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Councl~ Meetlng. January 9, 1996 Santa Monlca,
JAN 0 9 1996
TO: Mayor and Clty Counell
FROM: C:..-=y Staff
SU3JEC'=": A'dard of Contract fer Plce Nelghborhood Streetllghtlng
ConverSlon.
Introduc-:lon
Th:..s report ~eco7me~js that the Clty Counell award a contract for
Plee Nelghborhocd Streetllghtlng ConverSlon to Paul Gardner
Co::-po:r-at:::..on, the ~owest responslble bldder, lCl the amo1.:nt of
$60,627.
3aclcground
The eXls~:::..ng streetllght1ng system In the Plca Nelghborhood lS a
ser:::..es c::..rCUlt system. ~'Jl th serles ClrCUl try, If any of the
lnd:"vldual streetllghts are out, or the clrcuit ltself lS da~aged,
t~e entlre system lS dlsabled. Recent lncldents of vandallsm have
left ent:::..~e blocks of streetllghtlng out of serVlce untll repalrs
cOl..:::'ci be made.
D:"SCUSSlon
Conver-:lng the eXlstlng system from series to multlple (l.e.,
parallel) lS an effectlve method of reduclng the frequency and
exter..t 0:: the streetllghtlng outages. Multlple clrcul"'.:ry also
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reduces energy costs by up to 50% compared to serles streetllghtlng
systerr.s. ~he boundarles of the proJect are:
M~ch~gan Avenue from 24th Street to 20th street
Delaware Avenue from ~5th Court ta 20th street
19::h S':reet fro:!" 10 Freeway to Plca Boulevard
18t~ Stree~ fro~ 10 Freeway to Plca Boulevard
17th Street from 10 Freeway to PlCO Bo~levard
16~h Street fro~ 20 Freeway to Delaware Avenue
A Notlce Invlt:..ng Blds was publlshed on July 28 and 29, 1995 In ~he
Out::"oak/ as we::" 1 as In four constructlan Journals. Blddlng
dacurnen::s were sent ::0 SlX woman!mlnorlty buslness enterprlse
aSsoclatlon.s. Blddlr..g packages were requested by four (4 )
cor:.trac::ors. The C:.ty Clerk's offlce rece:..ved four (4 ) sealed
blds, WhlCh were publlcly ope~ed and read aloud on August 21/ 1995
~y the Deputy Clty Clerk.
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The bld results were as follows:
Contractor* Street11ght ConverS1on
Paul Gardner Corporatlon $60,627
C T & F, Inc. 67,098
T=:S ELglneerlng 74,650
S}np's Elect::::-lc, Inc. 77,950
Clty Englneer's Estlmate $80,000
Tr:e IO',vest ::::-esponslble bldder, Paul Gardner Corporatlon, supplled
t~e Clty w~~h nlDe (9) references and all references ::::-eported that
t2e contractor's work was satlsfactory. T~e state Contractors'
Llcense Boa~d verlfled that the Contractor's llcense lS current,
act~ve, and l~ good standlng.
Budget/F~nanclal Analys:s
FTJK=:-S REQUIR:::::J
Contract . . . . . . . $60,627
Contlngencles (20%) . . . . 12,373
TOTAL $73,000
*Ncne c= t~e flrms llsted are W},1BE
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Ft::::ds are ava~lable l::: the followlng CIP account numbers:
Account Number Contract ProJect Total
Arnoun t Contlngency
01-770-453-20092-8905-99154 $27,880 $5,575 $33,455
O~-770-453-20C95-8905-99155 $32/747 $6,798 $39,545
Total Avallable $73,000
RecclT.I'ler:datlon.
It lS recommended ~hat the Clty Cou~cll:
l. ll.Ttlard a contract for PlCO Nelghborhood Streetllghting
=onverSlon to ?aul Gardner Corporatlon, the ~owest responslble
DlCider, :1: the awount of $60,627; and
2 . Au~horlze the Clty Engl:leer to lssue any necessary change
orders -:0 complete addltlonal work In conformance wlth -1-'
~.ne
p.~6-"~l.ln::.. s t rat l ve Instructlons on change orders.
?repared by' Cralg PerklDs, Dlrector of E?WM
Anthony Antlch, P.E. , Clty Er:glneer
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