REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Award of Bid No. PW17-22 for the Calabazas Creek Bridge Replacement Project at Old Mountain View-Alviso Road, and Award Contracts for Phase 2 Construction Management Services and Engineering Services During Construction (F17-111 and F17-112)
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
Approval is requested for the following items related to the Calabazas Creek Bridge replacement at Old Mountain View-Alviso Road:
* Award a construction contract in the amount of $4,319,295 to Flatiron West Inc. of Benicia;
* Approve a 10% construction contingency in the amount of $431,930;
* Award a Phase 2 construction management contract in an amount not-to-exceed to $659,887 to Vali Cooper & Associates Inc. of Emeryville;
* Approve a 10% construction management contingency in the amount of $65,989;
* Award a contract for engineering services during construction to Biggs Cardosa Associates Inc. of San Jose in an amount not-to-exceed $123,780; and
* Approve a 10% contract contingency in the amount of $12,378.
EXISTING POLICY
Section 1309 of the City Charter requires public works construction contracts to be awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder. Pursuant to Chapter 2.08 of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code, Council approval is required for transactions exceeding $100,000.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The project required both federal and state environmental reviews. The federal review or National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) was completed as of March 8, 2016. A Categorical Exemption/Categorical Exclusion (CE) was approved for the Project by Caltrans.
The state review pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) was completed and a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) and Mitigation, Monitoring and Reporting Program was approved by Council on July 26, 2016 (RTC No. 16-0467). Various environmental conditions will be implemented during the construction of the project.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
The purpose of this project is to replace t...
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