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HomeMy WebLinkAboutE-13 Staff Report - Newburgh Street ADA Ramp Replacement ProjectCONSENT ITEM E-13 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL VIA: SERGIO GONZALEZ, CITY MANAGER FROM: DANIEL BOBADILLA, P.E., DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS/CITY ENGINEER DATE: JULY 15, 2019 SUBJECT: AWARD A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE NEWBURGH STREET ET AL. ADA RAMP REPLACEMENT PROJECT BACKGROUND: Los Angeles County Public Works (LACPW) is proposing a pavement preservation project that falls primarily within the unincorporated region bounded by West Gladstone Street to the north, East Arrow Highway to the south, South Azusa Avenue to the east, and North Vincent Avenue to the west. Several of the streets proposed for pavement preservation fall in both City and County jurisdiction. Prior to the pavement preservation, the City is required to upgrade all curb ramps to meet current ADA standards. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the City Council take the following actions: 1)Award a contract for a total not-to-exceed amount of $35,200, which includes a 10% contingency for potential change orders as needed, to FS Contractors, Inc., for the Newburgh Street Pavement Preservation Project, and 2)Authorize the City Manager to execute a contract, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, on behalf of the City. ANALYSIS: Los Angeles County Public Works (LACPW) is proposing a pavement preservation project that falls within the unincorporated region bounded by West Gladstone Street to the north, East Arrow Highway to the south, South Azusa Avenue to the east, and North Vincent Avenue to the west (Attachment 1). Several of the streets proposed for pavement preservation fall in both City and County jurisdiction. Prior to the pavement preservation, the City is required to upgrade all adjacent curb ramps to meet current ADA standards. A total of eight curb ramps are required to be replaced. Due to the time constraints prohibiting the City from completing an informal bid process in time to complete the APPROVED CITY COUNCIL 7/15/2019 Azusa Library ADA Compliant Restroom Retrofit Improvement Project July 1 5, 2019 Page 2 required upgrades prior to LACPW commencing work, staff is requesting a waiver to the Purchasing Procedure pursuant to Section 2-539. Section 2-539 Waiving of Purchasing Procedure states “A request for waiver should occur only when unforeseen circumstances or emergencies arise that justify an exception.” The City contacted four qualified contractors and received three cost proposals. The results are as follows: No. Company Location Total Bid 1 FS Contractors, Inc. Sylmar, CA $32,000.00 2 All Cities Engineering, Inc. Jurupa Valley, CA $41,275.00 3 Ramirez Company, Inc. Azusa, CA $58,500.00 The lowest, responsive bid was submitted by FS Contractor’s Inc., a general engineering construction company which has been in business for over 5 years and has recently completed projects of similar scope in several Southern California Cities. ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE: This action is categorically exempt from the requirements of the California Environmentally Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15301(c) Existing Highways, Streets, Sidewalks, and Gutters. Staff is directed to file a Notice of Exemption with the Los Angeles County Clerk’s Office upon project approval. FISCAL IMPACT: This project will be funded by Measure M Local Return funds for a total construction cost of $35,200. Prepared by: Fiscal Impact Reviewed By: Robert Delgadillo Talika M. Johnson Assistant Director of Public Works Director of Finance Reviewed By: Reviewed and Approved: Daniel Bobadilla, P.E Sergio Gonzalez Director of Public Works/City Engineer City Manager Attachment: 1) Contract with FS Contractors, Inc. CONTRACT - 1 - CONTRACT THIS CONTRACT is made this _____ day of __________, 2019, in the County of Los Angeles, State of California, by and between the City of Azusa, hereinafter called City, and FS Contractors, Inc., hereinafter called Contractor. The City and the Contractor for the considerations stated herein agree as follows: ARTICLE 1. SCOPE OF WORK. The Contractor shall perform all Work within the time stipulated in the Contract and shall provide all labor, materials, equipment, tools, utility services, and transportation to complete all of the Work required in strict compliance with the Contract Documents as specified in Article 5 below for the following Project: NEWBURGH STREET ET AL. PAVEMENT PRESERVATION PROJECT The Contractor and its surety shall be liable to the City for any damages arising as a result of the Contractor’s failure to comply with this obligation. ARTICLE 2. TIME FOR COMPLETION. The Work shall be commenced on the date stated in the City’s Notice to Proceed. The Contractor is advised that the City has an aggressive schedule for this project. The Contractor shall complete all Work required by the Contract Documents within 15 working days from the commencement date stated in the Notice to Proceed. By its signature hereunder, Contractor agrees the time for completion set forth above is adequate and reasonable to complete the Work. ARTICLE 3. CONTRACT PRICE. The City shall pay to the Contractor as full compensation for the performance of the Contract, subject to any additions or deductions as provided in the Contract