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Recommendation to adopt Plans and Specifications No. R-6768 for the Improvement of Long Beach Boulevard between 10th Street and Anaheim Street, award the project to and authorize City Manager to execute all documents necessary to enter into a contract with EBS General Engineering, Inc., in the amount of $233,637, plus a 10 percent contingency of $23,364, for a total of $257,001, and to execute necessary amendments thereto. (Districts 1,6)
DISCUSSION
The infrastructure of Long Beach Boulevard between 10th Street and Anaheim Street is in need of rehabilitation. The anticipated rehabilitation will consist of replacing damaged curbs, gutters and sidewalk, removing old asphalt, resurfacing the street with rubberized asphalt, installing required accessibility improvements, new pavement markings, traffic striping, and vehicle loop detectors at signalized intersections. A vicinity map is attached. The portion of Long Beach Boulevard from Ocean Boulevard to 10th Street was completed in March 2011.
City Council’s adoption of the plans and specifications and award of the contract to the lowest responsible bidder are being recommended concurrently in order to expedite implementation of this project. The project was advertised for bids on May 5, 2011, and bids were opened June 8, 2011. In addition to placing an advertisement for bids in the Long Beach Press Telegram, bid documents were made available through the City’s weblink at,
, in a continuing effort to increase participation of local businesses, Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs), Women Owned Business Enterprises (WBEs), and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs). Bid documents were also sent to several trade publications and plan rooms catering to these groups within the construction industry.
For this bid, 551 firms registered on the website and were notified via automatic email notice, including 57 located in Long Beach. Thirteen sets of bid documents were purchased by...
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