements of Sections
1777 5 and 1777 6 in the employment of apprentices
Information relative to apprenticeship standards, wage schedules, and other requirements may
be obtained from the Director of Industrial Relations, ex-officio the Administrator of
Apprenticeship, San Francisco, California, or from the Division of Apprenticeship Standards and
its branch offices
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Eight (8) hours of labor shall constitute a legal day's work for all workmen employed in the
execution of this contract and the Contractor and any subcontractor under him shall comply with
and be governed by the laws of the State of California having to do with working hours as set
forth in Division 2, Part 7, Chapter 1, Article 3 of the Labor Code of the State of California as
amended
The Contractor shall forfeit, as a penalty to the City of Rancho Cucamonga, twenty-five dollars
($25 00) for each laborer, workman, or mechanic employed in the execution of the contract, by
him or any subcontractor under him, upon any of the work hereinbefore mentioned, for each
calendar day during which said laborer, workman, or mechanic is required or permitted to labor
more than eight (8) hours in violation of said Labor Code
Contractor agrees to pay travel and subsistence pay to each workman needed to execute the
work required by this contract as such travel and subsistence payments are defined in the
applicable collective bargaining agreement filed in accordance with Labor Code Section
177738
The bidder must submit with his proposal, cash, cashier's check, certified check, or bidder's
bond, payable to the City of Rancho Cucamonga for an amount equal to at least ten percent
(10%) of the amount of said bid as a guarantee that the bidder will enter into the proposed
contract if the same is awarded to him, and in event of failure to enter into such contract said
cash, cashier's check, certified check, or bond shall become the property of the City of Rancho
Cucamonga
If the City of Rancho Cucamonga City Council awards the contract to the next lowest bidder, the
amount of the lowest bidder's security shall be applied by the City of Rancho Cucamonga to the
difference between the low bid and the second lowest bid, and the surplus, if any shall be
returned to the lowest bidder
The amount of the bond to be given to secure a faithful performance of the contract for said
work shall be one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price thereof, and an additional bond
in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price for said work shall be
given to secure the payment of claims for any materials or supplies furnished for the
performance of the work contracted to be done by the Contractor, or any work or labor of any
kind done thereon, and the Contractor will also be required to furnish a certificate that he carries
compensation insurance covering his employees upon work to be done under contract which
may be entered into between him and the said City of Rancho Cucamonga for the construction
of said work
No proposal will be considered from a Contractor to whom a proposal form has not been issued
by the City of Rancho Cucamonga
Contractor shall possess any and all contractors licenses, in form and class as required by any
and all applicable laws with respect to any and all of the work to be performed under this
contract, including but not limited to a "C27" (Landscaping) or "D49" (Tree Service) In
accordance with the provisions of the Contractor's License Law (California Business and
Professions Code, Section 7000 et seq ) and rules and regulation adopted pursuant thereto
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The Contractor, pursuant to the California Business and Professions Code, Section 7028 15,
shall indicate his or her State License Number on the bid, together with the expiration date, and
be signed by the Contractor declaring, under penalty of perjury, that the information being
provided is true and correct The work is to be done in accordance with the profiles, plans, and
specifications of the City of Rancho Cucamonga City Council on file in the Office of the City
Clerk at 10500 Civic Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga, California Copies of the plans and
specifications, available at the office of the City Engineer, will be furnished upon application to
the City of Rancho Cucamonga and payment of $35 00 (THIRTY-FIVE DOLLARS), said $35 00
(THIRTY-FIVE DOLLARS) is non-refundable
Upon written request by the bidder, copies of the plans and specifications will be mailed when
said request is accompanied by payment stipulated above, together with an additional non-
reimbursable payment of $15 00 (FIFTEEN DOLLARS) to cover the cost of mailing charges and
overhead
The successful bidder will be required to enter into a contract satisfactory to the City of Rancho
Cucamonga
In accordance with the requirements of Section 9-3 2 of the General Provisions, as set forth in
the Plans and Specifications regarding the work contracted to be done by the Contractor, the
Contractor may, upon the Contractor's request and at the Contractor's sole cost and expense,
substitute authorized securities in lieu of monies withheld (performance retention)
The City of Rancho Cucamonga, California, reserves the right to reject any and all bids
Questions regarding this Notice Inviting Bids for CITYWIDE TREE MAINTENANCE may
be directed to,
Jeff Barnes/Anthony Albano, Parks and Landscape Maintenance Superintendent/Tree
Maintenance Coordinator
9153 Ninth Street
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730
(909) 477-2730, ext. 4137 or 4115
(909) 477-2731, fax
By order of the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California
Dated this 20th day of August 2008
ADVERTISE ON August 26, 2008 and September 2, 2008
Please see the fo#omng page
for formal adoption,certification and signatures
Resolution No 08-175
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 20th day of August 2008
AYES: Gutierrez, Kurth, Michael, Spagnolo, Williams
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAINED: None
Donald J Kuih,-VFD , Mayor
ATTEST:
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Kat ryn L iScott, CMC, Acting City Clerk
I, KATHRYN L. SCOTT, ACTING CITY CLERK of the City of Rancho
Cucamonga, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly passed,
approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California, at a
Regular Meeting of said City Council held on the 20th day of August 2008
Executed this 21 st day of August 2008, at Rancho Cucamonga, California
.
Kathryn L Scott, CIVIC, Acting City Clerk