SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
GENERAL INFORMATION
BERKELEY HILLS TUNNELS
LINING SURFACE TREATMENT
CONTRACT NO. 15TC-260
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed Bids will be received until the hour of 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 15, 2018 by hand delivery or special delivery, at the District Secretary's Office, 23rd Floor, 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, California 94612 for Berkeley Hills Tunnels Lining Surface Treatment Contract No. 15TC-260. Such Bids will be opened publicly and announced at the said hour and date in the 23rd Floor Conference Room No. 2382T, Kaiser Center Building, 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, California. Bids will thereafter be accepted or rejected by the District. The Bidders are responsible to ensure their Bids are received at the time and location specified.
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.
Bidders should note that this Contract is subject to the District's Small Business Program that includes a preference of 5% of the Bid Price of the lowest responsible Bidder, up to a maximum of $250,000, for a certified Small Business Prime Contractor submitting a Bid on this Contract. Bidder's attention is directed to the Instructions to Bidders Paragraphs 7.H and 14.B.1 and Supplementary Conditions Article SC7.4, which set forth the District's Small Business Program requirements. Inquiries regarding the District's Small Business Program shall be directed to the District's Office of Civil Rights, 300 Lakeside Drive, 16th Floor, Oakland, CA 94612, Telephone at (510) 464-6100, or to BART's Website at: www.bart.gov/ocr .
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.govin 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/aboutbod/meetings.aspx FOR CONTRACTS SCHEDULED TO BE PRESENTED BY STAFF TO THE BART BOARD FOR AWARD CONSIDERATION.
The Work includes:
Installation of an anchored wire mesh panel system intended to reduce hazards to moving trains from fractured and potentially loose concrete in the reinforced concrete lining of the Berkeley Hills Tunnels at the locations where the main Hayward Fault trace crosses each Tunnel.
The estimated value of this Contract is $ 1,100,00.00 to $ 1,300,000.00.
A pre-Bid meeting will be held on Thursday, April 12, 2018. The pre-Bid meeting will convene at 10:00 am at the District's offices, in Conference room 1600, 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, California. At the pre-Bid meeting the District's Non-Discrimination Program for Subcontracting and the District's Small Business Program will be explained. A conducted inspection tour of the Jobsite(s) site tour will be held on Saturday, April 14, 2018, 1:30 am – 5:00am. Prospective Bidders are requested to make every effort to attend this only scheduled pre-Bid meeting and site tour. Interested prospective Bidders are requested to confirm their intention to attend by notifying the District's Contract Administrator Claudia Horton, telephone 510-464-6362, email: chorton@bart.gov, prior to the date of the scheduled pre-bid meeting and site tour.
(Available on or after Friday, March 30, 2018)
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
Bidders may examine Bid Documents without charge at the District Secretary's Office indicated above and at various Plan Rooms. Telephone inquiries regarding information on obtaining or examining Bid Documents may be obtained by calling the District's Contract Administrator (510) 464-6362.
Dated at Oakland, California, this 26th day of March 2018.
/S/ Patricia K. Williams
Patricia Williams, Interim
District Secretary
San Francisco Bay Area
Rapid Transit District
3/29/18
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