| | | | | | | | Agenda Item - 3.a.
City of Garden Grove
INTER-DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM
| To: | Scott C. Stiles
| From: | William E. Murray
| | Dept.: | General Manager
| Dept.: | Public Works
| | Subject: | Award of contract to Mladen Buntich Construction Co., Inc., for Project No. 7838 - Orangewood Avenue Sewer Improvements Project. (Cost: $708,835) (Action Item) | Date: | 8/28/2018 |
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| | | | | | | | OBJECTIVE
For the Garden Grove Sanitary District (District) Board to award a contract to Mladen Buntich Construction Co., Inc., for the construction of Project No. 7838 – Orangewood Avenue Sewer Improvements. |
| | | | | | | | BACKGROUND
The Orangewood Avenue Sewer Improvements Project is one of many projects designed to minimize sewer capacity issues throughout the city. The improvements also comply with the Regional Water Quality Control Board’s Waste Discharge Requirements. The District System Evaluation and Capacity Assurance Plan identified the Orangewood Avenue Sewer Improvements as one of the high priority projects. A location map is attached.
This project will relieve capacity deficiencies in the existing Orangewood Avenue Sewer. The work includes, but is not limited to, the installation of approximately 845 linear feet of new replacement extra strength Vitrified Clay Pipe sewer line of various sizes (10-inch, 15-inch, and 18-inch), abandonment of approximately 770 linear feet of existing sewer line, construction of five (5) new sewer manholes, removal of three (3) existing sewer manholes, and modification of one (1) Orange County Sanitation District existing sewer manhole. Construction of sewer mains in Orangewood Avenue and Western Avenue includes replacement of traffic loop detectors. |
| | | | | | | | DISCUSSION
Seven (7) bids were received and opened by the City Clerk’s Office on July 10, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. (see Bid Summary Sheet). The lowest responsive bidder, Vasilj, Inc., has informed the District that their bid contains a major error (see Low Bid Withdrawal attachment). Vasilj, Inc. has requested that they be relieved from the bid and that their bid bond be returned. The District staff finds that their request meets the provisions of the Public Contract Code for granting such relief and concurs with the same. The second lowest responsive bidder is Mladen Buntich Construction Co., Inc., with a total bid of $708,835. This bid is within the current project budget. The licenses and references of the contractor have been reviewed and verified by staff, and all other documentation is in order. The anticipated contract schedule is as follows:
Award Contract August 28, 2018
Begin Construction September 10, 2018
Complete Construction November 16, 2018 |
| | | | | | | | FINANCIAL IMPACT
There is no impact to the General Fund. This project is included in the 2018/19 Capital Improvement Budget, and will be financed with Sewer Funds in the amount of $708,835. |
| | | | | | | | RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the Sanitary District Board:
- Award a contract to Mladen Buntich Construction Co., Inc. for Project No. 7838 – Orangewood Avenue Sewer Improvements Project, in the amount of $708,835; and
- Authorize the General Manager to execute the agreement on behalf of the Sanitary District.
By: Myung Chun
Associate Engineer
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| ATTACHMENTS: | | Description | Upload Date | Type | File Name | | Bid Summary Sheet | 8/15/2018 | Backup Material | Bid_Summary_Sheet_Orangewood_Sewer_Improvement.doc | | Project Location Map | 8/15/2018 | Backup Material | GGSD#7838-OrangewoodSewerLocationMap(Aug15-2018).pdf | | Construction Agreement | 8/15/2018 | Backup Material | OrangewoodSewer-ConstructionAgreementSigned1(Aug14-2018).pdf | | Low Bid Withdrawal | 8/15/2018 | Backup Material | Vasilj__Inc_withdraw_letter_for_Project_No._7838_Bid_Date_7_10_2018_(1).pdf |
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