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Recommendation to increase Contract No. 31077 with Minako America Corporation, dba Minco Construction, for the Queen Mary Fire Alarm Upgrade, 1126 Queens Highway, in the amount of $145,270, due to extra work required relating to Long Beach Fire Department testing requirements. (District 2)
DISCUSSION
On March 10, 2009, the City Council awarded a contract to Minako America Corp. to upgrade the existing Queen Mary Fire Alarm. The project was awarded in the amount of $1,670,605 ($1,452,700, plus a 15 percent contingency of $217,905), funded with Tidelands Funds.
During the course of construction, it was determined that the Long Beach Fire . Department would require the testing of all of the existing fire alarm related devices as well as the ones being installed under this contract. The time and materials involved in the expanded testing will increase the contract amount from the current authorized amount of $1,670,605 to $1,815,875. In order to authorize this additional work being requested by the Long Beach Fire Department, staff is requesting that the contract be increased.
This matter was reviewed by Deputy City Attorney Linda Trang on August 31,2009 and by Budget and Performance Management Bureau Manager David Wodynski on August 28, 2009.
SUSTAINABILITY
The project will provide a safe environment for employees and visitors to the Queen Mary and preserve valuable Long Beach Fire Department resources by reducing false alarms.
TIMING CONSIDERATIONS
City Council action on this matter is requested on September 22, 2009 in order to maintain the committed completion schedule for a completed fire alarm system by the end of November.
FISCAL IMPACT
This action will increase the current allowable contract amount from $1,670,605 (award amount of $1 ,452,700 plus a 15 percent contingency) to $1,815,875. Sufficient funds to cover this contract amount are budgeted in the Tidelands Fund (TF) in the Department of Public Works (PW). The funding source is the ...
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