Imperial Valley press., 1921-11-21
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

County OF Imperial, State OF Callfor-
MIA. for the following work, will be
received by the said Board at it's Of
flee in Ell Centre, until o'clock, p. M,
on the 10Th day of December, 1921.
and at that time and place will be
publicly opened and read:
! /. Paving portion of the High
way from Calexico westerly from
West City Limits of Calexico to Sta
ton 102-82.
I All bids are to be compared on the
basis Of the Highway Engineers Es-
innate of work to be done, as follows:
Item 1. 100 Gu. yds. excavation
and embankment;
Item 2. Placing reinforcement in
1000 So. ft. Of pavement.
Item 8. 169,376 so. ft. Portland
Cement Concrete pavement.
2. Paving portion of the Calexi-
co-Bond's Corner Highway, from Sta
ton 254-69 to Station 413-28.
| All bids are to be compared on the
basis Of the Highway Engineers Es-
innate of work to be done, as follows:
Item 1. 500 Gu. yrs. excavation
and embankment;
Item 2. 253,744 So. #. Portland
Cement Concrete pavement;
Item 3. Placing reinforcement iE
1900 So. #. pavement.
3. Grading and paving portion of
the West Side Highway, from Station
1000 to $500, and from Station a.
100 to 1880.
All bids are to be compared on the
basis of the Highway Engineers Es-1
Etimate Of work to be done, as follows:
+ Item 1. 10000 Gu. yds. excavation
land embankment;
/ Item 2. Placing reinforcement In
1900 So. # pavement;
II Item 8. 12S,s0O ST., #. Portland
Cement Concrete Pavement.
/ Ali proposals must be made upon
blank forms to be obtained from the
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors.
ESald proposals must give the prices
, proposed, bo6h in writing and IN fig
. ures, and must be signed by the bid
!der with his address.
Each bid is to be presented unde.
sealed cover and shall be accompanied
: by a certified check made payable to
the County Of Imperial and drawn
upon bank doing ubsiness in I'M
/ perlal County for an amount equal to,
or in excess of ten per cent of the
| amount of said bid, and no bid shall
be considered unless such check is in
} closed Herewith. Should the success
full bidder to whom the contract is
: awarded fail to execute the same,
such check Shall be forfeited to the
County of Imperial and the same shall
. be the property of said County. All
- other certified checks will be returned
: to the unsuccessful bidders who sub
mitted the same.
| A common law bond will be re-
\ quired for the faithful performance of
the contract in such sum as shall be
: fixed by the Board Of Supervisors of
the County, after the bids are opened;
! lsaid sum shall be one-fourth the esti-
mated total amount of the contract
n and a further and additional bond
e must be furnished as required by the
!. terms of an act entitled: "An act to
S secure the payment of the claims of
: persons employed by contractors upon
public works, etc.," approved May 10,
t1919.
RI The Contractor to whom the con-
tract may be awarded will be required
. Ito appear at the office of the Board
n Iof Supervisors, with the surety bonds
: offered by him, which must be ap-
r proved by the Chairman of the Board
e Iof Supervisors, and execute the con-
] tract. within ten days (not including
: Sunday from the date of his notifi-
4Ication of such award. In case of fail
$ lure OR neglect so to do he will be con-
asldered as having abandoned it and
J isaid forfeiture of said check will op-
i lerate.
N Bidders must satisfy themselves as
to the accuracy of the plans, profiles,
across-sections, estimate, and all other
matters which may influence the
prices set forth in their proposals.
II Attention is hereby called to the
IWiliite Plastic Composition agree
Iment of the California Willie Road
|; Construction Company on file in the
Foffice of the County Clerk Of I'M
Speriai County.
II The foregoing quantities are ap-
IproXimate only, being given as a
tbasis for the comparison Of bids, and
kthe Engineer does not expressly or by
yimpilcation agree that the actual
amopnt of work will correspond there
with, but reserves the right to in
crease or decrease the amount of any
class or portion of the work, as may
be deemed necessary or expedient by
che Highway Commission.
/ Plans, profiles and cross-sectfons
may be examined, and blank forms or
Specifications and contracts may be
obtained at the office of the County
Clerk of Imperial County.
1 The right is reserved to reject any
gand all proposals, or to accept the
sproposals deemed best for the County
yOf Imperial.
tB0ARD OF SUPERVISORS OF
THE COUNTY OF IMPERIAL,
ESTATE OF CALIFORNIA.
/ By G. L. PULLIAM, Chairman.
kAttest:
NJ. S. COOK,
l County Clerk and ex-officio
/ Clerk of the Board Of Super
L visors.
BY F. EMENAKER, Deputy.
II Ell Centre, California, November Is,
1921.
NOV. 16 to % inc.