Salinas City Elementary School District seeks proposals for construction services.

LEGAL NOTICE 
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Salinas City Elementary School District (“District”)  seeks proposals from lease‑leaseback contractors (“Contractor” or “Firm”) to provide  pre‑construction services and lease‑leaseback construction services for the District’s  Multipurpose Buildings at Sherwood, Kammann, and Mission Park Elementary Schools  (“Project”). 
The purpose of this Request for Proposals (“RFP”) is to obtain information that will  enable the District to select a lease‑leaseback Contractor using the “best value”  competitive procurement process under Education Code Section 17400 et seq., who  can assist the District with both pre‑construction services and construction services. 
MANDATORY PREQUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT: All Firms submitting a proposal to this RFP must be prequalified with the District  pursuant to Public Contract Code section 20111.6 (b)‑(m) without exception prior to  submitting a proposal. Any Firm that submits a proposal and is not prequalified will  be deemed non‑responsive, and that Firm’s proposal will be rejected and returned  unopened. 
Prequalification documents are available via PQBids at: https://pqbids. com/salinas/ 
Prequalification documents must be submitted no less than ten (10) business days prior  to the proposal submission deadline. 
All RFP documents will be made available exclusively through the BidNet platform, and  all proposals, required forms, and supplementary materials must be submitted through  BidNet at: www.bidnetdirect. com/california/salinascityelementaryschooldistrict 
No hard copy, email, or alternative submissions will be accepted. All official communi‑ cations with proposers, including requests for clarification and questions regarding this  RFP, shall be conducted solely through the BidNet platform. 
ALL RESPONSES ARE DUE BY 2:00 PM ON MAY 19, 2026. Any proposal received after  this date and time will not be accepted. 
The District reserves the right to waive any informalities or irregularities in submitted  proposals. The District further reserves the right to reject any and all proposals and to  negotiate contract terms with one or more respondents for one or more work items.  The District retains sole discretion to determine issues of compliance and to determine  whether a proposal is responsive, responsible, and qualified. 
The District reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to delay the selection process,  withdraw this RFP, cancel the Project, or proceed with the Project without selecting any  particular firm or individual. The District does not guarantee any work on the Project and  is not committed to entering into a contract with any firm or individual. 
Publication Dates:  1st: April 16, 2026  2nd: April 23, 2026 
ROB ROGERS 
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