File #: 15-479    Version: 1 Name: Change Order Authority and Limits for Existing Construction Contracts (RES)
Type: Resolution - Council Status: Passed
In control: City Council
Meeting Date: 9/8/2015 Final action: 9/8/2015
Enactment date: 9/8/2015 Enactment #: Reso 2015-153
Title: RESOLUTION Authorizing the City Manager to Negotiate and Approve Individual Change Orders Up to 10% of the Original Contract Amount; and Authorizing the City Manager to Negotiate and Approve Cumulative Change Orders up to 25% of the Original Contract Amount on Existing Construction Contracts with All Phase Excavation and Construction, American Asphalt, Chrisp Company, Columbia Electric, Conquest, DeSilva Gates, Flatiron Electric Group, Gallagher and Burk, McGuire and Hester, Ray's Electric, and S.J. Amoroso Construction Co., Inc.
Sponsors: Keith Cooke
Attachments: 1. table active construction contracts
Related files: 15-485

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RESOLUTION Authorizing the City Manager to Negotiate and Approve Individual Change Orders Up to 10% of the Original Contract Amount; and Authorizing the City Manager to Negotiate and Approve Cumulative Change Orders up to 25% of the Original Contract Amount on Existing Construction Contracts with All Phase Excavation and Construction, American Asphalt, Chrisp Company, Columbia Electric, Conquest, DeSilva Gates, Flatiron Electric Group, Gallagher and Burk, McGuire and Hester, Ray’s Electric, and S.J. Amoroso Construction Co., Inc.

 

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WHEREAS, the City of San Leandro awarded construction contracts to various companies, as more fully described below and as listed in an attachment to the associated staff report:

 

Project name                     Resolution No.                     Company

Water Pollution Control Plant Rehab                     2011-132                     S.J. Amoroso

                                          Construction Co., Inc.

 

BART Downtown Pedestrian Imp.                     2012-120                     Gallagher and Burk

 

Fiber Conduit for Broadband Network                     2014-068                     Flatiron Electrical

                                          Group, Inc.

 

San Leandro Bikeway East                      2015-072                     Chrisp Company

 

Annual Street Sealing 2014-15                     2015-073                     American Asphalt

 

Fiber Loop City Hall to Main Library                     2015-082                     All Phase Excavation and Construction

 

Sanitary Sewer Line Replacement                      2015-083                     Con-Quest Contractors Inc.

 

West Juana Pedestrian Improvements                     2015-102                     McGuire and Hester

 

APS Upgrade 2012                     2015-108                     Ray’s Electric

 

Washington Ave at Monterey Blvd/                     2015-109                     Columbia Electric, Inc.

Bradrick Dr Traffic Signal Modification

 

Annual Overlay/Rehabilitation 2014-15                     2015-110                     Gallagher and Burk

 

San Leandro Blvd Rehabilitation                      2015-144                     DeSilva Gates

(Williams Street to Hudson Lane)

 

WHEREAS, change orders to clarify the work or respond to atypical existing conditions are a normal aspect of public contracting and construction; and

 

WHEREAS, in order to expedite the delivery of public projects on schedule and on budget, provide that subcontractors and workers are paid in a timely fashion, avoid as much as possible costly delay claims, and insure that the City completes projects and products that are to the City’s highest standards, the City Council finds that providing such authorization is in the best interest of public health, safety and welfare.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Leandro does RESOLVE as follows:

 

That the City Manager or his designee is authorized to negotiate and approve individual change orders for each contract listed above up to a maximum of 10% of the original contract amount; and

 

That the City Manager or his designee is authorized to negotiate and approve cumulative change orders for each contract listed above up to a maximum of 25% of the original contract amount.