Tree Pruning Government Bids & RFPs

The contract will be awarded. . . to the responsible bidder that submitted the lowest responsive bid.

The successful bidder and its subcontractors must possess the california contractors licenses in the classifications required by law to perform the work.

if contractor fails to complete the work within the contract time, district will assess liquidated damages in the amount of 1, 500 per day for each day of unexcused delay in achieving final completion

A site walk will be held on sept 28, 2026 at 10: 15am:, at the following location: russian ridge open space main parking area at the northwest intersection of alpine road and skyline blvd hwy 35 to acquaint all prospective bidders with the project site. The site walk is mandatory.

any bid protest must be submitted in writing and received by district at **** el camino real, los altos, ca **** or sent via email at ***@***. *. * before 5: 00 p. m. no later than two working days following the bid opening bid protest deadline

A bidder who fails to attend a mandatory site walk may be disqualified from bidding.

The estimated construction cost is 470, 000, not including the additive bid alternate.

The proposal submittal due date is October 20, 2026, by 2:00 pm CDT. proposal submittal due date october 20, 2026, by 2:00 pm cdt

The contractor warrants that all services performed will be free from defects in workmanship and conform to the requirements of this contract for one year from the date of acceptance. the contractor warrants that all services performed under this contract will, at the time of acceptance, be free from defects in workmanship and conform to the requirements of this contract.

The contractor must provide a written safety plan prior to commencement of work under this contract. the contractor shall be required to submit a written safety plan to the attention of the colleges risk management and director of maintenance, prior to commencement of work under this contract.

If the contractor fails to reschedule service within 72 hours of inability to perform due to poor weather, the amount for the failure may be deducted from the contractor's fee. in the event that contractor is unable, for whatever reason, to maintain maintenance schedule i. e. poor weather conditions, etc. , and contractor does not reschedule the service, or inform the college of intent to make up the service within 72 hours, that amount for the failure to perform may be deducted from contractors fee.

Contractors are encouraged to tour campuses on their own to understand the scope of its geography and parking and access limitations. the contractor is encouraged to tour campuses on their own to understand the scope of its geography and parking and access limitations that impact the service providers ability to provide service in a timely and costeffective manner.

The deadline to receive written questions/inquiries is October 6, 2026, by 5:00 pm CDT. deadline to receive written questionsinquiries october 6, 2026, by 5:00 pm cdt

Failure to acquaint oneself with all available information concerning the work shall not relieve the contractor of responsibility for estimating properly the difficulties or cost. any failure of the contractor to acquaint himself or herself with all the available information concerning the above shall not relieve him or her of responsibility for estimating properly the difficulties or cost to successfully perform the work.

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The college director of maintenance or designee shall make quarterly inspections with the contractor at each site to review work performed. the college director of maintenance or the designee authorized representative shall make quarterly inspections with contractor at each site to review work performed.