Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with R.W. Setterlin Building Company for the East Side Health Center Parking Lot Expansion - Phase I.
The current parking lot is a shared parking lot with the employees and patients of the East Side Health Center. Since the completion of the original project, the number of staff and patients has increased and the parking lot cannot continue to support the current demand. The property just east of the East Side Health Center was purchased by the Real Estate Management Office with the intent to provide a secure employee parking lot. Construciton of this this lot would alleviate the overcrowding of the existing parking lot by patients and employees. Phase I will be for the demolition of an existing structure and to prepare the site for Phase II, which will be the actual construction of the parking lot.
Formal bids were solicited and the City received three bids on February 6, 2015 as follows (0 FBE, 1 *MBE):
Rain Brothers, LLC. $37,800.00
R.W. Setterlin Building Company $44,700.00
*McDaniel’s Construction $50,000.00
The Office of Construction Management recommends the bid award be made to the most responsive and responsible bidder, R.W. Setterlin Building Company. At the time of the bid, Rain Brothers was the apparent low bidder, but they were not a pre-qualified bidder. Therefore, they were disqualified from the bid.
Emergency action is requested to move forward with the demolition of the building to avoid liability issues since it is an unoccupied building on a vacant lot.
R.W. Setterlin Building Company Contract Compliance No. 31-0836188, expiration date October 7, 2016.
Fiscal Impact: This legislation authorizes the appropriation of $44,700.00 from the cash reserves of the Neighborhood Health Center Capital Reserve Fund. Sufficient funding is ava...
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