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Staff Report for a Resolution Awarding a Construction Contract to Gallagher & Burk, Inc. for the Annual Overlay/Rehabilitation 2012-13 Project, Project No. 2013.0050
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
This contract provides for the reconstruction of various City streets along with miscellaneous street, sanitary sewer, and pedestrian related improvements.
Staff recommends award of the construction contract to the low bidder, Gallagher & Burk, Inc., in the amount of $1,771,573.00 for the subject work.
BACKGROUND
The following six streets were included in the subject project, with certain streets categorized as additive bid items which will be made part of the contract along with the base bid if the budget allows.
Base Bid
* Floresta Boulevard from Fremont Avenue to the Interstate 880 concrete overpass
* Farnsworth Street from the Interstate 880 concrete overpass to 270 feet to the southwest
* Fremont Avenue from Alvarado Street to Floresta Boulevard
Additive Bid Items
* Bigge Street from Adams Avenue east to end
* Aladdin Avenue from Alvarado Street east to end
* Repair of trench settlement on Bancroft Avenue between Dutton Avenue and San Leandro Creek
Other work items included as part of the base bid were the construction of curb ramps along project street segments, installation of rubber speed cushions (speed bumps) on selected streets, repaving of pavement transition areas adjacent to the recently replaced railroad crossing panels on Lewelling Boulevard, and miscellaneous striping and pedestrian-related improvements at the railroad crossings on Williams Street, Marina Boulevard, Fairway Drive, and Lewelling Boulevard.
Analysis
A total of six bids were received on June 12, 2013. Gallagher & Burk, Inc. submitted the lowest responsive bid at $1,798,173.00 for the base bid plus additive bid item A, the cost of which was used as the basis of award. The pre-bid engineer's estimate for this work was $1,730,000.00. ...
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