Specifications

Notice to Prospective Bidders Bid No. 6000001312
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contract award. The coin toss or lot drawing will be officially witnessed and all affected
bidders will be advised of the tiebreaker method and invited to attend.
The State is not required to award an Agreement and reserves the right to reject any and
all bids and to waive any immaterial deviations in the bid. The State’s waiver of an
immaterial deviation shall in no way modify the IFB document or excuse the bidder from
full compliance with all requirements if awarded the Agreement.
The State intends to award one or more Agreements to the lowest responsible bidder(s).
The State reserves the right to award either 1) one Agreement for all institutions
specified herein, 2) one Agreement per geographic group, e.g., Deuel Vocational
Institute (DVI), Mule Creek State Prison (MCSP) and Sierra Conservation Center (SCC),
or 3) one Agreement per institution. This determination will be based on what is in the
best interests of the State.
Bidders may submit bids for any and all institutions. If a bidder is the lowest bidder for
more than one institution, all of the institutions awarded to that bidder will be
incorporated into one Agreement.
XI. PROTEST AWARD
Information regarding the protest of an award may be found by going to
www.ols.dgs.ca.gov/Contract+Manual/Chapters4through6.htm, under Chapter 6:
Contract Award Protests.
A protest to this bid must adhere to Public Contract Code (PCC) Section 10345.
The envelope containing the written protest must clearly state: "Protest Concerning
IFB Number 6000001312 for the California Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation". Protests MUST
be filed with:
ORIGINAL COPY
HAND OR MAIL DELIVERY
Department of General Services
Office of Legal Services
Attn: Protest Coordinator
707 Third Street, 7
th
Floor
West Sacramento, CA 95605
HAND OR MAIL DELIVERY
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Office of Business Services
Contracts Management Branch
9838 Old Placerville Road, Suite B-2
Sacramento, CA 95827
XII. AGREEMENT EXECUTION
The Agreement will be executed only upon the State's acceptance of the Contractor's
certificates of insurance, bonds, licenses, and permits, when such items are required.
Should the Contractor fail to commence work at the agreed-upon date and time, the
State, upon five (5) days written notice to the Contractor, reserves the right to terminate
the Agreement.
The successful bidder shall enter into an Agreement with the State, which will be
prepared on a State of California Standard Agreement (STD 213 form, sample attached)
and shall include from this IFB Exhibits A, A-1, A-2, B, B-1, D, E, and F.
Bid 6000001312
State of California
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