Title
Award of Bid No. 22-46 in the amount of $807,700 plus Applicable Gross Receipts Tax to Contreras Construction for the Fire Station 3 Dispatch Center and Boiler Replacement Project and Establish a Project Budget in the Amount of $1,040,000
Recommended Action
I move that Council Award Bid No. 22-46 in the amount of $807,700 plus Applicable Gross Receipts Tax to Contreras Construction for the Fire Station 3 Dispatch Center and Boiler Replacement Project and Establish a Project Budget in the Amount of $1,040,000.
County Manager's Recommendation
The County Manager recommends that Council approve the motion as presented.
Body
On August 12, 2021, the County advertised a formal competitive solicitation for project construction through Invitation for Bid No. 22-06. Only two responses were received with one deemed unresponsive. Therefore, on October 28, 2021, the County re-advertised the solicitation under Invitation for Bid No. 22-46 stipulating the County may award all or part of the work. Two responses were again received. The evaluation committee is recommending award to Contreras Construction, the lowest responsive bidder.
Project improvements consist of the following:
Base Bid Item 1, Dispatch Center - Provide improvements to construct an Alternate 911 Dispatch Center to include a new server room with a Computer Room Air Conditioning System (CRAC) by dividing an existing storage room to house servers with the remaining area to continue as storage space, relocate electrical circuits powering the Dispatch Center to a single electrical panel, and install data wiring, cables, support structure and appurtenances. LAPD and Emergency Management recommends establishing this alternate dispatch center for a redundancy of operations should the primary dispatch call center become temporarily incapacitated. This work is funded through the LAPD Dispatch budget.
Base Bid Item 2, Boiler Replacement - Install two new high-efficiency boilers to replace the single boil...
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