TITLE
Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute a Sixth Amendment to Contract No. 32487 with CJ Concrete Construction, Inc., of Santa Fe Springs, CA, for the Annual Contract for Concrete Repairs and Related Improvements, increasing the contract amount by an additional $5,000,000, for a total contract amount not to exceed $28,000,000, and extending the contract term to December 31, 2018. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
On January 10, 2012, the City Council authorized the City Manager to execute an annual contract for concrete repairs and related improvements with CJ Concrete Construction, Inc. (CJ Concrete), for an annual amount of $4,000,000. Subsequently, the City Council authorized five contract amendments, bringing the total contract authority to a not exceed amount of $23,000,000, and extending the term to December 30, 2017. The on-call contract provides the City with fixed unit prices, for a 12-month period, and the quantity of work is issued in work orders, specified by the City, and then completed by CJ Concrete, as a typical Public Works construction project. This method of contract delivery provides staff with an extremely efficient contract model for street improvement projects. The contract does not include any guaranteed minimum payment or retainer fee to the contractor.
Work performed under this contract includes the repair and replacement of sidewalks, driveways, curb and gutters, curb ramps, concrete cross gutters, bus stops, alleys, and other concrete-related improvements. CJ Concrete has done excellent work for the City, particularly in completing the construction of sidewalk, curb, and other concrete-related improvements for the Fiscal Year 2017 (FY 17) Measure A street improvements, in a timely manner. CJ Concrete has provided the City with a written offer to extend the contract term for another year with an increase of 6 percent applied to the current contract unit prices. Considering that the current contract unit prices, w...
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