MADERA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT DOCUMENT 00020 NOTICE INVITING BIDS NOTICE INVITING BIDS PURSUANT TO PUBLIC CONTRACT CODE 22000, ET SEQ. (THE UNIFORM PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION COST ACCOUNTING ACT) Notice is hereby given that the Madera Unified School District ("MUSD") will receive sealed bids for Bid No. 091725 ELOP Year Two Track Upgrades A mandatory Job-Walk will be held September 25, 2025 @ 10:00 a.m. at: Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School located at 601 Lilly Street, Madera CA. (Meet in front of Administration building.) To the extent required by Public Contract Code Section 20103.7, the District shall also make the Contract Documents available for review at one or more plan rooms. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1770 et seq of the California Labor Code, each worker of the contractor and any of its subcontractors engaged in work on the Project shall be paid not less than the prevailing wage rate. SB 854 established new public works contractor registration program requirements for all public works projects. Pursuant to Labor Code Section 1725.5; Starting March 1st, 2015 no contractor/subcontractor may be listed in a bid proposal unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). Starting April 1st, 2015 no contractor/subcontractor may be awarded a contract, nor employed on a Public Works project unless registered with the DIR. This project is subject to prevailing wage requirements and compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR and may at any time require contractors/subcontractors to upload electronic certified payroll records on the DIR website. Bidders shall be required to have a valid class "B" Contractor's License. All general contractors and all mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire sprinkler sub-contractors will be required to pre-qualify to bid on this project. A copy of the pre-qualification applications may be downloaded from Madera Unified School District Purchasing Department Website https://www.madera.k12.ca.us/Page/6984. Please check the MUSD purchasing website to confirm the sub-contractors that are already pre-qualified with MUSD. Prequalification applications are due by Tuesday, October 7, 2025 @ 10:00:00 a.m. An updated list of prequalified subcontractors will be posted to the MUSD website on Thursday, October 9, 2025. Sealed Bids must be received by Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at MUSD Purchasing Department, 1205 Madera Avenue, Madera CA 93637 (located on the 2nd floor) no later than 2:00:00 p.m. The Estimated Cost for this project is $12,000,000 The District has allotted 231 calendar days for the project from the date of the Notice to Proceed. The District anticipates construction starting approximately Tuesday, November 11, 2025 with a completion date of June 30, 2026. Bids shall be accompanied by a certified check, cashier's check, or bidders bond in an amount not less than ten (10%) percent of the total bids made payable to MUSD. The substitution of appropriate securities in lieu of retention amounts from progress payments in accordance with public Contract Code Section 22300 is permitted. Copies of the BID documents may be downloaded from Madera Unified School District Purchasing Department Website http://www.madera.k12.ca.us/Page/6706 Refer questions to George Cummings via email georgecummings@maderausd.org no later than October 14, 2025 @ 10:00 am. Only questions received via email will be responded to. Published September 17, 2025 September 24, 2025 IPL0272943 Sep 17,24 2025