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Recommendation to adopt Plans and Specifications No. R-6984 for Improvements of the Bicycle System Gap Closure and Improved Los Angeles River Bike Path Access project; award the contract to Sully-Miller Contracting Company, of Brea, CA, in the amount of $1,051,223, and authorize a 10 percent contingency in the amount of $105,122, for a total contract amount not to exceed $1,156,345; and authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into the contract, including any necessary amendments thereto, and consider Categorical Exemption No. 54-10 (15301 Class1). (Districts 1,6,7,8,9)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to enter into a contract with Sully-Miller Contracting Company (Sully-Miller), for the addition of 8.4 miles of bicycle infrastructure on the western side of the City of Long Beach (City), including Harding Street, Del Amo Boulevard, San Antonio Drive, Del Mar Avenue and Pacific Avenue.
The project consists of constructing various bike lanes, signed/shared bike routes, two traffic signals, two traffic circles, various curb, gutter and sidewalk sections, landscaping designs and irrigations systems, traffic signal electrical modifications, installing pavement markers, markings, traffic striping, signing and curb paint, and additional informational way finding signage, connecting neighborhood streets within the City to the regional Los Angeles River Class I bike path system. A vicinity map showing the project location is attached.
This bid was advertised in the Press-Telegram on August 7, 2015, and 3,577 potential bidders specializing in construction were notified of the bid opportunity. Of those bidders, 80 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...
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