INTER OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Department of Workplace and Employment Standards (DWES)
TO: Beaver Boonsook,
Transportation Engineer
FROM: Paula Peav, P.Peav
Contract Compliance Officer
DATE: March 4, 2026
SUBJECT: Compliance Analysis- Martin Luther King Jr. Way Streetscape Improvement Project, Project No. 1006954
The Department of Workplace and Employment Standards (DWES) reviewed four (4) bids submitted in response to the above referenced project.
In summary, all four (4) bids submitted meet the 16% Local and Small Local Business Enterprise (L/SLBE) requirement.
The L/SLBE participation requirement for this project was set at 16%: 8% LBE and 8% SLBE.
Bids Compliant with the L/SLBE Participation Requirement:
• Gallagher and Burk, Inc., a certified Locally Produced Goods Local Business Enterprise (LPGLBE) exceeds the minimum 16% L/SLBE participation requirement by proposing to self- perform 33.34% of the scope, in addition to having the following V/SLBE participation:
Name of Firm
Type of Firm % of Scope
Level Construction SLBE 9.16%
S&S Trucking SLBE 3.47%
D’s General Engineering VSLBE .45% (credited .91%)
• Bay Cities Paving & Grading, Inc., a non-certified firm meets the minimum 16% L/SLBE participation requirement by proposing to self-perform 38.76% of the scope, in addition to having the following V/SLBE participation:
Name of Firm Type of Firm % of Scope
S&S Trucking SLBE 5.95%
C&C Electric Inc. SLBE 11.46%
D’s General Engineering VSLBE .45% (credited .90%)
• McGuire and Hester, a certified Local Business Enterprise (LBE) firm exceeds the minimum 16% L/SLBE participation requirement by proposing to self-perform 47.63% of the scope, in addition to having the following V/SLBE participation, and an approved mentor-protégé agreement:
Name of Firm Type of Firm % of Scope
S&S Trucking SLBE 6.70%
Cooper Construction &
Engineering
VSLBE 8.15% (credited 16.31%) plus 10%
mentor protégé agreement
• Redgwick Construction, Co. certified Local Business Enterprise (LBE) firm exceeds the minimum 16% L/SLBE participation requirement by proposing to self-perform 41.75% of the scope, in addition to having the following V/SLBE participation, and an approved mentor- protégé agreement:
Name of Firm Type of Firm % of Scope
S&S Trucking SLBE .96%
CEAU Co. VSLBE 15.53% (credited 31.06%) plus 10%
mentor protégé agreement
Curbside Trucking VSLBE .85% (credited 1.70%)
D’s General Engineering VSLBE .39% (credited .79%)
Bid Discounts for L/SLBE Participation:
All four (4) bidders are compliant with the L/SLBE Program requirements and should be awarded Bid Discounts as summarized below:
Company Name
Bid Amount
Proposed versus Credited L/SLBE Participation
Trucking Met
L/SLBE Met
Earned bid
discounts
LBE
PROPOSED
LBE
CREDITED
SLBE
PROPOSED
SLBE
CREDITED
VSLBE
PROPOSED
VSLBE
CREDITED
Mentor
Protégé
Agreement
(Yes or No)
TOTAL
CREDITED
Yes
or
No
Yes
or
No
2—
10%
Gallagher & Burk, Inc. $25,081,142.00 58.34% 13.54% 12.63% 12.63% .45% .91% No 27.08% Yes Yes 3% Bay Cities Paving &
Grading, Inc.
$25,399,504.20 2.20% 2.20% 17.41% 17.41% .45% .90% No 20.51% Yes Yes 2% McGuire & Hester* $26,499,339.50 49.90% 33.01% 6.70% 6.70% 8.15% 16.31%
Yes 66.02% Yes Yes 10%
Redgwick
Construction, Co*
$28,981,853.50 43.90% 43.90% .96% .96% 16.76% 33.53% Yes 88.39% Yes Yes 10% *McGuire & Hester and Redgwick Construction, Co. both received the maximum 10% bid discount for having an approved Mentor Protégé agreement with VSLBE firms.
Please contact Paula Peav, Contract Compliance Officer, at [email protected] or (510) 238-3190 with any questions.
