The City Council this week rejected all bids for the Lampson Avenue Bike Lane Closure Project.
This was a Consent Calendar item. Consent items are voted on collectively. The council doesn’t discuss Consent Calendar items unless they are pulled for individual consideration. But this week the only items removed from the calendar were four parking-related contracts.
Seal Beach received a grant to close the gap in the Lampson bike lane in 2016, according to the staff report by Public Works Director Iris Lee.
According to Lee, the city received two bids on Sept 7.
All American Asphalt bid $2,596,105, according to Lee’s report.
Hardy & Harper, Inc. bid $2,660,000, according to Lee’s report.
The bids did not meet the requirements of the Federal grants that will fund the project, according to Lee’s report.
“As this Project is funded by federal grants, all federal requirements must be complied with, including a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (‘DBE’) goal of fourteen (14) percent,” Lee wrote.
“The DBE program is intended to foster equal opportunity in federal aid contracts for small businesses where socially and economically disadvantaged individuals own at least 51 percent interest and also control management and daily business operations,” Lee wrote.
“The DBE goal is a percentage of the total contract amount that is expected to be performed by certified DBE firms, which would generally vary depending on the type of work involved,” Lee wrote.
“Minimal staff time will be required to resolicit [SIC] Project bids. No budget adjustments are requested at this time,” Lee wrote.
