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Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. RFP GO14-022 and authorize City Manager to execute a contract with Hatch Mott MacDonald, LLC, of Los Angeles, CA (not an MBE, WBE, SBE, or Local), for construction management services related to natural gas pipeline relocations for the Gerald Desmond Bridge Replacement Project in the amount of $130,000, plus a 20 percent contingency in the amount of $26,000, if necessary, for a total amount not to exceed $156,000.
(District 1)
DISCUSSION
The Long Beach Gas and Oil Department (LBGO) is actively engaged in pipeline relocation work required for the construction of the Gerald Desmond Replacement Bridge. The Los Angeles River crossing at 6th Street is the last section of pipe to be installed to complete the project. This pipeline section will replace a pipeline crossing the Los Angeles River, attached to the Ocean Boulevard Bridge, which was abandoned to accommodate the new bridge alignment. The Los Angeles River crossing will be accomplished by using a horizontal directional drilling construction technique, placing the pipeline under the riverbed at 6th Street. This will allow the southern section of the City to be supplied with sufficient gas pressure throughout the year. The City does not possess in-house expertise required to manage the horizontal directional drill and pipe installation and has sought the assistance of a construction management firm with experience and expertise at managing work of similar magnitude. The pipeline construction work to complete this relocation was part of Plans and Specifications No. G-301 authorized by the City Council at its meeting on February 12, 2013. The City will install the pipeline and be reimbursed by the Port of Long Beach.
The Request for Proposals (RFP) was advertised in the Press-Telegram on December 29, 2013 and January 6, 2014, and 3,253 potential proposers specializing in construction management services were notified of the RFP opportunity. Of those prop...
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