The construction contract and associated fees of this project will be funded by 22% Highway Safety Improvement (HSIP) Grant Funds, 58% Discovery Bay West Mitigation Funds, 6% Discovery Bay Area of Benefit (AOB) Funds, and 14% East County AOB Funds.
The above project was previously approved by the Board of Supervisors, plans and specifications were filed with the Board, and bids were invited by the Public Works Director. On January 25, 2022, the Public Works Department received bids from the following contractors:
BIDDER, TOTAL AMOUNT, BOND AMOUNTS
GradeTech Inc., $958,947.50
Granite Rock Company, $997,714.00; Payment: $997,714.00; Performance: $997,714.00
McGuire and Hester., $1,009,557.00
Dirt Dynasty, Inc., $1,195,310.50
Kerex Engineering, Inc., $1,226,502.00
Gruendl Inc. dba Ray’s Electric, $1,538,043.90
This is a federally funded project subject to the County’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program’s goals and requirements. The Public Works Director has determined and reports that the lowest monetary bidder, GradeTech, achieved 11.4% DBE participation, which failed to meet the 17% DBE goal for this project, and failed to submit an adequate good faith effort to comply with the requirements for this project. The Public Works Director recommends rejection of the bid submitted by GradeTech.
The second bidder listed above, Granite Rock, submitted the lowest responsive and responsible bid, which is $11,843.00 less than the next lowest bid.
On February 7, 2022 GradeTech was notified in writing of the Public Work Director’s determination that their bid was non-responsive for failure to comply with the DBE requirements of the project specifications (see Attachment A). GradeTech did not appeal the determination, as provided in the project specifications.
The Public Works Director has determined that Granite Rock achieved DBE participation of 21.5%, which exceeded the DBE goal for this project, and recommends that the construction contract be awarded to by Granite Rock.
The Public Works Director recommends that the bid submitted by Granite Rock is the lowest responsive and responsible bid, which is $11,843.00 less than the next lowest bid, and this Board concurs and so finds.
The Board of Supervisors previously determined that the project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as a Class 15301(c) Categorical Exemption, and a Notice of Exemption was filed with the County Clerk on December 6, 2018.
The general prevailing rates of wages, which shall be the minimum rates paid on this project, have been filed with the Clerk of the Board, and copies will be made available to any party upon request.
Construction of this project would be delayed, and the project might not be built.