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Recommendation to adopt Plans and Specifications No. R-6906 for the Improvement of Livingston Drive between Termino Avenue and 2nd Street, award the project to and authorize City Manager to execute all documents necessary to enter into a contract with EBS General Engineering, Inc., in an estimated amount of $1,254,000, plus a 15 percent contingency of $188,100, for a total of $1,442,100, and any necessary amendments thereto. (District 3)
DISCUSSION
The infrastructure of Livingston Drive between Termino Avenue and 2nd Street is in need of rehabilitation. The anticipated rehabilitation will consist of construction of portland cement concrete curbs, gutters, sidewalks, and raised median, replacing and overlaying asphalt concrete pavement, widening an existing sidewalk, installing a traffic signal, and furnishing and installing pavement markers, markings, and traffic striping. In the westbound direction, the travel lanes will be reduced from three lanes to two lanes. However, a service road will be constructed to accommodate local traffic shown on the attached vicinity map.
The project was advertised for bids on April 6, 2012, and bids were opened June 20, 2012. In addition to placing an advertisement for bids in the Long Beach Press Telegram, bid documents were made available through the City’s weblink at,
, in a continuing effort to increase participation of local businesses, Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs), Women Owned Business Enterprises (WBEs), and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs). Bid documents were also sent to several trade publications and plan rooms catering to these groups within the construction industry.
For this bid, 776 firms registered on the website were notified via automatic email notice, including 95 located in Long Beach. Twenty-one sets of bid documents were purchased by prospective bidders and seven bids were received. Of the bidding firms, one is a local business and none are certified...
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