Documents, and including all applicable taxes and costs, the sum of Thirty Two Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($32,000.00). Payment shall be made as set forth in the General Conditions. ARTICLE 4. LIQUIDATED DAMAGES. In accordance with Government Code section 53069.85, it is agreed that the Contractor will pay the City the sum of $300 for each and every calendar day of delay beyond the time prescribed in the Contract Documents for finishing the Work, as Liquidated Damages and not as a penalty or forfeiture. In the event this is not paid, the Contractor agrees the City may deduct that amount from any money due or that may become due the Contractor under the Contract. This Article does not exclude recovery of other damages specified in the Contract Documents. ARTICLE 5. COMPONENT PARTS OF THE CONTRACT. The “Contract Documents” include the following: Bid Form Contractor’s Certificate Regarding Workers’ Compensation Bid Bond Information Required of Bidders Non-Collusion Affidavit form Contract Attachment 1 CONTRACT - 2 - Performance Bond Payment Bond General Conditions Special Conditions Technical Specifications Addenda Plans and Drawings Approved and fully executed change orders Any other documents contained in or incorporated into the Contract The Contactor shall complete the Work in strict accordance with all of the Contract Documents. All of the Contract Documents are intended to be complementary. Work required by one of the Contract Documents and not by others shall be done as if required by all. This Contract shall supersede any prior agreement of the parties. ARTICLE 6. PROVISIONS REQUIRED BY LAW. Each and every provision of law required to be included in these Contract Documents shall be deemed to be included in these Contract Documents. The Contractor shall comply with all requirements of the California Labor Code applicable to this Project. ARTICLE 7. INDEMNIFICATION. Contractor shall provide indemnification as set forth in the General Conditions. ARTICLE 8. PREVAILING WAGES. Contractor shall be required to pay the prevailing rate of wages in accordance with the Labor Code which such rates shall be made available at Azusa City Hall or may be obtained online at http//www.dir.ca.gov/dlsr and which must be posted at the job site. ARTICLE 9. DECLARATION OF POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS. Consultant shall, throughout the term of this Agreement, submit to City an annual statement in writing declaring any political contributions of money, in-kind services, or loan made to any member of the city council within the previous twelve-month period by the Consultant and all of Consultant's employees, including any employee(s) that Consultant intends to assign to perform the Services described in this Agreement. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Contract has been duly executed by the above-named parties, on the day and year above written. CONTRACT - 3 - FS Contractors, Inc. ___________________________________ Contractor ___________________________________ Name And Title ___________________________________ Signature Of Contractor License No. _________________________ City Of Azusa ________________________________ Joseph R. Rocha Mayor ________________________________ Sergio Gonzalez, City Manager ________________________________ Jeffrey Lawrence Cornejo Jr. City Clerk Approved As To Form: ________________________________ Best Best & Krieger Llp City Attorney PERFORMANCE BOND - 4 - PERFORMANCE BOND KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS: THAT WHEREAS, the City of Azusa (hereinafter referred to as “City”) has awarded to FS Contractors, Inc., (hereinafter referred to as the “Contractor”) an agreement for NEWBURGH STREET ET AL. PAVEMENT PRESERVATION PROJECT (hereinafter referred to as the “Project”). WHEREAS, the work to be performed by the Contractor is more particularly set forth in the Contract Documents for the Project (hereinafter referred to as “Contract Documents”), the terms and conditions of which are expressly incorporated herein by reference; and WHEREAS, the Contractor is required by said Contract Documents to perform the terms thereof and to furnish a bond for the faithful performance of said Contract Documents. NOW, THEREFORE, we, _________________________________________, the undersigned Contractor and _____________________________________________ as Surety, a corporation organized and duly authorized to transact business under the laws of the State of California, are held and firmly bound unto the City in the sum of Thirty Two Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($32,000.00), said sum being not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the total amount of the Contract, for which amount well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators, successors and assigns, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents. THE CONDITION OF THIS OBLIGATION IS SUCH, that, if the Contractor, his or its heirs, executors, administrators, successors or assigns, shall in all things stand to and abide by, and well and truly keep and perform the covenants, conditions and agreements in the Contract Documents and any alteration thereof made as therein provided, on its part, to be kept and performed at the time and in the manner therein specified, and in all respects according to their intent and meaning; and shall faithfully fulfill all obligations including the one-year