Project Information

Bid Title

Portsmouth Square Improvement Project (Rebid) [Citywide PLA]

Issuing Agency

City and County of San Francisco

Location

California

Published Date

Dec 3, 2025

Closing Date

Jan 7, 2026

Government Level

State & Local

Status

Closed

Ref. #

0000011131

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Project Description

Request for Bids or Qualifications/Proposals

Estimated Cost/Contract Amount:
Approximately $42,000,000.00

Due Date:

01/07/2026

Due Time:
02:30PM

Bid/Proposal Submission Location:

Bids shall be submitted online via ShareFile until 2:30:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, after which the bid opening will be conducted live online via Microsoft Teams. Contract Administration will email the Microsoft Teams meeting information to all Plan Holders approximately 24 hours prior to Bid opening.

Duration:

760 consecutive calendar days
Project Zip Code:

Advertisement Date:

10/20/2025

Contacts

Contact Type	Contact Name	Contact Email
Project Manager	Noah Levy	Noah.Levy@sfgov.org
Contract Compliance Officer	Ivan Oldenkamp	Ivan.Oldenkamp@sfgov.org
City’s Contractor Development Program	City’s Contractor Development Program	cdp@imwis.com

Pre-Bid/Pre-Proposal Conference

Location:

A pre-bid meeting will be held on site on Wednesday, October 29, 2025, at 10:00 AM at Portsmouth Square, 733 Kearny Street, San Francisco. Meet at the Upper Plaza area

Date:

10/29/2025

Time:

10:00AM
Attendance:

Project Scope

Project Description

Scope of Work: This project involves the renovation of Portsmouth Square, an existing public park located above the Portsmouth Square parking garage in San Francisco’s Chinatown district. The project will demolish nearly all existing park features and the Kearny Street pedestrian bridge. The existing upper-level restrooms and the parking garage below will remain in place. The plaza will be completed with new drainage and waterproofing, new paving, landscape planters, irrigation, decorative walls, stairs, curbs, railings, shade structures, playground structures, lighting, and electrical systems. Architectural work includes the construction of a clubhouse building and select retrofit of structural concrete. The existing Hilton Hotel building at the east side of the pedestrian bridge as well as the parking garage below shall be occupied and used by the public during construction.

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CITY & COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO

SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC WORKS

Sourcing Event ID No.: 0000011131

PORTSMOUTH SQUARE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (REBID) [CITYWIDE PLA]

(PW PORTSMOUTH SQ IMP PRJ REBID)

Bids shall be submitted online via ShareFile until 2:30:00 p.m. on December 10, 2025, after which the

bid opening will be conducted live online via Microsoft Teams. Contract Administration will email the

Microsoft Teams meeting information to all Plan Holders approximately 24 hours prior to Bid opening.

Digital files of Bid Documents, Plan Holders Lists, and Addenda may be downloaded at no cost from the

Public Works Electronic Bid Documents Download site at

https://bsm.sfdpw.org/ContractAdmin/Login.aspx.Please visit the Contracts, Bids and Payments webpage

at https://bidopportunities.apps.sfdpw.org for more information. Notices regarding Addenda and other bid

changes will be distributed by email to Plan Holders.

Scope of Work: This project involves the renovation of Portsmouth Square, an existing public park located

above the Portsmouth Square parking garage in San Francisco’s Chinatown district. The project will

demolish nearly all existing park features and the Kearny Street pedestrian bridge. The existing upper-

level restrooms and the parking garage below will remain in place. The plaza will be completed with new

drainage and waterproofing, new paving, landscape planters, irrigation, decorative walls, stairs, curbs,

railings, shade structures, playground structures, lighting, and electrical systems. Architectural work

includes the construction of a clubhouse building and select retrofit of structural concrete. The existing

Hilton Hotel building at the east side of the pedestrian bridge as well as the parking garage below shall be

occupied and used by the public during construction.

The time allowed for completion is 760 consecutive calendar days. The estimated construction cost is

approximately $42,000,000. For more information, contact the Project Manager Noah Levy by phone:

(628) 652-6633 or email: Noah.Levy@sfgov.org.

