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Recommendation to adopt Plans and Specifications No. R-6882 for the Construction of Improvements to the Runway 7L-25R Runway Safety Area (RSA); award the project to and authorize City Manager to execute a contract with Palp, Inc., dba Excel Paving, in an estimated amount of $1,314,340 plus a 25 percent contingency amount of $328,585, if necessary, and any necessary amendments thereto regarding term or scope of work. (District 5)
DISCUSSION
The Runway Safety Area (RSA) is the surface surrounding the runway prepared or suitable for reducing the risk of damage to airplanes in the event of an undershoot, overshoot, or excursion from the runway. Runway 7L-25R has perimeter roads at both ends within the RSA. To help mitigate this potential hazard, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has funded this RSA project, which will include the demolition and realignment of the perimeter road further away from the ends of the runway. The work will also include associated infield grading, the relocation of the Fuel Consortium Gate/driveway outside the RSA, demolition of an unused driveway along Lakewood Boulevard., utility protection and modifications, and the installation of sidewalk, fencing, and landscaping.
City Council adoption of the plans and specifications and award of the contract are being recommended concurrently to expedite implementation of this project. The project was advertised for bid May 5, 2012, and bids were opened June 6, 2012. In addition to placing an advertisement for bids in the Long Beach Press Telegram, notice of the bid was posted on the City’s website at www.PlanetBids.com/longbeach. In a continuing effort to increase participation of local businesses and Small Business Enterprises (SBEs), Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs), Women Owned Businesses (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 indust...
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