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File #: 15-0330    Version: 1
Type: Consent - Staff Report Status: Agenda Ready
In control: City Council Regular Meeting
On agenda: 7/21/2015 Final action:
Title: Award of Bid to Beau Bureaux Interiors, Inc. to Provide and Install Office Furniture in the Amount of $29,268 (Public Works Director Olmos). APPROVE

TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council

THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager

FROM:
Tony Olmos, Public Work Director
Bruce Moe, Finance Director
Karen Domerchie, Senior Management Analyst
Gwen Eng, Purchasing Manager

SUBJECT:Title
Award of Bid to Beau Bureaux Interiors, Inc. to Provide and Install Office Furniture in the Amount of $29,268 (Public Works Director Olmos).
APPROVE
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Award RFP #1046-15 to Beau Bureaux Interiors, Inc. for the purchase and installation of office furniture in the amount of $29,268, and
2. Approve a construction contingency of $ 9,608.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are sufficient funds in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2014-2015 Capital Improvement Budget for the Management Services Office Remodel project.

BACKGROUND:
In recent years, staff has been proactive in physical consolidation of departmental staff to improve operational efficiencies. In the FY 2014-2015 Capital Improvement Budget, a project to move the City Attorney and support staff to the Management Services space was approved. The reconfiguration of the Management Services workspace will allow the City Attorney to work in an area that provides improved access to legal services by the City Council and City Manager. Construction of the improvements has begun and bids were solicited for furniture for the offices.

DISCUSSION:
The remodeled space requires proper furnishings to provide a professional, productive work area for the many executive tasks carried out on a daily basis.

This bid was directly emailed to fifteen vendors as well as posted on the City's website and advertised in the Beach Reporter (the City's publisher of record) and several standard construction industry publications, including the Dodge Green Sheet.

A total of four responses were received. The lowest bidder, the Office ...

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