REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Award Bid No. PW16-04 for Concrete Sidewalk, Curb, Gutter and Driveway Approaches, Approve Budget Modification No. 11 in the Amount of $210,919 and Make Finding of CEQA Categorical Exemption
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
Approval is requested to award a construction contract in the amount of $2,016,879, plus a 10% contingency in the amount of $201,688, to JJR Construction Inc. of San Mateo for the Concrete Sidewalk, Curb, Gutter and Driveway approaches 2015/16 (Public Works Project No. ST-15/07-16). Approval is also requested for Budget Modification No. 11 to provide additional project funding.
EXISTING POLICY
Section 1309 of the City Charter requires construction contracts to be awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) determination for this project is a categorical exemption pursuant to Class 1, Section 15301(c), for existing facilities including highways and streets.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
Capital Project 829400 provides for the replacement of concrete curbs, gutters, sidewalks and driveway approaches throughout the city generally identified by residents and then verified, inspected, prioritized and scheduled by the Department of Public Works (DPW). Over the last two fiscal years, approximately 1,700 locations have been added to the replacement list, adding to an existing backlog (last year about 660 locations were addressed). Approximately 800 locations are included in the current bid. While this project is in process, staff will coordinate the removal and replacement of trees that are deemed to cause damage and severe displacement to the concrete hardscape.
The project was advertised in The Sunnyvale Sun on August 28, 2015, distributed to eighteen Bay Area Builder's Exchanges, and published on the City's website through the Demandstar public procurement network. Ten contractors requested bid documents. Sealed bids we...
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