Los Angeles

LA County Board

October 17, 2023 Item #51

Agenda Item 51

51. Parkway Concrete Maintenance and Guardrail Replacement Job Order\nContracts\nRecommendation: Adopt the Job Order Contract (JOC) Unit Price Books and\nSpecifications for work involving parkway concrete maintenance and guardrail\nreplacement; find pursuant to State Public Contract Code that it is necessary to\nspecify Galvanized Surface Colorant manufactured by Natina Products, LLC by\nspecific brand name in order to obtain a necessary item that is only available\nfrom one source; approve each of the 24 proposed parkway concrete and\nguardrail projects (Projects) for an aggregate total amount not to exceed\n$36,134,000, including an aggregate construction amount estimate not to\nexceed $30,200,000; find that the proposed Projects are exempt from the\nCalifornia Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and that the award of JOC Nos.\n6750 through 6768 and related actions and the adoption of the JOC Unit Price\nBooks and Specifications, do not constitute projects under CEQA; and\nauthorize the Director of Public Works, acting as the Road Commissioner, to\ntake the following actions: (Department of Public Works) ADOPT\nAdvertise the 19 separate JOC Nos. 6750 through 6768;\nDetermine that a bidder is nonresponsive and reject a bid on that basis,\naward to the next lowest responsive and responsible bidder, waive\ninconsequential and nonmaterial deficiencies in bids submitted, and\ndetermine, in accordance with the applicable contract and bid\ndocuments, whether the apparent lowest responsive and responsible\nbidder has satisfied all conditions for contract award;\nAward and execute 19 separate JOCs, each for a not-to-exceed amount\nranging from $750,000 to $5,250,0000, for a total aggregate amount not\nto exceed $42,500,000, and establish the effective date following receipt\nof approved Faithful Performance and Labor and Material Bonds and\ninsurance certificate filed by the contractors;\nExtend the date and time for the receipt of bids, allow substitution of\nsubcontractors and relief of bidders, accept any project assigned by\nwork order upon the project’s final completion, and release retention\nmoney withheld; and\nIssue work orders to the selected contractors in an aggregate per JOC\namount not to exceed the maximum amount of each JOC for each of the\n24 proposed Projects. (23-3710)\nAttachments: Board Letter\nPublic Comment/Correspondence