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Transportation Department recommending approval of the Contract PW 07-176 documents for the Asphalt Concrete Overlay of Francisco Drive and Lakehills Drive Project 72172; and requesting authorization for construction bids to be received on Wednesday, September 5, 2007.
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BUDGET SUMMARY:
Total Estimated Cost $575,000.00
Funding
Budgeted $575,000.00
New Funding $
Savings $
Other $
Total Funding Available $575,000.00
Change To Net County Cost $0.00
Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost:
There is no cost to the County General Fund associated with this agenda item.
The cost associated for the construction phase of this project is estimated at $575,000, which included an estimated bid of $460,000, construction management and materials testing at $69,000 and a contingency of $46,000.
Funding for this project is from the Regional Surface Transportation Program (RSTP) Exchange Fund - Competitive, through the El Dorado County Transportation Commission (EDCTC), in the amount of $575,000.
The RSTP Exchange program was set up to allow local government entities to exchange their Federally-allocated dollars for State funds, thereby permitting local agencies to utilize those funds without being subject to all of the Federal provisions (such as NEPA, Davis-Bacon, Copeland Anti-Kickback and EEO requirements). In its exchange agreements with local agencies however, Caltrans includes language that requires compliance with all of the Federal provisions. The Department has objected to the inclusion of that language for years. The Department has been partially successful in our objections to the inclusion of this language and has had Caltran's concurrence on prior agreements that the Title 49, Subtitle A, Part 18, Subpart C, Post Award Requirements, Changes, Property, and Subawards, and Section 18.36 (i), inclusive of Federal prevailing wage, NEPA, Copeland Anti-Kickback, EEO, etc. were not in...
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