Imperial Valley press., 1921-11-16
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Separate scaled proposals, address,
ed t. the Board of Supervisors of the
County of Imperial. State of Califor-
MIA for the following work, will be
received by the said Board at its Of
flee in Ell Centre, until o'clock, p. m.,
on the 10Th dav of December, 1921.
and at that time and place will be
publicly opened and read:
I. Paving a portion of the High
way from CaleXico westerly. from
West CITY Limits of Calexico to Sta
ton 102-82.
All bids are to be compared on the
basis of the Highway Engineers Es
innate of work to be done, as follows:
Item I. 100 Gu. yds. excavation
ana embankment;
Item 2. Placing reinforcement in
1000 SO. ft. Of pavement.
Item 3. 169,376 So. ft. Portland
| Cement Concrete pavement.
| 2. Paving a portion of the Calexi
co-Bond's Corner Highway, from Sta
ton 254-69 to Station 413-2S.
! All bids are to be compared on the
basis of the Highway Engineers Es-
innate of work to be done, as follows:
! Item |. 500 Gu. yrs. excavation
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Item 2. 253,744 SCI. ft. Portland
/ Cement Concrete pavement;
item 3. Placing reinforcement ir
1000 So. #. pavement.
;. Grading and paving portion of
the West Side Highway, from Station
600 to $500, and from Station 81
90 to 1880.
! All bids are to be compared or 'hc
basis of the Highway Engineer Es-
innate of work to be done, as ivi.ows:
Item 1. 10000 Gu. yds. excavation
and embankmcnt;
I Item g Placing reinforcement in
1000 so. # pavement;
Z Item 3. 12S,800 so. ft. Portland
/ Cement Concrete Pavement
] All proposals must be made upon
blank forms to be obtained from the
i Clerk of the Board of Supervisors.
! Said proposals must give the prices
proposed. both 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
bv a certified check made payable to
the County of Imperial and drawn
upon a bank doing ubsiness in I'M
perial 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 t. whom the contract is
! awarded fail to execute the same,
such check shall be forfeited to tho
County of Imperial and the same shall
be the propertv 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-
ollired 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; !;
said sum shall be one-fOurth the esti-
mated total amount of the contract
and a further and additional bond
must be furnished as required by the
terms of an act entitled: can act to
secure the payment of the claims of
persons employed by contractors upon
public works, etc." approved May 10.
1919.
The Contractor to whom the con-
tract may be awarded will be required
lof Supervisors, with the surety bonds
proved by the Chairman of the Board
of Supervisors, and execute the con-
tract, within ten DAYS mot INCLUDING
Sunday from the date of his hotifi-
cation of such award. In case of fail
ure or neglect so to do he will be con-
sidered as having abandoned it and
lsaid forfeiture of said check will op-
lerate.
| Bidders must satisfy themselves as
to the accuracy of the plans, profiles,
icross-sections, estimate, and all other
matters which may influence the
prices set forth in their proposals.
| Attention is hereby called to the
Wililtc Plastic Composition agree
mcnt of the California Willie Road
Construction Company on file in the
office of the County Clerk of I'M
Iperiai County.
The foregoing quantities are ap-
proXimate only, being given as a
basis for the comparison of bids, and
the Engineer does not expressly or by
implication agree that the actual
amoDnt 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
the Highway Commission.
! Plans, profiles and cross-scctions
may be examined, and blank forms or
specifications and contracts may be
obtained at the office of the County
Clerk of Imperial County.
The right is reserved to reject any
and all proposals, or to accept the
proposals deemed best for the County
Of Imperial.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF
| THE COUNTY OF IMPERIAL,
| STATE OF CALIFORNIA
| By &. L. PULLIAM, Chairman.
Attest:
M. S. COOK,
County Clerk and ex-officio
| Clerk of the Board of Super