REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Rejection of Proposal Received in Response to Request for Proposals No. F14-85 for Design and Construction Support Services for Mary Avenue Bicycle Lanes
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
Approval is requested to reject the one proposal received in response to Request for Proposals No. F14-85 for design and construction support services for Mary Avenue Bicycle Lanes (Public Works Project No. TR-14/02-15).
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
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BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
This project will resurface approximately three miles of asphalt pavement on Mary Avenue between Fremont Avenue and Maude Avenue, and reconfigure the roadway striping to accommodate bicycles. The scope of work for this contract is for the consultant to evaluate and recommend the most cost effective rehabilitation treatments for the identified street segments, prepare contract documents suitable for construction bidding in the Spring of 2015, and provide construction support.
The pavement rehabilitation will include asphalt grinding, spot reconstruction, and new pavement resurfacing. Additional work will include minor concrete improvements, signage modification, modifications to existing traffic signal hardware, new video detection for bikes and motorists, landscaped concrete median island modification, new green bike lanes per Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) guidelines, crack sealing and repair, traffic striping and adjustment of utility boxes to the finished grade.
Request for Proposal (RFP) specifications were prepared by Public Works and Purchasing staff. RFP No. F14-85 was directly distributed to three Bay Area transportation firms and posted on the Demandstar public procurement network. Eighteen firms requested RFP documents. One proposal in the amount of $262,500 was received on July 6 from Bellecci & Asssociates (who partnered with TJKM Transportation Consultants).
The RFP response recommended landscaping, geotechnical engineering, and surveying s...
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