TITLE
Recommendation to adopt Plans and Specifications No. R-7063 for the Willow Springs Park Wetlands Restoration Project; award the contract to BiTech Construction Co., Inc., of Buena Park, CA, in the amount of $1,371,926, authorize a 15 percent contingency in the amount of $205,789, for a total contract amount not to exceed $1,577,715; and authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into the contract, including any necessary amendments thereto;
Increase appropriations in the Capital Projects Fund (CP) in the Parks, Recreation and Marine Department (PR) by $924,000, offset by grant revenue from an award of funding under the Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Act of 2006 (Proposition 84) Urban Greening for Sustainable Communities Grant Program; and
Accept Categorical Exemption No. 16-194. (District 7)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to enter into a contract with BiTech Construction Co., Inc., for the construction of planting, irrigation, and wetland improvements at Willow Springs Park.
The bid was advertised in the Long Beach Press-Telegram on November 15, 2016, and 4,196 potential bidders specializing in landscaping and gardening products and services, civil engineering, construction, and construction materials and supplies were notified of the bid opportunity. Of those bidders, 100 downloaded the bid via the City's 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 22 local, minority and women-owned business groups. Three bids were received on December 7, 2016. Of those three bidders, one was a Minority-owned Business Enterprise (MBE), none were Women-owned Business Enterprises (WBEs), on...
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