STAFF REPORT
City of Lancaster
CC 5
10/22/2024
TN
Date:October 22, 2024
To: Mayor Parris and City Council Members
From:Marissa Diaz, Director - Public Works
Nicholas Godin, Assistant Director - City Engineering
Subject:Award of Bid and Task Order for Multi-Year Professional Services (Service Group Category 16 - Labor Compliance) - PWCP 23-029 - Avenue L and 5th Street East Drainage Improvements
Recommendations:
1. Award Public Works Construction Project (PWCP) 23-029, Avenue L and 5th Street East Drainage Improvements, to R.C. Becker and Son, Inc. of Santa Clarita, California, in the amount of $948,554.01, (plus a 10% contingency), to construct drainage improvements at the southeast corner of Avenue L and 5th Street East. This contract was awarded per California Public Contract Code Section 22038(b). Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to sign all documents.
2. Find the City has complied with the California Environmental Quality Act. A Notice of Exemption was filed on June 19, 2007.
3. Authorize Task Order expenditure amount of $9,485.00, (plus a 5% contingency), for labor compliance services award to the successful firm in Multi-Year Professional Services Agreement, Service Group Category (SGC) 16 - Labor Compliance.
G.C. Section 84308: No
Fiscal Impact:
$1,053,368.66, (including 10% construction contract contingency and 5% labor compliance contingency); sufficient funds are available in the Capital Improvements Budget in project string CPl 7SD032.CONST, GL Accounts 41149900.8000.
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Background:
The proposed project is funded by the local fund, Drainage Developer Fees. This project will include constructions of Master Plan of Drainage inlet, storm drainpipe, water systems and ancillary street improvements at the southeast comer of Avenue L and 5 th Street East.
Per Section 2.2 of the Existing Community Workforce Agreement, (CWA), this project is subject to the CWA by and between the City of Lancaster and Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council, and the Signatory Craft Councils and Unions. The PWCP 23-029 contract documents were prepared, and the project was advertised accordingly. Per Section 2.6(b) of the CWA, Letters of Assent shall be submitted by the Contractor and each of its subcontractors, of whatever tier, 48 hours prior to commencement of work, or within 48 hours after the award of Project Work to that Contractor (or subcontractor), whichever occurs later.
On September 10, 2024, at 11:00 a.m., the City conducted an electronic bid opening for PWCP 23-029 via PlanetBids. R.C. Becker and Son, Inc. was the lowest responsive responsible bidder.
The results of bids are shown below.
Contractor City Bid Amounts
1. R.C Becker and Son, Inc. Santa Clarita, CA $ 948,554.01
2. Granite Construction Company Lancaster, CA $ 1,170,923.00
3. C.A. Ramussen, Inc Valencia, CA $ 1,294,589.50
4. Aneen Construction, Inc.* Riverside, CA $ 1,976,825.00 Engineer's Estimate $ 1,260,958.00
* Deemed non-responsive bidder, bid bond was not submitted.
On November 8, 2022, the City Council approved Multi-Year Professional Service Agreements with the consulting firms recommended by staff to be pre-qualified service providers through December 31, 2026. The Multi-Year Agreement permits City staff to issue Task Orders for individual projects. Multi-Year Professional Services Agreement, Service Group Category (SGC) 16 - Labor Compliance, prequalified three (3) firms, proposals will be requested, and a task order will be executed with one of these firms:
Cumming Management Group, Inc.
Golden State Labor Compliance, LLC
Perceptive Enterprises, Inc.
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Attachment:
Vicinity Map