NOTICE INVITING BIDS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids for the City of Malibu, LATIGO CANYON
RETAINING WALLS REHAILITATION PROJECT, SPECIFICATION NO. 2087, will be
received by the City Clerk, at Malibu City Hall, 23825 Stuart Ranch Road, Malibu,
California, 90265, at or before 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, JUNE 26, 2025, at which time they
will be publicly opened and read by the City Clerk (or designated representative).
SCOPE OF WORK
In general, the proposed improvements consist of demolition of existing Midwest Guard
Rail Systems (MGS) and retaining wall lagging, new MGS, new retaining wall lagging
(timber or concrete), new asphalt concrete (AC) dikes, excavation, grading, demolition
and disposal, AC, clearing and grubbing, traffic control, and all other appurtenant work
included and shown in the Contract Documents and Specifications.
The bid shall be submitted and the work shall be performed by a Class “A” or Class “C12”
State of California licensed contractor in strict conformance with the project specifications
for Latigo Canyon Retaining Walls Rehabilitation Project, Specification No. 2087 now on
file in the City’s Public Works Department.
Copies of plans and specifications may be obtained by prospective bidders from the
Public Works Department through mpublicworks@malibucity.org.
All prospective bidders shall abide by the provisions of the Bid Terms and Conditions
listed in the project’s specifications.
The City reserves the right to retain all bids for a period of 90 days after the bid opening
date for examination and comparison and to delete any portion of the work from the
Contract. The City reserves the right to determine and waive nonsubstantial irregularities
in any bid, and to reject any or all bids. The bid shall be balanced so that each bid item
is priced to carry its share of the cost of the work and also its share of the contractor’s
overhead and profit. The City reserves the right to delete any bid item to the extent
that the bid is qualified by specific limitation. An unbalanced bid shall be
considered as grounds for rejecting the entire bid. The City shall award the bid to the
lowest responsible bidder as the interest of the City may require.
In accordance with the provisions of Division 2, Part 7, Chapter 1 of the California Labor
Code, the California Department of Industrial Relations has established the general
prevailing rates of per diem wages for each craft, classification and type of work needed
to execute contracts for public works and improvements. The per diem wages published
at the date the contract is advertised for bids shall be applicable. Future effective wage
rates which have been predetermined are on file with the Department of Industrial
Relations, are referenced but not printed in said publication. The new wage rates shall
become effective on the day following the expiration date and apply to this contract in the
same manner as if they had been included or referenced in this contract. The website for
California Department of Industrial Relations Prevailing Wage Unit is currently located at
www.dir.ca.gov, prevailing wages are located on the website at
http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlsr/pwd/index.htm.
The wage rate for any classification not listed by the California Department of Industrial
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Relations, but which may be required to execute the proposed contract, shall be in accord
with specified rates for similar or comparable classifications or for those performing similar
or comparable duties, within the agency’s determinations.
At the time of submitting the bid the Bidder shall be registered with the California
Department of Industrial Relations in accordance with the provisions of Section 1771.1 of
the California Labor Code, as amended by Senate Bill 854. No public work contract may
be awarded to a non-registered contractor or subcontractor.
Without exception, the bidder is required to state the name and address of each
subcontractor who will perform work or labor or render service to the prime
contractor and the portion of the work which each will do in their bid as required
by Section 2-3, "Subcontracts", of the Standard Specifications and in conformance
with Public Contract Code, Sections 4100 to 4113, inclusive.
The City will not consider awarding any contract based upon any bid submitted by any
contractor nor consent to subletting any portions of the Contract to any subcontractor
located in a foreign country during any period in which such foreign country is listed by
the United States Trade Representative as discriminating against U.S. firms in conducting
procurements for public works projects.
All bidders are hereby notified that any contract entered into pursuant to this
advertisement, Business Enterprises must be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in
response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race,
color or national origin consideration for an award.
The Contractor may substitute securities for retention monies pursuant to Public Contract
Code Section 22300.
Date this 28th day of May, 2025
CITY OF MALIBU, CALIFORNIA
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Tatiana Holden, Assistant Public Works Director/Assistant City Engineer
Published: Malibu Times on June 5 and June 12, 2025
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