The San Francisco call., 1898-04-14

| | tice to be posted consplcuouSiy III its
 office for not less than five days. ana
 published for the same time, 1nViuns
 sealed proposals for the work contem- plated; except, however, that when any
 repairs or improvement, not exceeding
 an estimated cost of five hundred dol- lars, shall be deemed of urgent neceS-
 sity by the Board, such repairs or im- provement may be made by the Board
 under written contract or otherwise,
 without advertising for sealed propo- Sals.
 Sec. Is. Said advertisement and mo- tice shall invite sealed proposals to De delivered at a certain day and hour at
 the office of the Board for furnishing the materials for the proposed work, or for doing said work, or for both, as may
 be deemed best by the Board. and shall
 contain a general description of the work to be done, the materials to De furnished, the time in which the Work is to be commenced, and when to be completed, and the amount of bond to
 be given for the faithful performance of the contract, and shall refer to plans and specifications on file in the off1ce or fthe Board for full details and descrip- tion of said work and materials.
 Sec. 16. All proposals shall be made
 upon printed forms to be prepared by the Board, and furnished gratuitously upon application, with form for the affidavit hereinafter provided for print ed thereon Each bid shall have there on the affidavit of the bidder that such
 bid Is genuine, and not collusive or
 sham; that he has not colluded, con- spired, connived or agreed, directly or indirectly, with any other bidder or
 person to put in sham bid, or that
 such other person shall refrain from bidding; and has not in any manner | -l-& 4@ H- vantage against the City and County,
 or any person interested in said 1m- provement, for himself or any other person. All bids shall be clearly and distinctly written, without any erasure or interlineation, and if any bid shall have an eraSure or interlineatlon IL shall not be received or considered by the Board. Any contract made in Vio-
 lation of any of the foregoing provl- sions, and in the case of improvement of streets, any assessment for the work done under such contract, shall be ao- solutely void.
 All proposals offered shall be accom- panied by check, certified by a re- sponsible bank, payable to the order or the Clerk of the Supervisors, for an amount not less than ten per centum of the aggregate of the proposal, and no proposal shall be considered unless accompanied by such check.
 No person, corporation or firm shall be allowed to make, file, or be interest ed in, more than one bid for the same
 work. If on the opening of said bids more than one bid appear in which the same person, corporation or firm Is fn- terested, all such bids shall be rejected.
 Sec. r. On the day and at the hour specified In said notice inviting sealed proposals the Board shall assemble and remain in session for at least one hour.
 and all bids shall be delivered to the
 Board while 1t is so in session, and
 within the hour named in the adver- tisement. No bid not so delivered to Che Board shall be considered Each bid as 1t shall be received shall be num- bered and marked Filled" by the Pres ident and authenticated by his sigma ture At the expiration of the hour
 stated in the advertisement within
 which the bids will be received, the
 Board shall, in open session, open, ex-
 anime and publicly declare the same,
 and an abstract of each bid shall be re- corded in the minutes of the Board by
 the Secretary. Before adjourning, the
 Board shall compare the bids with the
 record made by the Secretary and shall | thereupon, at said time, or at such other time, not exceeding twenty days thereafter, as the Board may adjourn to, award the contract to the lowest bidder, except as otherwise herein pro-
 vided. Notice of such award shall forthwith be posted for five days by
 the Secretary of the Board in some
 conspicuous place in the office of the
 Board, and be published for the same period of time.
 The Board may reject any and all bids, and must reject the bid of any party who has been delinquent or un- faithful in any former contract with the City and County, and all bids oth- l L 1z.- fztE T accepting said lowest bid, shall there upon return to the proper parties the checks corresponding to the bids so re- je9ted. If all the bids are rejected, the Board shall return all the checks to the proper parties and again invite sealed proposals as In the first in- stance.
 The check accompanying the accept ed bid shall be held by the Secretary of
 the Board until the contract for doing said work, as hereinafter provided, has
 been entered into, whereupon said cer-
 tified check shall be returned to said 1 bidder.
 If said bidder fails or refuses to en- ter into the contract to do said work, as hereinafter provided. then the certi-
 fled check accompanying his bid, and the amount therein mentioned, shall be
 forfeited to the City and County, and shall be collected and paid into the General E'unQ. Ne1tner the Board or Public Works nor the Supervisors shall
 have power to relieve from or remit
 such forfeiture.
 Sec 1S If at any time 1t shall be found that the person to whom a con-
 tract has been awarded has, in pre- senting any bid or bids, colluded with any other party or parties, for the pur-
 pose of preventing any other bid being
 made, then the contract so awarded
 shall be null and void. and the Board
 shall advertise for a new contract for said work.
 Sec. 19. In the case of improvement of streets the owners of the major part
 of the frontage of lots and lands upon the street whereon the work is to be
 done, or which are liable to be assessed
 for said work, or, in the case of an
 assessment district, the owners of a
 major part of the superficial area en- l braced in such district, or their agents.
 shall not be required to present sealed proposals, but may, upon making oath
 that they are such owners, or the
 agents of such owners, within ten days after the first posting of notice of said award, elect to take said work and en- ter into a written contract to do the
 whole work at the price at which the
 same has been awarded. Should such | frfn