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Recommendation to adopt Plans and Specifications No. R-6910 for the Dock 10 Improvement Project (Project); award the contract to John S. Meek Co., Inc., in the amount of $2,244,564, and authorize a 15 percent contingency of $336,685 for a total contract amount not to exceed $2,581,249; and authorize City Manager or designee to execute all documents necessary to enter into the contract, including any necessary amendments thereto. (District 2)
DISCUSSION
The Project involves replacing an existing deteriorated timber dock system with a new and improved concrete dock system, including a new Americans with Disability Act accessible gangway. The Project is part of the City’s Tidelands Capital Improvement Program, and will help increase the availability of public dock space at Rainbow Harbor and Shoreline Village by replacing the existing dock with a new 574-foot concrete dock that will include new lighting, emergency fire-water access, an emergency phone, new gangway landing and guardrails, and three sewage pump-out stations.
The recommended contract award includes the Base Bid plus Additive Item A. Additive Item A includes construction of a bull rail that will help facilitate boat docking. The project site is located at 435 Shoreline Village Drive, commonly referred to as Dock 10 (see attached Vicinity Map).
The project was advertised in the Press-Telegram on August 29, 2013, and 2,483 potential bidders specializing in this construction were notified of the bid opportunity. Of those bidders, 68 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
, and was also sent to several trade publications and plan rooms catering to these groups within the construction industry. A bid announcement was also included in the Purchasing Division’s weekly update of Ope...
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