HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 12112001 - C.3 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Adopted this Order on December 11, 2001, by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Gioia, Gerber, DeSaulnier, Glover and Uilkema
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
SUBJECT: Award of Contract for State Route 4/Sellers Avenue Intersection
Improvements Project, Brentwood Area.
Project No. 4660-6X4028-00
Bidder Total Amount Bond Amounts
Bruce Carone Grading & Paving, Inc. $305,696.00 Payment:
P. O. Box 5427 $305,696.00
Concord, CA 94524 Performance:
$305,696.00
Richard A. Heaps Electrical Contractor, Inc.
Sacramento, CA
Pacific Excavation, Inc.
Elk Grove, CA
Utah Pacific Construction Company
Murrieta, CA
The plans and specifications having been filed with and approved by the Board of
Supervisors; and bids having been duly invited and received by the Public Works Director on
October 16, 2001; and
The general prevailing rates of wages which shall be the minimum rates paid on this
project, having been filed with the Clerk of the Board and copies to be made available to any
interested party upon request;
The Board of Supervisors having determined that the project is exempt from the
California Environmental Quality Act as a Class 1(c) categorical exemption, and a Notice of
Exemption having been filed with the County Clerk on April 6, 2000;
1
The bidder listed first above, Bruce Carone Grading &Paving, Inc., (Carone), having
submitted the lowest responsive and responsible bid, which is $24,799.55 less than the next
lowest bid; and
The Affirmative Action Office having reported that Carone has attained DBE
participation of 5.1%, and the Affirmative Action Office having determined that Carone has
documented an adequate good faith effort to comply with the DBE goal and requirements for this
project; and
The Public Works Director recommending that the project is necessary to install a signal
and restripe intersection, and further recoirunending that the bid submitted by Carone is the
lowest responsive and responsible bid, and this Board concurring and so finding;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Board finds, determines and orders as follows:
The Board DETERMINES that Carone, as the lowest responsive and responsible bidder,
has documented a good faith effort to comply with the DBE goal and requirements for this
project, and the Board WAIVES any irregularities in such compliance; and
The Board ORDERS that the contract for the furnishing of labor and materials for said
work is awarded to Carone at the listed amount and at the unit prices submitted in said bid, and
that said contractor shall present two good and sufficient surety bonds as indicated above, and
that the Public Works Director shall prepare the contract therefor; and
The Board FURTHER ORDERS that after the contractor has signed the contract and
returned it, together with the bonds as noted above and any required certificates of insurance or
other required documents, and the Public Works Director has reviewed and found them to be
sufficient, the Public Works Director is authorized to sign the contract for this Board; and
The Board FURTHER ORDERS that,in accordance with the project specifications
and/or upon signature of the contract by the Public Works Director, any bid bonds posted by the
bidders are to be exonerated and any checks or cash submitted for security shall be returned; and
The Board FURTHER ORDERS that the Public Works Director or his designee is
authorized to sign any escrow agreements prepared for this project to permit the direct payment
of retentions into escrow or the substitution of securities for moneys withheld by the County to
ensure performance under the contract, pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 22300; and
Pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 4114, the Board DELEGATES its functions
under Public Contract Code Sections 4107 and 4110 to the Public Works Director or his
designee; and
Pursuant to Labor Code Section 6705, the Broad FURTHER DELEGATES to the Public
Works Director or to any registered civil or structural engineer employed by the County the
authority to accept detailed plans showing the design of shoring, bracing, sloping or other
i
provisions to be made for worker protection during trench excavation covered by that section;
and
The Board DECLARES that, should the award of the contract to Carone be invalidated
for any reason, the Board would not in any event have awarded the contract to any other bidder,
but instead would have exercised its discretion to reject all of the bids received. Nothing herein
shall prevent the Board from reawarding the contract to another bidder in cases where the
successfttl bidder establishes a mistake, refuses to sign the contract or fails to furnish required
bonds or insurance (see Public Contract Code Sections 5100-5107).
Contact:Mike Carlson,(92-5)313-2.321
Ori;.Div.TW(Cuusto I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action
cc: Auditor.or,
F.Kuevor,CAO taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on
R.Rrunu,Construction the date shown.
R.Gilchrist.Accounting
Consultant
Design
County Counsel ATTESTED: December 11, 2001
Contractor
Suretv JOHN SWEETEN, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and
M :tt County Administrator
C:•tiItPDAT,%•'.coNS'r•no'•i001•.12-U[l'•.I 1-R4S,%-A W A R D.W("
By Deputy