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Department of Transportation recommending the Board take the following actions pertaining to the El Dorado Trail - Missouri Flat Road Bike/Pedestrian Overcrossing Phase 2 Project, Capital Improvement Program 36109002:
1) Reject all bids received at the bid opening on March 18, 2024;
2) Approve and adopt the revised Plans and Contract Documents and authorize the Chair to sign the revised Plans, pending review and approval by Risk Management; and
3) Authorize re-advertisement for construction bids.
FUNDING: Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (23%), Road Fund (<1%), Active Transportation Program (56%), Regional Surface Transportation Program Federal Funds - Caltrans Local Assistance (17%), Transportation Development Act (3%). (Federal Funds)
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The El Dorado Trail - Missouri Flat Road Bike/Pedestrian Overcrossing Phase 2 Project (Project) will construct a bicycle/pedestrian over-crossing as part of the El Dorado Trail at Missouri Flat Road.
The Project was previously approved for advertisement by the Board on January 23, 2024 (Item 11, Legistar 24-0056) and subsequently advertised beginning February 5, 2024. The bid opening took place Monday, March 18, 2024 with two bids being received, $6,468,646.00 and $6,922,400.00, which both exceeded the construction budget of $5,169,000.00. At this time, Transportation is recommending all bids be rejected for this Project.
Transportation reviewed the contract documents and modified the plans and specifications to reduce the estimated direct construction project costs. This included modifying the design of the bridge as well as separating some bid items into an alternative bid schedule that may or may not be awarded once new bids are received.
This project is federally funded, therefore both California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) compliance is required. A CEQA Notice of Determination was recorded on December 20, 2017. A NEPA Cate...
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