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RESOLUTION to Award a Construction Contract to Century Carpet, Inc., Authorization for the City Manager to Negotiate and Approve Individual and Cumulative Change Orders Up to 5% of the Original Contract Amount and City Council Approval To Additionally Appropriate $50,000 for Painting and Resilient Flooring from the General Fund Balance for the Main Library Carpet Replacement Project, Project No. 2014.0370
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WHEREAS, the City of San Leandro did, on September 22, 2016, publicly open, examine and declare all sealed proposals or bids for doing the work described in the bid documents for the subject project; and
WHEREAS, said proposals were submitted to the Engineering and Transportation Director who has found that the proposal hereinafter mentioned is the lowest responsive bid by a responsible bidder for doing said work; and
WHEREAS, the Engineering and Transportation Director negotiated in good faith with the sole bidder to reduce the original bid price from $586,000 to $517,885.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Leandro does RESOLVE as follows:
That said City Council hereby rejects all of said proposals or bids except that herein mentioned; hereby waives any irregularities in the proposal or bid of the lowest responsible bidder; and hereby awards the negotiated contract for doing said work to the lowest responsible bidder therefore, to wit Century Carpet, Inc., in the amount of $517,885; and
That the City Manager or his designee is authorized to negotiate and approve individual and cumulative change orders up to a maximum of 5% of the original contract amount, or $25,894; and
That $50,000 is hereby appropriated from General fund balance to account 210-38-372.