TITLE
Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to amend Contract No. 36153 with Los Angeles Engineering, Inc., of Covina, CA, for construction work on the El Dorado Duck Pond Rehabilitation Project, to increase the contract amount by $1,097,384, for a revised contract amount not to exceed $6,584,302. (District 4)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to amend Contract No. 36153 with Los Angeles Engineering, Inc., to continue increase the total contract amount to add a 20 percent contingency in the amount of $1,097,384 for a revised contract amount not to exceed $6,584,302 for construction work on the El Dorado Duck Pond Rehabilitation Project. The amendment requested to allow for necessary change orders due to escalation and field modifications for the urgently needed rehabilitation project.
On December 7, 2021, the City Council awarded a contract to Los Angeles Engineering as part of its adoption of R-7030 Rebid for construction services to complete end of 2023. At the time of contract award, no contingency was included in the award amount requested and approved.
The El Dorado Duck Pond, which holds roughly three million gallons of water, located in El Dorado Park West, is a major regional park located along the eastern border of the City of Long Beach (City). The area around the duck pond includes various recreational amenities and is a wildlife habitat. The Project will address leaks and other existing deficiencies in the duck pond infrastructure, improve public access, and include the installation of a reclaimed water irrigation system. For safety reasons, and since the pond will be drained as part of the proposed repairs, the pond will be temporarily closed to the public during construction.
The work to be done consists primarily of, but is not limited to, dewatering, sediment removal, site demolition, utility relocation, site grading, new sewer connection, new irrigation feeder line, utility relo...
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