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Department of Transportation recommending the Board consider the following regarding the Silver Springs Parkway Offsite (South Segment) Project, Capital Improvement Program project number 76108/36105039, Contract 4076 with Granite Construction Company:
1) Retroactively approve and authorize the Chair to sign Contract Change Order 28 in the amount of $90,380 to construct a leveling course of hot mix asphalt on Bass Lake Road and on Madera Way;
2) Retroactively approve and authorize the Chair to sign Contract Change Order 30 in the amount of $11,600 for grinding the existing hot mix asphalt surfacing on Bass Lake Road and on Madera Way; and
3) Find that an exception to the competitive bidding requirement of Public Contract Code section 20137 exists here and that a waiver of competitive bidding is appropriate.
FUNDING: Road Fund/Discretionary (0.4%), TIM Zone 1-7 (16.6%), Developer Advance TIM Zone 1-7 (21.7%), Developer Funded (61.2%).
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The contract for the Silver Springs Parkway Offsite (South Segment) Project (Project) was approved by the Board on August 4, 2020 (Legistar 20-0950, Item 26). All roadway repairs were completed by July 21, 2021, and the Project was accepted by the Board on August 31, 2021 (Legistar 21-1303, Item 28).
Construction projects in the Department of Transportation’s (Transportation) Capital Improvement Program (CIP) generally include a contingency budget of 10% of the original contract amount, pursuant to Section 20137 of the California Public Contract Code. The contingency budget is used for items of construction work that are unanticipated or unknown at bid time, but then show up during construction and are necessary to complete to meet the project goals. This Project's low bid was $3,846,753.65, and the contingency budget established by the Board is $384,675.37. Transportation has executed contract change orders (CCOs) with a cumulative value of $384,284.17, which is 9.99% of the original contr...
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