DATE: November 5, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Public Works Department
TITLE: PUBLIC WORKS AGREMENT WITH BELLINGHAM MARINE FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF R AND S DOCKS IN THE OCEANSIDE HARBOR MARINA
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the Harbor District Board of Directors approve a Public Works Agreement (PWA) to Bellingham Marine Industries Inc. (BMI), in the amount of $3,358,701, for the full replacement of R and S Docks in the Oceanside Harbor Marina, including fabrication, installation, electrical drawings, fire suppression lines, permitting, and inspections; approve BMI as a sole source; appropriate $2,136,285 from the Harbor Unrestricted Fund Balance; and authorize the City Manager, or designee to execute the agreement upon receipt of all supporting documents; and authorize the Financial Services Director, or designee, to execute the purchase order.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
The Oceanside Harbor District has identified the replacement of R and S Docks as a priority capital improvement project. Both docks have reached the end of their service life and require complete replacement to maintain safe, functional, and modern marina facilities.
BMI has designed and built all of the existing docks in the Oceanside Harbor. All the parts that are necessary to maintain and repair the docks within the Harbor are also built by BMI. Harbor staff expertise in repair and maintenance is based on the existing BMI design. All of the docks in the harbor are constructed using the BMI Unifloat(r) dock design. BMI is the sole-source supplier for this type of float. If another type of floating dock was used, the existing Unifloat(r) docks would require extensive modifications to connect to another type of dock. Staff has determined that the new R and S dock system should be designed and built by BMI so that parts, service and maintenance can be efficiently and economically handled by Harbor personnel.
Both these docks are being planned w...
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