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Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. PA-00213 and award contracts to Metalclad Insulation Corp., of Fullerton, CA (not an MBE, WBE, SBE or Local), Universal Abatement Services, of Los Angeles, CA (MBE), Vizion’s West, Inc., of Quail Valley, CA (not an MBE, WBE, SBE or Local), and Watson Painting Corporation, of Riverside, CA (MBE, SBE), to provide lead-based paint removal and mitigation services, in a total annual amount not to exceed $600,000, for a period of one year, with the option to renew for two additional one-year periods, at the discretion of City Manager. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is being requested to enter into annual contracts with Metalclad Insulation Corp., Universal Abatement Services, Vizion’s West, Inc., and Watson Painting Corporation for providing lead-based paint removal and mitigation services to ensure U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) compliance for the City’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). HHS has received cost-reimbursement grants from HUD’s Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes, which will provide total funding for the removal and control of lead-based paint within affordable housing occupied by low-income residents. The grants also include support for tenant relocation, lab analysis, health education and risk assessment.
The bid was advertised in the Press-Telegram on November 29, 2012, and 232 potential bidders specializing in lead abatement were notified of the bid opportunity. Of those bidders, 27 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. Four bids were received o...
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