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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to amend Contract No. 34352 with United Storm Water, Inc., of City of Industry, CA, for routine storm drain maintenance and repair, to increase the contract amount by $1,269,045, for a total amount not to exceed $3,359,045. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to amend Contract No. 34352 with United Storm Water, Inc. (USW), by increasing the contract amount by $1,269,045, for routine storm drain maintenance and repair, as well as assistance with statewide mandated water quality improvements and to exercise one of the two additional one-year contract periods at an additional $345,000. The total four-year contract amount with USW will increase from $2,090,000 to $3,359,045.
On August 2, 2016, the City Council adopted Specifications No. RFP PW16-131 and awarded a contract to USW to provide routine maintenance and repair services to the City’s storm drains, in an annual amount of $345,000 for a period of three years with the option to renew for two additional one-year periods. On May 23, 2017, the City Council authorized an amendment to Contract No. 34352 with USW to increase the contractual authority by $710,000, for a revised total three-year contract amount not to exceed $1,745,000, to cover one-time costs associated with emergency storm calls that took place December 2016 to February 2017, and the preparation work done for pump station rehabilitation as recommended by a 2015 assessment study.
The storm drain system must be regularly maintained to minimize flooding during storm events, thereby protecting property from damage and providing for the general safety, health, and welfare of Long Beach residents. Additionally, the City’s municipal storm drain system is required to be maintained regularly to reduce bacteria and pollutants in storm water runoff into the Los Angeles River.
Of the requested $1,269,045 additional contract authority, $592...
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