TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Stephanie Katsouleas, Public Works Director
Prem Kumar, City Engineer
Mamerto Estepa Jr., Associate Engineer
SUBJECT:Title
Reject All Bids Received for the Public Works Facility Building "A" - Engineering Division Tenant Improvement Project (Public Works Director Katsouleas).
REJECT ALL BIDS RECEIVED
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Recommended Action
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the City Council reject all bids received for the Public Works Facility Building "A" - Engineering Division Tenant Improvement Project and authorize staff to re-bid the work.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There is no fiscal impact associated with the rejection of all bids received for this Capital Improvement Program (CIP) funded project.
BACKGROUND:
The Engineering Division staff was relocated from City Hall to the Public Works Yard, Building A, in 2013. The office space was previously occupied by the Utilities Division personnel, who were relocated to the Administration building to make room for the engineers in Building A. Although adequate for the functions of the Utilities Division, the layout of Building A's offices is not ideal to meet the needs of the Engineering Division. The interior of the building is segmented into a series of small rooms, wasted hallway space, and unusable nooks. Many of the small rooms are too large for one person, but too small for the two or three people that now occupy them since adding four engineers. There is no available space for laying out and reviewing plans, or for storage of engineering/architectural plans and related documents. In addition to the space and layout constraints, Building A's HVAC system is very old, corroded, and no longer functions efficiently. It has been supplemented with two additional refurbished portable window units that do not provide adequate ventilation, resulting in the office being to...
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