REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Award of Bid No. PW15-17 for Slurry Seal - 2015 and Finding of CEQA Categorical Exemption
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
Approval is requested to award a construction contract in the amount of $361,300 to Graham Contractors, Inc. of San Jose for Slurry Seal - 2015 (Public Works Project No. ST-15/01-15). Approval is also requested for a 10% construction contingency in the amount of $36,130.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) determination for this project is a categorical exception pursuant to Class 1, Section 15301(c) for the rehabilitation of existing streets.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
The annual slurry seal of City streets provides for maintenance of a portion of the City's streets each year. Slurry seal is the application of a mixture of oil, water, sand and selected additives to the surface of a street, which when allowed to dry/cure, provides a thin wearing surface and seals the underlying surface materials to assist in blocking the access of water into the subgrade. Slurry seal is a maintenance treatment that extends the life of a road surface, and is economical, easy to apply and has a low life cycle cost.
An annual pavement condition survey is used by Pavement Operations staff to determine which streets will benefit most from slurry sealing. The scope of this year's project is to slurry seal approximately 52,800 square feet of downtown parking lots (Type I) and approximately 2.5 million square feet of City streets (Type II and Type III). Site locations are shown in Attachment 3.
The project was bid as follows:
Bid Notice: Advertised in The Sun on February 13, 2015;
Provided to 18 Bay Area Builder's Exchanges;
Posted on Onvia Demandstar public procurement network; and
Published on the City's website.
Bid Response: 14 contractors requested bid documents.
Bid Resul...
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