PREPARED BY: CAROL HUANG DATE OF MEETING: 12/18/2017
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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO (1) REJECTING ALL BIDS RECEIVED FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ELEVATOR HALL FOUNDATION REPAIR PROJECT (PDT-ELV) DUE TO INSUFFICIENT FUNDS AVAILABLE AND (2) AUTHORIZING THE CITY ENGINEER TO RE-BID THE PROJECT WITH MODIFIED PLANS
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CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Adopt Resolution
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Compliance statements
CIP 2018-2021
Building Maintenance is an adopted policy item under the Infrastructure policy area of the FY 18-21 City Council Priority Workplan, effective November 1, 2017.
CEQA Compliance Statement
The project is categorically exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act, Section 15302 of the CEQA Regulations, Replacement or Reconstruction. A Notice of Exemption was filed with the Contra Costa County Clerk on June 20, 2017.
BACKGROUND
The existing building which houses the Police Department at 13880 San Pablo Avenue was constructed in the late 1980’s. The elevator was added to the building a few years after the original construction. In 1996, the building was converted to its current use as a police station. After the 2014 Napa earthquake, settlement was observed in the vicinity of the elevator. In 2015, further evidence of settlement was observed.
On April 18, 2016, adopted Resolution 2016-0149 authorized a geotechnical consultant agreement with Miller Pacific Engineering Group (MPEG) to perform a geotechnical evaluation associated with the Police Department Elevator Hall Foundation Repair Project.
On September 28, 2016, staff requested a cost proposal from the City’s on-call civil engineering consultant, Bellecci & Associates, to provide the surveying and engineering services to mitigate the observed settlement at the Police Department. MPEG was also hired by Bellecci & Associates as the sub-consultant to perform geotechnical engineering services for the project.
Based on recommendations from MPEG and Bellecci & Associates, the project scope included localized underpinning of the elevator structure using helical anchors and removal and replacement of the existing slab-on-grade floor.
On September 1, 2017, the project was advertised with formal bid requirements but no bids was received.
On November 6, 2017, the project was re-advertised as an informal bid in conformance with Section 3.16.070 of the Municipal Code and the submittals were opened on December 4, 2017. Only one bid was received from Pleasanton Engineering Contractors, which was $98,100, significantly exceeding the engineer’s estimate of $47,925 and the allocated funding.
A funding allocation of $75,000 was previously approved for the project under account number 320-3200-43600-PDT-ELV, and an amount of $12,041 was set aside for the engineering services provided by Bellecci & Associates. The project expenditure and available funding balance is summarized below:
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REVENUE |
EXPENDITURE |
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Approved funding allocation for the Project |
$75,000.00 |
Surveying and Engineering Services by Bellecci & Associates |
$12,041 |
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Building Permit Fee to Development Services |
$1,890 |
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Advertisement Cost for first advertisement |
$283 |
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Advertisement Cost for first re-bid |
$300 (estimation only) |
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Subtotal |
$14,514 |
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Remaining project budget |
$60,486 |
There are insufficient funds to award the project. Staff will conduct a value engineering study of the project in an effort to reduce costs. At this time, staff is recommending Council reject the received bid and direct staff to modify the plans to reduce the cost and then re-advertise.
FISCAL IMPACT
At this time, there is no additional fiscal impact to the General Fund.