Informal bids due electronically via SecureBids by November 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM for districtwide landscape bark and playground engineered wood fiber replenishment services. One-year as-needed contract with unit pricing. Requires California **** contractor license and DIR registration. Prevailing wages apply. Payment and performance bonds at 100% required. Best value evaluation with 100 points: cost (35), experience (25), equipment/staffing (20), installation methods (10), references (10). Bids may be submitted for one or both categories. No bid withdrawal for 60 days after opening. Bid protests due within 3 calendar days of notice of intent to award.
Bids must be received electronically through SecureBids by 2:00 p. m. on November 13, 2026. All bids shall be received electronically through securebids at www. ***. *. * received after the stated deadline will not be accepted.
Payment is based on actual cubic yards furnished, installed, and accepted at awarded unit prices. Payment shall be based on actual cubic yards furnished, installed, and accepted by the district, at the awarded unit prices.
Contractor warrants all work for 2 years from final acceptance. Contractor shall, at its sole cost and expense, repair, correct and/or replace any or all of the work. . . that may be unfit for use as specified or defective within a period of two (2) years from the date of the district's final acceptance of the work.
Best value evaluation considering price, qualifications, experience, service capacity, installation methodology, and past performance. The district intends to award the contracts resulting from this solicitation using a best-value evaluation process that considers price, qualifications, experience, service capacity, installation methodology, and past performance.
Bidders must possess California contractor license **** and be DIR registered. The district requires that each bidder must possess, at the time the contract is awarded, the following classifications of california state contractors license: c61 d64.
Liquidated damages of $1,000 per day for delayed substantial completion or punchlist completion. The contractor shall be liable to the district for liquidated damages. . . at the per diem rate of one thousand dollars ($1,****).
Bid protests must be received within 3 calendar days following issuance of notice of intent to award. Any bid protest must be in writing and received by the district's contract services risk management department before 4:00 p. m. no later than three (3) calendar days following the issuance of a notice of intent to award the bid.
Bids may be rejected for non-responsiveness if not DIR registered or lacking required license. A bid proposal submitted without bidders dir registration verification duly completed and executed and/or without setting forth the dir registration number for each subcontractor identified in the subcontractor list form shall result in rejection of the bid proposal for non responsiveness.