On July 1, 2014, the registration program under section 1725.5 of the California Labor Code went into

effect. The program requires that all contractors and subcontractors who bid or work on a public works

project register and pay an annual fee to the California Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”).

No contractor or subcontractor may be listed in a bid or awarded a contract for a public works project

unless registered with the DIR as required by Labor Code section 1725.5 [with limited exceptions from

this requirement for bid purposes only under Labor Code section 1771.1(a)].

This Project shall incorporate the required partnering elements for Partnering Level 4. Refer to

Section 01 31 33 for more details.

Pursuant to San Francisco Administrative Code (“Administrative Code”) Section 6.25 and Chapter 25 of

the Environment Code, “Clean Construction” is required for the performance of all work.

The Specifications include liquidated damages. Contract will be on a Lump Sum Bid Items with Unit

Prices basis. Progressive payments will be made.

The Contract will be awarded to the lowest responsible responsive bidder.

A bid may be rejected if the City determines that any of the bid item prices are materially unbalanced to

the potential detriment of the City.

Bid discounts may not be applied as per Administrative Code Chapter 14B. The Micro-LBE

subcontracting requirement is 13.00% and the Small-LBE subcontracting requirement is 8.00%. The total

Micro and Small- LBE Subcontracting Participation Requirement is 21.00%. For details, contact Ivan

Oldenkamp by phone at (415) 554-0630 or by email at Ivan.Oldenkamp@sfgov.org. In accordance with

Administrative Code Chapter 14B requirements,.good faith efforts may apply. Refer to CMD Form 2B.

A pre-bid meeting will be held on site on Wednesday, October 29, 2025, at 10:00 AM at Portsmouth

Square, 733 Kearny Street, San Francisco. Meet at the Upper Plaza area

For information on the City’s Contractor Development Program, call (415) 986-3999 or email

cdp@imwis.com.

A corporate surety bond or certified check for ten percent (10%) of the amount bid must accompany each

bid. Administrative Code Section 6.22(a) requires all construction greater than $25,000 to include

performance and payment bonds for 100% of the contract award.

Class "B" license is required to bid.

In accordance with Administrative Code Chapter 6, no bid is accepted and no contract in excess of

Threshold is awarded by the City and County of San Francisco Department of Public Works until such

time as the General Manager of the Recreation and Park Department recommends the contract for

award, and the Recreation and Park Commission then adopts a resolution awarding the Contract.

Pursuant to Charter Section 3.105, all contract awards are subject to certification by the Controller as to

the availability of funds.

Minimum wage rates for this project must comply with the current General Prevailing Wage as determined

by the State Department of Industrial Relations. Minimum wage rates other than applicable to General

Prevailing Wage must comply with Administrative Code Chapter 12P, Minimum Compensation

Ordinance. In addition, the San Francisco Citywide Project Labor Agreement (PLA) became effective on

July 14, 2020. This Contract is a Covered Project and Bidders are advised that the PLA is incorporated

into the contract documents. More information about the PLA can be found at:

https://sfgov.org/olse/citywide-project-labor-agreement.

This Project is subject to the requirements of the San Francisco Local Hiring Policy for Construction

(''Policy'') as set forth in Administrative Code Section 6.22(g). Bidders are hereby advised that the

requirements of the Policy will be incorporated as a material term of any contract awarded for the

Project. Refer to Section 00 73 30 of the Project Manual for more information.

Bidders are hereby advised that the Contractor to whom the Contract is awarded must be certified by the

Contract Monitoring Division as being in compliance with the Equal Benefits Provisions of Article 131 of

the San Francisco Labor and Employment Code within two weeks after notification of award.

If a bidder objects on any ground to any bid specification or legal requirement imposed by this

Advertisement for Bids, the bidder shall, no later than the 10th working day prior to the date of Bid

opening, provide written notice to the Contract Administration Division, San Francisco Public Works,

setting forth with specificity the grounds for the objection.

Right reserved to reject any or all bids and waive any minor irregularities.

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