SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
GENERAL INFORMATION
The SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT, Oakland, California, is advertising for Bids for Traction Power Substation Replacement ASL Installation, Contract No. 15EK-140, on or about March 22, 2018, with sealed Bids to be received until the hour of 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 8, 2018, by hand delivery or special delivery, at the District Secretary's Office, 23rd Floor, 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, California 94612.
REQUIRED REGISTRATION ON THE BART PROCUREMENT PORTAL
Prospective Bidders or Interested Parties (including prospective Subcontractors of any tier) who are not currently registered on the BART Procurement Portal to do business with BART are required to register on the BART Procurement Portal on line at https://suppliers.bart.gov in order to download the Contract Documents (including Contract Drawings and Contract Specifications), updates, and any Addenda issued on line and be added to the On-Line Planholders List for this solicitation.
If a Prospective Bidder is a joint venture or a partnership, such entity must register on the BART Procurement Portal with the entity's Tax Identification Number (TIN) and download the Contract Documents so as to be listed as an On-Line Planholder under the entity's name prior to submitting its Bid, in order for the entity to be eligible for award of this Contract.
Prospective Bidders or Interested Parties may also purchase printed copies of the Contract Documents from the District Secretary's Office by downloading the Contract Documents' Order Form from the BART Procurement Portal website and submitting the completed Contract Documents' Order Form to the District Secretary's Office. Prospective Bidders or Interested Parties must be registered on the BART Procurement Portal to do business with BART in order to be able to download the Contract Documents' Order Form. Downloading the Contract Documents' Order Form will automatically make a Prospective Bidder or Interested Party an On-Line Planholder. In order to be an On-Line Planholder and be eligible for award of this Contract, a Prospective Bidder must either: i) download the Contract Documents for this solicitation from the BART Procurement Portal or ii) download the Contract Documents' Order Form with which to purchase the Contract Documents directly from the District Secretary's Office.
BIDDERS WHO HAVE NOT REGISTERED ON THE BART PROCUREMENT PORTAL PRIOR TO SUBMITTING A BID AND DID NOT OBTAIN THE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS FOR THIS SOLICITATION EITHER ON LINE OR DIRECTLY THROUGH THE DISTRICT SECRETARY'S OFFICE IN ORDER TO BE LISTED AS AN ON-LINE PLANHOLDER FOR THIS SOLICITATION, WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR AWARD OF THIS CONTRACT.
BIDDERS MAY OBTAIN INFORMATION ON THE STATUS OF THE AWARD OF THIS CONTRACT BY CHECKING THE BART WEBSITE: http://www.bart.gov/about/bod/meetings.aspx FOR CONTRACTS SCHEDULED TO BE PRESENTED BY STAFF TO THE BART BOARD FOR AWARD CONSIDERATION.
DESCRIPTION OF WORK TO BE PERFORMED
The time for receipt of Bids may be extended by the District's General Manager, or authorized representative, from the above-stated Bid Opening date. Notice of such extension will be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the District, which publication will be at least ten (10) Days before Bids are formally received and opened.
The Work, in general, includes furnishing all equipment, tools, required materials, labor, management, coordination, professional services, and any other services required to install and test TPSS equipment and to provide AC Switchgear, AC equipment house, Isolation Switch and other associated ancillary items as indicated in the Contract Drawings and Contract Specifications. The work is for Replacement of BART traction power substation ASL (TPSS ASL) near San Leandro Station on San Leandro Street, in the City of San Leandro. This Work shall include installation of equipment at four (4) locations, all as outlined in Contract Drawings and Contract Specifications. The major TPSS equipment will be procured and delivered under a separate Procurement Contract No. 15EK-210, awarded to Powell Electrical Systems, Inc. (Powell). The work of this Contract includes coordination with Contract No. 15EK-210, Procurement of Traction Power Substations Phase 1. The Contractor shall complete all Work indicated, specified and directed to be performed under this Contract within four hundred and ten (410) Days after the effective date of the Notice to Proceed.
Bidder License Requirement: Classification C-10 – California Electrical License and an A – General Engineering Contractor or B – General Building Contractor License, and be in good standing with the Contractors' State License Board. Estimated Value of the Contract is $3,700,000 to $3,900,000.
PRE-BID MEETING AND SITE TOUR
A pre-Bid meeting and site tour will be held on Wednesday, April 4, 2018. The pre-Bid meeting and site tour will convene at 10 a.m. at the District's Offices, at Conference Room 1600, 16th Floor at 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, California. At the pre-Bid meeting the District's Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program policy will be explained. A conducted inspection tour of the Jobsites will immediately follow the pre-Bid meeting. Interested prospective Bidders are requested to confirm their intention to attend by notifying the District's Contract Administrator, Leo Berry-Lawhorn, at telephone (510) 464-7546 or email, LberryL@bart.gov prior to the date of the scheduled pre-Bid meeting and site tour.
The DBE participation goal for this Contract shall be thirteen percent (13%) of the total Bid Price, excluding Allowances and Options.
WHERE TO OBTAIN OR SEE BID DOCUMENTS
(Available on or after March 22, 2018)
Bid Documents must be obtained through the BART Procurement Portal as described above. However, prospective Bidders or Interested Parties that elect to purchase printed copies of the Contract Documents, must first download the Contract Documents' Order Form from the BART Procurement Portal website and then submit the completed Contract Documents' Order Form to the District Secretary's Office, San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, 23rd Floor, 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, California 94612. Such printed copies of the Contract Documents shall be purchased with either cash, check, or postal money order drawn in favor of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District in the following amount, which includes any applicable sales tax, and is not refundable:
Contract Book and Contract Drawings (Includes forms for submittal of Bids) $125.00
Full Size Drawings, per sheet $ 2.50
BART Facilities Standards, Standard Specifications, Release R3.1, dated January 2017 (BFS):
BFS Compact Disc (CD) $ 20.00
Copies of BART Facilities Standards, Standard Specifications, Release R3.1, dated January 2017 may be purchased as described above or may be downloaded from the District website: www.bart.gov/about/business/specifications.
Copies of current edition of the Standard Specifications of the Department of Transportation, State of California can be purchased at the Caltrans Office, located at 1900 Royal Oaks Drive, Sacramento, California, telephone (916) 654-2852 or by written request to: Department of Transportation, Publication Unit, 1900 Royal Oaks Drive, Sacramento, CA 95815 or by visiting the following website, www.dot.ca.gov .
Bidders are informed that all of these documents will be required in the preparation of Bids. Each Bid shall be on a prescribed Bid Form and shall be for the entire Contract including all Bid Items.
Bid Documents may be examined at certain public and private plan rooms. Bid Documents may also be examined free of charge at the District's Offices on or after March 22, 2018. The location of these plan rooms and the District's Offices may be obtained by calling the District's Contract Administrator at the telephone number set forth above.
Dated at Oakland, California this 21st day of March 2018.
/S/ Patricia K. Williams
Patricia K. Williams, Interim
District Secretary
San Francisco Bay Area
Rapid Transit District
3/26/18
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