REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Reject the Sole Bid Received for Fair Oaks Avenue Bikeway and Streetscape (PW18-16)
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
Approval is requested to reject the sole bid received in response to Invitation for Bids PW18-16 for Fair Oaks Avenue Bikeway and Streetscape. The bid is significantly higher than the available budget.
EXISTING POLICY
Pursuant to Chapter 2.09.140(b) of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code, City Council approval is required to reject public works construction bids greater than $100,000.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The action being considered does not constitute a "project" within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378(a) as it has no potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
The Fair Oaks Avenue Bikeway and Streetscape Project consists of improvements along Fair Oaks Avenue between Old San Francisco Road and Evelyn Avenue, and between Kifer Road and Ahwanee Avenue. The project scope of work along the project limits includes the installation of class III bikeways (sharrows) and appropriate signage, bicycle loop detectors, pull boxes and camera systems at intersections on existing signal mast arms and pedestrian push buttons. Additionally, the project includes upgrading existing non-ADA compliant ramps to ADA compliance, concrete improvements (sidewalk, curb and gutter, and valley gutter replacement), and utility work.
The construction project was advertised for competitive bidding on the City's DemandStar public procurement network and distributed to Bay Area Builder's Exchanges on March 9, 2018, with fourteen (14) contractors requesting bid documents. Sealed bids were opened on April 4, 2018, with one (1) responsive bid received. FBD Vanguard Construction submitted a bid in the amount of $1,309,598.50 as detailed in Attachment 1. After...
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