DATE: June 18, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Water Utilities Department
TITLE: AWARD PUBLIC WORKS AGREEMENT TO GC LANDSCAPING & GENERAL CONSTRUCTION, INC. FOR THE MISSION BASIN WELL 2 ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the City Council award a public works agreement to GC Landscaping & General Construction, Inc., in the amount of $225,712, and authorize a 10% owner-controlled contingency ($22,571), for construction of the Mission Basin Well 2 Access Improvements; and authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute the agreement upon receipt of all supporting documents.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
Groundwater Well 2 (Well 2), one of the City's Mission Basin groundwater extraction wells, is currently inaccessible for operation and maintenance work. There is a need to re-establish the access to the well so it can be rehabilitated and used again to supplement the other wells feeding the Mission Basin Groundwater Purification Facility (MBGPF), one of the City's two potable water treatment facilities.
The project includes re-grading the area around Well 2 to create a level concrete access area, modification of the adjacent stormwater basin with associated landscaping and irrigation work, undergrounding an exposed portion of well discharge piping, and relocating a trash enclosure roof to another existing trash enclosure on-site. The estimated project duration is approximately four months.
The project was advertised for bids on March 13, 2025. On April 10, 2025, the City received and opened three bids for project construction. The apparent low bidder is GC Landscaping & General Construction, Inc. (GC Landscaping) with a bid amount of $225,712. A bid protest was submitted by Wright Construction Engineering Corp., challenging GC Landscaping's bid as non-responsive and non-responsible. Water Department Staff and the City Attorney's Office (CAO) have reviewed Wright Construction Engineering Corp.'s pr...
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