Bids invited for retaining wall construction in Laguna Beach.

CITY OF LAGUNA BEACH
NOTICE INVITING BIDS
FOR CONSTRUCTION OF

31796 Coast Highway Retaining Wall, CIP 22-9875

N-1	NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that electronic bids will be received by the City of Laguna Beach for the 31796 Coast Highway Retaining Wall, CIP 22-9875, together with appurtenances thereto.

N-2	DATE OF OPENING BIDS: Bid prices for each line item of the Schedule of Work must be entered and all other required documents for the bid proposal packet (pages B-1 through B-3, B-6 through B-14) must be uploaded to the PlanetBids system no later than 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 30, 2026, after which time bids will be publicly opened. No late bids will be accepted. 

N-3	DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK: In general, the work comprises of clearing and grubbing, tree removal, grading, shoring, drilling caissons, constructing a soldier pile and wood lagging retaining wall with shotcrete surface and all other components required to complete the work in place, as shown and described on the Plans and these Specifications, all within the City of Laguna Beach.

N-4	AWARD OF CONTRACT:  (a) The City reserves the right after opening bids to reject any or all bids, to waive any informality (non-responsiveness) in a bid, or to make award to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder and reject all other bids, as it may best serve the interest of the City. (b) As a condition of award, the successful bidder will be required to submit payment and performance bonds and insurance.

N-5	COMPLETION OF WORK AND LIQUIDATED DAMAGES: All work is to be completed in a total of Eighty (80) working days, excluding holidays, from the date specified in the Notice to Proceed, which is anticipated to be May 2026. Liquidated damages shall be Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per working day, for each and every working days delay in finishing the work.

N-6	CONTRACTOR'S LICENSE CLASSIFICATION: The Contractor shall possess a valid Class A, General Engineering, Contractor License at the time of submitting bids, in accordance with provisions of Chapter 9, Division III of the California Business and Professions Code.

N-7	WAGE RATE REQUIREMENTS: In accordance with the provisions of Sections 1773.2 of the California Labor Code, copies of the general prevailing rate of per diem wages as determined by the State Director of Industrial Relations are available on the Internet at the World Wide Web site of the State Department of Industrial Relations at www.dir.ca.gov under Statistics and Research.  It shall be mandatory upon the contractor to whom the contract is awarded and upon any subcontractor under him to pay not less than said specified rates to all workers employed by them in the execution of the contract. All parties to the contract shall be governed by all provisions of the California Labor Code relating to prevailing wage rates; Sections 1770-1781 inclusive.

N-8	RETAINAGE FROM PAYMENTS:  The Contractor may elect to receive 100 percent of payments due under the Contract Documents from time to time, without retention of any portion of the payments by the City, by depositing securities of equivalent value with the City in accordance with the provisions of Section 22300 of the Public Contract Code.

N-9	OBTAINING OR INSPECTING CONTRACT DOCUMENTS:  Contract Documents, in digital Adobe Acrobat (.PDF) format, are available at the City of Laguna Beach's website at https://www.lagunabeachcity.net/do-business-here/rfps-bids. Once at this site, click on the "Vendor Portal & Bid Opportunities" icon. If you are not currently registered with PlanetBids for the City of Laguna Beach, please click on the "New Vendor Registration" button, then complete the electronic supplier registration process.  Interested firms must be registered in order to submit a bid. Firms must also check the website periodically for addenda information as failure to acknowledge any and all addenda will result in bid disqualification.

N-10	REGISTRATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: No contractor or subcontractor may be listed on a bid proposal for a public works project (submitted on or after March 1, 2015) unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5 [with limited exceptions from this requirement for bid purposes only under Labor Code section 1771.1(a)].  No contractor or subcontractor may be awarded a contract for public work on a public works project (awarded on or after April 1, 2015) unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5.  This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations.

N-11	ESTIMATE OF PROBABLE COST: The estimate of probable cost for the project is $1,000,000.

N-12	PROJECT REPRESENTATIVE:  All communications relative to this project shall be directed to Thomas Perez, City Engineer, at tperez@lagunabeachcity.net.  Deadline for all inquiries is April 24, 2026, at 5:00pm.

BY ORDER OF THE CITY OF LAGUNA BEACH	  By:  Thomas Perez, P.E. City Engineer

Date:   April 10, 2026

Published:  Daily Pilot

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