Project Name:
Project No.: 1006954
Discipline Prime & Subs Location Cert. LBE/LPG SLBE VSLBE Total L/SLBE VSLBE Total TOTAL L BID AMOUNT
Status double counted
value
LBE/SLBE Trucking Trucking Trucking Dollars Ethn. MBE WBE PRIME Gallagher & Burk Oakland CB 8,362,322 8,362,322 8,362,322 C Adjust Iron D's General Engineering Oakland CB 113,700 113,700 113,700 O 113,700 Underground TDW Construction Inc. Livermore UB 2,706,120 NL Minor Concrete M.F. Maher Inc. Vallejo UB 1,592,639 NL
Electrical Material
Level Construction
Supply Oakland CB 2,298,000 2,298,000 2,298,000 C
Electrical Ray's Electric Oakland CB 5,646,915 5,646,915 5,646,915 C Landscaping
WMA Landscape
Construction Inc. Livermore UB 1,525,179 NL
Paving Stone
WMA Landscape
Construction Inc. Livermore UB 214,036 NL
Fence All Steel Fence Inc. Lathrop UB 80,096 NL
Construction Area
Signs Farwest Safety, Inc. Lodi UB 135,509 NL
Roadside Signs Farwest Safety, Inc. Lodi UB 120,415 NL
Striping
Specialized Pavement
Marking LLC Oregon UB 557,702 NL
Clearing Reliable Tree Experts Orinda UB 113,600 NL
Slurry Seal Graham Contractors Inc. SJ UB 121,727 NL
Materials Gallagher & Burk Inc. Oakland CB 623,182 623,182 623,182 C Trucking S&S Trucking Oakland CB 870,000 870,000 870,000 870,000 870,000 H 870,000 Project Totals $14,632,419 $3,168,000 $113,700 $17,914,119 $870,000 $0 $870,000 $25,081,142 $983,700 $0
58.34 12.63 0.45 71.42 100.00 0.00 100.00 100.00 3.92 0.00 Adjust Iron
LBE/LPG SLBE VSLBE Total L/SLBE VSLBE Total TOTAL BID
AMOUNT
Ethnicity
AA = African American
AI = Asian Indian
LBE = Local Business Enterpri se UB = Uncertified Business AP = Asian Pacific SLBE = Small Local Business Enterprise CB = Certified Business C = Caucasian Total LBE/SLBE = All Certified Local and Small Local Businesses MBE = Minority Business Enterprise H = Hispanic NPLBE = NonProfit Local Business Enterprise WBE = Women Business Enterprise NA = Native American NPSLBE = NonProfit Small Local Business Enterprise O = Other NL = Not Listed
MO - Multiple Ownership
LBE/SLBE PARTICIPATION
BIDDER 1
For Tracking Only
Martin Luther King Jr. Way Streetscape Improvements
Requirements: The 50% requirements is reduced to 16%, a combination of 8% LBE and 8% SLBE participation. An SLBE firm can be counted 100% towards achieving 50% requirements. A VSLBE's participation is double counted toward meeting the requirements.
PROJECT NO.: 1006954
PROJECT NAME:
CONTRACTOR: Gallagher & Burk
Contractor's Bid Amount: $25,081,142
Discount Points: 3%
1. Did the 16% local/small local requirements apply? YES
2. Did the contractor meet the 16% requirement? YES
PROPOSED CREDITED
58.34% 13.54%
12.63% 12.63%
0.45% 0.91%
71.42% 27.08%
3. Did the contractor meet the Trucking requirement? YES a) Total SLBE/LBE trucking participation 100%
4. Did the contractor receive bid discounts? YES
(If yes, list the percentage received) 3%
5. Additional Comments.
6. Date evaluation completed and returned to Contract Admin./Initiating Dept. 3/5/26
Date
Prepared by: Date:
Verified By: Date:
Paula Peav 3/5/2026
Sophany Hang 3/5/2026
b) % of SLBE participation
c) % of VSLBE participation
d) Total % L/SLBE participation
VSLBE is double counted.
