FRESNO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT NOTICE TO BIDDERS NOTICE INVITING BIDS PURSUANT TO PUBLIC CONTRACT CODE 22000, ET SEQ. (THE UNIFORM PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION COST ACCOUNTING ACT) Notice is hereby given that the Fresno Unified School District ("DISTRICT") will receive sealed bids for Bid No. 21-43, Viking and Vinland Elementary Schools and Cooper Middle School Kitchen HVAC Replacements, to remove existing evaportive cooling servicing exsiting kitchen and replace with HVAC. Notice is hereby given 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. The project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). Pursuant to Labor Code Section 1725.5, the DIR established a Contractor Registration Program, in which no contractor or subcontractor shall bid on, be listed in a bid, or engage in the performance of any public work contract without being registered. Prime Contractor must have a valid Class "B" Contractor's License. A MANDATORY pre-bid conference has been scheduled at 9:00 AM, May 6, 2021 in front of the Administration Office at Cooper Middle School, 2277 W Bellaire Way, Fresno, CA 93705. Contractors bidding as a Prime Contractor for the project must attend in order for their bid to be "responsive". Immediately following the pre-bid conference will be a mandatory job-walk of Cooper Middle School, Vinland Elementary School, 4666 N Maple Ave, Fresno, CA 93726, Viking Elementary School, 4251 N Winery Ave, Fresno, CA 93726. Sealed Bids must be received prior to 2:01 P.M. on May 25, 2021 in the DISTRICT Purchasing Department, 4498 N. Brawley, Fresno CA 93722 after which time the bids will be opened and read aloud. Bids shall be accompanied by a certified check, cashier's check, or a bidder's bond in an amount not less than ten percent (10%) of total bids made payable to Fresno Unified. The substitution of appropriate securities in lieu of retention amounts from progress payments in accordance with Public Contract Code Section 22300 is permitted. The Bid documents are on file at Fresno and Tulare Builders Exchanges; and Fresno Reprographics. Pursuant to Public Contract Code 3400(c)(2), Fresno Unified School District finds that it is in the best interest of the DISTRICT to standardize the products, equipment, and materials listed in Exhibit A-1 and Exhibit A-2 in order to match other products/equipment in use on a particular work of improvement either completed or in the course of completion. Where a specific brand, trade name, material, or product identified in the bid documents is also listed in Exhibit A-1 or Exhibit A-2, it shall be deemed to be followed by the words "No Substitutions," and CONTRACTOR shall not make or request substitutions regarding any such product, equipment or material. Exhibit A-1 and Exhibit A-2 may be obtained from DISTRICT Purchasing Department web page under public works CUPCCAA menu: https://purchasing.fresnounified.org/cupccaa/. Copies of the bid documents may be downloaded at no charge: https://purchasing.fresnounified.org/bid-opportunities or obtained from DISTRICT Purchasing Department. Refer questions to Toni Jorge (559) 457-3463. IPL0021963 May 3 2021