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ByMaggieMichael and Sylvie Corbet The Associated Press CAIRO A French ship searching the Mediterra- nean has detected black box signals from a miss- ing EgyptAir flight in the waters between the Greek island of Crete and the Egyptian coast, a develop- ment that could help solve the mystery of why the air- craft crashed into the sea last month, killing all 66 on board. The discovery, an- nounced Wednesday, could help guide search teams to the wreckage and the flight's data and cockpit voice recorders, which if re- trieved unharmed could re- veal whether a mechanical fault or a hijacking or bomb caused the disaster. In the two weeks since Flight 804 disappeared from radar en route to Cairo from Paris, only small pieces of debris and human remains have been retrieved from the crash site. No terrorist group has claimed responsibility, though Egypt's civil avia- tion minister, Sherif Fathi, has said terrorism is a more likely cause than equipment failure or some other cata- strophic event. The flight recorders will be critical to determining whether the disaster was caused by an accident or a deliberate act. Equipped with sophisti- cated underwater sensors, the French naval vessel La- place had been taking part in the search for the miss- ing Airbus A320 since last week. On Wednesday, the Egyptian agency leading the inquiry into the crash said the ship had received signals "from the seabed of the wreckage search area, assumed to be from one of the data recorders." Hours later, the French company Alseamar con- firmed that its equipment aboard the ship had de- tected signals from one of the black box recorders. It said the naval vessel started searching for the signals at midday Tuesday, and "less than 24 hours were necessary ... to locate signals from one of the re- corders of flight MS804." The statement did not indicate how the company knew the signals were from the plane's black box, and the French air accident in- vestigation agency BEA said it was impossible to tell whether they were from the flight's data or voice re- corder. However, Sebastien Barthe, an agency spokes- man, said the signal was specific enough to indicate that it came from one of the flight's data reco rders. BEA investigators are aboard the Laplace. Locator pings emitted by flight data and cockpit voice recorders can be picked up from deep underwater. The Laplace is equipped with three detectors designed to pick up those signals, which in the case of the EgyptAir plane are believed to be at a depth of some 3,000 meters (9,842 feet). By comparison, the wreckage of the Titanic is lying at a depth of some 3,800 meters (12,500 feet). A second ship, the John Lethbridge, equipped with sonar and other equipment capable of detecting wreck- age at depths up to 6,000 feet, was to join the search later this week. The EgyptAir Airbus A320 had been cruising normally in clear skies on an overnight flight on May 19 when it disappeared from radar and plunged 38,000 feet into the sea. A distress signal was never is- sued, the airline said. Since the crash, only small pieces of wreck- age and human remains have been recovered in a search that has been nar- rowed down to five-kilome- ter (three-mile) area of the Mediterranean. Locating the black boxes could significantly narrow the search site. Hani Galal, a former EgyptAir pilot who has investigated other air di- sasters, said the flight re- corders are located in a compartment under an air- craft's tail, so finding them "means there is 90 percent probability that the wreck- age, or at least the tail, will be found." 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ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE • The Engineer's Estimate for this contract is $1,220,000 DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS EN- TERPRISE GOAL The DBE Contract goal is 7% TRAINEES OR APPRENTICES The number of trainees or ap- prentices for this contract is -0-. The project has 45 Working Days. PRE-BID MEETING A non-mandatory pre-bid meet- ing is scheduled for 6/8/2016 at the offices of ing 6/8/2016 10:00 AM at the offices of Tehama County Public Works, 9380 San Benito Ave, Gerber, CA. This meeting is to inform bid- ders and potential subcontractors of project re- quirements, arranging solicitations, times for the pre- sentation of bids, quantities, specifications, and delivery schedules in ways that facilitate DBE, and other small businesses participation (e.g., unbundling large contracts to make them more accessible to small busi- nesses, requiring or encourag- ing prime contractors to sub- contract portions of work that they might otherwise perform with their own forces) of sub- contracting and material supply opportunities. The County will also answer any questions