CITY OF SANTA ANA
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT
PROJECT 25-6031
MCFADDEN AVENUE TRANSIT SIGNAL PRIORITY PROJECT
This CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT is made and entered into this 1st day of July, 2025 by and between the City of Santa Ana, California, a charter city and municipal corporation organized and existing under the Constitution and laws of the State of California (hereinafter “CITY”), and Vido Samarzich, Inc. (hereinafter “CONTRACTOR”).
WITNESSETH:
The CITY and the CONTRACTOR, for the consideration hereinafter named, mutually agree as follows:
1. CONTRACTOR agrees to perform all the work and furnish all the materials at its own cost and expense necessary to construct and complete in a good and workmanlike manner and to the satisfaction of the City Engineer of the CITY, the McFadden Avenue Transit Signal Priority Project (hereinafter referred to as the “WORK OF IMPROVEMENT”) identified in and in accordance with the Contract Documents prepared by the City’s Public Works Agency and approved by the City Council.
2. The complete Construction Contract consists of the “Contract Documents” as defined by the Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction and which include the following:
Notice Inviting Bids
Information to Bidders
Bid Proposal
Bid Bond
Contract Form
Contract Bonds
General Provisions
Special Provisions
Technical Provisions and Project Plans
Community Workforce Agreement
Appendices
In case of conflict between the Contract Documents, the precedence of documents shall be as established in the Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction.
3. CITY agrees to pay and CONTRACTOR agrees to accept in full payment to complete the WORK OF IMPROVEMENT the sum total amount not to exceed One Million Five Hundred Seventy-Seven Thousand Six Hundred Dollars and No Cents ($1,577,600), as set forth and identified in the BID PROPOSAL, which is attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit “A,” and in accordance with Section 2-7.1 of the Greenbook: Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction.
The BID PROPOSAL contains a schedule of unit price(s) or lump sum(s) based on approximate quantities only, and the City does not expressly or by implication agree that the actual amount of work will correspond therewith, but reserves the right to increase or decrease the amount of any class or portion of the work or to omit portions of the work as may be deemed necessary or advisable.
EXHIBIT 3
4. CONTRACTOR agrees to complete the WORK OF IMPROVEMENT within the time specified in the Time for Completion of Improvements section of the BID PROPOSAL (Exhibit “A”) including commencing construction within the timeframe therein specified after issuance of a Notice to Proceed.
5. The CONTRACTOR will pay, and will require all subcontractors to pay, all employees on the WORK OF IMPROVEMENT a salary or wage at least equal to the prevailing salary or wage established for such work as set forth in the wage determinations for this work in accordance with applicable State and Federal law.
6. If applicable, the CONTRACTOR shall adhere to the CITY’S Community Workforce Agreement (CWA), a pre-hire collective bargaining agreement, which establishes the labor relations policies and procedures for CONTRACTOR to follow in the crafts persons employed to complete the WORK OF IMPROVEMENT as more fully described in the CWA. The CWA may be found on the City’s website at: http://www.santa-ana.org/pwa/documents/CWA.pdf
7. CONTRACTOR shall, after award of this Contract, furnish two bonds to be approved by the CITY, one in the amount of One Hundred Percent (100%) of the Contract price, to guarantee the faithful performance of the work (Performance Bond), and one in the amount of One Hundred Percent (100%) of the Contract price to guarantee payment of all claims for labor and materials furnished (Payment Bond). This Contract shall not become effective until such bonds are supplied to and approved by the CITY.
8. CONTRACTOR shall, prior to the release of the performance and payment bonds or the retention payment, furnish a warranty performance and payment bond (Warranty Bond). Said Warranty Bond shall also be required as a condition of project acceptance. For projects up to Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000), the Warranty Bond amount shall be the greater of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) or Twenty Percent (20%) of the final contract price. For projects above Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000), the Warranty Bond amount shall be the greater of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) or Ten Percent (10%) of the final contract price.
9. CONTRACTOR shall, after award of this Contract, furnish Certificates of Liability Insurance and Worker’s Compensation Insurance as outlined in the General Provisions, to be approved by the CITY.
10. INDEMNIFICATION.
To the fullest extent allowed by law, CONTRACTOR and its Subcontractors hereby agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless CITY, its City Council, boards and commissions, officers, agents, employees, representatives and volunteers (hereinafter collectively referred to as "Indemnitees"), through legal counsel acceptable to CITY, from and against any liability, claims, actions, costs, damages or losses, including reasonable costs and attorney’s fees, for injury, including death to any person or damage to any property, arising directly or indirectly from, or in any manner relating to, any of the following:
(i) Performance or nonperformance of the Work of Improvement by CONTRACTOR or its Subcontractors of any lower tier;
(ii) Performance or nonperformance by CONTRACTOR or its Subcontractors of any lower tier, of any of the obligations under the Contract Documents;
(iii) The construction activities of CONTRACTOR or its Subcontractors of any lower tier, either on the project site or on other properties;
(iv) The payment or nonpayment by CONTRACTOR of any of its Subcontractors of any lower tier, for Work of Improvement performed on or off the project site; and (v) Any personal injury, property damage or economic loss to third persons related to and arising from the performance or nonperformance by CONTRACTOR or its Subcontractors of any lower tier, of the Work of Improvement.
(vi) The indemnity obligations of Subcontractors provided by this Section shall be included in all subcontract documents issued by CONTRACTOR.
Nothing in the Contract Documents shall be construed to give rise to any implied right of indemnity in favor of CONTRACTOR against CITY or any other Indemnitee.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Construction Contract on the day and year first above written.
