1. BID OPENING: The bidder shall complete the “Proposal to the City of San Leandro” form contained in the Contract Book. The proposal shall be submitted in its entirety. Incomplete proposals will be considered non-responsive. Sealed bids containing the completed Proposal Section subject to the conditions named herein and in the specifications for San Rafael Sanitary Sewer Forcemain Rehabilitation, Project No. 2023.4620 addressed to the City of San Leandro will be received at City Hall 835 East 14th Street, 2nd Floor San Leandro, CA 94577, at the office of the City Clerk up to 3:00 p.m. on December 2, 2026, at which time they will be publicly opened and read.  
2. WORK DESCRIPTION: The work to be done consists of rehabilitating approximately 700 LF of the existing forcemain on San Rafael Street to Sybil Avenue, installing a new valve vault with bypass and appurtenances, installation of new electrical service and cabinet, replacing sidewalk, curb and gutter; and doing all appurtenant work in place and ready for use, all as shown on the plans and described in the specifications with the title indicated in Paragraph 1 above, and on file in the office of the City Engineer. Reference to said plans and specifications is hereby made for further particulars. 
3. OBTAINING THE PROJECT PLANS AND CONTRACT BOOK: The The project plans and Contract Book may be obtained free of charge from the City’s website at: 
   https://www.sanleandro.org/Bids.aspx. Potential Bidders are encouraged to contact the City of San Leandro Public Works Department at 510-577-3428 or email Engineering@sanleandro.org to be placed on the project plan holder’s list to receive courtesy notifications of addenda and other project information. Project addenda, if any, will be posted on the website.  A bidder who fails to address all project addenda in its proposal may be deemed non-responsive. 
   
   Printed, hardcopies of the plans can be purchased from East Bay Blueprint and Supply Co. Contact: (510) 261-2990; https://www.eastbayblueprint.com Search the public projects planroom to find the subject project.  
4. MANDATORY PRE-BID CONFERENCE: Attendance at a pre-bid conference is mandatory for bidding on this project: A firm that didn’t attend one of the pre-bid conferences and is not documented on its attendance sheet isn’t qualified to bid on the project. 
   
   Pre-bid meetings will be held via Zoom. Pre-bid conferences will be held for this project as follows: 

   ➢ This meeting will be on Zoom on November 16, 2026 at 10:00am: the virtual meeting can be accessed by internet as follows:

   Join Zoom Meeting: Join Zoom Meeting
   Meeting ID: 857 7366 9295
   Passcode: 736462

   ➢ This meeting will be on Teams on November 17, 2026 at 2:00pm: the virtual meeting can be accessed by internet as follows:

   Join Zoom Meeting: Join Meeting
   Meeting ID: 818 0644 4710
   Passcode: 823399

   The information presented at each of the conferences will be identical. If you have any issues using this link please contact ifawzy@sanleandro.org.

   Questions regarding the plans and specifications may be submitted in writing to the project engineer until 5:00 p.m. five (5) days before, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays, bids are due. The City will not respond to oral questions outside of the pre-bid conference. The response, if any, will be by written addendum only. Oral responses do not constitute a revision to these plans or specifications. 

5. SAN LEANDRO BUSINESS PREFERENCE AND PARTICIPATION GOALS: The work performed under this contract is subject to Section 1-6-225 of the San Leandro Municipal Code regarding local business preference and participation.  A list of companies and contractors that hold a San Leandro business license is located on the City webpage under the Finance Department, here: https://www.sanleandro.org/343/Purchasing Once on the webpage, go to the FAQ column on the far right side of the page. Scroll to the bottom of the FAQ section and click on the question “Is there a list of Local Companies and Contractors?” to access the list.

Dated: November 6, 2026

Sarah K. Bunting
City Clerk