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HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA
TO: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS DATE: September 21, 1993
FROM: Richard J. Martinez, Executive Director cc:
SUBJECT: CONSIDER AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR .EL PUEBLO ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND
HANDICAP UNIT REMODELING PROJECT, CA011005, EL PUEBLO, PITTSBURG,
CALIFORNIA
1. RECOMMENDATION:
AWARD the contract W.A.Thomas Co.,Inc.,the lowest responsible bidder, for the EI Pueblo Administration
Building and Handicap Unit Remodeling Project, CA011005,Pittsburg, in the amount of$430,000; DENY the appeal
of the bid award by Three J's Development Inc. AUTHORIZE the Executive Director Of the Housing Authority to
to execute a contract with W.A.Thomas Co.Inc. pending receipt of satisfactory performance and payment bonds and
insurance certificates, as recommended by the Advisory Housing Commission.
H. FINANCIAL IMPACT:
This contract is funded by HUD's Comprehensive Improvement Assistance Program (CTAP). There are no
County general funds involved in the funding of this contract.
Ill. BACKGROUND
Bidding Contractors Base Bid Amount
W.A. Thomas $430,000.00
2356 Pacheco Blvd.
Martinez, California 94553
Three J's Development, Inc.
559-H Garcia Avenue
Pittsburg, California 94565
Cal Interstate Construction, Inc.
1300 Galaxy Way, Suite 21
Concord, California 94520
MCS Systems, Inc.
542 Valle Vista
Oakland, California 946.10
Pyramid Construction Co.
1320 Solano Avenue, Suite A
Albany, CA 94706
CONTINUED ON ATTACIIMENT: SIGNATURE: -1-a
RECOMMENDATION OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE STI IER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON Sei fembar 91,1993 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X THER
VOTE OF COMMISSIONERS
X ITNANIMOUS (ABSENT I IIEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AND CORRECT
AYES: NOES: COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON TIIE
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: MINUTES OF 771E BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ON THE
DATE SHOWN.
ATTESTED September 21, 1993
Phil Batchelor,Clerk of the Board of Commissioners
BY A a'i�p� o ,DEPUTY
Bids for the above captioned project were received on August 19, 1993. There were eight (8) bids received.
Funding for this public housing modernization project is provided through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development's Comprehensive Improvement Assistance Program.
The Contract Representative determined that the lowest monetary bidder, Three J's Development Co., Inc.
(Three J's) had failed to meet the MBE (14%)goal for this project, had failed to meet the WBE goal for this project
(6%), and had failed to document adequate good faith effort to comply with said goals as required by the project
specifications.
Three J's,was notified in writing of the Contract Representative's determination on August 24, 1993. Three
J's appealed this decision claiming that "your determination that our good faith does not exist is only an opinion not
fact". I reviewed the matter and denied the appeal noting that Three J's had failed to take the steps required to
demonstrate a good faith effort, specifically, they had failed to "identify, list and select specific items of the project
to be performed by MBEs and/or WBEs and failed to solicit by certified letter the required number of MBEs and
WBEs, and failed to follow up the initial solicitation".
Review of the other bids submitted revealed that the other three lowest monetary bidders had also not met
the MBE/WBE goals and also had not demonstrated satisfactory "good faith efforts" to obtain MBE/WBE
participation. These three bidders were notified that their bids were being considered non-responsive but no appeal
was received.
The fifth lowest monetary bidder, W.A. Thomas Co., Inc., attained a 16.4% MBE participation and a 7.6%
WB.E participation, achieving the stated M/WBE goals.
IV. CONSEQUENCES OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Should the Board of Commissioners elect not to approve the execution of a contract with W.A. Thomas Co.,
Inc. and deny the appeal of Three J's,the Housing Authority may experience scheduling delays which may jeopardize
funding allocated to this project.