Bids invited for Calpella Elementary exterior painting project due April 9, 2026.

NOTICE TO BIDDERS / INVITATION TO BID INVITING BIDS FOR THE CALPELLA ELEMENTARY 2026 EXTERIOR PAINTING PROJECT Notice is hereby given that the Governing Board of the Ukiah Unified School District ("District") is inviting sealed bids to construct the following project: Calpella Elementary 2026 Exterior Painting Project ("Project"). The Project consists of the exterior repainting of the Calepella Elementary School campus. Contractors must submit sealed bids on or before 1:00 PM, Thursday, April 9th, 2026, at the District Office, located at 511 S. Orchard Ave., Ukiah, California 95482, at or after which time the District will open the bids and publicly read them aloud. Any claim by a Bidder of error in its bid must be made in compliance with Public Contract Code � 5100, et seq. Any bid that is submitted after this time shall be non-responsive and returned to the Bidder. The District is not responsible for Bids that are received after the deadline noted above. Contractor shall possess at the time of its bid, the following classification(s) of Contractor's California State license: C-33. A mandatory bidders' conference will be held at 2:00 PM, Wednesday March 18th, 2026, at Calpella Elementary School, 151 Moore St., Calpella, CA 95482, for the purpose of acquainting all prospective contractors with the bid documents and the work site. Each bid shall be made on the Bid Form prepared by the District in the Contract Documents and must conform and be fully responsive to all documents comprising the Contract Documents. The successful Bidder and its subcontractors shall pay all workers on the Project not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages and the general prevailing rate for holiday and overtime work as determined by the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations, State of California, for the type of work performed and the locality in which the work is to be performed within the boundaries of the District, pursuant to Labor Code � 1770 et seq. Prevailing wage rates are on file with the District and are available to any interested party on request or at www.dir.ca.gov/oprl/statistics_and_databases. html. Bidders and Bidders' subcontractors shall comply with the registration and qualification requirements pursuant to Labor Code �� 1725.5 & 1771.1. The successful Bidder may substitute securities for any monies withheld by the District to ensure performance under the Contract, in accordance with the provisions of Public Contract Code � 22300. Bonds. A bid bond by an admitted surety insurer on the form provided by the District, cash, or a cashier's check or a certified check, drawn to the order of the District, in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the total bid price, shall accompany the Bid Form, as a guarantee that the Contractor will, within seven (7) calendar days after the Notice to Proceed or other direction, enter into a contract with the District for the performance of the Services as stipulated in the bid. In addition, a one hundred percent (100%) Performance Bond and a one hundred percent (100%) Payment Bond will be required of the successful bidder. The District's Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids and/or waive any irregularity in any bid received. If the District awards the Contract, the security of unsuccessful Bidder(s) shall be returned within sixty (60) days from the time the award is made. Unless otherwise required by law, no Bidder may withdraw its bid for ninety (90) days after the date of the bid opening. 3-5,12/26