a) % of LBE participation
DEPARTMENT OF WORKPLACE & EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS
(DWES)
PROJECT EVALUATION FORM
Martin Luther King Jr. Way Streetscape Improvements
Project Name:
Project No.: 1006954
Discipline Prime & Subs Location Cert. LBE/LPG SLBE VSLBE Total L/SLBE VSLBE Total TOTAL L BID AMOUNT
Status double counted
value
LBE/SLBE Trucking Trucking Trucking Dollars Ethn. MBE WBE PRIME
Bay Cities Paving &
Grading, Inc. Oakland UB 9,844,408.85 NL
AC Supplier Gallagher & Burk, Inc. Oakland CB 559,155.00 559,155.00 559,155.00 C Trucking S&S Trucking Oakland CB 1,510,942.00 1,510,942.00 1,510,942.00 1,510,942.00 1,510,942.00 H 1,510,942.00 Utility Adjustment
D's General
Engineering Oakland CB 113,700.00 113,700.00 113,700.00 O 113,700.00 Landscape & Paver
WMA Landscape
Construction, Inc. Livermore UB 1,825,059.21 C
Striping
Specialized Pavement
Markings Anderson UB 494,702.25 C
Slurry
American Pavement
Systems, Inc. Modesto UB 190,871.10 C
Concrete M.F. Maher Inc Vallejo UB 1,592,639.04 C
Construction Area Signs Farwest Safety, Inc. Lodi UB 310,565.00 C Electrical
Phoenix Electric
Company SF UB 6,045,381.75 C
Electrical C&C Electric Oakland CB 2,032,000.00 2,032,000.00 2,032,000.00 AP 2,032,000.00 Electrical C&C Electric Oakland CB 880,080.00 880,080.00 880,080.00 AP 880,080.00 Project Totals 559,155.00 4,423,022.00 113,700.00 5,095,877.00 0.00 1,510,942.00 1,510,942.00 25,399,504.20 4,536,722.00 $0
2.20 17.41 0.45 20.06 0.00 0.00 100.00 100.00 17.86 0.00 Adjust Iron
LBE/LPG SLBE VSLBE Total L/SLBE VSLBE Total TOTAL BID
AMOUNT
Ethnicity
AA = African American
AI = Asian Indian
LBE = Local Business Enterpri se UB = Uncertified Business AP = Asian Pacific SLBE = Small Local Business Enterprise CB = Certified Business C = Caucasian Total LBE/SLBE = All Certified Local and Small Local Businesses MBE = Minority Business Enterprise H = Hispanic NPLBE = NonProfit Local Business Enterprise WBE = Women Business Enterprise NA = Native American NPSLBE = NonProfit Small Local Business Enterprise O = Other NL = Not Listed
MO - Multiple Ownership
LBE/SLBE PARTICIPATION
BIDDER 2
Martin Luther King Jr. Way Streetscape Improvements
For Tracking Only
Requirements: The 50% requirements is reduced to 16%, a combination of 8% LBE and 8% SLBE participation. An SLBE firm can be counted 100% towards achieving 50% requirements. A VSLBE's participation is double counted toward meeting the requirements.
PROJECT NO.: 1006954
PROJECT NAME:
CONTRACTOR: Bay Cities Paving & Grading, Inc.
Contractor's Bid Amount: $25,399,504.20
Discount Points: 2%
1. Did the 16% local/small local requirements apply? YES
2. Did the contractor meet the 16% requirement? YES
PROPOSED CREDITED
2.20% 2.20%
17.41% 17.41%
0.45% 0.90%
20.06% 20.51%
3. Did the contractor meet the Trucking requirement? YES a) Total SLBE/LBE trucking participation 100%
4. Did the contractor receive bid discounts? YES
(If yes, list the percentage received) 2%
5. Additional Comments.
6. Date evaluation completed and returned to Contract Admin./Initiating Dept. 3/5/26
Date
Prepared by: Date:
Verified By: Date:
a) % of LBE participation
DEPARTMENT OF WORKPLACE & EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS
(DWES)
PROJECT EVALUATION FORM
Martin Luther King Jr. Way Streetscape Improvements
Paula Peav 3/5/2026
Sophany Hang 3/5/2026
b) % of SLBE participation
c) % of VSLBE participation
d) Total % L/SLBE participation
VSLBE is doubled counted.
