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Department of Transportation recommending the Board retroactively approve and authorize the Chair to execute Contract Change Order 3 with Granite Construction Company in the amount of $36,574.00 for the Cosumnes Mine Road & Bridge Storm Damage Repairs Project, Contract 2719, PW 18-31209, CIP 78700/78701/78712; and make the following finding to waive the competitive bidding process for the change order: the nature of the subject of the contract is such that competitive proposals would be unavailing or would not produce an advantage, and the advertisement for competitive bid would thus be undesirable, impractical, or impossible. (Est. Time: 5 Min.)
FUNDING: Local and State discretionary funding initially (100%), with Department of Transportation staff working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the California Office of Emergency Services to obtain reimbursement. (Local, State, and Federal)
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The Board authorized Department of Transportation (Transportation) to advertise the Cosumnes Mine Road & Bridge Storm Damage Repairs Project (Project) for bids on May 8, 2018 (Item 27). Transportation opened bids on May 31, 2018, and the Board awarded the Project to Granite Construction Company (Granite) on June 12, 2018 (Item 47).
On November 13, 2018 (Item 30), the Board approved Contract Change Order No. 2 (CCO 2), which compensated for extra contract work related to differing site conditions of the footing subgrade at the north abutment of the bridge, which exceeded the 10% contingency amount established for this contract. The scope of work related to CCO 2 included increased quantities of roadway excavation, structure excavation, structure backfill, and structural concrete. CCO 2 also involved an increased quantity of bar reinforcing steel necessary for the retaining wall height increases. However, due to a discrepancy over the additional quantity of bar reinforcing steel, it was decided that inclusion of this item int...
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