LA County Board

52.\nParkway Concrete Maintenance and Guardrail Repair Job Order\nContracts\nRecommendation: Adopt the Job Order Contract (JOC) Unit Price Books and\nSpecifications for work involving parkway concrete maintenance and guardrail\nrepair. Find pursuant to State Public Contract Code, Section 3400 (c) (3), that\nit is necessary to specify the designated item by specific brand name in order\nto obtain a necessary item that is only available from one source. Approve each\nof the six parkway concrete and guardrail projects (Projects) for an aggregate\ntotal amount not to exceed $12,020,000, including an aggregate construction\namount not to exceed $10,000,000. Advertise for bids when ready. Find that the\nproposed Projects are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act\n(CEQA) and that the award of JOC Nos. 6789 through 6802 and related actions\nand the adoption of the JOC Unit Price Books and Specifications, do not\nconstitute projects under CEQA. Authorize the Director of Public Works, acting\nas the Road Commissioner, to take the following actions: (Department of\nPublic Works) ADOPT\nDetermine that a bidder is nonresponsive and to reject a bid on that\nbasis, award to the next lowest responsive and responsible bidder, waive\ninconsequential and nonmaterial deficiencies in bids submitted,\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, upon such\ndetermination, award and execute 14 separate JOC each not to exceed\namounts ranging from $750,000 to $4,000,000, for a total aggregate\namount not to exceed $21,250,000, and establish the effective date\nfollowing receipt of approved Faithful Performance and Labor and\nMaterial Bonds and insurance certificate filed by the contractors.\nExtend the date and time for the receipt of bids consistent with the\nrequirements of State Public Contract Code, Section 4104.5, allow\nsubstitution of subcontractors and relief of bidders, accept any project\nassigned by work order under these contracts upon the project’s final\ncompletion, and release retention money withheld.\nDeliver the proposed projects using JOCs.\nIssue work orders under the 14 JOCs to the selected contractors in an\naggregate per JOC amount not to exceed the maximum amount of each\nJOC for each of the proposed parkway concrete and guardrail projects.\nIssue work orders under the 14 JOCs provided the projects are found\nexempt under the California Environmental Quality Act. This authority\napplies to projects not governed by the State Public Contract Code,\nincluding applicable maintenance work, and allows issuance of work\norders up to the maximum amount permitted under each JOC. The total\nvalue of all work orders issued under a single JOC may not exceed that\ncontract's maximum amount, and all work orders require prior funding\nauthorization from the Acting Chief Executive Officer or the appropriate\nfunding source. (26-1231)\nBoard Letter