Title
Rejection of Construction Bids - Marcos de Niza Senior Center Site Improvements Rebid - Design-Bid-Build - ND30010025
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to reject all bids for the Marcos de Niza Senior Center Site Improvements project. Although the lone bidder was deemed responsive, all bids exceeded the Engineer’s Estimate by 56 percent. This project will not be re-bid. The Neighborhood Services Department will utilize the City's Job Order Contracting program to contract this work.
Report
Summary
The purpose of this project is to utilize Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to make minor modifications to the existing Marcos de Niza Senior Center building. Work includes, but is not limited to: installation of new aluminum storefront system at the east entrance and corresponding new security hardware to operate the entrance; providing all required building modifications to accommodate the indicated new features; installation of a new storefront window system in the multi-purpose room exterior wall, including all necessary modifications to the existing exterior wall to receive the system; and installation of a new pre-fabricated shade canopy on the south side of the building, including concrete foundations and associated minor site improvements and indicated sidewalk paths.
Procurement Information
The Invitation for Bids procurement process is set forth in section 34-201 of the Arizona Revised Statutes. The orignal process for this project received three bids on Sept. 25, 2018, and all of those bids were rejected due to being non-responsive. For this re-bid, one bid was received on Dec.18, 2018. The bidder was deemed responsive.
The Engineer's estimate and the one responsive, responsible bidder is listed below:
Engineer's Estimate: $65,000
Simpson Walker Contracting Corporation: $101,385
The lowest bid received exceeds the Engineer’s Estimate by 56 percent and is not within the budget for this project.
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
The City Council approved the original rejection of construction bids (Ordinance S-45145) on Nov. 14, 2018.
Location
305 W. Pima St.
Council District: 8
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Managers Deanna Jonovich and Mario Paniagua, the Neighborhood Services and Human Services departments, and the City Engineer.