REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Urgency Declaration and Action to Approve Expenditures and Ratify an Agreement with SAK Construction, LLC for the Sanitary Sewer Repair Project on Lafayette Street North of Calle Del Mundo
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Deliver and Enhance High Quality Efficient Services and Infrastructure
BACKGROUND
The City's Water & Sewer Utilities Department maintains a sanitary sewer collection system consisting of approximately 300 miles of sewer lines, 5,800 manholes, and seven pump/lift stations.
Recently, a City contractor performing a condition assessment of the sewer lines provided a list of segments identified as at high risk of structural failure. Staff reviewed the closed-circuit television footage and identified two locations with moderate to severe deterioration on Lafayette Street, approximately 1,100 linear feet north of Calle Del Mundo and near the Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) right-of-way.
The first location is an existing 33-inch diameter reinforced concrete sanitary sewer pipeline that is approximately 480 linear feet in total length and approximately 11 feet deep running west from the Lafayette Street right-of-way, under the UPRR corridor and within a sewer easement.
The second location is an existing 42-inch diameter reinforced concrete sanitary sewer pipeline that is approximately 470 linear feet in total length and approximately 11 feet deep running parallel to the 33-inch sewer in the first location.
DISCUSSION
On June 25, 2021, staff directly solicited bids from 14 companies to perform the Sanitary Sewer Repair Project at UPRR and Lafayette Street North of Calle Del Mundo. Two bids were received on July 9, 2021 with the following results:
Contractor
Total Bid
Nor-Cal Pipeline Services
$345,000
SAK Construction, LLC
$393,300
On July 14, 2021, staff determined Nor-Cal Pipeline Services to be a non-responsive bidder based on the company's incomplete submittal of the Statement of Qualifications for Construction Work ...
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