DATE: June 5, 2018
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Contract 17-28-C, Ashlan Avenue & Van Ness Boulevard Intersection Improvements
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Adopt plans and specifications and award Contract No. 17-28-C, E. Ashlan Avenue and N. Van Ness Boulevard Improvements to the low bidder, Dawson-Mauldin Construction, Inc., 10625 Ellis Avenue, Suite D, Fountain Valley, CA 92708, in the amount of $522,343.50 for the base bid and the additive bid.
2. Authorize the Director of the Department of Public Works and Planning, or designee, to execute Contract Change Orders up to $38,617 which is approximately 7.39% of the total contract construction cost, the limit allowable under California Public Contract Code, Section 20142 for Contract 17-28-C.
REPORT
Approval of the first recommended action will authorize the award of a budgeted project to improve the pedestrian facilities at the intersection of Ashlan Avenue and Van Ness Boulevard. Approval of the second recommended action will allow the Director of the Department of Public Works and Planning (Director), or designee, to execute change orders up to the statutory limit. This item pertains to a location in District 2.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
If the first recommended action is not approved, the project will be delayed. If the second recommended action is not approved, the Director's, or designee's, authority to approve Contract Change Orders will be limited to $27,723.44.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no Net County Cost associated with the recommended actions. The anticipated cost of the project, based on the low bid and including an allowance for contingencies, is $560,960 (contract plus change orders). The project will be paid for out of the Department's Road Fund 010 and sufficient appropriations are included in the Public Works and Planning Org 4510 FY 2017-18 Adopted Budget.
DISCUSSION:
The work to be done consi...
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