Imperial Valley press., 1921-11-17
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Separate scaled proposals, address,
ed t. the Board of Supervisors Of the
County of Jmnerial State of CaIifor-
MIA for the following work, will be
received bv the said Board at it's Of
flee in FL Centre, until o'clock, y. M,
on the 10Th dav of December, 1927.
and at that time and place will be
pubiiclv opened and read:
1. Paving a portion of the High
way from Cllexico westerly, from
West Citv 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
and embankment;
Item 2. Placing reinforcement in
1000 SO. ft. of pavement.
Item 3. 169,37G so. #. Portland
Cement Concrete pavement.
2. Paving portion of the Calexi-
co-Bond's Corner Highway, from Sta
.tion 254G9 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 I. 500 Gu. yrs. excavation
and embankmcnt:
Item 2. 253,744 so. fl. Portland
Cement Concrete pavement;
Item 3. Placing reinforcement ir
1000 So. #. pavement.
,. Grading and paving norton of
the West Side Highway. from Station
900 to $500, and from Station 81
90 to 1880.
All bids are TO be compared or .he
basis of the Highway Engineers Fs-
innate Of work to be done, as i,uows:
| Item I. 10000 GU. yds. excavation
and embankmcnt;
Item 9. Placing rcinforccmcaJ in
2,000 So. # p3vrment;
+ Item 3. l28.800 81. #, Portland
/ Cement Concrete Pavement.
| All proposals must be made upor
blank forms 10 be obtained from the
Clerk of the Board Of Supervisors.
Said proposals. must give tho prir2s
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 accompan'ed
by a certified check made PAYABLE to
the County Of Imperial and drawn
upon 4 bank doing ubsincss in I'm
pcri2l County for an amount equal To-
or in excess of ten ncr cent of the
amount o. sud bid, and no bid shall
J ba considered unless such check Is in.
c!osci thcrewith. Should the success
ful bidder = whom the contract is
awarded fail to execute the same
such check shall be forfeited to tn,
County Of Imperial and the same sha)
be the proDertv Of said County. Al
other certified checks will be returned
to the unsuccessful bidders who sub
mitted the same.
4 common law bond will be re
o1ircd for the faithful performance o.
the contract in such sum as shall BIT
fixed by the Board of Supervisors O.
the County, after the bids are opened
said sum shall be one-fourth the esti
mated total amount of the contrac
and a further and additional bono
must be furnished as required by tn,
terms of an act entitled: "An act tt
secure the payment of the claims O.
persons employed by contractors upor
public works, etc." approved May 10
1919.
The Contractor to whom the con
tract may be awarded will be required
to appear at the office of the Boarc
of Supervisors, with the surety bond.
: offered by him, which must be ap
proved 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
ication of such award. In case of fail
ure or neglect so to do he will be con
sldered as having abandoned it ant
said forfeiture of said check will op
crate.
| Bidders must satisfy themselves a.
to the accuracy of the plans, profiles
cross-sections, estimate, and all othel
matters which may influence thu
prices set forth in their proposals.
Attention is hereby called to the
Willie Plastic Composition agree
ment of the California Willie Roat
Construction Company on file in the
office of the County Clerk of I'M
periai County.
The foregoing quantities are ap
proXimate only, being given as j.;
basis for the comparison of bids, anC
the Engineer does not expressly or by
implication agree that the actua
amount 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 eXpcdient by
the Highway Commission.
T. Plans, profilcs and cross-scctron.
may be examined. and blank forms o,
specifications and contracts may he
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.
IBOARD or SUPERVISORS or
| THE COUNTY or IMPERIAL
STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
BY G. l.. PULLIAM, Chairman.
Attest:
NJ. s. COOK,
County Clerk and ex-officio
Clerk of the Board of Super