Southwestern College - Transit Center

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Southwestern Community College District of San Diego County, California, acting by and through its Governing Board, hereinafter referred to as the “DISTRICT” will receive up to, but no later than 10:00 AM on Thursday, October 23, 2025 sealed Bid No. 2425-0289Z, for the award of a contract for the Transit Center. Bids shall be submitted electronically through the SWC Bond Plan Room at Crisp Imaging Online Planroom and shall be opened on the date and time listed above.

Contractors interested in obtaining bid documents can obtain one complete set of Contract Documents at no cost by visiting Crisp Imaging Online Planroom. Documents may be viewed and/or downloaded. Please note that you will need to login with your email and password to download the plans. If you do not have a login and/or password, please register with the site first. If you have questions about registering, please contact Dianne Koehle at dkoehle@swccd.edu or at 619-216-6828. Obtaining copies of the bid documents is the responsibility of the bidder and any costs (if applicable) are non-refundable. Bidders are also responsible for checking the website noted above for any addenda that may be posted.

The Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations has determined the general prevailing rate of per diem wages in the locality in which this work is to be performed for each craft or type of worker needed to execute the contract, which will be awarded to the successful bidder, copies of which are on file and will be made available to any interested party upon request at Southwestern Community College or online at http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlsr. It shall be mandatory upon the Contractor to whom the contract is awarded, and upon any subcontractor under him, to pay not less than the said specified rates to all workers employed by them in the execution of the contract.

Pursuant to Labor Code sections 1725.5 and 1771.1, all contractors and subcontractors that wish to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, or enter a contract to perform public work must be registered with the Department of Industrial Relations. No bid will be accepted, nor any contract entered without proof of the contractor’s and subcontractors’ current registration with the Department of Industrial Relations to perform public work.

This Project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. In bidding on this project, it shall be Bidder’s sole responsibility to evaluate and include the cost of complying with all labor compliance requirements under this contract and applicable law in its bid.

This Project is also subject to the Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) adopted by the District on December 12, 2013. The complete agreement and associated amendments are available for viewing and downloading at https://www.swccd.edu/swc-community/propositions-r-and-z/program-resources/community-benefits-agreement.aspx. Minority, women, and disabled veteran contractors are encouraged to submit bids.

Each bidder shall be a licensed contractor pursuant to the California Business and Professions Code Section 7028.15 and Public Contract Code Section 3300 and shall be licensed in the following classification as required by the scope of work required in the above called out bid packages: A, B or C7, C-8, C-10, C-12, C-27, C-50, C-51. Any bidder not licensed at the time of the bid opening will be rejected as non-responsive.

A MANDATORY Pre-Bid Conference will be held at Parking Lot A on the following date and time: Wednesday, September 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM. Every Bidder MUST attend the Pre-Bid Conference. Prospective bidders MAY NOT re-visit the Project Site without having planned arrangements through the Project Manager. The District WILL NOT accept bids from any bidder who did not attend the Pre-Bid Conference.

Please email any questions to Dianne Koehle at dkoehle@swccd.edu. Contractors shall reference Bid No 2425-0289Z Transit Center in the email subject line. The final day for questions shall be Monday, September 29, 2025 no later than 10:00 am.

No bidder may withdraw its bid for ninety (90) days following the date of the bid opening. Bid documents available on Monday, September 22, 2025.