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Recommendation to adopt Specification for Invitation to Bid
No. ITB GO 15-077 and award a contract to Phillips Steel Company, of Long Beach, CA, for furnishing and delivering fusion-bonded epoxy-coated steel pipe, in an annual amount not to exceed $850,000, for a period of two years, with the option to renew for two additional one-year periods, at the discretion of the City Manager. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to enter in a contract with Phillips Steel Company, for furnishing and delivering fusion-bonded epoxy-coated (FBE) steel pipe. Staff has estimated that 50 percent of the annual purchase, amounting to approximately $425,000, will be allocated to projects that LBGO will perform upon request of other agencies and be reimbursed for the work. To reduce overall costs, LBGO, in conjunction with the Purchasing Division, has competitively bid the purchase of the FBE-coated steel pipe and contracted separately for the actual installation of the pipe.
The bid was advertised in the Press-Telegram on May 1, 2015, and 3,379 potential bidders specializing in FBE-coated steel pipe were notified of the bid opportunity. Of those bidders, 26 downloaded the bid via our electronic bid system. The bid document was made available from the Purchasing Division, located on the seventh floor of City Hall, and the Division’s website at www.longbeach.gov/purchasing. A bid announcement was also included in the Purchasing Division’s weekly update of Open Bid Opportunities, which is sent to 30 local, minority, and women-owned business groups. Two bids were received on May 13, 2015. Of those, none were Minority-owned Business Enterprises (MBEs), none were Women-owned Business Enterprises (WBEs), none were certified Small Business Enterprises (SBEs), and one was a Long Beach businesses (Local). Phillips Steel Company was the lowest responsible bidder.
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