Project Name:
Project No.: 1006954
Discipline Prime & Subs Location Cert. LBE/LPG SLBE VSLBE Total L/SLBE VSLBE Total TOTAL L BID AMOUNT
Status double counted
value
LBE/SLBE Trucking Trucking Trucking Dollars Ethn. MBE WBE PRIME McGuire & Hester Oakland CB 12,622,370.75 12,622,370.75 12,622,370.75 C Concrete
Cooper Construction &
Engineering Oakland CB 2,161,000.00 2,161,000.00 2,161,000.00 AA 2,161,000 Electrical Columbia Electric San Leandro UB 7,778,263.75 NL Pavers Shooter and Butts Pleasanton UB 281,130.00 NL
Slurry Seal Graham Contractors SJ UB 121,786.00 NL
Striping & Signs DG Stgriping
Rancho
Cordova UB 675,290.00 NL
Trucking & Disposal S&S Trucking Oakland CB 1,776,070.00 1,776,070.00 1,776,070.00 1,776,070.00 1,776,070.00 H 1,776,070 Hot Mix Asphalt Gallagher & Burk Oakland CB 599,550.00 599,550.00 599,550.00 C Precast
Old Castle
Infrastructure Stockton UB 315,000.00 NL
Soil Cells Deep Root SF UB 168,879.00 NL
Project Totals 13,221,920.75 1,776,070.00 2,161,000.00 17,158,990.75 1,776,070.00 0.00 1,776,070.00 26,499,339.50 $3,937,070 $0
49.90 6.70 8.15 64.75 6.70 0.00 6.70 100.00 14.86 0.000 Adjust Iron
LBE/LPG SLBE VSLBE Total L/SLBE VSLBE Total TOTAL BID
AMOUNT
Ethnicity
AA = African American
AI = Asian Indian
LBE = Local Business Enterpri se UB = Uncertified Business AP = Asian Pacific SLBE = Small Local Business Enterprise CB = Certified Business C = Caucasian Total LBE/SLBE = All Certified Local and Small Local Businesses MBE = Minority Business Enterprise H = Hispanic NPLBE = NonProfit Local Business Enterprise WBE = Women Business Enterprise NA = Native American NPSLBE = NonProfit Small Local Business Enterprise O = Other NL = Not Listed
MO - Multiple Ownership
LBE/SLBE PARTICIPATION
BIDDER 3
Martin Luther King Jr. Way Streetscape Improvements
For Tracking Only
Requirements: The 50% requirements is reduced to 16%, a combination of 8% LBE and 8% SLBE participation. An SLBE firm can be counted 100% towards achieving 50% requirements. A VSLBE's participation is double counted toward meeting the requirements.
6 PROJECT NO.: 1006954
PROJECT NAME:
CONTRACTOR: McGuire & Hester
Contractor's Bid Amount: $26,499,339.50
Discount Points: 10%
1. Did the 16% local/small local requirements apply? YES
2. Did the contractor meet the 16% requirement? YES
PROPOSED CREDITED
49.90% 33.01%
6.70% 6.70%
8.15% 16.31%
10.00% 10.00%
74.75% 66.02%
3. Did the contractor meet the Trucking requirement? YES a) Total SLBE/LBE trucking participation 100%
4. Did the contractor receive bid discounts? YES
(If yes, list the percentage received) 10%
5. Additional Comments.
6. Date evaluation completed and returned to Contract Admin./Initiating Dept. 3/5/26
Date
Prepared by: Date:
Verified By: Date:
b) % of SLBE participation
c) % of VSLBE participation
e) Total % L/SLBE participation
VSLBE is double counted. Firm received the maximum 10% bid discount for having an approved Mentor Protégé agreement with Cooper Construction & Engineering (VSLBE).
