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10.

AIRPORTS COMMITTEE

Meeting Date:	03/09/2022
Subject: Discuss Security Project, Buchanan Field
Submitted For:	AIRPORTS COMMITTEE
Department:	Airports
Referral No.:
Referral Name:
Presenter:		Contact:

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Referral History:

Contra Costa County Public Works Airports Division applied for a $3,125,000 grant based on bid for security upgrades at Buchanan Field by the Federal Aviation Administration. The Board authorized the grant on June 16, 2020, and Kimley Horn was contracted to do the design of the project on November 1, 2020. The Board approved putting the project out for bid on March 2, 2021.

Kimley Horn completed the design, and the Project was put out for bid. The bid opening in April revealed bids that were significantly higher than expected with the lowest responsible bidder at $6,440,432.00. The Airport continued the normal grant process with the Federal Aviation Administration. If the FAA cannot find additional grant funds for the Project, the Airport will have to cancel the Project.
The FAA requested an updated design package to try to achieve the grant amount of approximately $3,125,000. Unfortunately, while Kimley-Horn was able to get the redesign package together, the FAA notified that the funds would not be available until potentially next spring. The plan at this point is to rebid the project next spring if grant funds become available again. The Board was asked to approve the Kimley-Horn redesign plan sets and a contract amendment for payment on September 7, 2021.

Referral Update:

The FAA contacted Beth Lee, Assistant Director of Airports-Administration on January 20, 2022, with information that funding would be available provided a bid package and bids could be completed by March 1, 2022. Airport staff immediately started working on getting a bid package together with the help of Public Works staff. The grant application was placed, the project put out to bid and bid opening was February 22, 2022. Those bids will be sent to the FAA upon verification of lowest bidder in time to meet the March 1, 2022 deadline. The FAA will then determine whether the grant is awarded.

Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):

If the FAA awards the grant, the Board will be asked to accept the grant. The contract will be approved for the lowest bidder and the project will begin construction.

Fiscal Impact (if any):

There will be no impact to the General Fund. The Airport Enterprise fund will cover any costs for the security project above the awarded grant amount.

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