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Council Meeting
502- oe; 9' JAN 8 1991
Santa Monica, California
To: Mayor and City Council
From: City staff
Subject: Recommendation to Award a Construction Contract for the
Construction of the Charnock Pump station Switchgear
Enclosure Building.
INTRODUCTION
This report requests that the city Council award a construction
contract to construct a switchgear enclosure building at Charnock
Pump station to DTEC Construction Inc., the lowest responsible
bidder, in the amount of $37,333.00.
BACKGROUND
The switchgear facility, located at the Charnock Well Station,
operates the electrical equipment that controls the pumps at the
Charnoek Well field.
The existing switchgear enclosure is badly
deteriorated necessitating construction of a new enclosure
building.
Furthermore, the existing enclosure was construeted
without a roof and current building codes require facilities of
this type to be built of weatherproof construction.
Plans and
specifications were prepared by the city Engineer's office and
improvements will include demolition of the existing masonry
enclosure and construction of new masonry walls, and built-up roof.
The City Council approved funds for this improvement in CIP Account
25-760671-24689-8927-99134, Charnock Well Enclosure.
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A Notice Inviting Bids was published November 13 and 14, 1990 in
the Evening Outlook and in four construction journals. Bidding
documents were also forwarded to ten DBE contracting associations.
Bidding packages were requested by seven contractors.
Two bids were received, opened and read publicly on December 17,
1990, by the Deputy city Clerk. The bids are as follows:
DTEC Construction .................... $ 37,333.00
*CDAD, Inc. ........................... $ 39, 723 . 00
* DBE Contractor
City Engineer's Estimate ............. $ 48,000.00
staff checked all references submitted by DTEC Construction.
Parties interviewed were generally satisfied with the quality of
work performed by the low bidder, DTEC Construction.
BUDGET/FINANCIAL IMPACT
Funds Required
Contract
Contingencies
Total
$37,333.00
7,667.00
$45,000.00
Funds for this project in the amount of $50,000.00 are available in
CIP Account No. 25-760-671-24689-8927-99134.
RECOMMENDATIONS
It is recommended that the City Council:
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1. Award a construction contract to the low bidder, DTEC
Construction; and
2. Authorize the City Engineer to issue any necessary change
orders and complete additional work in conformance with the
Administrative Instructions on Change Orders.
Prepared by:
stanley Scholl, Director, General Services
Dave Britton, P.E., Acting city Engineer
Doug Allen, AlA, Architect
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