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Bid <br />Items of Work <br />Base <br />Gateway Feature at the off ramp and median <br />Cobble Paving along Bernal under 1-680 <br />Erosion Control <br />Irrigation Backbone <br />Mulch <br />Bernal Median Curb Replacement <br />Additive 1 <br />Tree Planting & Irrigation at Loop Off Ramp <br />Soil Preparation Maintenance <br />Additive 2 <br />Planting and Irrigation at Bernal Gateway Median <br />Soil Preparation <br />Maintenance <br />Additive 3 <br />Planting and Irrigation for All Areas <br />Soil Preparation <br />Maintenance <br />Staff recommends awarding the base bid construction contract to Cleary Brothers <br />Landscape, Inc. as well as Additive 1 and Additive 2. <br />DISCUSSION <br />Construction Bids <br />Sealed bids for this project were opened on June 23, 2015. There were three bids <br />received, and they ranged from the low base bid amount of $816,612. to $932,235, as <br />compared to the engineer's estimate of $900,000 for the project (see Attachment 2 for <br />Bid Summary). <br />Per project documents, the ranking of the bid for project award purposes is based on <br />the lowest of the base bid items. The low base bid of $816,612.52 was received from <br />Cleary Brothers Landscape, Inc. of Danville, California. Cleary Brothers bid for Additive <br />Bid 1 is $25,325 and $46,095 for Additive Bid 2. Staff recommends that the <br />construction contract be awarded to the lowest responsible base bidder. Staff also <br />recommends including Additive Bid 1 and Additive Bid 2 to the construction contract, <br />making a total contract amount of $888,032.52. Past work performed by Cleary Brothers <br />Landscape, Inc. was verified to be satisfactory. Therefore, staff recommends award of <br />the construction contract to the lowest responsible bidder, Cleary Brothers Landscape, <br />Inc. <br />Seventh Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with BKF Engineers: <br />In September 2010, City Council approved a Professional Services Agreement with <br />BKF Engineers to prepare plans, specifications and estimates (PS &E) and <br />environmental documentation for the Bemal Avenue at 1 -680 Improvement Project. <br />Caltrans requires a Historic Compliance Report outlining a testing and monitoring <br />program for archaeologically sensitive areas. Preparing this report is additional work <br />that was not included in the original scope of services. BKF Engineers' sub - consultants <br />Page 3 of 5 <br />