DATE: July 18, 2023
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Award Contract No. 22-11-M, Slurry Seals
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Adopt specifications for Contract No. 22-11-M, Slurry Seals at various locations in Fresno County and award the base bid and additive bids 1-6, 8, and 9 to the lowest bidder Doolittle Construction, LLC, 15 Business Parkway Suite 105 Sacramento, CA 95828, in the total amount of $2,753,382.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will authorize the award of a preventative maintenance project. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
The Board may; award only the base bid, award the base bid and some of the additive bids in County Service Areas (CSA), or reject all bids. If the recommended action is not approved the project will be delayed.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. The base bid includes work along county-maintained roadways, including 1/2 mile within the City of Fresno jurisdiction performed under the existing Agreement for Maintenance of City-County Roads. The additive bids being awarded include work on CSA roads which are not part of the County's system of maintained roadways and will be paid for by the respective CSAs responsible for such roads. The anticipated construction cost, based on the low bid and Director's allowance for change orders of $150,169, is $2,903,551. Sufficient appropriations and estimated revenues are included in the Department of Public Works and Planning - Roads Org 4510 FY 2023-24 Proposed Budget as well as various CSA budgets.
DISCUSSION:
The work to be done consists, in general, of placing a slurry seal of asphaltic emulsion and sand mixture on 46 miles of roadway on various roads in Fresno County, and 1/2 mile within the jurisdiction of the City of Fresno. The CSA additive locations include 8.5 miles.
Additive bid 7 is not being awarded because it ...
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