Imperial Valley press., 1921-11-23
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

separate scaled proposals, address,
ed to the Board of Supervisors of the
County of Imperial, State of Califor-
mia. for the following work, will bs
received by the said Board at it's Of
flee in Ell Centre, until 2 o'clock, p. m.,
on the 10Th day of December, 1921.
and at that time and place will be
publicly opened and read:
1. Paving a portion of the High
way from Calexico westerly, from
West City Limits of Calexico to Sta
tion 102-82.
All bids are to be compared on the
basis of the Highway Engineers Es-
innate of work to be done, as follows:
lem l. 100 GU. yds. excavation
and embankment;
Item 2. Placing reinforcement in
1000 SO. ft. Of pavement.
Item 3. 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 413-29.
All bids are to be compared on the
basis of the Highway Engineers Es-
innate of work 10 be done, as follows:
Item 1. 500 Gu. yrs. excavation
and embankment;
Item 2. 253,744 SO. ft. Portland
Cement Concrete pavement;
Item 3. Placing reinforcement in
1900 so. ft. pavement.
3. Grading and paving portion of
the West Side Highway, from Station
600 to $500, and from Station S4-
90 to 1880.
All bids are to be compared on the
basis of the Highway Engineers Es-
innate of work to be done, as fellows:
Item 1. 10000 Gu. yds. excavation
and embankment;
Item 2. Placing reinforcement in
1000 SO. # pavement;
Item 3. 128,800 50. #. Portland
Cement Concrete Pavement.
Ali proposals must be made upon
blank forms to be obtained from the
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors,
Said proposals. must give the prices
proposed, booh in writing and in fig
ures, and must be signed by the bid
der with his address.
| Each bid is to be presented under
sealed cover and shall be accompanied
by a certified check made payable to
the County Of Imperial and drawn
upon bank doing business 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. AL
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 b.
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 contrac
and further and additional bono
must be furnished as required by thu
terms of an act entitled: "An act tt
i secure the payment of the claims O.
persons employed by contractors upor
| 1919.
! The Contractor to whom the con
1tract may be awarded will be required
to appear at the office of the Boart
lOf Supervisors, with the surety bond:
offered by him, which must be ap
iproved by the Chairman of the Boarc
of Supervisors, and execute the con
tract, within ten days (not including
Sunday from the date of his notifi
cation of such award. In case of fail
ure or neglect so to do he will be con
sidered as having abandoned it anc
,said forfeiture of said check will op
lerate.
| Bidders must satisfy themselves az
to the accuracy of the plans, profiles
cross-sections, estimate, and all othel
matters which may influence tht
prices set forth in their proposals.
l Attention is hereby called to the
IWillite Plastic Composition agree
ment of the California Willie RoaC
Construction Company on file in thu
office of the County Clerk of I'm
periai County.
the foregoing quantities are ap
proximate only, being given as {
basis for the comparison of bids, ant
the Engineer does not expressly or by
implication agree that the actua
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
the Highway Commission.
Plans, profiles and cross-sectrons
may be examined, and blank forms OF
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 G. L. PULLIAM, Chairman.
Attest:
M. S. COOK,
County Clerk and ex-officio
Clerk of the Board of Super
visors.
BY f. EMENAKER, Deputy.
Ell Ccntro, California, November Is,
1921.