per- taining to the Plans, Contract, and Specifica- tions including the Alternative bid procedures, if any. Bidder's attendance at this meeting will non-mandatory . BUY AMERICA PROVISIONS THIS PROJECT IS SUBJECT TO THE "BUY AMERICA" PROVI- SIONS OF THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1982 AS AMENDED BY THE INTERMODAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCY ACT OF 1991. Bids are required for the entire work described herein. CON- TRACTOR'S LICENSE CLASSIFICA- TION The contractor shall possess ei- ther a Class A OR C12 license at the time this contract is award- ed. This contract is subject to state contract non- discrimination and compliance requirements compliance requirements pursuant to Gov- ernment Code, Section 12990. Inquiries or questions based on alleged patent ambiguity of the plans, specifications or estimate must be communicated as a bid- der inquiry prior to bid opening. Any such inquiries or questions, submitted after bid opening, will not be treated as a bid protest. OBTAINING OR INSPECTING CON- TRACT DOCUMENTS The Project Bid Book and Construction Plans may be inspected at no cost at the Department's offices, or copies of these documents may be obtained for a NONREFUNDABLE FEE OF $ 50.00 PER SET including ½ size format- ted on "11 x 17" paper. Full size individual sheets are available at a cost of $3.50 per sheet. These documents can be ob- tained from: TEHAMA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS 9380 SAN BENITO AVENUE, GERB- ER, CALIFORNIA Technical questions should be directed to the office of the County Engineer, Kevin Rosser, Senior Civil Engineer, telephone (530) 385- 1462 ex. 3051. The successful bidder shall fur- nish a payment bond and a per- formance bond. The County of Tehama affirms that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enter- prises will be afforded full op- portunity to submit bids in re- sponse to this invitation. FEDERAL AND CALIFORNIA PRE- VAILING WAGE REQUIREMENTS Federal minimum wage rates included in these specifi- wage are not included in these specifi- cations. They may be obtained at the Internet Web Site http://www.wdol.gov/dba.aspx A copy is also available at the Offices of Tehama County Public Works, 9380 San Benito Avenue, Gerber, CA 96035 If there is a dif- ference between the minimum wage rates predetermined by the Secretary of Labor and the general prevailing wage rates determined by the Director of the California Department of In- dustrial Relations for similar classifications of labor, the Con- tractor and subcontractors shall pay not less than the higher wage rate. The Department will not accept lower State wage rates not specifically included in the Federal minimum wage de- terminations. This includes "helper" (or other classifica- tions based on hours of experi- ence) or any other classification not appearing in the Federal wage determinations. Where Federal wage determinations do not contain the State wage rate determination otherwise availa- ble for use by the Contractor and subcontractors, the Con- tractor and subcontractors shall pay not less than the Federal minimum wage rate, which most closely approximates the duties of the employees in question. The U.S. Department of Trans- portation (DOT) provides a toll- free "hotline" service to report bid rigging activities. Bid rigging activities can be reported Mon- days through Fridays, between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, Telephone No. 1-800-424- 9071. Anyone with knowledge of possible bid rigging, bidder col- lusion, other fraudulent activ- possible rigging, lusion, or other fraudulent activ- ities should use the "hotline" to report these activities. The "hotline" is part of the DOT's continuing effort to identify and investigate highway construc- tion contract fraud and abuse and is operated under the direc- tion of the DOT Inspector Gener- al. All information will be treat- ed confidentially and caller ano- nymity will be respected. PUBLIC CONTRACT CODE SEC- TION 22300 Pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 22300, for monies earned by the Contractor and withheld by the County to ensure the performance of the Contract, the Contractor, may, at its option, choose to substi- tute securities meeting the re- quirements of said Public Con- tract Code Section 22300. Such securities shall be valued by the County Treasurer- Tax Collector, whose decision shall be final. Securities not listed under Pub- lic Contract Code Section 22300 or Government Code Section 16430 must be pre-qualified by the County Treasurer-Tax Col- lector before bid opening in or- der to be accepted by the Coun- ty as security. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS; COUNTY OF TEHAMA BY: Gary B. 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