ATTEST: CITY OF SANTA ANA
ALVARO NUÑEZ
City Manager
CONTRACTOR:
Vido Samarzich, Inc.
NAME:
JENNIFER L. HALL
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
SONIA R. CARVALHO
City Attorney
By:
Assistant City Attorney TITLE:
RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL:
NABIL SABA, PE
Executive Director
Public Works Agency
Kyle Nellesen
Vido L. Samarzich
Vice President
Nabil Saba
Digitally signed by
Nabil Saba
Date: 2025.06.16
08:45:35 -07'00'
CITY OF SANTA ANA
PROPOSAL
PROJECT NO.: 25-6031
MCF'ADDEN AVENUE TRANSIT SIGNAL PRIORITY PROJECT
BID PROPOSAL
TO: CITY COUNCIL OF,TI.IE CITY OF SANTA ANA
FROM: Vido Samarzich, lnc.
REQUIREMENT:
The undersigned bidder declares that they have carefully exarnir-red the location of the proposed work, that they have examined the Contract Documents in its entirety and l'rereby proposes to furnish all material and do all the work required to cornplete the said work in accordance with said plans (if any) and the specifications for the r-rnit price(s) or lr,rmp snrn(s) set fbrth in the following schedule:
Item Description Qty IInit Unit Price Amount
1 Furnish & Install Trar,sit
Advertising Shelter
13 EA $ $
2 Furnish & Install Solar Power for
Transit Shelters 25 EA $ $
J Furnish & Install Trarrsit Non-
Advertising Slielter 12 EA $ $
4 Fr"rrrrish & Install Steel Bench
(lncluding Secure Nuts) 25 EA $ $
5 Fumish & Install 32 Gallon Trash
Receptacle (lncluding Secure
Nuts & Master Padlock)
25 EA $ $
6 PCC Sidewalk (T:6";* 6,800 SF $ $
7 Install New Bus Padr' 6,000 SF $ $
8 Remove & Salvage Existirrg
Shelter* I EA $ $
9 Remove & Salvage Existing
Bench* 25 EA $ $
10 Remove & Salvage Existing
Trash Receptacle* 25 EA $ $
ll Furnish & Install New Water
Meter Frame and Cover 6 E,A $ $
t2 Signing & Striping 1 LS $ $
13 Furnish and Install Solar Powered
Street Light Pole and Foundation 25 EA $ $
P-1 ofP-19
6,000.00
150,000.00
3,500.00
87,500.00
3,800.00
95,000.00
17.00 115,600.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
750.00
18,750.00
300.00
7,500.00
1,500.00
9,000.00
15,000.00
15,000.00
11,000.00
275,000.00
20,000.00
260,000.00
19,000.00
228,000.00
42.75 256,500.00
CITY OF SANTA ANA
PROPOSAL
PITOJECT NO.: 25-6031
MCFADDEN AVENUE TRANSIT SIGNAL PRIORITY PROJECT
Item Description Qty Unit Unit Price Amount
14 Pothole Street I.ight Pole
Location 25 EA $ $
15 Constnrction Perrnit 1 LS $ 7,000 $ 7,000
16 Project Advertisement Sign 2 EA $ $
BID ALTERNATES
Item Description Qty Unit Unit Price Amount
1 Fumish and Deliver Solar
Powered Street [,ielit Pole 5 EA $ $
P-2 of P-19
1,750.00
2,500.00
5,000.00
43,750.00
9,500.00
47,500.00
CITY OF SANTA ANA
PROPOSAL
PRO.IECT NO.: 25-6031
MCFADDEN AVENUE TRANSIT SIGNAL PRIORITY PROJECT
TOTAL BASE BID $
TOTAL ADD ALTERNATE BID $
The lowest responsible bidder shall be selected based on the total base bid. The City reserves the right to award the Base Bid, and any, all, or none of the add-alteurate bid iterns (if any). * The quantity for this bid item is shown for bid cornparison only. This bid item shall not be subject to the "25yo" limit as stated in Section 7-3.5 of the Standard Specifications. Tl"re actual amount fbr this item will be dictated by the actual quantity used, and the Agency reserves the right to increase or decrease the quantity of this item accordingly. t This bid item is considered a Specialty Item per Section 3-2 of the Standard Specifications.
TIME FOR COMPLETION OF IMPROVEMEN'IS AND LIQUIDATED DAMAGES The undersigned bidder hereby proposes to complete the Work for the total base bid amount shown above, within One-Hundred Twenti, (120) workine days after the commencement date stated in the Notice to Proceed. Llpon issuance of the Notice to Proceed, Contractor shall immediately place order for long-lead time items (Street Light Poles, Tolar Bus Shelters (Ad & Non-Ad), Solar Powers, Trash Receptacles. and Benches).
The liquidated damages amount, in lieu of the amount specified in Subsection 6-9 of the Standard Specifications, shall be $1,650 per calendar day.
Name of Firm
Signature of BIDDER
Title Vice President
(lf an individual, so state. If a firm or co-partnership, state the flrm name and give the names of all individual co-partners composing the finl. If a corporatiorr, state legal name o1'corporatior-r, and names of President, Secretary, lreasurer and Manager, thereof.) Corporation: Vido Samarzrch, lnc.
President: Vido Samarzich
Vice President: Vido L. Samarzich
Secretary: Monika Samarzich
P-3 of P-19
1,577,600.00
1,625,100.00