DEPARTMENT OF WORKPLACE & EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS
(DWES)
PROJECT EVALUATION FORM
Martin Luther King Jr. Way Streetscape Improvements
a) % of LBE participation
Paula Peav 3/5/2026
Sophany Hang 3/5/2026
d) Mentor Protégé Agreement
Project Name:
Project No.: 1006954
Discipline Prime & Subs Location Cert. LBE/LPG SLBE VSLBE Total L/SLBE VSLBE Total TOTAL L BID AMOUNT
Status double counted
value
LBE/SLBE Trucking Trucking Trucking Dollars Ethn. MBE WBE PRIME
Redgwick Construction
Co. Oakland CB 12,098,591.50 12,098,591.50 12,098,591.50 O 12,098,591.50 Underground CEAU Co. Oakland CB 4,500,000.00 4,500,000.00 4,500,000.00 C Partial Trucking S&S Trucking Oakland CB 279,000.00 279,000.00 279,000.00 279,000.00 279,000.00 H 279,000.00 Asphalt Material Gallagher & Burk Inc. Oakland CB 560,000.00 560,000.00 560,000.00 C Aggregates Argent Materials Oakland CB 65,000.00 65,000.00 65,000.00 C Iron Adjustment D's General Egineer Oakland CB 113,700.00 113,700.00 113,700.00 O 113,700.00 Landscape Los Loza Inc. Castro Valley UB 394,900.00 NL
Concrete M.F. Maher Inc. Vallejo UB 1,582,881.00 NL
Partial Trucking Curbside Trucking Oakland CB 245,000.00 245,000.00 245,000.00 245,000.00 245,000.00 AA 245,000.00 Staking
Benchmark
Engineering Modesto UB 60,800.00 NL
Striping DG Striping Inc.
Rancho
Cordova UB 670,290.00 NL
Pavers
Earth Shelter
Developers Lodi UB 366,520.00 NL
Slurry
American Pavement
System Modesto UB 186,813.00 NL
Fence All Steel Fence, Inc. Lathrop UB 80,095.00 NL
Electrical Columbia Electric San Leandro UB 7,778,263.00 NL Project Totals 12,723,591.50 279,000.00 4,858,700.00 17,861,291.50 279,000.00 245,000.00 524,000.00 28,981,853.50 12,736,291.50 $0
43.90 0.96 16.76 61.63 53.24 0.00 100.00 100.00 43.95 0.00 Adjust Iron
LBE/LPG SLBE VSLBE Total L/SLBE VSLBE Total TOTAL BID
AMOUNT
Ethnicity
AA = African American
AI = Asian Indian
LBE = Local Business Enterpri se UB = Uncertified Business AP = Asian Pacific SLBE = Small Local Business Enterprise CB = Certified Business C = Caucasian Total LBE/SLBE = All Certified Local and Small Local Businesses MBE = Minority Business Enterprise H = Hispanic NPLBE = NonProfit Local Business Enterprise WBE = Women Business Enterprise NA = Native American NPSLBE = NonProfit Small Local Business Enterprise O = Other NL = Not Listed
MO - Multiple Ownership
LBE/SLBE PARTICIPATION
BIDDER 4
Martin Luther King Jr. Way Streetscape Improvements
For Tracking Only
Requirements: The 50% requirements is reduced to 16%, a combination of 8% LBE and 8% SLBE participation. An SLBE firm can be counted 100% towards achieving 50% requirements. A VSLBE's participation is double counted toward meeting the requirements.
8 PROJECT NO.: 1006954
PROJECT NAME:
CONTRACTOR: Redgwick Construction Co.
Contractor's Bid Amount: $28,981,853.50
Discount Points: 10%
1. Did the 16% local/small local requirements apply? YES
2. Did the contractor meet the 16% requirement? YES
PROPOSED CREDITED
43.90% 43.90%
0.96% 0.96%
16.76% 33.53%
10.00% 10.00%
71.63% 88.39%
3. Did the contractor meet the Trucking requirement? YES a) Total SLBE/LBE trucking participation 100%
4. Did the contractor receive bid discounts? YES
(If yes, list the percentage received) 10%
5. Additional Comments.
3/5/26
Date
Prepared by: Date:
Verified By: Date:
a) % of LBE participation
DEPARTMENT OF WORKPLACE & EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS
(DWES)
PROJECT EVALUATION FORM
Martin Luther King Jr. Way Streetscape Improvements
b) % of SLBE participation
c) % of VSLBE participation
d) Mentor Protégé Agreement
VSLBE is double counted. Firm received the maximum 10% bid discount for having an approved Mentor Protégé agreement with CEAU (VSLBE).
6. Date evaluation completed and returned to Contract Admin./Initiating Dept.
Paula Peav 3/5/2026
Sophany Hang 3/5/2026
e) Total % L/SLBE participation