TITLE
Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute a Fourth Amendment to Contract No. 32487 with CJ Concrete Construction, Inc., of Santa Fe Springs, CA, for the Annual Contract for Concrete Repairs and Related Improvements, increasing the contract amount by an additional $5,000,000, for a total amount not to exceed $23,000,000; and extend the contract term to December 30, 2016, at the discretion of the City Manager. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
On January 10, 2012, the City Council authorized the City Manager to execute the City of Long Beach (City) annual contract for concrete repairs and related improvements with CJ Concrete Construction, Inc., for an annual amount of $4,000,000. On November 20, 2012, February 11, 2014, and November 18, 2014, the City Council authorized the first, second, and third contract amendments, bringing the total contract authority to $18,000,000. The annual contract provides the City with fixed unit prices, for a 12-month period, to construct concrete-related improvements. Work generally performed under this contract includes the repair and replacement of sidewalks, driveways, curbs and gutters, curb ramps, concrete cross gutters, bus stops, alleys, and related improvements.
The contractor has done excellent work for the City, particularly in completing the construction of sidewalk, curb, and other concrete-related improvements, in a timely manner. The contractor has provided the City with a written offer to extend the contract term for another year, at the same unit prices originally bid in November 2011. Considering that the current contract unit prices are typically lower than those now being received on other competitively bid street projects, staff is recommending that the City accept this offer and have the City Manager extend the contract term through December 30, 2016.
Current and anticipated projects are now estimated to be more than the remaining contract authority; therefore, staff is recommending augmenting the c...
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