guarantee of all materials and workmanship; and shall indemnify and save harmless the City, its officers and agents, as stipulated in said Contract Documents, then this obligation shall become null and void; otherwise it shall be and remain in full force and effect. As a part of the obligation secured hereby and in addition to the face amount specified therefore, there shall be included costs and reasonable expenses and fees including reasonable attorney’s fees, incurred by City in enforcing such obligation. As a condition precedent to the satisfactory completion of the Contract Documents, unless otherwise provided for in the Contract Documents, the above obligation shall hold good for a period of one (1) year after the acceptance of the work by City, during which time if Contractor shall fail to make full, complete, and satisfactory repair and replacements and totally protect the City from loss or damage resulting from or caused by defective materials or faulty workmanship. The obligations of Surety hereunder shall continue so long as any obligation of Contractor remains. Nothing herein shall limit the City’s rights or the Contractor or Surety’s obligations under the Contract, law or equity, including, but not limited to, California Code of Civil Procedure section 337.15. PERFORMANCE BOND - 5 - Whenever Contractor shall be, and is declared by the City to be, in default under the Contract Documents, the Surety shall remedy the default pursuant to the Contract Documents, or shall promptly, at the City’s option: (1) Take over and complete the Project in accordance with all terms and conditions in the Contract Documents; or (2) Obtain a bid or bids for completing the Project in accordance with all terms and conditions in the Contract Documents and upon determination by Surety of the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, arrange for a Contract between such bidder, the Surety and the City, and make available as work progresses sufficient funds to pay the cost of completion of the Project, less the balance of the contract price, including other costs and damages for which Surety may be liable. The term “balance of the contract price” as used in this paragraph shall mean the total amount payable to Contractor by the City under the Contract and any modification thereto, less any amount previously paid by the City to the Contractor and any other set offs pursuant to the Contract Documents. (3) Permit the City to complete the Project in any manner consistent with California law and make available as work progresses sufficient funds to pay the cost of completion of the Project, less the balance of the contract price, including other costs and damages for which Surety may be liable. The term “balance of the contract price” as used in this paragraph shall mean the total amount payable to Contractor by the City under the Contract and any modification thereto, less any amount previously paid by the City to the Contractor and any other set offs pursuant to the Contract Documents. Surety expressly agrees that the City may reject any contractor or subcontractor which may be proposed by Surety in fulfillment of its obligations in the event of default by the Contractor. Surety shall not utilize Contractor in completing the Project nor shall Surety accept a bid from Contractor for completion of the Project if the CITY, when declaring the Contractor in default, notifies Surety of the City’s objection to Contractor’s further participation in the completion of the Project. The Surety, for value received, hereby stipulates and agrees that no change, extension of time, alteration or addition to the terms of the Contract Documents or to the Project to be performed thereunder shall in any way affect its obligations on this bond, and it does hereby waive notice of any such change, extension of time, alteration or addition to the terms of the Contract Documents or to the Project. [Remainder of Page Left Intentionally Blank.] PERFORMANCE BOND - 6 - IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and seals this _______ day of ______________, 2019. _________________________________________ CONTRACTOR/PRINCIPAL _________________________________________ Name By_______________________________________ SURETY: By: ______________________________________ Attorney-In-Fact The rate of premium on this bond is ____________ per thousand. The total amount of premium charges, $_______________________________. (The above must be filled in by corporate attorney.) THIS IS A REQUIRED FORM Any claims under this bond may be addressed to: (Name and Address of Surety) ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ (Name and Address of Agent or ___________________________________________ Representative for service of process in California, if different ___________________________________________ from above) ___________________________________________ (Telephone number of Surety and ___________________________________________ Agent or Representative for service of process in California PERFORMANCE BOND - 7 - STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF On before me, (here insert name and title of the officer), personally appeared , who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument. I certify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct. WITNESS my hand and official seal. Signature __________________________________ (Seal) NOTE: A copy of the Power-of-Attorney to local