REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Award of Bid No. PW19-20 to Interstate Grading & Paving, Inc. for Pavement Rehabilitation 2019 and Finding of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Categorical Exemption
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
Approval is requested to award a construction contract in the amount of $1,123,531.40 to Interstate Grading & Paving, Inc. of South San Francisco for Pavement Rehabilitation 2019 (Public Works Project No. ST-18-10) and a 10% construction contingency in the amount of $112,353.
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 Section 2.09.040 of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code, City Council approval is required for public works contracts exceeding $100,000 in any one transaction.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The proposed project is categorically exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301(c) for the restoring and rehabilitating of existing highways and streets, sidewalks, gutters, bicycle and pedestrian trails, and similar facilities, involving negligible or no expansion of use beyond that presently existing.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
Capital Project 825290 (Pavement Rehabilitation) provides funding for ongoing roadway infrastructure rehabilitation. Each year, staff surveys one half of the City's streets and inputs the data in the City's pavement management system. The system produces a list of deteriorated streets and plans are made to repair, slurry seal, double chip seal overlay, or reconstruct the streets as needed.
The Pavement Rehabilitation 2019 SB1 project includes nearly 1,246,000 square feet of pavement rehabilitation, which is nearly three miles of roadway. This project includes rehabilitation of the following streets: Tasman Drive, Wolfe Road, Java Drive, Noranda Drive, Taylor Avenue and Mango Avenue. These streets are in poor c...
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