Northwest Village Creek Phase 2 – Notice to Qualified General Contractors

NOTICE TO QUALIFIED GENERAL CONTRACTORS

Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation,
Northwest Village Creek Phase 2

Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation (JCNI) (Owner), invites sealed bids from qualified General Contractors for providing the materials & installation of the Northwest Village Creek Phase 2 project at 4970 and 5050 Market Street and 504 and 602 Euclid Avenue between Market Street and Guymon Street, San Diego, CA 92114.

Sealed bid packages will be returned to Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation at 404 Euclid Ave (third floor), San Diego, CA 92114 no later than 2:00 pm PST on Tuesday, June 9th, 2015. A mandatory pre-bid job walk with the owner representative’s will be held on Tuesday, May 26th, 2015 at 10:00 am PST, to review construction administration procedures, existing site conditions, construction access, staging areas, safety and protection. Each contractor shall RSVP their attendance at the mandatory site visit/job walk to the Construction Manager, Mitch Whitson: mitch@whitsoncm.com via email: with cc: to Ryan Melow, Project Manager; rmelow@whitsoncm.com

This project is partially funded by the Federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds and as such the entire project is subject to Davis-Bacon Wage Determination (PREVAILING WAGE and CERTIFIED PAYROLL); and Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Act [12 U.S.C. 1701u and 24 CFR Part 135]. Section 3 is HUD’s legislative directive for providing preference to low- and very low-income residents of the local community (regardless of race or gender), and the businesses that substantially employ these persons, for new employment, training, and contracting opportunities resulting from HUD-funded projects. Additional funding is provided by the Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006 (Prop 84).

Please note that all RFP and bid documents will be available on multiple construction bidding sites (TheBlueBook.com; SDDT.com; BidClerk.com).  Whitson CM can also provide a link to the documents via their sharefile site.  Please contract Whitson CM for link to documents.

Every effort will be made to ensure that all persons, regardless of race, religion, sex, color, ethnicity, and national origin have equal access to contracts and other business opportunities with Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation. JCNI reserves the right to reject any and all bids.