representatives of the bonding company must be attached hereto. PAYMENT BOND KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS That WHEREAS, the City of Azusa (hereinafter designated as the “City”), by action taken or a resolution passed January 22, 2019 has awarded to FS Contractors, Inc. hereinafter designated as the “Principal,” a contract for the work described as follows: NEWBURGH STREET ET AL. PAVEMENT PRESERVATION PROJECT (the “Project”); and WHEREAS, said Principal is required to furnish a bond in connection with said contract; providing that if said Principal or any of its Subcontractors shall fail to pay for any materials, provisions, provender, equipment, or other supplies used in, upon, for or about the performance of the work contracted to be done, or for any work or labor done thereon of any kind, or for amounts due under the Unemployment Insurance Code or for any amounts required to be deducted, withheld, and paid over to the Employment Development Department from the wages of employees of said Principal and its Subcontractors with respect to such work or labor the Surety on this bond will pay for the same to the extent hereinafter set forth. NOW THEREFORE, we, the Principal and __________________________ as Surety, are held and firmly bound unto the City in the penal sum of Thirty Two Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($32,000.00) lawful money of the United States of America, for the payment of which sum well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents. THE CONDITION OF THIS OBLIGATION IS SUCH that if said Principal, his or its subcontractors, heirs, executors, administrators, successors or assigns, shall fail to pay any of the persons named in Section 3181 of the Civil Code, fail to pay for any materials, provisions or other supplies, used in, upon, for or about the performance of the work contracted to be done, or for any work or labor thereon of any kind, or amounts due under the Unemployment Insurance Code with respect to work or labor performed under the contract, or for any amounts required to be deducted, withheld, and paid over to the Employment Development Department or Franchise Tax Board from the wages of employees of the contractor and his subcontractors pursuant to Section 18663 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, with respect to such work and labor the Surety or Sureties will pay for the same, in an amount not exceeding the sum herein above specified, and also, in case suit is brought upon this bond, all litigation expenses incurred by the City in such suit, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, court costs, expert witness fees and investigation expenses. This bond shall inure to the benefit of any of the persons named in Section 3181 of the Civil Code so as to give a right of action to such persons or their assigns in any suit brought upon this bond. It is further stipulated and agreed that the Surety on this bond shall not be exonerated or released from the obligation of this bond by any change, extension of time for performance, addition, alteration or modification in, to, or of any contract, plans, specifications, or agreement pertaining or relating to any scheme or work of improvement herein above described, or pertaining or relating to the furnishing of labor, materials, or equipment therefore, nor by any change or modification of any terms of payment or extension of the time for any payment pertaining or relating to any scheme or work of improvement herein above described, nor by any rescission or attempted rescission or attempted rescission of the contract, agreement or bond, nor by any conditions precedent or subsequent in the bond attempting to limit the right of recovery of claimants otherwise entitled to recover under any such contract or agreement or under the bond, nor by any fraud practiced by any person other than the claimant seeking to recover on the bond and that this bond be construed most strongly against the Surety and in favor of all persons for whose benefit such bond is given, and under no circumstances shall Surety be released from liability to those for whose benefit such bond has been given, by reason of any breach of contract between the owner or City and original contractor or on the part of any obligee named in such bond, but the sole conditions of recovery shall be that claimant is a person described in Section 3110 or 3112 of the Civil Code, and has not been paid the full amount of his claim and that Surety does hereby waive notice of any such change, extension of time, addition, alteration or modification herein mentioned. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, two (2) identical counterparts of this instrument, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed unoriginal thereof, have been duly executed by the Principal and Surety above named, on the _____ day of ______________________ 2019 the name and corporate seal of each corporate party being hereto affixed and these presents duly signed by its undersigned representative pursuant to authority of its governing body. (Corporate Seal of Principal, if corporation) Principal (Property Name of Contractor) By (Signature of Contractor) (Seal of Surety) Surety By Attorney in Fact (Attached Attorney-In-Fact Certificate and Required Acknowledgements) *Note: Appropriate Notarial Acknowledgments of Execution by Contractor and +surety and a power of Attorney MUST BE ATTACHED.