Notice is hereby given that the Governing Board (“Board”) of the Compton Unified School District (“District”) is inviting sealed bids to construct the following project: BID #B27-002 Centennial High School Increment 01 - Campus Wide Structure and Utility Demolition & Rough Grading. To bid on this Project, the Bidder with their subcontractor(s) are required to possess each of the following State of California Contractor Licenses: B (General Building Contractor) and C-12 (Earthwork & Paving Contractor) and C-21 (Building Moving/Demolition Contractor). Sealed Bids will be received until 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, October 28, 2026, and must contain one (1) original (clearly identified “Original”), three (3) copies, and one (1) .pdf copy on a flash drive of the requested materials addressed to the District Office Purchasing Department 2nd Floor, Room #279 Attention: Mikkiala Peele, located at District Headquarters, 501 Santa Fe Ave., Compton, CA 90221, at or after which time the bids will be opened and publicly read aloud. Any claim by a bidder of error in its bid must be made in compliance with section 5100 et seq. of the Public Contract Code. Any bid that is submitted after this time shall be non-responsive and returned to the bidder. Project generally consists of providing turn-key services to complete extensive demolition and grading at the Centennial High School site, to remove and demolish all existing utilities, buildings, and site improvements located within the Limit of Work Lines shown on the Contract Documents. All bids shall be on the form provided by the District. Each bid must conform and be responsive to all pertinent Contract Documents, including, but not limited to, the Instructions to Bidders. To bid on this Project, the Bidder is required to possess each of the following State of California Contractor Licenses: B (General Building Contractor) and C-12 (Earthwork & Paving Contractor) and C-21 (Building Moving/Demolition Contractor). The District will permit a Bidder to list a subcontractor to satisfy the requirement for a C-12 (Earthwork & Paving Contractor) and/or a C-21 (Building Moving/Demolition Contractor), in lieu of the Bidder possessing those license classifications. Note: The Contractor or subcontractor(s) are also required to have both Hazardous Substance Removal Certifications (ASB, Asbestos Certification & HAZ, Hazardous Substance Removal Certification). The Bidder's license(s) and Hazardous Substance Removal Certification must be active and in good standing at the time of the bid opening and must remain so throughout the term of the Contract. As security for its Bid, each bidder shall provide with its Bid form: a bid bond issued by an admitted surety insurer on the form provided by the District, cash, or a cashier's check or a certified check, drawn to the order of the Compton Unified School District, in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the total bid price. This bid security shall be a guarantee that the Bidder shall, within seven (7) calendar days after the date of the Notice of Award, enter into a contract with the District for the performance of the services as stipulated in the bid. The successful Bidder shall be required to furnish a 100% Performance Bond and a 100% Payment Bond if it is awarded the contract for the Project. The successful Bidder may substitute securities for any monies withheld by the District to ensure performance under the Contract, in accordance with the provisions of section 22300 of the Public Contract Code. The successful Bidder and its subcontractors shall pay all workers on the Project not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages and the general prevailing rate for holiday and overtime work as determined by the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations, State of California, for the type of work performed and the locality in which the work is to be performed within the boundaries of the District, pursuant to sections 1770 et seq. of the California Labor Code. Prevailing wage rates are available to any interested party on request or at www.dir.ca.gov/oprl/statistics_and_databases.html. Bidders and Bidders’ subcontractors shall comply with the registration and qualification requirements pursuant to sections 1725.5 and 1771.1 of the California Labor Code. A MANDATORY pre-bid conference and site visit will be held on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. at Centennial High School, 2606 North Central Avenue, Compton, CA 90222. All participants are required to sign in at Centennial High School, 2606 North Central Avenue, Compton, CA 90222. The Site Visit is expected to take approximately 2 hours. Failure to attend will render bid ineligible. Any Contractor that fails to arrive at or before 10am will not be considered eligible to submit a Bid. All Pre-Bid Requests for Information (RFIs) are to be submitted to Chuck Wren (Construction Manager, Cumming) at [email protected] no later than Tuesday, October 19, 2026, 10:00 a.m. Contract Documents are available on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, for download from the District’s website (https://www.compton.k12.ca.us/district1/doing-business). The District’s Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids and/or waive any irregularity in any bid received. If the District awards the Contract, the security of unsuccessful bidder(s) shall be returned within sixty (60) days from the time the award is made. Unless otherwise required by law, no bidder may withdraw its bid or bid security for ninety (90) days after the date of the bid opening. The District shall award the Contract, if it awards it at all, to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder based on the base bid amount only.