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Resolution awarding a construction contract to McGuire and Hester of Alameda, California for the Caltrain Access & Bay Trail Gap Closure Project (No. ST2003, Bid No. 2668) in an amount not to exceed $565,646.00, authorizing a total construction contract authority budget of $650,493.00, and authorizing the City Manager to execute the agreement on behalf of the City
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WHEREAS, the Caltrain Access & Bay Trail Gap Closure Project ("Project") will improve pedestrian and bicycle connections from the East Plaza of the new South San Francisco Caltrain Station to East Grand Avenue and the East of 101 area; and
WHEREAS, the City issued a notice inviting bids for the project on February 1, 2022, and February 7, 2022, and on February 24, 2022, staff received ten (10) bid proposals in response; and
WHEREAS, McGuire and Hester of Alameda, California was the lowest responsible bidder and provided competitive unit prices; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends awarding the construction contract to McGuire and Hester of Alameda, California in an amount not to exceed $565,646, which is the total for the base bid with no bid alternates; and
WHEREAS, staff also requests the City Council to authorize a construction contract authority budget of $565,646, with additional $84,847 contingency, totaling a construction budget of $650,493 for the Project; and
WHEREAS, the Project is included in the City of South San Francisco's fiscal year 2021-22 Capital Improvement Program (Project No. ST2003) with sufficient funds in FY 2021-2022 to cover the initial construction costs through the end of the current fiscal year; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of South San Francisco that the City Council hereby awards a construction contract, a draft of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit A, for the Caltrain Access & Bay Trail Gap Closure Project to McGuire and Hester of Alameda, California, in an amount not to exceed $565,646 cond...
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