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The City reserves the right to reject a responsive bid based on the non-responsibility of the bidder if the Director
of Public Works or Designee finds, after providing notice and a hearing to the bidder, that the bidder lacks the
1. knowledge
2. experience,
3. or is otherwise not responsible
as defined in Section 3.24 of the San Luis Obispo Municipal Code to complete the project in the best interest of
the City.
Rejected bidders may appeal this determination. Appeal must comply with the requirements in this Notice to
Bidders.
It is the City of San Luis Obispo’s intent to award the contract to the lowest responsive bid submitted by a
responsible bidder. If in the bidder’s opinion the contract has been or may be improperly awarded, the bidder
may protest the contract award.
Protests must be filed no later than five working days after either:
1. bid opening date
2. notification of rejected bid.
Protest must be in writing and received by the project manager located at:
919 Palm Street
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401.
Valid protests must contain the following information:
1. the reasons for the protest
2. any supporting documentation
3. the ruling expected by the City to remedy the protest.
Any protest not containing all required information will be deemed invalid and rejected.
The City will consider additional documentation or other supporting information regarding the protest if
submitted in compliance to the specified time limits. Anything submitted after the specified time limit will be
rejected and not be considered.
The Director of Public Works or Designee may request additional information to be submitted within three days
of the request, unless otherwise specified, and will notify the protester of ruling within ten days of determination.
In the event that protester is not satisfied with ruling, the protester may appeal the ruling to the City Council in
compliance with Chapter 1.20 of the City of San Luis Obispo Municipal Code.
Pursuant to the Public Records Act (Government Code, § 6250, et seq.), the City will make public records
available upon request.
The lowest bidder will be determined using the Total Project Bid.
As a condition to executing a contract with the City, a payment bond and a performance bond, each equal to one
hundred percent of the total contract price are required.
The City of San Luis Obispo affirms that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement,
disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation.
Pursuant to Section 1773 of the Labor Code, the general prevailing wage rates in the county, or counties, in which
the work is to be done have been determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations.
These wages are set forth in the General Prevailing Wage Rates for this project are available from the California
Department of Industrial Relations’ Internet web site at http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR/PWD. The Federal