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Community Development Agency, Transportation Division, recommending the Board consider the following pertaining to the Timber Mortality Project Phase 1 - Grizzly Flats and Camino, Contract 439-C1799:
1) Award the Contract to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder; said bidder to be determined after the bid opening scheduled for March 30, 2017;
2) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign the Contract, subject to final review and approval by County Counsel and Risk Management; and
3) Authorize the Community Development Agency Director to sign an Escrow Agreement, if requested by the Contractor and in accordance with Public Contract Code Section 22300, for the purpose of holding Contract retention funds.
FUNDING: California Disaster Assistance Act Funds (75% - State) and General Fund (25% - Local).
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
Award and Sign Contract with Lowest Responsive, Responsible Bidder:
In order to move forward in an expeditious manner, this item has been prepared prior to receipt of bids. Community Development Agency (CDA), Transportation Division (Transportation), is scheduled to receive sealed bids for the Timber Mortality Project Phase 1 - Grizzly Flats and Camino (Project), on Thursday, March 30, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. Transportation will open and read all bids received at that time in conformance with contract bidding requirements. When the bid results become available, the bid summary showing preliminary results will be provided to the Board Clerk for attaching to this item.
After Transportation reviews the bids and after the five-day bid protest period, Transportation will prepare a recommendation to the Board regarding the award of the Contract to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder. Transportation intends to provide the Board with a hard copy recommendation for award at least one day prior to the April 11, 2017, Board meeting. If there is a substantive issue with the responsiveness of the apparent low bidder's bid, or if there is...
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